Public safety is my top priority, and this door camera initiative is about strengthening crime prevention right where it matters most at home. By equipping residents with tools and partnering closely with our Milpitas police department, we're building a stronger connection between our community and law enforcement to help deter crime and protect our neighborhoods.
In the past, roof inspections mostly focused on what could be seen from the outside. Contractors looked for broken shingles, worn flashing, or areas where water might enter the roof. The problem is that roof damage does not always show clear signs right away. Water can move through roofing layers before it becomes visible inside the home.
Harlowe, a company known for lighting accessories that cater to influencers and amateurs, has released a $95 alternative called the Omni 360 that evenly illuminates with a diffused soft glow in all directions. The Omni 360's 2W of light output can be boosted to up to 4W as needed but neither mode is quite bright enough to fully illuminate a dark environment.
Walgreens has launched a new pilot program at select New York locations that will allow some employees to wear body-worn cameras while working in the store. The cameras are voluntary for employees and are intended to help improve safety for both workers and customers. The company believes the presence of body cameras could help prevent tense situations from escalating.
The Department of Transportation has renewed a five-year contract worth about $998 million with Verra Mobility, the company that runs the city's automated enforcement cameras. The deal keeps Verra in charge of red-light, speed, and bus-lane camera programs, even as a long-running loophole leaves cars with temporary tags effectively immune from camera-issued summonses.
Meta's AI-powered smart glasses could be sending sensitive footage to human reviewers in Nairobi, Kenya, according to an investigation by the Swedish outlets Svenska Dagbladet and Göteborgs-Posten. The report claims Meta contractors in Kenya have seen videos captured with the smart glasses that show "bathroom visits, sex and other intimate moments."
"There's interest across the board," Michael Kemper, MTA chief security officer, told THE CITY. "It's not only coming from the MTA, but from the business world, the AI business world, in working with us."
A man accused of causing the explosion of an ultra-low emission zone (Ulez) camera in south-east London has told a court he does not recall where he was or what he was doing at the time of the incident. A video has also been released by the Met Police showing the moment the camera exploded in CCTV footage. Retired electrical appliances engineer Kevin Rees is on trial at Woolwich Crown Court accused of damaging the camera in Willersley Avenue, Sidcup.
A floodlight security camera is a great way to add light and video surveillance to your property, and they work extremely well for dark areas. They can serve like motion-activated lights when you or your family are taking out the trash, adding safety and convenience to your property. The addition of a security camera enables you to receive alerts about intruders, record video events that you can review later, and drop in and check on the videofeed whenever you like from wherever you are.
This spring, a Southern California beach town will become the first city in the country where municipal parking enforcement vehicles will use an AI system looking for potential bike lane violations. Beginning in April, the City of Santa Monica will bring Hayden AI's scanning technology to seven cars in its parking enforcement fleet, expanding beyond similar cameras already mounted on city buses.
Ugreen announced at CES 2026 that it'll be branching into smart home territory with the launch of its SynCare product line of cameras. The series will consist of two indoor cams, the ID500 Pro and ID500 Plus, the OD600 Pro outdoor cam, and the Video Doorbell DB600 Pro. All of this gear will launch in the second half of 2026, with pricing to be announced at IFA 2026.
According to TechCrunch's previous coverage, the feature enables Ring users to recognize visitors' faces and locate lost pets by connecting with neighbors who also use Ring devices. Amazon also rolled out an Alexa+ feature that acts as a smart doorbell assistant, alerting users to a visitor before they open the door. As reported by TechCrunch, Amazon stated that the Familiar Faces feature allows you to create a catalog of up to 50 people by tagging them in the Ring app.
To begin, a line of new Ring Elite 4K security devices will come in four configurations: a 140-degree viewing angle using two cameras at $499.99; a 200-degree viewing angle using three cameras at $599.99; a 290-degree viewing angle using five cameras (that you can mount on the corner of a building to see both sides) for $749.99; and a Ring Elite that gives you a full 360-degree view using six cameras for $999.99. The devices will be available starting this spring.
Amazon Ring's Super Bowl ad offered a vision of our streets that should leave every person unsettled about the company's goals for disintegrating our privacy in public. In the ad, disguised as a heartfelt effort to reunite the lost dogs of the country with their innocent owners, the company previewed future surveillance of our streets: a world where biometric identification could be unleashed from consumer devices to identify, track, and locate anything - human, pet, and otherwise.