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Thermostats
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
What Is the Mirai Botnet, and How Can I Protect My...
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First discovered in 2016, the Mirai botnet took over an unprecedented number of devices and dealt massive damage to the internet. Now it’s...
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How to Use the ‘Hey Siri’ Command With AirPods (2nd Generation)
Apple refreshed its AirPods wireless earbuds in March 2019, adding a number of new features that set it apart from the previous generation AirPods....
How to Control Your Roku Device with Amazon Alexa
Josh Hendrickson
You can already voice control Roku with the proper remote or with Google Assistant. But if you have an Echo, you were out...
Sonos is shipping a second-generation Sonos One smart speaker
Sonos will announce tomorrow that it’s shipping a second-generation version of its Sonos One smart speaker (the first-gen model is pictured above). There have...
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...
Voice Assistants
Getting Started: Build a Cortana Skill that can stream audio on the new Harman...
This week, Harman Kardon launched Invoke - the voice-activated speaker featuring Cortana. The Harman Kardon Invoke speaker combines the rich, captivating sound that Harman Kardon is...
How to Stop Your Google Home From Recording All Your Conversations
Josh Hendrickson
Google may be storing everything you say to your Google Home and keeping the recordings forever, just as Alexa does. Google recently changed...
Google Assistant can now support and control robot mops
Almost all the home appliances you buy today are “smart” and integrate with Assistant for voice commands on Android and Smart Displays. Google today...
Hands-On With Apple’s New Second-Generation AirPods
Apple's second-generation AirPods, announced last week, started showing up on people's doorsteps this morning and also became available for purchase in Apple retail stores....
Microsoft Abandons Windows 10’s Constant Forced Updates
Microsoft has a major announcement today: Windows 10 will no longer automatically install those big feature updates every six months. Home users can pause...
Smart Devices
Wrest control from a snooping smart speaker with this teachable ‘parasite’
What do you get when you put one internet-connected device on top of another? A little more control than you otherwise would in the...