It's often more'smash and grab' than'Mission: Impossible.' French police officers stand next to a furniture elevator used by robbers to enter the Louvre Museum, on Quai Francois Mitterrand, in Paris on October 19, 2025. Robbers broke in to the Louvre and fled with jewellery on October 19, 2025 morning, a source close to the case said, adding that its value was still being evaluated. A police source said an unknown number of thieves arrived on a scooter armed with small chainsaws and used a goods lift to reach the room they were targeting. Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. A heist at a world famous museum likely evokes images of stealthy cat burglars skulking at night armed with state-of-the-art gadgets, possibly even soundtracked with a cool, jazzy instrumental.

The panoramic virtual views are meant to eliminate drag and energy wasted associated with windows. Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. For the average air traveler, window seats are often considered prime real estate, so much so that they've sparked several dramatic mid-flight skirmishes over the years. But that's not quite the case for plane manufacturers, who have long viewed those coveted oval portholes more as design obstacles to be overcome. While windows are pleasant for passengers, they create structural weak points that require extra reinforcement and add weight.

The feature-laden FamiLock Max S3--the first smart lock we've seen with an integrated video screen on its interior escutcheon--works well, but its onboard camera won't make sense in some home environments. As if on steroids, smart locks have been advancing in amazing and surprising ways over the last year, with each few months bringing a new "first" to the market. Eufy's FamiLock S3 Max offers yet another smart lock innovation that would have been unthinkable just weeks ago: It's the first model we've seen that has a built-in, 4-inch video screen on its interior escutcheon, relaying video from a camera mounted on the exterior escutcheon, no secondary device required. It's a neat idea but right off the bat, it's clearly not a lock that's going to make sense for everyone. Like many homeowners, I have a massive window set into the center of my front door, so having a small video screen that displays what is happening on the other side of that door isn't going to do me much good. However, those with fully opaque doors--especially apartment dwellers –might find this a much more compelling proposition than a peephole.

New technology would allow retailers to show shoppers targeted, real-time ads on video screens placed throughout their stores. The idea of "smart shopping" could soon be taking on a whole new meaning, thanks to a number of new experiments seeking to use artificial intelligence technology to enhance your shopping experience. A.I. has been helping you shop online for more than a decade, and now it may start keeping an eye on you when you hit the stores in the real world as well. Of course, it's no secret that cameras of some sort have been watching us in retail stores for more than 50 years, just to make sure we're not taking things without paying. But now those cameras have gotten smarter, and they're being combined with A.I. technology to see what it is we're shopping for, and who we are. One of the main goals is to eventually be able to show shoppers targeted, real-time advertisements, on video screens placed throughout stores.

I hope you enjoyed your weekend. Would you want to be told you're dying over a video screen attached to a robot? A 78-year-old California man received news of his demise in exactly that fashion, the BBC reports. A robotic unit used to conduct telemedicine visits came into Ernest Quintana's hospital room, where he was with his granddaughter and a friend of his daughter's, and a doctor on its video screen (sitting at an unknown remote location) reportedly told him that his lungs were irrevocably damaged and he would soon die. Quintana passed away the following day.

USA TODAY's Jefferson Graham says Google Home is improved but is still a work in progress with some gaping holes. LOS ANGELES -- Typing is so yesterday. Why write it when you can say it? This week we turned our attention to a different way of talking -- to our phones and home speakers. And if Google's any guide, that will be the story (digitally synthesized in a computer's best dulcet tones) for the next months and probably, years.