A smart lock is an easy solution to a lot of common problems. Locked yourself out? Forgot your cleaning service is coming today? Your latchkey kid lost their key? Other half always forgets to lock the door? Hands are full, and it’s raining cats and dogs? A smart lock solves all of these problems and more.  By giving you remote control over your front door from anywhere and easy, key-free ways to unlock your door lock, a smart lock is one of the best smart home upgrades you can make. It can a ...read more

Microsoft's initial request was to get details on Sony’s exclusivity deals dating back to 2012, but the timeline was deemed “excessive” by the judge, and agreed to seek details from Sony about its PlayStation exclusivity deals made post-2019 The ongoing legal battle between the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and Microsoft over the latter’s acquisition of Activision Blizzard has taken a new turn. As reported by Kotaku, the FTC is seeking details from Sony about its Play ...read more

The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) has approved a license request from Tesla Motors Canada. Back in September, the electric vehicle manufacturer applied to obtain a Basic International Telecommunications Service (BITS) licence. Its application stated the license would allow it to provide various services, including machine-to-machine cellular data service for in-vehicle infotainment access. “Tesla does not, and does not intend to, own or operate transmissio ...read more

On February 3rd, Elon Musk made a big announcement. “Starting today, Twitter will share ad revenue with creators for ads that appear in their reply threads,” he said, later adding that you’d have to be subscribed to Twitter Blue Verified to get your cut. We here at The Verge spent the rest of the day waiting for more information about the program or for official support documents going more in-depth on how the whole thing would work. After a month, it hasn’t appeared. Both the Twitter B ...read more

The developers are marketing Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty all wrong. I’m sure the fact that it’s a Soulsborne-like released in the midst of the Great Elden Ring DLC winter is no doubt appealing. As is the fact that Team Ninja, the game’s developers, got Masaaki Yamagiwa — a producer on Bloodborne and the Demon’s Souls remake — to work on the game. The combat is also enticing, familiar enough for Soulsborne fans to get a handle on but just different enough to be interesting and exciting. ...read more

Nintendo has taken down the online features of the Wii U versions of Mario Kart 8 and Splatoon today due to an unspecified security vulnerability. VGC reports that the games were taken offline at 11:30PM ET last night and that the company suggests the fix could take days (via IGN ). The Nintendo Switch versions of the games are not affected. At time of writing, Nintendo’s server operational status page currently has this message posted: Splatoon , Mario Kart 8 — This network service ...read more

A new bill in Texas would require internet service providers inside the state to block sites that provide abortion information, as well making it illegal to host or even provide domain registration for sites that help people in Texas obtain or pay for abortions. The bill, filed February 23rd by representative Steve Toth, attempts to crush access to services that ship the pregnancy-terminating drugs mifepristone and misoprostol, as well as aid funds that raise money to cover the cost of abortion ...read more

Fundamentally, a $1,500 soundbar is always targeted at a niche audience. You only spend that much on a single piece of home theater kit if you want very good sound but can’t be bothered (or don’t have the space) to build out a full-on surround system with dedicated front, rear, and center speakers. The funny thing is, while Sennheiser’s $1,499.95 Ambeo Soundbar Plus would strike many as an extravagant purchase, this is actually the cheaper option of the company’s two soundbars. The Ambe ...read more

Vidéotron says it shouldn't have to pay twice for 911 services. Bell says it's only following the rules Vidéotron is accusing Bell, and other telecom companies, of overcharging for 9-1-1 services. In an application filed with the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC), Vidéotron says the company is billing Canadians for next-generation 9-1-1 (NG9-1-1) services, despite the system not being implemented yet. “Bell has failed to meet its regulatory ob ...read more

Sony might be forced to detail its PlayStation exclusivity deals and how much it pays for “blocking rights” to keep games off rival services like Xbox Game Pass. The FTC has sued to try and block Microsoft’s Activision Blizzard acquisition and kicked off a legal discovery process with Microsoft sending subpoenas to Sony to force it to reveal records, internal documentation, and emails from the company’s PlayStation unit. Kotaku spotted that the FTC’s chief administrative judge D. M ...read more