In brief: An issue with the integration between Google's Nest Hub and Xiaomi's Miija smart camera can apparently lead to someone seeing the camera feeds from a different home that uses the same setup. The two companies are currently working to solve the issue, but this is a new reminder that the convenience of the smart home can come at the cost of security and privacy.

As we accumulate smart devices in our increasingly digital lives, it's easy to lose track of the many security and privacy risks they

Why it matters: Samsung is making one last ditch effort to capitalize on last year’s flagship smartphones with the introduction of two new budget-minded models in the Galaxy S10 Lite and the Galaxy Note 10 Lite. The big question - how much of a price cut can we expect over their flagship counterparts?

Both devices feature the same screen, a 6.7-inch Full

Forward-looking: Segway believes the S-Pod could be an ideal companion for getting around enclosed campuses like airports, theme parks or even malls. It should also be far more accessible as passengers aren’t required to stand for the duration of the ride.

Segway is hoping its latest creation will have the same sort of impact that its debut device had nearly two decades ago.

Whereas most Segways are thought of as personal transportation devices, the Segway S-Pod is best described as a personal transporter. It operates

What just happened? Curved screens may have been right there alongside 3D as one of the biggest flops in display tech of the 2010s but Samsung isn’t ready to give up on them just yet. The South Korean electronics giant on Friday announced a pair of curved gaming monitors featuring radical designs and class-leading features.

The flagship Odyssey G9 packs a 49-inch display with what Samsung calls the world’s first Dual Quad High-Definition (DQHD, 5,12

Why it matters: 2019 was another bumper year for the gaming industry, with spending on digital games rising three percent year-on-year to $120.1 billion. The most successful title in terms of revenue was Fortnite, which, despite earning a quarter less than it did in 2018, brought in $1.8 billion.

The report, from Nielson-owned Superdata (via Variety ), notes that this is the second year Fortnite has topped the revenue list

Through the looking glass: The Nintendo Switch has been a resounding success for the Japanese firm since its launch in 2017, but with the next-gen consoles arriving this holiday season, the hybrid machine’s hardware limitations are becoming more glaring. That could change, however, thanks to a 4K-capable Switch Pro, which one analyst is convinced will launch this year.

In its roundup of analysts’ predictions for 2020, Gameindustry.biz spoke to Dr. Serkan Toto from Kantan

In a nutshell: Aston Martin wants to improve the driver visibility for owners of its luxury sports cars and has partnered with Gentex to develop a new rearview camera-based system for monitoring traffic to the rear and sides of the car while keeping conventional mirrors in place.

Digital rearview mirrors and side-mounted cameras on cars have been around for some time now, but they're unlikely to replace conventional mirrors anytime soon. That's why Aston Martin has taken a hybrid approach for its new tri-camera monitoring system

Rumor mill: Apple could launch more handsets than usual this year—up to six, including two new models that replace the iPhone SE. According to a new report, these devices may skip the obvious “iPhone SE 2” name and be called the iPhone 9.

The report comes from Digitimes , which writes that “Apple is likely to launch as many as six iPhone devices in 2020 – four OLED models and two LCD ones, according to sources at Taiwan’s handset supply chain.”

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Something to look forward to: It looks like this year could be an exciting one for the graphics card market. Not only is AMD’s next-generation “Big Navi” GPU rumored to arrive, but a new report claims Nvidia’s Ampere cards are also launching—and they’ll bring a sizable performance boost yet half the power consumption of Turing.

As reported by the Taipei Times (via Tom's Hardware ), Yuanta Securities Investment Consulting Co said in a client note that Nvidia would launch its