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We've had a checkered experience with YI Technology's Kami brand security products here at TechHive, ranging from patently awful to mediocre to surprisingly polished. I wasn't sure, then, what to expect from the company'...

5G is big in mobile but that’s not the only place it’ll be in, naturally. Desktop and laptop computers are also fair game but only if they have the hardware to slurp from that high-speed network. Most will use extern...

It's been a while since we heard anything from Fujifilm's Instax arm, but three years after the launch of the colorful, selfie-friendly Mini 9, its successor has arrived. The Instax Mini 11 (it's not clear why they jumpe...

Epic has successfully sustained Fortnite over more than 10 seasons, the result being a huge number of skins and other cosmetic items that fill players’ game Lockers. Players who have been around for a while or who have...

San Francisco has declared a state of emergency over the ongoing novel coronavirus outbreak, but that doesn’t mean quite what you think it does. The declaration was made in anticipation of future troubles related to th...

Forget quitting smoking or cutting carbs from your diet. If you're thinking of something to give up this Lent, which starts today (Ash Wednesday), Pope Francis has a surprisingly modern suggestion. During the weekly Gene...

A security breach at a face-recognition startup, already embattled over its unfettered collection of Americans' personal data on behalf of its hundreds of law enforcement clients, further underscores the potential hazard...

Eero today announced that it has added Apple HomeKit support to its lineup of routers. The idea of flipping the switch on HomeKit support is to make IoT setups more secure, but of course, there’s also the benefit of be...

Until recently, Lisa McCarrick was a loss prevention manager at Amazon, albeit one who alleges she was compensated significantly less than men who held her title prior, and her male subordinates. But in a wrongful termin...

Sanzaru Games, a California-based video game development company, has been acquired by Facebook, the company announced on Wednesday. The studio has produced a number of games over the past decade, the most recent example...

If Apple is going to keep iPhone sales going in a market that's cooling down, it may have to court regions where it previously hasn't sold well -- and it appears poised to do just that. CEO Tim Cook told attendees at App...

Who loves public domain access to tons of historically significant and utterly beautiful contend… now in 3D? With the internationally recognized Creative Commons Zero (CCO) license in effect, The Smithsonian launched t...

You might expect a high-profile (and controversial) facial recognition startup like Clearview AI would have its data locked down, but it turns out it's just as vulnerable as almost any other company to malicious individu...

Amazon's commitment to sci-fi on Prime Video may have scored it a particularly sweet deal. Ava DuVernay's Array Filmworks is partnering with Victoria Mahoney (who helped direct Rise of Skywalker as well as episodes of Gr...

Yet another smart home gym has been announced, this one called Tempo. With a schedule to start shipping later this summer, Tempo will offer buyers a large home weightlifting system that includes a 42-inch display and mac...

As tech and social media giants engage in a kind of Whac-A-Mole for COVID-19 scaremongering and product misinformation on their websites, Facebook says it's cracking down on ads intended to mislead users about their prod...

Next week, when Starbucks rolls out its spring menu in stores across Canada, it will include one notable addition: a breakfast sandwich with Beyond Meat sausage. Starbucks joins a growing list of brands that have added B...

We’re well past the time when games like Guitar Hero and Rock Band were at the height of their popularity, but all this time, Harmonix has been plugging away by releasing various titles centered around music in one way...

Intel's security plans sound a lot like "we're going to catch up to AMD."

Thanks to some dedicated coders and hardware developers in China, fans of handheld gaming no longer have to rely on Nintendo to get their fix. The Anbernic Retro Game 350 might not play the latest and greatest titles lik...

PlatinumGames is about to unleash its full freakish flamboyance on the world. Led by veteran director Hideki Kamiya, PlatinumGames has created stand-out titles on the behalf of major publishers for the past 14 years, chu...

A slab of stone the size of a small child was discovered in southern Turkey with clues pointing to a lost civilization. “My colleague Michele Massa and I rushed straight there, and we could see it still sticking out of...