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Everyone loves sunlight—except when you’re trying to watch a matinee in your home theater, or when it’s making your room unbearably warm in the summertime, or when you want to take a nap. With Graber Virtual Cord Motorized S...
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I was dubious about cramming a 10-inch smart display into the kitchen of my Brooklyn apartment, but now that it’s here, I don’t want the Google Nest Hub Max to leave. Boasting a slim and trim frame that belies it imposing-soun...
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We regularly kvetch about the not-really-optional subscriptions attached to too many smart home devices. And then there’s the issue of privacy: When a security camera vendor stores video that’s been recorded at your home, are ...
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Eliminating your login password from your PC is a bad idea—unless you own a computer that no one but you will ever touch. In that case, why not remove your password and eliminate that initial step? In the past, we’ve discusse...
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You can’t be blamed for mistaking the $49 Nest Mini for its two-year-old predecessor, the (also $49) Google Home Mini. Indeed, the biggest difference between the two smart speakers, which look virtually identical aside from a fe...
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Ecovacs has generally impressed with its Deebot line of robot vacuums, but its latest offering—the Deebot 661 Convertible Vacuuming or Mopping Robotic Vacuum Cleaner—doesn’t quite rise to the same level. That said, the Deebo...
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TechHive | Oct 16, 2019 Nest is now the overarching brand for all Google smart home products, so the company’s second-generation small smart speaker is called the Nest Mini. We’re in the process of reviewing it, but he...
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While SimpliSafe prides itself on its ultra-simple setup and alarm management—its alarm system sets up in minutes and doesn’t even require an app—the optimist in me wondered how it would fare after adding a smart lock to its...
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Anyone looking for inexpensive white smart bulbs that will work with their existing Philips Hue Bridge or Samsung SmartThings hub should check out the Innr Smart White A19 bulb. Available in a four-pack for $36 (which comes out to...
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While it looks virtually identical to the two-year-old Home Mini, the new Nest Mini promises better sound, an easier way to mount the device on a wall, and a dedicated machine-learning chip that’ll help it learn your favorite co...