Apple Home adds support for robot vacuums
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Google built a great smart speaker, but Gemini isn’t ready for it
…Beyond music, timers, and controlling your lights, they’ve struggled to justify taking up space on the kitchen counter. AI promised to change that. Amazon debuted its new hardware powered by a…
This is the James Bond game we’ve been waiting for
…And if you know someone else who might enjoy Installer, forward it to them and tell them to subscribe here.) The Drop * 007 First Light. I have played a lot of James…
Your front door is the key to the smart home
When we talk about the smart home, we often talk about grand visions of perfectly automated everything. You know the ones: you wake up well rested thanks to some bedside light thing…
Rivian makes the iconic American car — but that may not be enough
…Over a dozen automakers are walking away from their EV plans. Ford canceled the F-150 Lightning. Honda killed its Zero series of electric vehicles, as well as its Afeela collaboration with…
Hydrogen cars flopped, but that’s not the end for fuel cell technology
…The hydrogen is then converted into electricity courtesy of a Toyota fuel cell, a similar version of the technology that is used in the automaker’s hydrogen-powered sedans, which emit…
AI avatars in digital blackface want to sell you this belt buckle
Aliyah, a light-skinned Black woman dressed in country-western gear, is struggling to sell metal buckles she handmade on TikTok. In a video for the social media platform from March, she…
Attack of the killer script kiddies
…The teams were capable enough to identify most of the artificial bugs, but their automated tools went beyond that — they found more than a dozen bugs that DARPA hadn’t inserted at…
Nvidia’s auto chief at the literal crossroads of automation
…Xinzhou Wu, head of automotive at Nvidia. Here we go. This interview has been lightly edited for length and clarity. Xinzhou Wu, you are the head of automotive at Nvidia. Welcome to…
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…pricey for an automated waste bin, but at least buying it outright lets you skip the subscription. Mill Food Recycler (second-gen) $874 at Mill Philips Hue smart lights and a whole…