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Instacart employees in Chicago are the first to unionize in the US

Post author By Randall
Post date February 2, 2020
Categories In business, Delivery, food and drink, food-and-drink, foodanddrink, gear, gig economy, groceries, Home, instacart, Internet, labor, labor rights, services, Tech, union, unionization

[ad_1] In a statement, Instacart said it “will honor” the unionization vote pending certification of the results, and that it intended to negotiate in “good faith” on a collective bargaining agreement. The company added that it “respect[s] our employees’ rights to explore unionization.” That last claim doesn’t appear to be true based on evidence, however. […]

Ring update gives you more control over police video requests

Post author By Randall
Post date February 1, 2020
Categories In Amazon, Android, app, gear, Home, home security, ios, Law Enforcement, neighbors, police, Privacy, ring, security camera, smart home, Tech

[ad_1] On top of this, you’ll see an Active Law Enforcement Map that shows the police departments that have joined the Neighbors app, including those nearby. You’ll know whether opting out of video requests will have a meaningful impact. The update also makes it easier to keep tabs on which users, devices and third-party services […]

Nest thermostats will warn of possible problems with your AC or furnace

Post author By Randall
Post date January 29, 2020
Categories In air conditioning, cooling, furnace, gear, Google, heating, Home, hvac, Nest, smart home, Tech, thermostat

[ad_1] People in a handful of cities (Atlanta, Boston, Denver, Las Vegas and San Diego) will also get help contacting professionals through Handy, so you might not have trouble booking a service appointment. HVAC warnings aren’t completely new. Users have received alerts for more immediate problems. However, Google is now focusing on symptoms that may […]

Dyson’s shape-shifting lamp mimics candlelight for just $650+

Post author By Randall
Post date January 28, 2020
Categories In age, ambient light, daylight, Design, dyson, dyson lightcycle morph, gadgetry, Gadgets, gear, Home, lamp, light, lightcycle morph, lighting, Tech

[ad_1] For indirect light, the head rotates to bounce light off walls, floors and ceilings. You can aim the Lightcycle Morph at art for feature lighting, or use it more traditionally over your workspace. The Morph also adds a light-up stem that emits a warm, orange glow and can emulate candlelight. The Morph is available […]

Engadget giveaway: Win a Google Pixel 3a courtesy of TurboTax!

Post author By Randall
Post date January 28, 2020
Categories In engadget giveaway, gadgetry, Gadgets, gear, giveaway, google pixel 3a, Home, Mobile, services, tax prep, Tech, turbotax live

[ad_1] It’s tax time again, and while Intuit’s TurboTax has free filing options, it also offers online services with premium support from credentialed CPAs, tax attorneys and advisors. If you’re curious about going beyond a basic W2-and-done filing and would like to leverage informed assistance without office visits, TurboTax Live could be a helpful option. […]

Amazon is having a sale on all of its Fire TV streamers

Post author By Randall
Post date January 27, 2020
Categories In 4k, alexa, Amazon, av, cube, discount, dolby, engadgetdeals, fire, gadgetry, Gadgets, gear, hd, Home, recast, savings, stick, Tech, thebuyersguide, Tv

[ad_1] The new Fire TV Cube is also on offer with a decent discount: $100 instead of $120. Again, not the cheapest we’ve seen it (it dropped to $90 just before the holidays), but a great price for all the new features it packs in, such as support for Dolby Vision and HDR+, YouTube and […]

I am my own spy: A personal surveillance story

Post author By Randall
Post date January 24, 2020
Categories In dropcam, gadgetry, Gadgets, gear, Google, Home, Nest, Security, smarthome2020, surveillance, Tech, thebuyersguide

[ad_1] That was my first experience with internet-connected cameras, but it wouldn’t be my last. Over the years, I acquired other cameras: an Amazon CloudCam to keep an eye on our cat and the Nest Hello video doorbell as it was a more sensible upgrade over my jerry-rigged Dropcam (plus I could use it to […]

My quest to fix my terrible home WiFi

Post author By Randall
Post date January 24, 2020
Categories In Amazon, eero, gear, Google, Home, Internet, Nest, netgear, personal computing, personalcomputing, smarthome2020, Tech, unifi

[ad_1] Ever since I moved into a Brooklyn duplex, I’ve struggled to blanket my space in consistent, speedy signal. Alright, fine, “struggled” might not be the right word — I’ve mostly just muddled along with the far-from-great router provided by my ISP, lamenting that the furthest-flung corners of my home weren’t much more than WiFi […]

How Weber used decades of expertise to improve smart grilling

Post author By Randall
Post date January 24, 2020
Categories In cook, cooking, culinary, gear, grill, grilling, grilling hub, grills, Home, Kitchen, meat, smart grilling hub, smokefire, smoker, smoking, Tech, weber, weber connect, weber connect smart grilling hub, weber grills

[ad_1] Weber is admittedly a late entry into the pellet-grill game. It did its homework, however, and rather than simply put out a line of pellet grills with the Weber logo on them, it brought its wealth of grill knowledge to the table. It also listened to pellet-grill users, collecting info on what they did […]

The Morning After: Sonos tries again, and Tinder’s new tools

Post author By Randall
Post date January 24, 2020
Categories In av, Entertainment, gadgetry, Gadgets, gear, Home, Internet, Mobile, services, Tech, themorningafter

[ad_1] Take two.Sonos CEO tries to calm worried owners In a blog post, the CEO of Sonos tried to explain what’s really going on with the company’s products. While the information he offered is the same as in the announcement earlier this week (several older devices will no longer receive updates; it plans to release […]