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* A new IKEA device called the Liljebagge has appeared * It's an affordable smart radiator thermostat * We're still waiting to hear on international availability IKEA isn't slowing down when it comes to launching smart home products — see the smart sensors and wireless lights it'
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* Crowdstrike and law enforcement disrupted Sality, a peer‑to‑peer botnet active since 2003 * Botnet spread malware and clipboard hijacker EggJagger, stealing $150K in cryptocurrency * Operation sinkholed endpoints and removed payload URLs, coordinated with DOJ, FBI, Europol, and others Security experts Crowdstrike, together with a handful of national and international
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When Google ignominiously exited the European thermostat market last year, it pointed its customers to Tado. This week, the German-based smart home company is launching its Smart Thermostat X (2nd gen), and aiming to attract European Nest users who haven’t already jumped ship. Google shutting down the servers for
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* Aesto Health reported a December 2025 cyberattack breaching AWS infrastructure, affecting 9.5M patients * Stolen data includes PII, SSNs, medical histories, billing, and insurance information across 20+ clients * No dark web leaks confirmed; credit monitoring offered, marking 2nd‑largest healthcare breach of 2026 American healthcare technology company Aesto Health suffered
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Qualcomm has announced two new entries in its Dragonwing system-on-chip family, the Dragonwing Q-2390 and IQ-2390 — targeting "intelligently connected devices" on the Internet of Things (IoT). "With the Dragonwing Q-2390 and IQ-2390 processors, we're enabling intelligence to scale across a much broader range of devices,
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* Smart home brand Shelly announced its new security camera ahead of IFA 2026 * It lets you view and store footage to microSD cards with no additional subscription cost * You can upgrade to Shelly Premium for cloud-based storage and other smart features The early IFA 2026 product announcements have started, and
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The idea of humanoid robots running our homes has been the stuff of science fiction for years. But unlike hoverboards and self-tying sneakers, a robot housekeeper has never felt close to rolling into our homes. Until now. This has been the year of the humanoid robot. At CES, there were
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Philips Hue makes the best smart lights around, but installing them in every room can be seriously expensive, so I always wait until big sales events to stock up on bulbs. Amazon's Labor Day Sale is the perfect opportunity, with huge discounts on multi-packs of White & Color
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* The Ninja Crispi Microwave is on sale in the UK today for £359.99 * It has eight microwave modes and five air-frying presets * Like all Crispi air fryers, it comes with a set of non-toxic glass dishes for storing, cooking, and serving food Got a small kitchen? Ninja's
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India buys an enormous amount of the electronics it uses. By Kamani’s own reckoning, the country ranks among the second- or third-largest importers of electronics globally — a striking position for an economy that is simultaneously pouring billions into semiconductor fabs, display plants, and component manufacturing under its PLI and
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Labor Day has become one of the biggest shopping events outside of Black Friday and Prime Day, and this year isn’t any different. In fact, we’re already seeing some sales that are delivering impressive discounts. Retailers are cutting prices across nearly every category, including tech, home, fitness and
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Labor Day has become one of the biggest shopping events outside of Black Friday and Prime Day, and this year isn’t any different. In fact, we’re already seeing some sales that are delivering impressive discounts. Retailers are cutting prices across nearly every category, including tech, home, fitness and
