Topic: iot devices
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Comcast turns millions of routers into motion detectors
Comcast has activated WiFi Motion, a free feature within its new Xfinity Shield package, that repurposes existing home routers into motion detectors by analyzing Wi-Fi signal disruptions, requiring no new hardware. The service offers three modes,Home Watch, Away Watch, and Dark Watch,and is stric...
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Bosch's Alexa-Enabled Coffee Machine Upgrades Your Brew
Bosch has introduced a new AI-powered coffee maker, the **Personal AI Barista, Powered by Alexa Plus**, which allows users to customize drinks through natural voice commands via an Echo speaker. Early testing reveals the new Alexa Plus assistant struggles with basic voice commands that its predec...
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Microsoft Azure Hit by Record 15 Tbps DDoS Attack
Microsoft's Azure cloud platform successfully defended against a record-breaking 15.72 Tbps DDoS attack from the Aisuru botnet, which utilized over 500,000 IP addresses and targeted a single Australian IP with up to 3.64 billion packets per second. The Aisuru botnet, known for compromising IoT de...
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Ring's New Feature Ends Camera Notification Overload
Ring is launching Single Event Alert on November 6th, an AI-powered feature that consolidates multiple motion alerts from one incident into a single notification to reduce notification overload. The feature builds on existing AI Video Descriptions by analyzing summaries to intelligently group rel...
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LIFX Unveils Smart Mirror and $30 Dimmer for Smart Bulbs
LIFX announced a major expansion of its smart lighting ecosystem, including a Matter-enabled smart mirror, its first US in-wall dimmer, and a new affordable Everyday line of bulbs and light strips. The new products, like the SuperColor mirror and Smart Dimmer, feature Matter support for broad pla...
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Hands-On: The Mui Board, a Wooden Smart Home Controller
The Mui Board is a minimalist, wooden smart home controller that functions as a screenless touch interface, activating glowing icons to manage devices like lights and speakers without a traditional display. Its design philosophy emphasizes calm, harmonious technology, offering an ad-free, voice-a...
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Homebridge 2.0 Launches with Matter Support
Homebridge 2.0, officially released today, adds foundational support for the Matter smart home standard after over three years in beta. The update allows Homebridge to function as a Matter bridge, enabling Matter-compatible devices to appear in Apple Home and other ecosystems. This expansion beyo...
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Ring's AI Search Party Expands Beyond Finding Lost Pets
A leaked email reveals Ring's founder envisions its AI Search Party feature evolving beyond finding pets to "zero out crime," raising privacy concerns about pervasive surveillance. While Ring states the tool is currently limited and user-controlled, critics fear its combination with facial recogn...
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Wireless Security Cameras With Half-Mile Range
Xthings is releasing Ulticam HaLow security camera kits this spring, using the long-range Wi-Fi HaLow protocol to transmit video up to 1,000 meters without extensive cabling or cellular data. The systems feature Always-On Video technology with onboard AI for continuous, real-time analysis to dete...
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You're Probably Using Your Hue Lights Wrong
Philips Hue has introduced SpatialAware technology, which uses smartphone scanning to create a 3D room map, allowing lights to understand their physical placement for more cohesive scenes. The system intelligently distributes colors and intensities based on each light's position, creating dynamic...
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Ecovacs Flagship Robot Vacuum Now Features a Mop Attachment
Ecovacs has launched the Deebot X12 OmniCyclone robot vacuum, featuring an enhanced mopping system with a stain pretreat function for improved cleaning. The company also updated its midrange T90 Pro Omni vacuum and expanded its product line to include a robotic pool cleaner and an AI-powered comp...
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Reolink Solar Floodlight Camera: Wire-Free Home Security
The Reolink Solar Floodlight Camera is a wire-free, solar-powered security device that eliminates the need for electrical wiring, offering flexible installation and a launch price of $87.99. It features a 2K camera, 1000-lumen floodlights, a siren, and on-device AI for free smart alerts, powered ...
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Roborock's Stair-Climbing Robot Vacuums as It Walks
Roborock unveiled the Saros Rover, a prototype robot vacuum with articulating legs that can climb and clean stairs, marking a significant step toward full home automation. The robot demonstrated fluid stair navigation and control on slopes, though it is currently a vacuum-only device with no anno...
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Master CIS Security Best Practices: Essential Webinar Guide
Cybersecurity professionals can address emerging threats by mastering fundamental protections like CIS Security Best Practices, rather than chasing every new vulnerability. CIS benchmarks offer layered protection by integrating across security dimensions, streamlining compliance and reducing redu...
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Mova V70 hands-on: Robot vacuum with a mopping arm
The Mova V70 Ultra Complete ($1,299.99) is the first robot vacuum with an articulating mop arm that extends nearly 7 inches, plus a 5-inch side brush, allowing it to clean tight spaces under stools and chairs that standard robovacs miss. With 42,000Pa suction and dual rollers, it thoroughly clean...
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Anker develops custom chip to embed AI across product lineup
Anker unveiled its custom Thus chip, the world's first neural-net compute-in-memory AI audio chip, which is smaller and more power-efficient than conventional chips by performing computations where the model is stored. The Thus chip will first appear in Soundcore's flagship earbuds, enabling larg...
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Apple to Discontinue Original HomeKit Support
Apple will discontinue support for the original HomeKit architecture on February 10, 2026, which may cause connected devices to stop working for users who haven't updated to the new Apple Home system. Users who rely on an iPad as their primary Apple Home hub must switch to a HomePod or Apple TV, ...
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Zero Trust: Why It's a Journey, Not a Destination
Zero trust is a continuous process, not a one-time project, requiring ongoing adaptation due to evolving threats, changing technology, and organizational growth. Modern challenges like AI-powered attacks, supply chain vulnerabilities, and distributed infrastructure (cloud, IoT, microservices) com...
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FCC Vote Clears Path for Higher-Power Wi-Fi Devices
The FCC will vote to allow new, higher-power Wi-Fi devices in the 6 GHz band for outdoor use and to increase power for some indoor equipment. These devices must use geofencing to prevent interference and are intended to support advanced applications like AR, VR, and short-range hotspots. The prop...
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My Favorite Snore-Blocking Sleepbuds Hit Their Lowest Price Ever
The Anker Soundcore Sleep A20 earbuds are currently discounted to $108 on Amazon, making them an affordable option for comfortable sleep earbuds that are barely noticeable during use. These earbuds feature a built-in library of soundscapes for phone-free listening and can also function as standar...
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