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I tested 30 smart locks, and these are the best

theverge.com Jennifer Pattison Tuohy 2025-07-29 12:15:00

is The Verge’s Smart Home reviewer. She has been testing connected home gadgets since 2013, having previously written for Wirecutter, Wired, Dwell, BBC, and US News. A smart lock is an easy solution to some common problems. Locked yourself out? Need to let a friend in to water the plants? Your latchkey kid lost their key? Hands are full, and it’s raining cats and dogs? A smart lock solves all of these problems and more. One of the best smart home upgrades you can make, a smart lock gives you r

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CERN Physicists Find Key Piece of the Matter-Antimatter Puzzle

gizmodo.com Gayoung Lee 2025-07-30 04:00:42

All matter in our universe has an evil twin: antimatter. Cosmological models suggest that the Big Bang should have created equal amounts of matter and antimatter that cancel each other out. But for reasons physicists still aren’t completely sure about, that didn’t happen. As a result, our universe today hosts slightly more matter than antimatter—our very existence being clear, physical proof. Now, we might be one step closer to explaining why there’s an imbalance between matter and antimatter,

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There could be “dark main sequence” stars at the galactic center

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-07-31 01:30:58

For a star, its initial mass is everything. It determines how quickly it burns through its hydrogen and how it will evolve once it starts fusing heavier elements. It's so well understood that scientists have devised a "main sequence" that acts a bit like a periodic table for stars, correlating their mass and age with their properties. The main sequence, however, is based on an assumption that's almost always true: All of the energy involved comes from the gravity-driven fusion of lighter elemen

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Dozens of ‘Ghost Galaxies’ Are Orbiting the Milky Way, Astronomers Suspect

gizmodo.com Margherita Bassi 2025-08-03 04:35:25

The Lambda Cold Dark Matter (LCDM) theory suggests that most galaxies are low-mass dwarf galaxies, many of which orbit larger galaxies like the Milky Way. More broadly, the LCDM represents our best understanding of how the universe works. But there’s a problem. According to the theory, the Milky Way should have significantly more satellite galaxies than scientists have observed with telescopes and predicted with computer simulations. By combining the highest-resolution supercomputer simulations

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Aqara’s feature-packed G410 video doorbell is now available

theverge.com Thomas Ricker 2025-08-08 23:34:06

is a deputy editor and Verge co-founder with a passion for human-centric cities, e-bikes, and life as a digital nomad. He’s been a tech journalist for 20 years. Aqara’s successor to the popular G4 video doorbell is now available to buy. The $129.99 G410, announced in January, remains one of the few (only?) doorbells to support Apple’s HomeKit Secure Video and both wireless and hardwired installations, while adding an absolute ton of new features to make it one of the most capable video doorbell

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HomeKit-compatible smart homes becoming more affordable as Ikea Matters

9to5mac.com Ben Lovejoy 2025-08-11 09:33:04

You won't need to use Ikea's own app any more HomeKit compatibility used to attract a noticeable price premium when buying smart home products, but the Matter standard is changing that – and Ikea is now going all-in on this. The company says that it has more than 20 new affordable Matter-compatible smart home devices in the works, with likely plans to expand into completely new product types too … A quick recap on Matter and HomeKit Originally, brands wanting to offer HomeKit compatibility h

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IKEA ditches Zigbee for Thread going all in on Matter smart homes

news.ycombinator.com Jennifer Pattison Tuohy 2025-08-11 07:42:17

Ikea is relaunching its smart home line in a move that will make its low-cost products work with other brands, with or without Ikea’s own hub. Starting in January, the Swedish furniture giant will release more than 20 new Matter-over-Thread smart lights, sensors, and remotes with “more new product types and form factors to come,” David Granath of Ikea of Sweden, tells The Verge in an exclusive interview. Ikea is also rebooting its audio offerings as it seeks to fill the Sonos Symfonisk-shaped h

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Thread count: Ikea is stitching together a smarter home

theverge.com Jennifer Pattison Tuohy 2025-08-11 07:00:00

Ikea is relaunching its smart home line in a move that will make its low-cost products work with other brands, with or without Ikea’s own hub. Starting in January, the Swedish furniture giant will release more than 20 new Matter-over-Thread smart lights, sensors, and remotes with “more new product types and form factors to come,” David Granath of Ikea of Sweden, tells The Verge in an exclusive interview. Ikea is also rebooting its audio offerings as it seeks to fill the Sonos Symfonisk-shaped h

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Record-Setting Dark Matter Detector Comes Up Empty—and That’s Good News

gizmodo.com Gayoung Lee 2025-08-12 16:35:40

WIMPs (weakly interacting massive particles) are one of the most serious contenders for dark matter—the “missing” mass supposedly constituting 85% of our universe. Given its elusiveness, dark matter tests the patience and creativity of physicists. But the latest results from LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ), the South Dakota-based detector, may have brought scientists a small step closer to catching WIMPs in action. In a recent Physical Review Letters paper, scientists analyzed 280 days’ worth of data from LUX-

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The ‘Hot Wheels’ Movie Is Definitely Happening

gizmodo.com Sabina Graves 2025-08-15 00:40:40

After Wicked: For Good bows in theaters this fall, filmmaker Jon M. Chu will be trading flight for high-speed races with the Hot Wheels movie. According to Deadline, Warner Bros., in partnership with Bad Robot and Mattel, has inked a deal with Chu for the live-action film. They Cloned Tyrone and Creed II writers Juel Taylor and Tony Rettenmaier have also come aboard as writers. Between the fun in They Cloned Tyrone and Chu’s knack for capturing movement and deeply personal stories, we’re excite

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Wicked’s Jon M. Chu will direct Mattel’s live-action Hot Wheels movie

theverge.com Andrew Liszewski 2025-08-15 00:48:54

is a senior reporter who’s been covering and reviewing the latest gadgets and tech since 2006, but has loved all things electronic since he was a kid. Hoping to recapture the popularity of the Barbie movie that grossed over $1.44 billion worldwide, toy maker Mattel has announced that Wicked’s Jon M. Chu will direct its upcoming live-action Hot Wheels movie, with Juel Taylor and Tony Rettenmaier, whose credits include Creed II and They Cloned Tyrone, writing the script. The film was first annou

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Mattel’s ‘Jurassic Park’ SDCC Exclusive Is a Goofy Love Letter to Comic Cons

gizmodo.com James Whitbrook 2025-09-02 12:00:44

The shot of the T. Rex bringing down the “When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth” banner is one of the most legendary in all of Jurassic Park, a moment that defines the franchise. Now, Mattel is putting a suitably goofy spin on it for an amazing exclusive at this year’s San Diego Comic-Con. This morning Mattel revealed the crowning glory of its batch of exclusives for SDCC this year: the Hammond Collection T. Rex Convention Crasher set, which takes the T. Rex’s banner-crashing moment and transposes it

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The axion may help clean up the messy business of dark matter

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-09-03 01:00:47

In recent years, a curious hypothetical particle called the axion, invented to address challenging problems with the strong nuclear force, has emerged as a leading candidate to explain dark matter. Although the potential for axions to explain dark matter has been around for decades, cosmologists have only recently begun to seriously search for them. Not only might they be able to resolve some issues with older hypotheses about dark matter, but they also offer a dizzying array of promising avenue

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Media Matters sues FTC, says agency is retaliating on behalf of Elon Musk

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-09-04 00:15:34

Media Matters for America sued the Federal Trade Commission yesterday, alleging that the FTC's ongoing investigation into the group "has violated Media Matters' First Amendment rights by retaliating against the organization for its reporting on Elon Musk and X." "The investigation is the latest effort by Elon Musk and his allies in the Trump administration to retaliate against Media Matters for its reporting on X, the social media site Musk controls, and it's another example of the Trump admini

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Yale’s new Smart Lock with Matter is the perfect smart home upgrade for people with app fatigue

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-09-04 20:00:27

Yale TL;DR Yale is releasing its new Smart Lock with Matter support. The lock can be set up and operated entirely within Google Home. Operation requires the use of a Matter hub with a Thread border router. How many times have you considered a new addition to your smart home, but stopped yourself at the last moment? Do I really need another app in my life? Another account I’ll have to create? App fatigue is a real thing, and with as many as we need to interact with on a daily basis, sometimes

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TCL 60 XE Nxtpaper 5G Review: A Pleasing Matte Screen

wired.com Julian Chokkattu 2025-09-05 09:33:00

Everyone wants to filter out blue light. Whether through your glasses, laptop, or smartphone, companies have hopped on the bandwagon to integrate blue light blockers to cut the wavelength from reaching your eyes. The claim is to help improve sleep and reduce eyestrain, even though studies have yet to find these blockers effective. TCL is one such company. It has been manufacturing phones and tablets with its “Nxtpaper” LCD technology for a few years, and the third generation in the TCL 60 XE Nx

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Yale’s new Google Home smart lock now costs more thanks to tariffs

theverge.com Jennifer Pattison Tuohy 2025-09-04 22:02:17

According to Yale, the new smart lock was built for Google Home and Matter and designed specifically to complement Google Home’s Nest video doorbells. However, thanks to its Matter-over-Thread connectivity, it can work with multiple smart home platforms, including Apple Home, Amazon Alexa, Samsung SmartThings, and Home Assistant. In a briefing, Catelyn Herman, senior product manager at Yale, told The Verge that “tariff costs and overall product costs led us to have to increase the price slightl

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Yale’s new Google Home smart lock is here — but it costs more thanks to tariffs

theverge.com Jennifer Pattison Tuohy 2025-09-05 08:02:17

According to Yale, the new smart lock was built for Google Home and Matter and designed specifically to complement Google Home’s Nest video doorbells. However, thanks to its Matter-over-Thread connectivity, it can work with multiple smart home platforms, including Apple Home, Amazon Alexa, Samsung SmartThings, and Home Assistant. In a briefing, Catelyn Herman, senior product manager at Yale, told The Verge that “tariff costs and overall product costs led us to have to increase the price slightl

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Media Matters is suing the FTC to block investigation into X advertiser boycott

engadget.com Unknown 2025-09-05 19:45:15

Media Matters for America has sued the US Federal Trade Commission, claiming that the agency is unfairly targeting it in retaliation for past criticisms of the social media platform X in violation of the organization's First Amendment rights. It's the latest move in the ongoing hostilities between the nonprofit media watchdog and X owner Elon Musk. "The Federal Trade Commission seeks to punish Media Matters for its journalism and speech in exposing matters of substantial public concern—includin

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‘Back to the Future’ and ‘Jaws’ Get Shrunk Down for Nostalgic SDCC Exclusives

gizmodo.com Germain Lussier 2025-09-06 04:45:25

The year 2025 is a big one for both Jaws and Back to the Future. The Steven Spielberg shark classic celebrates its 50th anniversary, while the Robert Zemeckis time travel classic celebrates its 40th anniversary. It’s a big reason why each has been top of mind in recent weeks, and that celebration is carrying right into San Diego Comic-Con. Mattel just announced that two of its exclusives are centered on the iconic films, and both are made by Hot Wheels. The Jaws 50th Anniversary set and Back to

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New Hot Wheels Sets for 'Jaws' and 'Back to the Future' Will Hit Comic-Con

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-09-07 04:00:02

Two movie milestones are being celebrated in 2025: Back to the Future's 40th anniversary and the 50th anniversary of Jaws. To mark the occasion, Mattel is releasing new Hot Wheels collectible sets for each film at San Diego Comic-Con this July. The company shared the news on Monday that the products are rolling out under its Nostalgic Film Favorites line. "These movies have left an indelible mark on pop culture. We worked closely with our creative teams to make sure every detail celebrates the

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See the stunning first images from the Vera C. Rubin Observatory

technologyreview.com Robin George Andrews 2025-09-07 15:01:00

Today, that promise has become a staggeringly beautiful reality. Rubin’s view of the universe is unlike any that preceded it—an expansive vision of the night sky replete with detail, including hazy envelopes of matter coursing around galaxies and star-paved bridges arching between them. “These images are truly stunning,” says Pedro Bernardinelli, an astronomer at the University of Washington. During its brief perusal of the night sky, Rubin even managed to spy more than 2,000 never-before-seen

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Child Welfare Experts Horrified by Mattel's Plans to Add ChatGPT to Toys After Mental Health Concerns for Adult Users

futurism.com Unknown 2025-09-07 03:45:28

Is Mattel endangering your kid's development by shoving AI into its toys? The multi-billion dollar toymaker, best known for its brands Barbie and Hot Wheels, announced that it had signed a deal to collaborate with ChatGPT-creator OpenAI last week. Now, some experts are raising fears about the risks of thrusting such an experimental technology — and one with a growing list of nefarious mental effects — into the hands of children. "Mattel should announce immediately that it will not incorporate

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Astronomers Suggest That Entire Stars Are Being Obscured by Giant "Lampshades" of Dark Matter

futurism.com Unknown 2025-09-11 10:30:31

Hunting for dark matter, the invisible substance thought to account for 85 percent of all mass in the cosmos, isn't easy. If it interacts with light at all, it does so incredibly weakly. Still, we can see its handiwork everywhere, with its gravitational pull determining the formation of everything from whole galaxies to individual stars. Now a team of astronomers is proposing a new technique for searching for dark matter — and it runs counter to its reputation as a completely invisible, light-i

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As ChatGPT Linked to Mental Health Breakdowns, Mattel Announces Plans to Incorporate It Into Children's Toys

futurism.com Unknown 2025-09-11 01:08:12

Hey kids! Ready to evoke the rich tapestry of the human experience with your favorite toys by harnessing the power of artificial intelligence? Mattel, the maker of Barbie dolls and Hot Wheels cars, has inked a deal with OpenAI to use its AI tools to not only help design toys but power them, Bloomberg reports. Details are scant at this point. In a joint interview, Mattel chief franchise officer Josh Silverman and OpenAI chief operating officer Brad Lightcap said the collab is at an early stage,

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Astronomers Just Solved the Mystery of the Universe's Missing Matter

news.ycombinator.com Margherita Bassi 2025-09-15 03:44:14

Decades ago, astronomers estimated that “ordinary” matter (basically everything that isn’t dark matter or dark energy) makes up 5% of the universe. There was just one problem—they had no idea where most of it was. Astronomers from the Center for Astrophysics Harvard & Smithsonian (CfA) and the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) have tracked down the universe’s “missing” matter. Fast radio bursts (FRBs) indicate that over three-quarters of ordinary matter, officially called baryonic ma

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Toy-maker Mattel accused of planning “reckless” AI social experiment on kids

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-09-15 04:22:43

After Mattel and OpenAI announced a partnership that would result in an AI product marketed to kids, a consumer rights advocacy group is warning that the collaboration may endanger children. It remains unclear what shape Mattel's first-ever AI product will take. But on Tuesday, Public Citizen co-President Robert Weissman issued a statement urging more transparency so that parents can prepare for potential risks. Weissman is particularly concerned that ChatGPT-fueled toys could hurt kids in unkn

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Astronomers Just Solved the Mystery of the Universe’s Missing Matter

gizmodo.com Margherita Bassi 2025-09-18 04:10:23

Decades ago, astronomers estimated that “ordinary” matter (basically everything that isn’t dark matter or dark energy) makes up 5% of the universe. There was just one problem—they had no idea where most of it was. Astronomers from the Center for Astrophysics Harvard & Smithsonian (CfA) and the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) have tracked down the universe’s “missing” matter. Fast radio bursts (FRBs) indicate that over three-quarters of ordinary matter, officially called baryonic ma

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From Hello Barbie to ChatGPT: Mattel is bringing OpenAI's tech to children's toys

techspot.com Alfonso Maruccia 2025-09-18 08:49:00

Not the Children: Life in plastic may be fantastic, but a touch of AI and chatbots can make even a child's toy better in today's market. Mattel seems convinced it can bring language models to a wider – and younger – audience, though its previous attempts with AI ended in an absolute privacy and security disaster. Mattel recently announced a new partnership with OpenAI, anticipating a major infusion of AI and chatbot services into its upcoming products. The world's second-largest toy maker (afte

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Kwikset’s newest smart lock gets almost everything right

theverge.com Jennifer Pattison Tuohy 2025-09-20 00:30:14

Legacy lock maker Kwikset has been producing innovative smart locks since 2013, when it released the first touch-to-open lock, the Kwikset Kevo. The company followed that up with the launch of one of the first key-free locks in 2016, one of the earliest Apple HomeKit locks, and one of the first fingerprint-only locks. Kwikset has not shied away from new tech. Its latest model, the Halo Select ($279.99), is one of the first full-replacement Matter-over-Thread smart locks. I’ve tested almost ever

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Latest Tech News

I tested 30 smart locks, and these are the best

CERN Physicists Find Key Piece of the Matter-Antimatter Puzzle

There could be “dark main sequence” stars at the galactic center

Dozens of ‘Ghost Galaxies’ Are Orbiting the Milky Way, Astronomers Suspect

Aqara’s feature-packed G410 video doorbell is now available

HomeKit-compatible smart homes becoming more affordable as Ikea Matters

IKEA ditches Zigbee for Thread going all in on Matter smart homes

Thread count: Ikea is stitching together a smarter home

Record-Setting Dark Matter Detector Comes Up Empty—and That’s Good News

The ‘Hot Wheels’ Movie Is Definitely Happening

Wicked’s Jon M. Chu will direct Mattel’s live-action Hot Wheels movie

Mattel’s ‘Jurassic Park’ SDCC Exclusive Is a Goofy Love Letter to Comic Cons

The axion may help clean up the messy business of dark matter

Media Matters sues FTC, says agency is retaliating on behalf of Elon Musk

Yale’s new Smart Lock with Matter is the perfect smart home upgrade for people with app fatigue

TCL 60 XE Nxtpaper 5G Review: A Pleasing Matte Screen

Yale’s new Google Home smart lock now costs more thanks to tariffs

Yale’s new Google Home smart lock is here — but it costs more thanks to tariffs

Media Matters is suing the FTC to block investigation into X advertiser boycott

‘Back to the Future’ and ‘Jaws’ Get Shrunk Down for Nostalgic SDCC Exclusives

New Hot Wheels Sets for 'Jaws' and 'Back to the Future' Will Hit Comic-Con

See the stunning first images from the Vera C. Rubin Observatory

Child Welfare Experts Horrified by Mattel's Plans to Add ChatGPT to Toys After Mental Health Concerns for Adult Users

Astronomers Suggest That Entire Stars Are Being Obscured by Giant "Lampshades" of Dark Matter

As ChatGPT Linked to Mental Health Breakdowns, Mattel Announces Plans to Incorporate It Into Children's Toys

Astronomers Just Solved the Mystery of the Universe's Missing Matter

Toy-maker Mattel accused of planning “reckless” AI social experiment on kids

Astronomers Just Solved the Mystery of the Universe’s Missing Matter

From Hello Barbie to ChatGPT: Mattel is bringing OpenAI's tech to children's toys

Kwikset’s newest smart lock gets almost everything right

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