‘My friends take my trash home because the garbage men don’t show up’

A pensioner says he dropped off his rubbish at friends’ homes after no bins had been collected for more than three months. Rene Pollak, who lives in Throwley near Faversham, is furious because he hasn’t seen the binmen turn up at his door since mid-March, and he’s had to pick up more and more rubbish. … Read more

Are smart home security systems more of a security risk than a benefit?

The Wyze Cam v3 next to a spy gnome with a briefcase that says

Last September, US owners of Wyze security cameras were shocked to discover that their webcam footage was not of their own homes, but of the properties of other camera owners. “I went to check my cameras and they’re all gone to be replaced with a new one… and this isn’t mine,” said one user on … Read more

Dealmaker Steven Klinsky is quietly hitting home runs away from the ’80s spotlight

Dealmaker Steven Klinsky had a front-row seat to the most dramatic takeover drama Wall Street has ever seen: the merciless, multibillion-dollar battle for control of RJR Nabisco. From that battle in the 1980s, he learned a formative lesson: Stay away from the highly leveraged takeovers orchestrated by reckless debt junkies. The results were a quiet … Read more

Ryse SmartShades are an expensive yet intuitive way to bring old-school shades into the world of the smart home

Ryse SmartShade opening a window shade.

I recently moved into a new apartment and since I’m trying to live within three smart home ecosystems at once – Apple Home, Google and Amazon Alexa – this was a chance to completely reset my smart home, weed out some things and also some adding new smart gadgets. My new place has a lot … Read more

Hundreds of holidaymakers at Heathrow Airport said ‘go home’ after an IT outage

After hours of technical problems, missed luggage and cancelled flights, ‘all hell broke loose’ at Heathrow Airport’s Terminal 5, with hundreds of angry passengers being told to go home Chaos at Heathrow Airport after British Airways IT failure (X) Dozens of British Airways (BA) holidaymakers and other travelers traveling through Heathrow Airport’s Terminal 5 last … Read more

Space debris crashes into Florida home, family sues for damages

Attorney Mica Nguyen Worthy is suing NASA on behalf of Florida homeowner Alejandro Otero and his family to recover damages after space debris struck their family home in early March, according to the Cranfill Sumner law firm where Worthy is a partner. On March 8, a piece of space debris crashed through the roof … Read more

Pictured: the tree stump where a giant ash tree once stood after it was illegally felled by a 40-year-old mother because it was a ‘nuisance’ that blocked her drains and destroyed her home

Before the tree was felled

The stump of a protected giant tree at a mother’s home is still visible after she illegally felled it because it was a ‘nuisance’, MailOnline can reveal. Kelly Palmer, 40, avoided having to pay a fine after admitting paying a tree surgeon to cut down the imposing ash tree as it blocked the drain and … Read more

systemd 256.1: It is now slightly less likely that /home will be deleted

Shortly after systemd version 256 comes 256.1, which fixes a handful of bugs. One of them is emphatic not systemd-tmpfiles recursively delete your entire home directory. That is a characteristic. The 256.1 release is out now and contains around 38 minor changes and bug fixes. This includes some changes to the help text surrounding the … Read more