- Amazon agreed to pay a $25 million civil penalty as part of a settlement with the Justice Department and the FTC to resolve allegations the ecommerce giant’s Alexa voice assistant violated a U.S. children’s privacy law, the DOJ announced.
- Under the terms of the settlement, Amazon also is required to change its practices relating to the alleged violations and inform consumers of its practices.
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- Continuing with the summer of Matter announcements, TP-Link’s Tapo has just released the industry’s first Matter-enabled smart switches.
- The Tapo S505 and Tapo S505D are now both available for purchase.
- With Matter support, it’ll work perfectly within Apple’s HomeKit ecosystem along with offering support for Amazon Alexa and Google Home.
Read More at 9to5mac.com
- The iFixit Fast Charger utilizes GaN technology, which stands for Gallium Nitride and that means it's charger is more energy efficient and compact than other standard silicon chargers.
- It has a 65W output, and the included 6 foot long cable has a 240W throughput, so you can charge phones, tablets, or laptops.
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- Google has finally launched its script editor tool, offering more powerful automations for your Google Home-powered smart home.
- Available starting Tuesday, June 13th, to those in the Google Home public preview, the script editor is part of Google’s new home.google.com web interface, which also has live feeds for any Nest cams on your account.
- The script editor will be coming to the new Google Home app preview starting June 14th. There’s no date for general availability.
Read More at theverge.com
- Instant Pot, despite making a very good product, is not doing so hot — today, Its Parent Company Filed For Chapter 11 Bankruptcy while saying that a new deal for $132.5 million in financing from its lenders will support the company while it figures out a path forward.
- While we don’t have exact numbers for Instant Pot’s decline, we do know sales in the electronic multicooker device category are down 50% since 2020.
Read More at theverge.com
