What happens when your smart home data is used against you?
By now, you’ve probably heard about China’s Social Credit scoring system. It combines facial recognition technology with all sorts of personal data to determine...
Our second-favorite universal remote just hit its lowest price ever, plus smart bulb sales
The Logitech Harmony 650 has been our runner-up pick for the best universal remote control; at its typical $40-50 street price, we...
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,...
Foxconn’s first announced product for its Wisconsin factory is an airport coffee robot
Image: Briggo
Taiwanese manufacturing giant Foxconn is expanding its controversial Wisconsin presence with automated coffee robots. The manufacturer, known best for...
Smart Home Cleaning Gadgets for the Fastidious Tech Lover
Hate to clean? Let these smart home gadgets do the cleaning
for you!
If
you’ve ever wished the floor would mop itself and all the dust bunnies...
This is where IoT-focused VCs are placing their COVID-19 bets
Automation, robotics, predictive maintenance, and telehealth are all areas that VCs see growing despite the current health and market crises.
The venture and startup world...
Smart Home Devices that are growing the Fastest
Smart Home Devices that are growing
the Fastest
Are you in the
market for smart home technology? If not you should be… The market is growing
at a...
Renters Save Money With Smart Home Products
Looking for ways to save money and make your rented home smart, too? You don’t have to own your home to reduce electricity bills...
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...
Baidu and Xiaomi are working together on internet of things and artificial intelligence
Baidu, China’s answer to Google, and Xiaomi, which has modeled itself on the success of the America’s most successful technology manufacturer in Apple, have...
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Sonos is shipping a second-generation Sonos One smart speaker
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