Smart home device manufacturers are bracing for chaos — again
Smart home device manufacturers are bracing for chaos — again President Donald Trumpâs latest round of tariffs â including a now 125 percent levy on Chinese imports â will hit the smart home industry hard. Many smart home device makers are already struggling, thanks, in part, to Trumpâs first round of tariffs. Increased competition from […]
One of our favorite video doorbells is on sale for $80
One of our favorite video doorbells is on sale for $80 TP-Link’s Tapo D225 Video Doorbell Camera comes with perks like free local recording. One of our favorite doorbells, TP-Link’s Tapo D225 Video Doorbell Camera, is on sale for just $79.99 ($20 off) at Amazon. That’s a buck shy of its best price. A lot of […]
Samsung is finally releasing Ballie
Samsung is finally releasing Ballie Samsung’s Ballie home robot will launch this summer, according to Samsung. Samsung’s home robot Ballie is finally poised to roll into our homes… and maybe our hearts? Following teasing a release sometime this year at CES 2025, the company has now announced that the cute rolling bot will arrive in […]
Here are the best robot vacuum deals available right now
Here are the best robot vacuum deals available right now A number of excellent models are on sale right now, including the Dreame L20 Ultra. | Photo by Jennifer Pattison Tuohy / The Verge We’re in an age where you can realistically delegate tasks to smart hunks of metal, whether it’s a self-driving car or […]
You can build these marble runs and connect them to your smart home over Wi-Fi
You can build these marble runs and connect them to your smart home over Wi-Fi Using suction cups, sticky putty, and even Lego plates, Marblelous marble runs can be built on flat vertical surfaces. | Image: Marblelous Marble run toys typically rely on just gravity to send a marble careening through a complex maze of […]
Wi-Fi is one of the great backward compatibility success stories
Wi-Fi is one of the great backward compatibility success stories My home network is a small miracle of backward compatibility, slinging data across 60-plus devices that span five generations of Wi-Fi. Everything on it, from my iPhone 15 Pro all the way down to my Nintendo Wii, manages to connect to the internet, most of […]
Ring’s founder is back at Amazon
Ring's founder is back at Amazon Ring’s founder is back at Amazon Ring founder Jamie Siminoff returned to Amazon this week, coming back to the company just about two years after he left, Bloomberg reports. He’s now a vice president at the company, and he will be heading up the Ring, Blink, Amazon Key, and […]
Z-Wave is remaking itself to find a new place in your smart home
Z-Wave is remaking itself to find a new place in your smart home The invention of Matter was a grand kumbaya moment for the smart home. Built on the foundations of almost every concept smart home companies had dreamed up â from Appleâs HomeKit to Googleâs Thread â the idea was to create a new […]
Philips Hue bulbs and lighting kits are deeply discounted today only
Philips Hue bulbs and lighting kits are deeply discounted today only I’m always on the lookout for deals on Philips Hue gear, in part because that stuff’s expensive and I’m not keen on paying full price. Still, it’s worth the money to get the lighting exactly how I want it in each room — down […]
Spec-tacular week
Spec-tacular week So much of our online and technological lives rely on standards, the sets of rules designed to make sure our favorite gadgets and services work together. At their best, they make everything work seamlessly, and we never need to worry about what’s happening behind the scenes. But at their worst, they leave us […]