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Smart Door Lock Loaded With Impressive Features

Smart Door Lock Loaded With Impressive Features
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Smart Door Lock Loaded With Impressive Features

Smart Door Lock Loaded With Impressive Features

A door lock has two main features: opening and closing. Lockly, a leader in manufacturing the world’s most advanced smart lock, let me give the Secure Pro Latch Edition a try.

There’s a lot to say about the lock; it has great features and performs perfectly upon completion. And the instructions Lockly supplied are written in a clear step-by-step format. You will also need the free Lockly app, which requires a security confirmation passcode during setup.

The installation is straightforward and includes adding the included four AA batteries for power and installing the door sensors. With the hardware installed, the lock is ready to open the door from the outside the old-fashioned way, with the supplied keys.

Next was setting up the secure link Wi-Fi hub with the Lockly app (iOS and Android), which requires a few security steps. The app is critical for setting up the keyless features.

The Wi-Fi hub is used for live monitoring with optional notifications sent to your smartphone, setting up voice assistants with Alexa and other control features of the Lockly. The hub is small and plugs directly into any wall outlet, preferably within 10 feet of the lock.

You really don’t purchase a lock like this to use with an actual key, although you can. Have it as a backup. The Lockly Secure Pro offers several ways to open the lock: keyless with the app, combination, fingerprint, send a single use key to someone else (like a worker) or grant regular access to a family member or close friend and voice assistants.

The keypad is front-facing, activated with a tap and has five buttons, four with three numbers in each and an OK button for creating and using access codes.

A nice feature on the keypad has the four buttons with numbers in them move (patented PIN Genie Technology) around every time you use the lock. So each time you go to the lock, the numbers are in a different unique place, so the access code pattern can’t be stolen from a recorded pattern routine. Up to eight sets of access codes can be stored and deleted when needed.

The fingerprint reader was next to be connected. Up to 99 fingerprints can be stored. You have to scan your fingerprint several times at slightly different angles on the reader. The advanced 3D fingerprint scanner is designed to prevent lifted fingerprints from being used.

Price: $299.99

Visit: lockly.com

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Toyota Recalling 1.02 million US Vehicles over Rear Camera Flaw

Toyota logo is seen in this illustration taken July 28, 2025. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration
Toyota logo is seen in this illustration taken July 28, 2025. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration
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Toyota Recalling 1.02 million US Vehicles over Rear Camera Flaw

Toyota logo is seen in this illustration taken July 28, 2025. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration
Toyota logo is seen in this illustration taken July 28, 2025. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration

Toyota Motor said Wednesday it is recalling 1.02 million vehicles in the United States due to a flaw that may cause a rear-view camera to fail, boosting the risk of a crash. The recall covers certain 2022 through 2026 Toyota and Lexus model year vehicles -- including Camry, Highlander, RAV4, Prius and Lexus RX, TX, LS, GX, NX and LX -- as well as Subaru Solterra vehicles equipped with a Panoramic View Monitor system, the automaker said. A software error may cause the camera image to freeze or go blank when the vehicle is in reverse, meaning the vehicles fail to comply with federal rear visibility requirements, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said.

Dealers will update the parking assist software, Reuters reported.

Automakers have recalled millions of vehicles in recent years over rear camera issues. Over the last month, Ford has recalled 3.3 million vehicles for rear camera issues. Stellantis last year recalled nearly 1.2 million vehicles for rear camera problems.

The cameras are mandatory to help prevent drivers from striking people or objects when backing up. Last month Toyota recalled nearly 394,000 US vehicles due to a rear-view camera issue that could reduce drivers' visibility and increase the risk of a crash.

That recall covered several models including certain 2022-2025 Tundra, Tundra Hybrid, and 2023-2025 Sequoia Hybrid vehicles.

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China Poses 'Very Significant' Challenge to German Brands, BMW Leader Says

The new BMW iX3 is displayed during its world premiere ahead of the IAA auto show, in Munich, Germany, September 5, 2025. REUTERS/Angelika Warmuth
The new BMW iX3 is displayed during its world premiere ahead of the IAA auto show, in Munich, Germany, September 5, 2025. REUTERS/Angelika Warmuth
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China Poses 'Very Significant' Challenge to German Brands, BMW Leader Says

The new BMW iX3 is displayed during its world premiere ahead of the IAA auto show, in Munich, Germany, September 5, 2025. REUTERS/Angelika Warmuth
The new BMW iX3 is displayed during its world premiere ahead of the IAA auto show, in Munich, Germany, September 5, 2025. REUTERS/Angelika Warmuth

China poses a "very significant" competitive challenge to German carmakers, the head of luxury carmaker BMW's new Hungarian plant said on Wednesday, with Chinese rival BYD soon to start production in the country.

Under right-wing Prime Minister Viktor Orban, Hungary has become an important trade and investment partner for China, in contrast with some other European Union nations considering becoming less dependent on the world's second-largest economy.

BMW said it would start series production of its iX3 electric model at a plant in the eastern Hungarian town of Debrecen from the end of October, becoming the third major German brand to enter Hungary after Audi and Mercedes-Benz, Reuters reported.

"China constitutes a very significant challenge, all of us can agree on that," BMW's Hungarian Chairman and Chief Executive Hans-Peter Kemser told a conference alongside local leaders from Audi and Mercedes-Benz.

"We must also see that Chinese manufacturers are arriving in Europe. That is a fact," Kemser said through an interpreter.

China's BYD plans to start production at its new electric-vehicle plant in southern Hungary by the end of 2025, while also investing $94 million to triple its local electric bus output.

Michael Breme, Chief Executive of Audi's Hungarian unit, said western manufacturers had lost market share in China and local brands now account for two-thirds of the market there.

"The Chinese market is simply too important to give up on," Breme said. "We need to find new strategies in the local markets."

Zoltan Guth, head of communications and external affairs at Mercedes-Benz Manufacturing Hungary, said the brand also aimed to preserve its market share in China with new or redesigned models to be launched in coming years.

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Reddit, Kick to Be Included in Australia’s Social Media Ban 

The Reddit app is seen on a smartphone in this illustration taken, July 13, 2021. (Reuters)
The Reddit app is seen on a smartphone in this illustration taken, July 13, 2021. (Reuters)
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Reddit, Kick to Be Included in Australia’s Social Media Ban 

The Reddit app is seen on a smartphone in this illustration taken, July 13, 2021. (Reuters)
The Reddit app is seen on a smartphone in this illustration taken, July 13, 2021. (Reuters)

Popular social media website Reddit and streaming giant Kick will be added to a list of websites banned for under-16s in Australia from next month, Canberra said Wednesday.

Australia will from December 10 force social media platforms including Facebook, Instagram and TikTok to remove users under the age of 16, slapping hefty fines of up to Aus$49.5 million (US$32 million) if they fail to do so.

Streaming platform Kick and online forum Reddit will also be included in the new legislation, Minister for Communications Anika Wells said Wednesday.

"Online platforms use technology to target children with chilling control," Wells told reporters.

"We are merely asking that they use that same technology to keep children safe online," she said.

"We want children to have a childhood and we want parents to have peace of mind."

There is keen interest in whether Australia's sweeping restrictions can work as regulators around the globe wrestle with the dangers of social media.

On paper, the ban is one of the strictest in the world.

But some experts are concerned that the law will be merely symbolic.

So far, platforms like Roblox, Discord and WhatsApp will not be banned, but streaming site Twitch is under review.

But Wells said the list of banned platforms was not static and could change.

And eSafety Commissioner Julie Inman Grant said while age restrictions were one "really potent solution" to stopping social media harm, they were not a quick fix.

Social media companies have previously described the laws as "vague", "problematic" and "rushed".

A Kick spokesperson said: "Australia represents a small share of our global audience, but Kick was built here and we'll keep backing our local creators."

"We'll continue engaging constructively on these new rules to support fair outcomes: protecting online safety without compromising privacy or limiting the creative freedom that drives Australia's creator economy," they added.

Kick came under scrutiny in France after a 46-year-old man died during a 12-day livestreaming marathon on his channel that showed him enduring abuse and humiliation dished out by other participants.

The government said earlier this year social media giants will not be required to verify the ages of all users, but must take "reasonable steps" to detect and deactivate underage ones.