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Build a Web Connected Thermostat with a Raspberry Pi and and...
Web connected thermostats are great, but they're expensive. If you want to make your own, blogger and engineer Nooganeer shows how to build one...
Home Security
How to Turn an Old Android Phone into a Security Camera
If you have an old phone lying around, you can easily put it to good use by turning it into a mobile security camera....
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Amazon’s Alexa now handles patient health information
Today, Amazon announced that six health care companies and providers will allow customers to access some of their personalized medical information by...
Vivint Smart Home expands its services to protect your vehicle with Vivint Car Guard
Vivint Smart Home is expanding from smart home/home security services into automobile security with a new service called Vivint...
Security Flaw in Guardzilla Smart Cameras Is Exposing Users’ Recordings, Researchers Say
Putting internet-connected cameras in your home requires some blind trust—namely, that these devices are designed without any major, easily discoverable security vulnerabilities. But that’s...
Download: Try Microsoft’s New Chromium-Based Edge Browser Today
Microsoft announced last December it would move the Edge over to the Chromium rendering engine. Leaked builds hit the web a few weeks ago,...
Voice Assistants
The Google Assistant comes to more devices at home
With the Google Assistant, we’re helping you get things done around the house—whether your hands are full in the kitchen, you’re too tired to...
Google Labor Day sale starts at $29, plus deals on smart home gear, more...
The Google smart devices Labor Day sale starts at $29, and Home Depot discounts a number of accessories for today only. There’s also a...
The golden age of YouTube is over
The platform was built on the backs of independent creators, but now YouTube is abandoning them for more traditional content Danny Philippou...
Google Assistant’s worst feature is still having to say ‘Hey Google’
Recently, a few of us at The Verge who use Google Assistant devices in our homes started complaining about the whole “Hey...
How the Google Assistant masters conversations—and you can, too
Heading home for the holidays? Here’s hoping it’ll be a joyous reunion with friends and family, with plenty of cookies to go around. But...
Smart Devices
After Boeing’s 737 MAX, how do we regulate automation?
The Boeing 737 MAX has been involved in two recent air crashes.
In the wake of a second crash of a Boeing 737 MAX airplane,...