Even though this is a freak occurrence, it does affect people’s perception of and comfort with smart devices. Your customers will need you to be conversant in security. One way to be more secure-aware is to use these devices at home.    To find hear (and delete) every ...read more

Well this kind of defeats the purpose of Amazon at least in my house. We buy a a lot of DIY bits--often multiple different valves, pieces of pipe, screws, LED lights, mounts, extenders, wall plates etc. etc. because it's not always obvious what is going to work for the project or ...read more

After RED found Jim Jannard recently claimed "we have no idea what we're doing" about the coming debut of the hotly anticipated holographic RED phone, you will soon be able to join the adventure (and charge it in your Tesla 3) for extra brinksmanship. -Cynthia Wisehart ...read more

Two big industry trends were top of my mind, as my plane touched down in South Carolina last week to attend the Synnex Strategic Partner Summit in Greenville, that took place May 16-18. And as the Summit progressed–hosted by the big AV distributor Synnex with hundreds of ...read more

This undercover report from my Gizmodo colleague, author and journalist James Bloodworth, describes his time at a U.K. Amazon distribution center as a prison shift, although it sounds more akin to the dystopian societies of “1984” and “The Handmaid’s Tale.” ...read more

The company has at least $100 million of debt, and perhaps as much as $500 million, according to paperwork filed in Delaware on Tuesday.WATCH NEXT: Amazon's warehouses are worse than you think ...read more

Kickstarter Patrol: Takieso Graft Design has introduced a mousepad that can double as a portable wireless charger. It's already over goal with over $20,000 pledged and about a month left to go.Compatible with the Qi wireless standard, the wool and leather MousePad+ supports ...read more

Kickstarter Patrol: Takieso Graft Design has introduced a mousepad that can double as a portable wireless charger. It's already over goal with over $20,000 pledged and about a month left to go.Compatible with the Qi wireless standard, the wool and leather MousePad+ supports ...read more

Editor’s Note: Welcome to NewBay’s inaugural edition of Need to Know, where we explain complex topics and demonstrate how they apply to each industry we serve. Need to Know stories appear on our websites and in our magazines. Keep coming back for future topics, to include 5G, ...read more

Concerns about Facebook privacy continue to grow; people are rethinking their participation. Facebook is trying to be less obtuse about how to control your data. But today's latest revelation is this: they save your deleted and unpublished videos (and now promise to delete them). ...read more

As I’ve often commented while attending and covering the SXSW Interactive conference each year, the term “Interactive” has usually been painted here in huge, rolling strokes that cover any and everything from autonomous cars to music streaming and movie technology, and yes, an ...read more

Stressing beauty, size and functionality, along with a set of unique intelligence and aesthetic features, Samsung officially unveiled its 2018 QLED and Ultra HD TV lineup at a grandiose CES-style event at the American Stock Exchange building in lower Manhattan.It also showed off ...read more

Rob Moodey discusses the fact versus fiction surrounding the necessity of H.265 in the 4K industry. Covering the capabilities and virtues of the established and tested H.264 standard, he also delves into challenges that are presented with the adoption of new encoding ...read more

David Bowie is presents approximately 400 objects drawn primarily from the David Bowie Archive, including the artist’s original costumes, handwritten lyric sheets from famous songs, original album art, photographs, and videos, all tracing Bowie’s creative process. The archive is ...read more

The AV-iQ database (originally built by InfoComm/AVIXA and now owned by NewBay) provides a central, searchable destination for current data on thousands of AV products. Here are the top 15 most-searched products across residential categories. ...read more