Smart locks can be wonderful — until you're locked out of your home when the battery dies. Amazon's Ring believes it has a solution with a new Ring Smart Lock that you can recharge with a crank. <img src='https://static0.howtogeekimages.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/ring-smart-lock.jpg' />
After learning HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, I started learning React.js.At first, React looked confusing because of components, props, state, and JSX. But after understanding the basics, I realized that React is a powerful way to build user interfaces.What is React?React is a JavaScript library used to build user interfaces, especially for web applications.React was created by Meta (Facebook).Instead of creating one large webpage, React allows us to divide the UI into smaller reusable components.W
“What the budding artist needs is the privilege of wrestling with problems in solitude—and without a master. He must learn to think and feel for himself, to trust his own impulses, and to be brave enough to make mistakes.”--Henry MillerFor 100s more On Writing posts, go here.The Protagonist’s Journey: An Introduction to Character-Driven Screenwriting and Storytellingis a #1 Best Seller in Film and Television. Endorsed by over thirty professional screenwriters, novelis
I built a brand new PC in 2024, and it cost me around $3,000. I built it with the expectation that I'll be able to play all of the latest games at max settings for the next few years. And yes, I obviously knew that DLSS would play a part in that.
Not all sandboxes are created equal, and until recently there was no way to say so precisely. There is now.Two OpenAI models escaped an evaluation sandbox, breached Hugging Face's production infrastructure and used the answer key to their own benchmark. The attack was novel and creative in how the models passed notes back and forth, complex multi-step escalations throughout. It's fair to conclude from this incident that frontier models are proficient at hacking and ca
Back in June, Apple raised the price of its iPads due to "significantly higher memory costs," but Amazon Prime Day has at least made these excellent tablets a little more affordable in the short term. • Browse the full Amazon Prime Day saleIn the US, for instance, the iPad mini 8.3-inch (2024) is now $499 (was $599), which is equal to its starting price pre-RAM crisis. Frustratingly, the same tablet has been available for as little as $399 in previous Prime Day sales,
In July, two of OpenAI’s research models sat down to take a test. An internal cybersecurity benchmark, and they were meant to solve a set of exploitation challenges. Instead, they worked out that the answer key was probably sitting on Hugging Face, where the benchmark files were hosted, and went to get it.Getting it took chaining a zero-day in a package manager, some stolen credentials, and a privilege escalation across OpenAI's own network. The models broke out of th
Sonos 27.1 is rolling out to compatible devicesIt adds several features, including a virtual volume knob on AndroidBiggest fix: it won't forget your playlist when you change functionSonos has been promising a significant app upgrade for years, and fans have been so desperate for software that works how they need it to that they've taken to making their own. Well, the official app is slowly getting better, and the latest upgrade may be a highlight.The company has annou
Jump to...(Image credit: Collin Probst // Future )Deals under $50 | £50 • Chairs •Desks • Mini PCs & laptops •Monitors •Printers • AccessoriesDay two of Amazon Prime Day home office deals have arrived. Rather than picking out absolutely every offer I can find, I'm taking the more nuanced approach - these are the top 5 office chairs, desks, mini PCs, printers, and monitors tested by me and my team. From budget picks to premium pieces, I'll be live-tracking the prices o
I am building an Online Adobe Illustrator that runs entirely in your browser without any lag and gives us access to all tools and we can even export in .ai, .psd and .pdf and also a vetora native .vecMy Software is Known as Vectorawho will use it in future.<img src='https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1682019230856-0fc01babaeb5?crop=entropy&cs=tinysrgb&fit=max&fm=jpg&ixid=MnwyMzg1fDB8MXxzZWFyY2h8MTN8fEZyZWVsYW5jZXxlbnwwfHwyfHwxNjgyNTg5NjIy&ixlib=rb-4.0.3&q=80&w=1080' />
Nintendo Switch 2 games have a bit of a reputation. They're normally expensive, retailing at $69.99 or more in many cases, and don't often go on sale — especially if they're the latest entries in major first-party Nintendo franchises.This Amazon Prime Day, it looks like things are finally changing, however. There are some amazing Nintendo Switch 2 game deals in the US, including mega discounts on usually pricey titles.• Browse the full Amazon Prime Day saleTake Pokémo
Crusoe filed for two Jayton data centers with $4.8 billion in combined investmentEach Jayton building covers 759,260 sq ft, totalling nearly 1.52 million sq ftConstruction could begin in January 2027, with operations starting in 2029Crusoe has filed the paperwork for two computing facilities in Jayton, Texas, involving $4.8 billion in combined investment for the proposed development.Each facility will cover 759,260 sq ft, creating nearly 1.52 million sq ft of new comp
If you're a middle-aged geek like me, you'll love a good hobby. Whether you're obsessed with pulling the perfect god shot of espresso or building the perfect audiophile setup, a lot of hobbies can get very expensive. They don't have to start that way; plenty of great tech hobbies let you start with gadgets you may already have lying around.
Your digital information can start to add up over the years, and next thing you know, you're running out of storage and cloud space. If you're trying to save family pics, work files, or videos, having a mega storage machine like a NAS device is the way to go, and thanks to Amazon's Prime Big Deal Days, you can score this UGREEN device for just $347.
Steve Jobs famously revealed the first iPhone as three devices in one: an iPod, a phone, and an internet communications device. While a smartphone can replace plenty of devices, there are some gadgets that a phone just can't match.
Quick Answer: Offline sync conflicts happen when two devices edit the same record before either has synced. Last-write-wins is the default fix, but it silently discards data. Merging per field with a hybrid logical clock and soft deletes resolves most conflicts without asking the user anything.Most offline-first tutorials stop at "queue the writes and replay them when the connection returns." That works until two phones edit the same record, and then your app quietly throws away someone's work.T
My conversation with the writer-director of the feature film Big Words.Neil Drumming is a filmmaker, screenwriter, and journalist. He is a former staff writer and editor at Entertainment Weekly, and his work has appeared in Wired, The Washington Post, Vibe, Rolling Stone, Essence, and Vanity Fair. He wrote and directed his first film Big Words, which the New York Times describes as “weaving race, class, sexual orientation and politics — as well as the evolution of rap
That scratchy throat you went to bed with has evolved into a full-on head cold the next morning—yep, you're sick. You've emailed your boss, set your Slack status to that cute emoji with the thermometer in its mouth, and have enough meds on your nightstand to take down a rhino. Now comes the one perk of being sick—a full day of guilt-free TV.
Back in the day, we did everything we could to avoid transcoding in our Plex libraries. The typical home server's hardware was very weak, so transcoding turned a simple playback request into a never-ending buffering nightmare. But now that even cheap PCs can transcode video with ease, it's become a surprisingly useful trick for saving storage without having to buy m
You can't afford to have the wrong tools when you're out on a breakdown. That's why it makes sense to get a mechanic's tool set, like this one by DeWalt, with everything you need to do repairs efficiently and without unnecessary stress.
