Wednesday, October 4, 2023
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Voice Assistants

Here we cover everything about Artifical Intelligence (AI) and Voice Assistants from 4 major companies: Google, Amazon, Apple and Microsoft. What smart devices are compatible, how to setup or how to use. If you are interested in smart devices and home automation, you are at the right place.

Google Home Can Now Control Belkin WeMo and Honeywell Devices

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Google Home is a tough contender for the Amazon Echo, but it launched with much less third-party support. Now, the company’s added Belkin WeMo...

The Seven Best Things You Can Do With an Amazon Echo

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The Amazon Echo offers our first serious glimpse into the future of an intelligent home. It’s not perfect, but whether you’re you’re thinking of...

Microsoft and Xiaomi to collaborate on AI, cloud computing and hardware

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After Microsoft signed a deal to test Windows 10 on Xiaomi devices in 2015 and then Xiaomi bought a trove of patents to...

Google’s smart home sell looks cluttered and incoherent

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If any aliens or technology ingenues were trying to understand what on earth a ‘smart home’ is yesterday, via Google’s latest own-brand hardware...

Summoning Actual Fire, or Other Automations, When the Bomb Goes Off in CS:GO via...

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A few years back, I wrote about integrating my dumb gas fireplace into Home Assistant using a Wemos D1 Mini. A few weeks ago...

Apple launches COVID-19 screening app and website

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Image: Apple Apple today launched a website and a new app dedicated to COVID-19 screening. The resources offer an online screening...

[Update: Fixed] Google Nest outage takes down Thermostat, Cam live video, and apps

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A router failure saw some Google services briefly slow or go down yesterday, but was quickly resolved. Google Nest users this afternoon are encountering...

How Apple’s Culture of Secrecy Poses Challenges for the New Work From Home Reality

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Apple employees in Silicon Valley and other parts of the world have been working from home since early March, and a new report from...

Android Auto Wireless is now supported in 34 countries w/ latest expansion

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Google’s Android Auto platform has been around for some time now, but the Wireless version of it has only been available in select regions....

Today’s best Android game/app deals + freebies: Cat Quest, OTTTD, more

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It’s time to dig in to today’s best Android app deals. After what has been a groundbreaking couple weeks in mobile price drops, we...

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What happens when your smart home data is used against you?

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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...

Google Home Can Now Control Belkin WeMo and Honeywell Devices

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Google Home is a tough contender for the Amazon Echo, but it launched with much less third-party support. Now, the company’s added Belkin WeMo...

Roku adds voice commands, finally rivaling one of Android TV’s best features

Roku is one of the biggest TV platforms in the US with a good portion of its success coming from a barebones, simple offering....