IKEA's new Matter smart home devices are struggling to stay connected — but a firmware fix is in the works

IKEA's new Matter-compatible smart devices are struggling to connect.
Psychology Today

The Problem With Coercive Control

“Coercive control” is the term for a diabolical relationship pattern that can have devastating consequences. It occurs when one person unreasonably interferes with another person’s free will and ...
Windows Latest

Microsoft confirms Windows 11 January 2026 Update issues, releases fix for at least two bugs

Microsoft has confirmed that the Windows 11 January 2026 Update is causing at least three major issues, including a bug that prevents ‘Shut down’ from working on older PCs running version 23H2 with a ...
Windows Latest

Windows 11 KB5074109 issues: black screen, freezes Outlook POP, breaks Azure Virtual Desktop, LocalizedResourceName (desktop.ini)

Windows 11 KB5074109 causes a black screen on some PCs, including those with an Nvidia GPU, and also freezes Outlook if you use POP, which downloads emails from a server to a local device, among other ...
IEEE

Remote labs and problem oriented engineering education

Abstract: This paper describes a study case of student production of laboratory model for engineering education and its integration in the local remote laboratory. Students guided by teaching staff ...
IEEE

Distributed Control Problem for First-Order Directed Signed Networks Based on Quantized Information

Abstract: This paper investigates the bipartite consensus problems of discrete-time signed networks based on quantized communication. A distributed control framework is built by leveraging the ...