Amazon and Best Buy have the lowest prices for two August smart home door locks during a limited time sale. August was one of the firstsmart door lockcompanies designed specifically for smart home convenience, security, and DIY installation. Both August smart locks work with your existing door and deadbolt hardware, and you still can use your existing keys. In most cases installation should take about 10 minutes and the only tool you’ll need is a screwdriver....

A new report suggests that AMD’s upcoming and as-yet-unannounced Threadripper 5000 processors will arrive in August, with general availability coming in September. The updated high-end desktop range is reportedly built on the Zen 3 architecture powering Ryzen 5000 chips, which should offer a significant performance improvement over the current Threadripper 3000 chips. AMD will announce Threadripper 5000 chips, codenamed Chagall, in August, according toa report from MoePC. The biggest change compared to Threadripper 3000 chips is the updated Zen 3 architecture, which boasts up to a 19% instruction per clock (IPC) improvement compared to Zen 2....

Amouranth is now co-owner of an esports team in latest shock business move Kick streamer Kaitlyn ‘Amouranth’ Siragusa has joined fellow content creators Disguised Toast and MoistCr1TiKaL in the world of esports. On June 20, the popular adult content creator and streamer revealed that she’s now co-owner of Houston-based Wildcard Gaming. John Griffin, Wildcard’s other co-owner, voiced excitement aboutAmouranthjoining, saying that with the esports industry stabilizing after a few tumultuous years, this was the “right time to make a move....

Apex Legends season 5 is here, and along with a new legend and some map changes, the new season brings the game’s first-ever quest. From the quest to ranked play changes, here’s everything you need to know aboutApex Legends season 5. Further reading Skull Town in ruins Season 5 centers around Kings Canyon, but it’s not the same Kings Canyon you’ve been battling on during the past few seasons. As we’ll get to in a moment, Loba is the latest legend in the Apex Games....

It’s June 18, and Apple has made good on its promise to launch its HomePod in Germany, France, and Canada by this date. The Siri-enabled smart speaker marks a major market expansion for the tech giant, and the announcement could be an effort to boost dwindling sales of the HomePod, which will now be available in six countries, including the United Kingdom and Australia. Five months after the HomePod made its much anticipated (and delayed) debut in its first three nations, it has now expanded its reach....

Chefling, the Artificial Intelligence (A.I.)-driven sous chef for the smart kitchen, has been evolving and expanding for a while, and now it looks like it might have a permanent home with one of the world’s biggest appliance manufacturers, GE Appliances. At CES, the budding smart kitchen assistant will expand its partnership with the global manufacturer to allow Chefling’s UltraConnect wireless connectivity technology to integrate with GE connected appliances on iOS and Android devices, starting with GE’s Connected Microwave and Oven....

The Avatar universe is set to get “the biggest video game in franchise history” — an AAA RPG where players will be introduced to a whole new Avatar. IGN reportedThursday that Paramount Game Studios and Saber Interactive are working on the game for both PC and console that will have the players take on the role of a new Avatar in an original story. It’s being made in conjunction with Avatar Studios, the company founded in 2021 byAvatar: The Last Airbenderco-creators Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko to expand the universe into other media....

Baldur’s Gate 3 dev slams Collector’s Edition scalpers charging over $2,000 The Baldur’s Gate 3 Collector’s Edition is now being sold for over $2,000 by scalpers and Larian’s Director of Publishing has called them out. Baldur’s Gate 3 is available in a few different editions, and for fans who want to go all the way to grab the game along with a plethora of physical goodies, the Collector’s Edition is a solid choice....

Summary Chef Johnathan “Jono” ShillingfordfromBelow Deck Mediterraneanseason 9 may get fired if he doesn’t improve his skills in the galley quickly. With two charters under his belt, the chef knows how Captain Sandy Yawn leads the Mustique. Before he pursued his culinary career, Chef Jono was an architect. He started as a chef when a friend asked him to fill in and prepare meals on a superyacht.Chef Jono is proudly self-taught, though his lack of expertise was shown duringBelow Deck Medseason 9....

Below Deck Med’s Captain Sandy claims Season 8’s Luka has “crush” on ex-cast member Captain Sandy Yawn just joked that Luka Brunton from Below Deck Med has a girlfriend…and it isn’t Jessika Asai. Since leaving Below Deck Down Under for Below Deck Mediterranean, Luka Brunton has found a new way to be the center of attention—especially when it comes to his female co-stars. His first romance began with Nat Scudder but their relationship soon fell apart due to Nat’s open relationship with her boyfriend....

This story is part of our continuing coverage of CES 2020, including tech and gadgets from the showroom floor. German supplier Bosch is working on bringing facial recognition technology to the world of cars. Similar to what’s available on many smartphones, the feature is a way to keep the passengers safe, entertained, and comfortable. Digital Trends checked out the tech at CES 2020, where Bosch packed it into a #vanlife-specVolkswagen Touranfor demonstration purposes....

Country bans GTA and Counter-Strike for making people “commit various crimes” The country of Tajikistan has banned the popular video games GTA and Counter Strike, claiming they cause people to “commit various crimes.” Tajikistan has enacted a ban on the distribution of the video gamesCounter-StrikeandGrand Theft Auto(GTA), citing concerns about the games containing violent and immoral content. The country’s interior ministry announcedthat police in the capital, Dushanbe, will conduct raids and inspections of computer gaming centers suspected of selling these games....

When it comes to driving down the cost ofwind energy, one simple way of avoiding unnecessary expenditure is to regularly check the blades of wind turbines for damage. By spotting signs of damage early, blades can be kept in service for longer before needing replacement. Unfortunately, that’s a task that’s easier said than done using traditional inspection methods, such as ground-based surveying. Fortunately, researchers at Sandia National Laboratorieshave another solution— and it involves a combination of blade-crawling robots and flying inspection drones....