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Last year, Belkin announced that it would end support for most of its Wemo smart home products in January 2026. That deadline is now approaching, with customers set to lose access to most Wemo smart home accessory functionality on January 31. The exception, however, is if you use Wemo accessories with HomeKit.
As we explained last year, Belkin says that almost all of its older Wemo products will lose support for key features including:
WhatsApp a pair of anti-spyware security improvements today, including a new ‘Strict Account Settings’ mode and behind-the-scenes changes to protect user data.
Today’s 9to5Toys Lunch Break is now ready to go, and alongside the new AirTag 2 up for purchase at $29 Prime shipped, we have some sweet AirPods deals. Amazon has now brought back the $199 AirPods Pro 3 all-time low from the holidays last year and it is also offering solid price drop on AirPods 4 with ANC down at $119 shipped too. From there, the official Apple Watch band deals roll on, with new all-time lows
Apple TV is the exclusive US streaming home for Formula 1 races starting this year. And ahead of the first Grand Prix in March, the Apple TV app now offers a variety of programming to help fans get ready for the season.
TikTok is still broken for many people in the United States. In a new update today, the now-US-backed company says \ a power outage at one of its data centers “caused a cascading systems failure” that it’s still working to resolve.
TikTok’s years-in-the-making transfer transition to US ownership for US operations officially took place last week. As we noted yesterday , users began noticing problems with the app almost immediately after that transfer occurred. TikTok blamed the problems on
Apple just released iOS 26.2.1 this week, but iOS 26.3 is expected to launch soon too. When it does, it will introduce three new ways to customize the iPhone thanks to new settings and wallpaper options.
We’re expecting the iPhone Fold to be eye-wateringly expensive, with predicted pricing as high as $2,500 . However, it won’t be the most expensive smartphone on the market thanks to Samsung launching its new trifold phone at a price which gives little change from $3k …
Samsung always tries to be first to market with new technologies, and although that strategy with its original folding phone, the company is undeterred. It’s just announced that its latest smartphone with not one
Adobe is rolling out updates to a few AI-powered Photoshop features today, including referencing objects in Generative Fill. Here’s everything new.
It’s been just over four months since Apple released AirPods Pro 3. When I posted my initial review, my takeaway was that AirPods Pro 3 are the “best getting even better.” Four months later, I still stand by that sentiment … but it’s clear I was wrong about at least one big thing.
AirPods Pro 3 are more controversial than I expected. Some people and comfort as much as AirPods Pro 2. That’s a fair judgement