This weekend, I turned my home into a test lab for Google’s new Gemini for Home AI and subjected my family to 72 hours of surveillance as it watched, interpreted, and narrated our every move. My ...

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Consider installing a smart outlet in places where a typical smart plug is vulnerable to unplugging -- like a child's bedroom or a narrow hallway. Likewise, smart outlets are ideal for locations that ...

M y adventures of building a smart home on a shoestring budget are taking an interesting turn. It turns out that I don’t need ...

From opening your garage door as you drive up to arming your security system when you leave, a geofence can make your smart ...

If you’ve ever wanted to pump sound to all the rooms of your house, you might use any one of a number of commercial solutions ...

I began replacing the devices around my home, one by one, with all different kinds of open hardware, rather than the ...