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What to Expect From Google’s Pixel 3 Hardware Event

In less than a week’s time Google will be holding court in New York to reveal some less-than-mysterious new hardware offerings. Those Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL smartphones might have been thoroughly leaked ahead of next week’s gathering, but what other surprises has Google managed to keep under wraps? The event officially gets under…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Oct 3

Lenovo Wades into the Smarthome Gold Rush with Some Very Cheap and Convenient Gadgets

Along with anything related to smart speakers and voice assistant integration, one of the biggest gold rushes in tech is the rapidly expanding smarthome market. And with companies both new and old trying to find a way in, there’s a lot of a confusion among consumer about which brands are legit. So naturally, Lenovo, with…

Gadgets Sam Rutherford Aug 30

Smart Home Security Camera Sends Footage to Wrong Person, Is Maybe Not So Smart After All

Internet-connected devices are known for having their fair share of security issues—especially when it comes to cameras. But here’s a new one: the BBC reported this week that a smart home security camera started sending video clips to the wrong person. The BBC first caught wind of the problem shortly after one of its employees…

Privacy & Security AJ Dellinger Jun 30

Don’t Use a Nest Doorbell to Raise Your Kids

Nest just released a new ad, and let me tell you: there are some issues with the content. So you see this teenage girl in a prom dress ring a Nest doorbell, and a teen couple walk out the front door. The two girls walk to a car, as a low robotic voice beckons the…

Tech News Adam Clark Estes Mar 28

Amazon and Google Are Back to Feuding, This Time Over Smart Homes and Nest

E-retail giant Amazon has declined to feature any future products from Google’s line of smart home products, Nest, and as a result, Nest won’t be restocking those items currently listed on the site once they sell out. Per Business Insider, during a recent conference call between the two tech giants, Amazon informed Google’s team about…

Commerce Tom McKay Mar 3

Why Samsung’s Home of the Future Concept Scares the Hell Out of Me

Picture this: you live in the future. Your gadgets are voice-controlled. You’re lazy, so you don’t want to walk over to a smart speaker to bark your commands. But one of the world’s largest electronics companies has saved you from that slightly inconvenient fate by installing microphones in everything you own. Welcome to Samsung’s home…

Gadgets Adam Clark Estes Jan 10

There’s a Different Way to Get Smart Lights: Replace Your Switches, Not Your Bulbs

Smart homes have finally improved enough that having a home that responds to your every wish and command is almost within reach. The problem, is that unless you are a Hollywood movie star or the offspring of an oil baron, retooling your house to smarten it up is too expensive to do all once, which…

Gadgets Sam Rutherford Oct 26

It’s Hard Not to Love the Google Home Mini

It’s almost unfair that most of the world met our voice-controlled future in the form of an Amazon Echo. Sure, the gadget works, but damn is it ugly. The Google Home was better but still sort of silly-looking. That’s why the sleek, minimalist Google Home Mini feels like a revelation. This donut-sized device does almost…

Home Entertainment & Smart Home Adam Clark Estes Oct 12

Airbnb Guests Discover Hidden Camera, Host Charged for ‘Video Voyeurism’

An Indiana couple visiting Longboat Key, Florida, were disturbed to find a hidden security camera in their Airbnb rental the day after they checked in. Derek Starnes, who works in IT, told local news outlet WFTS that he noticed a small hole in the smoke detector on the ceiling of their Airbnb’s bedroom on September…

Tech News Jennings Brown Oct 11

Nest’s New Security System Makes Me Feel Sad for Nest

Everybody seemed excited about Nest’s big event on Wednesday. New products! Several of them! New direction! Much needed for a company plagued with security flaws, product defects, and loads of other problems. But the most innovative thing that Nest announced was an alarm. Literally, a box that makes a loud noise. It’s called the Nest…

Gadgets Adam Clark Estes Sep 20

New Nest Thermostat Pretty

For the first time ever, Nest has redesigned its iconic smart thermostat. The new Nest Thermostat E basically does the same stuff the old thermostat did, but it’s not black and steel any more. It’s all white, like the front half of a classic iPod. Very pretty! The new Nest Thermostat E, like its predecessor,…

Gadgets Adam Clark Estes Aug 31

I Wish All Smart Home Upgrades Were as Easy as This Light Bulb

There’s an entire standup routine waiting to be written about how smart home accessoriescan be incredibly dumb and complicated. But one of the easiest smart home upgrades, smart lighting, has just gotten easy enough for even your parents to install without calling you—if they’re living in Apple’s ecosystem. Smartphone-controlled light bulbs were one of the…

Home Entertainment & Smart Home Andrew Liszewski Aug 24

Apple’s Answer to the Amazon Echo Sounds Creepy

According to a new report from Bloomberg, Apple is moving forward with plans for a smart home hub, joining the Amazon Echo and the upcoming Google Home device in the battle to take over your house. Like the Echo, this device would let users control their lights, locks and other smart-homey stuff using voice activation.…

Tech News Christina Warren Sep 23

Philips Hue System Adds a Motion Sensor That Will Turn Your Smart Lights On Automatically

Before the idea of a ‘smart home’ came long, people had to actually walk over to a switch to turn lights on and off—it was barbaric. Now you can illuminate your entire house with just a few taps on a smartphone app, but Philips wants to make life even easier than that with a new…

Gadgets Andrew Liszewski Aug 29

Steve Jobs Would Have Hated Savant’s Fancy Home Remote

When I met Savant’s top executives in their posh SoHo office, they were quick to brag about how their company helped design Steve Jobs’ yacht. The well dressed men went on to say that they’d also outfitted Bono’s castle with a smarthome system, years before anyone knew the word smarthome. So when I finally got…

Reviews Adam Clark Estes Aug 5

Bluetooth Devices Will Link to the Internet Without Your Presence

A lot of devices rely solely on Bluetooth for connectivity, but they always require another device to provide them with a link to the internet. That often means you need to be right there with it—but not for much longer, because the low-power standard is getting its own gateway to the internet. The Bluetooth Special…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe Feb 12

TP-Link’s New Touchscreen Router Is a Giant Leap Towards a Unified Smarthome

The hundreds of different smart home platforms premiering at CES 2016 is a perfect summation of that technology: it’s kind of a mess right now. But with its new SR20 Smart Home Router, TP-Link might have just helped to streamline the smart home and make all the connected devices in your home finally play nicely…

Gadgets Andrew Liszewski Jan 6

D-Link’s Smart Alarm Detector Sends Alerts Straight to Your Phone

Expanding on its range of smarthome accessories introduced at CES last year, D-Link is introducing a new device this year that makes it easy to integrate your existing ‘dumb’ smoke and carbon monoxide detectors into your smarthome setup. The DCH-S165 mydlink Smart Alarm Detector plugs into any AC outlet and communicates with the mydlink Connected…

Gadgets Andrew Liszewski Jan 4

LG’s SmartThinQ Hub Puts All Your Smarthome Notifications on a 3.5-inch Screen

The flawlessly interconnected smarthome we’ve been promised remains a mess of competing standards and random devices battling for your attention. To help streamline all that noise, LG has revealed an Amazon Echo-looking hub that includes an LCD display for keeping an eye on what your smarthome is up to. Whereas the Amazon Echo is dependent…

Gadgets Andrew Liszewski Dec 30

Smart LED Bulbs Learn Your Routines, and Automatically Turn On When You Go on Vacation

One of the most effective ways to protect your home while you’re traveling is to simply make it look like you’re not actually away. But instead of wrangling timers, or having the neighbors stop by, these new BeON smart bulbs will automatically learn your daily routines and keep turning lights on and off in your…

Gadgets Andrew Liszewski Oct 20

What to Expect From Google’s Pixel 3 Hardware Event

Lenovo Wades into the Smarthome Gold Rush with Some Very Cheap and Convenient Gadgets

Smart Home Security Camera Sends Footage to Wrong Person, Is Maybe Not So Smart After All

Don’t Use a Nest Doorbell to Raise Your Kids

Amazon and Google Are Back to Feuding, This Time Over Smart Homes and Nest

Why Samsung’s Home of the Future Concept Scares the Hell Out of Me

There’s a Different Way to Get Smart Lights: Replace Your Switches, Not Your Bulbs

It’s Hard Not to Love the Google Home Mini

Airbnb Guests Discover Hidden Camera, Host Charged for ‘Video Voyeurism’

Nest’s New Security System Makes Me Feel Sad for Nest

New Nest Thermostat Pretty

I Wish All Smart Home Upgrades Were as Easy as This Light Bulb

Apple’s Answer to the Amazon Echo Sounds Creepy

Philips Hue System Adds a Motion Sensor That Will Turn Your Smart Lights On Automatically

Steve Jobs Would Have Hated Savant’s Fancy Home Remote

Bluetooth Devices Will Link to the Internet Without Your Presence

TP-Link’s New Touchscreen Router Is a Giant Leap Towards a Unified Smarthome

D-Link’s Smart Alarm Detector Sends Alerts Straight to Your Phone

LG’s SmartThinQ Hub Puts All Your Smarthome Notifications on a 3.5-inch Screen

Smart LED Bulbs Learn Your Routines, and Automatically Turn On When You Go on Vacation

Sony Soundbar With Bass Reflex Speaker Is Now as Cheap as Budget Earbuds After a Sudden Price Drop

Why There Is Still Hope to Find Even More Missing ‘Doctor Who’ Episodes

Crypto Project Details Alleged 6-Month North Korean Intel Op Behind $285 Million Hack

Crypto Investment Scams Were the Most Costly Type of Fraud in the U.S. in 2025

This $1.78/mo VPN Shouldn’t Be This Good: Surfshark’s Deal That Feels Illegal

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Someone Finally Took a Good iPhone Photo of the Moon. Good Luck Copying Their Trick

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