YouTube’s FTC settlement won’t end its problems with regulators
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Last night, at an event in San Francisco, I watched the veteran tech journalist...
Foxconn’s first announced product for its Wisconsin factory is an airport coffee robot
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Taiwanese manufacturing giant Foxconn is expanding its controversial Wisconsin presence with automated coffee robots. The manufacturer, known best for...
What happens when your smart home data is used against you?
By now, you’ve probably heard about China’s Social Credit scoring system. It combines facial recognition technology with all sorts of personal data to determine...
Original USB plug wasn’t reversible because being cheap was more important
The Universal Serial Bus standard came into being more than 20 years ago, ushering in the USB era, which has been defined...
Struggling to Explain Internet Safety to Your Kids? Use This Free Resource
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Talking to children in clear, age-appropriate language about the dangers of the internet can be tricky. Fortunately, Google has a free (and pretty fantastic)...
Everything You Need to Do to Secure Your Raspberry Pi Home Automation Projects
When you’re working with connected devices or home automation projects on the Raspberry Pi, it’s important to lock down your Raspberry Pi so it’s...
Build a Twitter-Based Home Automation System with a Raspberry Pi
There are all sorts of variations on Raspberry Pi-powered home automation systems, but ARM Tutorials shows off a pretty simple project that uses Twitter...
Baidu and Xiaomi are working together on internet of things and artificial intelligence
Baidu, China’s answer to Google, and Xiaomi, which has modeled itself on the success of the America’s most successful technology manufacturer in Apple, have...
How to Automate Your Mornings
If you’ve got a few smart home accessories you can build yourself a real-world playlist to get your day started. Make getting out of...
As a Home Renter, I Want a Smart Home Too!
I want a Smart Home as a renter, but how can I have the benefits when I am not allowed to make infrastructure changes...
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IoT news of the week for April 5, 2019
Predix puts manufacturing data in the cloud: GE has announced a new product that allows companies with multiple factories to consolidate data from those factories...
Sonos is shipping a second-generation Sonos One smart speaker
Sonos will announce tomorrow that it’s shipping a second-generation version of its Sonos One smart speaker (the first-gen model is pictured above). There have...
Zigbee to MQTT gateway for less than $10
It’s been a few months since my post about Hubitat, and I have not been too happy with it. The MQTT bridge works, but...
