Ikea’s smart lamp is a sweet treat
…If you add the lamp to Ikea’s Home Smart app using its Dirigera hub ($109) or a Matter-compatible ecosystem — such as Apple Home, Google Home, or Amazon Alexa — you unlock…
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Apple’s smart home camera service is starting to impress me
…The Apple Home app is also getting better notifications powered by AI and is finally adding support for energy reporting. These improvements were announced at WWDC last week and will be publicly…
The things we’re building
…Now there’s an app for Android and iOS, so you can make mobile apps with your mobile apps. Screen share For the last several weeks, I’ve spent a lot of…
Entertainment
…Jay Peters May 12 Hours after acknowledging an outage, Spotify says things are “all clear.” Spotify initially acknowledged there were “some issues” with the app at 12:49PM ET and gave the…
The app you need to clean up your computer
…A Bluesky app, and a Mastodon app, combined into a single timeline in a way that looks and feels great. (The same developers also make a lovely app called Croissant for posting…
The next YouTube phenomenon hitting the big screen
…I think we first met chatting about Newton Mail, one of my all-time favorite email apps. He also worked on a great voice notes app called Cleft Notes, and a bunch…
Artificial Intelligence
…In March, Apple reportedly blocked Replit and other vibe coding apps from publishing App Store updates unless they made changes, potentially including moving generated app previews to web browsers. ArXiv will ban…
This might be the new best smart speaker
…and Calendar as my core productivity apps. I do this so I can properly cover them in detail in the fall. I have some issues with Reminders and how long it takes…
Headphone Reviews
…on comfort, sound, and more — with a unique TV Audio Swap feature that’s very convenient (when it works). But the ongoing app fiasco casts a cloud over the company’s big…
I have a new go-to browser
…sleep, writing in the Outerline Markdown app beta, and eagerly looking for things to do with the upcoming Flipper One. Today’s issue is a little short since I…