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Amazon is shutting down service for the Cloud Cam, but you may not mind if you're reluctant to buy a replacement. MacRumors and The Verge have learned Amazon will offer owners a free Blink Mini security camera and a one-year subscription to the higher-end Blink Subscription Plus service (normally $100 per year) before Cloud Cam functionality ends on December 2nd. Key Edition owners will also get a fourth-generation Echo speaker. Ideally, you won't have to pay a cent more to keep your home supervised in the near future. In…

Disgruntled customers can really go the distance. Here is a Kia Carens owner show is parading his car around with a banner stuck to the rear of the vehicle. It asks other people not to buy Kia cars. The incident has become viral on the Internet but the cause behind the move remains unknown. The owner of the car is driving around with a banner that says “People who want to buy Kia cars should be alert, I bought the Kia garbage for Rs 19 lakh.” He has also shared the phone number at the bottom. Also read: Ford Endeavour…

Some bad news for the vehicle owners already affected by the accelerating fuel price increase. From June 1, 2022, onwards, the motor third-party liability insurance premium has been jacked up by the central government despite the portfolio being hugely profitable for the insurers. The central government has also withdrawn the 15 percent discount on the base premium for electric vehicles (EV) perhaps due to EVs going up in flames in recent times or without any basic claims experience data. Curiously, the three-year third…

Samsung’s Galaxy S22 is a great compact flagship phone, and one area where it excels is the terrific camera. I’ve used it extensively and, in doing so, came across some not-so-well-known features that you may not have spotted yet. If you’re rocking one of Samsung’s latest Galaxy S22 series flagships, these are the camera features you should definitely try. The mighty erasers I’m not particularly skilled at clicking social media-ready outdoor selfies, and my biggest enemy is shadows obscuring my face. Luckily, the…

Tesla owners who also drive another vehicle are 50% less likely to have an accident in their Tesla compared to in their other vehicles, according to an interesting new study looking at EV drivers who drive multiple vehicles. The study is coming from Cambridge Mobile Telematics, which collects telematics data from millions of vehicles. At the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety Charging Into an Electrified Future Conference this week, the group released findings from a study of how behaviors and safety change…

Andy Hall recently drove his TeslaModel 3 from his home in Big Horn, Wyo., to Washington, D.C., for his daughter’s graduate-school commencement ceremony. He turned what is normally an 1,800-mile affair into a 10,000-mile, 15-day odyssey with more than 80 stops in places such as Miami Beach and Quebec City.Dr. Hall, a retired ophthalmologist, is part of a cadre of die-hard Tesla owners who are racing to visit as many of the company’s fast-charging stations, called Superchargers, as possible. It’s a competition without a…

Andy Hall recently drove his Tesla Model 3 from his home in Big Horn, Wyo., to Washington, D.C., for his daughter’s graduate-school commencement ceremony. He turned what is normally an 1,800-mile affair into a 10,000-mile, 15-day odyssey with more than 80 stops in places such as Miami Beach and Quebec City.Dr. Hall, a retired ophthalmologist, is part of a cadre of die-hard Tesla owners who are racing to visit as many of the company’s fast-charging stations,…

A Reddit thread from a user who complains about their Light rain case showing a “nasty grey-yellow” colouring after merely using it for three months. The user also says that they sit all day indoors and avoid UV exposure too. The user tried to clean the case, but the “yellowing” won’t wash off. Here have a look:Another user on Reddit claims that the case has started to change the shape around the buttons after seven months of use. Not only that, the user complains about their case yellowing. Here’s the picture they…

It seems reasonable to expect first-party accessories from huge technology companies to have at least the same level of quality as third-party products. Unfortunately, that does not seem to be the case for Google’s Pixel 6 cases. As spotted by The Verge, reviews on Amazon reveal a number of major issues with Google’s official case for the Pixel 6. Pixel 6 cases: Warping, discoloration, and more Initially, reviews for Google’s Pixel 6 cases were positive overall. The star ratings on Amazon are not always…

Google Pixel 6 and 6 Pro users aren’t impressed with Google’s $30 first-party cases. Looking at Reddit and reviews on Amazon, there are dozens of people complaining about the transparent plastic showing extreme yellowing, warping, or just plain not fitting the phone from the factory. Some users have posted some gnarly-looking pictures of their cases, saying that they degraded in anywhere from several months to just two or three weeks. An editor here at The Verge says that their case has also started to look “a bit…