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Get up to 60% off: The Labor Day deals are in full swing at Amazon, which includes up to 60% off top-rated Arlo security cameras and bundles. Arlo makes it easy to keep an eye on the house when you’re away, which is great since many of us will
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I’ve covered the many ways smart thermostats can convert your home to a well-heated haven and how quickly they can pay for themselves through energy savings, but there’s one glaring issue. Almost all smart thermostats are designed only for central hubs and forced air heating/cooling. Imagine my
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* OpenAI launched Daybreak for Frontline Defenders, offering $1B in credits for resource‑constrained security orgs * Priority goes to essential services, governments, banks, nonprofits, and open‑source maintainers * Initiative includes training, partnerships, and a water‑sector pilot with MS‑ISCA for local defenders OpenAI is offering a billion dollars in credits
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We’ve seen everything from smart home to smartphones. What do you want to know? by Dominic Preston Sep 4, 2026, 12:00 PM UTC Photo: Dominic Preston / The Verge Dominic Preston is a news editor with over a decade’s experience in journalism. He previously worked at Android Police
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* The Govee Sky Ceiling Light shifts according to time, weather, and mood * It prioritizes flicker-free blue light when you want to concentrate * It's Matter-compatible, unlike a recent skylight-style light from Philips Smart lighting company Govee has launched a new smart ceiling light that changes color depending on the
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I’ve found past Aqara products, like the multipurpose security sensor, particularly useful, but at IFA 2026, the security company is swerving in an entirely new direction: smart lighting. Entering the lighting world is a bold move for Aqara, but I’m not totally surprised. Showing off a suite of
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Ugreen, known for its phone power banks, chargers, and NAS storage solutions, is moving into the smart home — in a big way. This week at the IFA tech show, the company launched its HomeAgent smart home platform that combines security camera storage, on-device AI, and smart home control in one
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Havells has launched an Agentic AI Voice feature on its Havells One mobile app, allowing users to control connected appliances through natural-language voice commands in English and seven Indian languages. The feature, developed by Havells Center for Research & Innovation (CRI), uses ElevenLabs’ streaming speech-to-text and text-to-speech models as its
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ADATA Technology is expanding its B2B memory and storage portfolio by bringing together products and technologies from TRUSTA and ADATA Industrial for applications spanning enterprise servers, intelligent edge systems, computers, smart home devices and portable and wearable products. The company said its new ADATA Business Applications hub is intended to
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Manufacturing has entered an era where the factory floor is as much a data environment as it is a production environment. Few industries illustrate this shift more clearly than precision bearing manufacturing, where microscopic tolerances, high-volume output, and rigorous quality demands leave little room for error — and enormous room for
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Labor Day is almost here, and the best deals are already live. It’s easily one of the biggest shopping events of the year — right up there with Black Friday and Prime Day, and 2026 is no exception. Got your shopping list ready? Good, because retailers are slashing prices across
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Emma Roth is a news writer who covers the streaming wars, consumer tech, crypto, social media, and much more. Previously, she was a writer and editor at MUO. After showing off several smart home firsts at CES, Aqara has returned to IFA with a major lineup of smart lighting compatible
