Smart speakers on the counter, cameras over the porch, lights that obey a tap on a phone, the modern home is wired for comfort. What most people do not see is the quiet tradeoff happening in the ...

Data breaches keep happening, and too often they come down to companies failing to take cybersecurity seriously. Some of the biggest breaches have been caused by negligence, and now there’s another ...

Highline Internet reports that smart home devices consume bandwidth even when idle, impacting internet speed; solutions ...

Sometimes the simplest way to understand the cause-and-effect nature of automation is to start with the effect. Scenes are the easiest home automations to understand because they're simply a group of ...

Have you bought a new refrigerator, oven, washing machine, or other big appliance in the past few years? If so, there’s a good chance it can connect to the internet through your WiFi network. There ...

We independently review everything we recommend. When you buy through our links, we may earn a commission. Learn more› By Rachel Cericola, Jon Chase and Lee Neikirk This is not a conspiracy theory: ...

News of more than 120,000 Korean home cameras being hacked recently can shake your confidence in connected devices. Stories like that make you picture cybercriminals breaking into homes with high-tech ...

Smart home technology promises convenience, efficiency, and peace of mind through connected security cameras, smart locks, and automated monitoring systems. But these same devices that are supposed to ...

If smart home AI had been around when I was growing up, it could have saved us from a particularly brutal winter disaster. I can still picture myself walking down the basement steps of my childhood ...

Apple could release an iPad-like smart home accessory based on its homeOS platform as early as next year, according to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman. Writing in his latest Power On newsletter, Gurman ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I'm a reporter and editorial fellow based in New York. An investigation by two Harvard students went viral Friday as they ...

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