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Alexa Got Smarter. It Also Started Listening Harder.

August 13, 2026

Amazon spent most of the past year promising Alexa was finally getting smart. This summer it actually happened.

OpenAI Is Building a Home Speaker That Wants to Make You Happy

July 15, 2026

OpenAI and Jony Ive are reportedly building a screenless AI home speaker for 2027. What the rumors say, the privacy math, and what it means for your house.

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Back to the Future, For Real: The Seamless Home We Were Promised Is Finally Showing Up

July 10, 2026

The seamless home the Jetsons promised is finally showing up in 2026, just quieter than the brochures said. What is real, what is vaporware, what is next.

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The Garden That Waters Itself: Smart Irrigation That Actually Sets and Forgets

June 29, 2026

There is a specific kind of August guilt that comes from looking out at a lawn the color

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Locking Down Your Kids’ Devices: A 2026 Parental Controls Playbook

June 26, 2026

A layered, mostly-free 2026 playbook for locking down your kids’ devices: Apple Screen Time, Google Family Link, router and DNS filtering, plus the monitoring apps worth paying for.

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The C-Wire Lie: The Best Smart Thermostats That Don’t Need One (2026)

June 25, 2026

Here is the conversation that kills most smart thermostat upgrades before they start. You pull the old thermostat

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Building an AI-Powered Smart Home That Doesn’t Feel Like a Science Project

June 5, 2026

Building an AI Powered Home Automation system from scratch

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Voice Assistants and Smart Homes: What Works, What Fights, and What to Avoid

June 4, 2026

From choosing the right assistant to some of the popular devices out there to power your assistants, we give you in the info to help in making your decision.

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