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Amazon let cops see a heatmap of Ring doorbell users in their area

Whoop! Whoop! That's the sound of privacy erosion

  • 04 December 2019
  • Security
Amazon takes no responsibility for any Ring footage used by cops

Once it's out in the world, it's out in the world

  • 21 November 2019
  • Security
Ring Pro flaw allows attackers to hijack owner's WiFi credentials

WiFi why, Delilah?

  • 07 November 2019
  • Friction
Best Buy shows us how to bork an entire smart home range in one swoop

Company hasn't explained decision to mothball Insignia range

  • 06 November 2019
  • Gadgets
Portal TV is Facebook's latest attempt to get into your living room

Sadly it's not a portal off this fubar planet

  • 18 September 2019
  • Friction
Bright spark at UK gov gives energy companies longer to fit smart meters

But it's not a U-turn, honest

  • 17 September 2019
  • Hardware
Amazon brings redesigned Fire Cube, Soundbar and Telly to UK

Fired up

  • 05 September 2019
  • Security
Facebook will pay hackers who manage to pwn its Portal devices

Prodding for Portal problems at Pwn2Own

  • 29 August 2019
  • Hardware
Alexa and Google Assistant have made our smart homes dumber

You're not the voice, try and understand it

  • 16 August 2019
  • Software
Microsoft forces Cortana to cut off its own Johnson

GLAS thermostat loses the thing that made it a thing

  • 13 August 2019
  • Friction
Amazon is coaching cops how to obtain Ring footage without a warrant

It's encouraging surveillance to a bunch of bell ends

  • 07 August 2019
  • Hardware
Google Home integrations are borking left, right and centre

Home, Home on the strange

  • 16 July 2019
  • Software
Amazon and Google agree to play nice with each other's video services

What next? Alexa and the Assistant going at it like the clappers?

  • 09 July 2019
  • Boffin Watch
Smart speakers could spot signs of cardiac arrest

The tell-tale heart

  • 20 June 2019
  • Hardware
Ikea wants to sell you robot furniture for your pokey flat

Not ideal if you already feel like the walls are closing in

  • 05 June 2019
  • Hardware
Lenovo Smart Clock hands-on review

4-inches of loveliness that stands up in your bedroom

  • 31 May 2019
  • Hardware
Google promises Works with Nest shutdown is not as bad as you thought

But ignore those prompts to switch to a Google sign-in, for now

  • 17 May 2019
  • Hardware
Amazon's Ring is finally getting HomeKit support, maybe

Not affiliated with the Japanese horror film of the same name

  • 14 May 2019
  • Hardware
Google confirms 'Works with Nest' is closing and taking IFTTT down with it

The dark side of the merger

  • 09 May 2019
  • Friction
Robot vacuum cleaner has a brush with the law

Feds, knobs and broomsticks

  • 12 April 2019
  • Security
Google says failure to disclose mic in Nest Guard was an 'error'

Promises that it wasn't used without permission

  • 20 February 2019
  • Hardware
Google set to launch Pixel 3 Lite, Pixel Watch and new Google Home this year

Big G is planning a glut of new hardware for 2019

  • 14 February 2019
  • Security
Amazon and Google are pressing smart home firms to report your every waking moment

And a few sleeping ones as well

  • 13 February 2019
  • Hardware
Fridgidaire to find love with the help of Samsung's smart fridge dating

Fridge Id

  • 06 February 2019
  • Boffin Watch
Waitrose and Yale beat Amazon to UK trials of "while you're away" delivery

You could come back to Essential Waitrose Parmigiano Reggiano

  • 05 October 2018
  • Hardware
Google's Nest announces the Thermostat E (and it's coming to the UK)

The latest version of Nest's flagship product is all about refined design

  • 02 October 2018
  • Hardware
Huawei throws an IFA curveball with a combined Alexa speaker and 4G router

No new phone - but the new SoC is a beast

  • 31 August 2018
  • Hardware
Tado adds air quality advice to its smart heating range

Time to get bossed around by your radiators

  • 31 August 2018
  • Gadgets
Samsung SmartThings Hub vulnerabilities leave smart home devices open to attack

Cisco Talos' researchers uncover 20 bugs in firm's IoT controller

  • 30 July 2018
  • Hardware
Next-gen Amazon Echo Dot leaks as Alexa Cast launches

Cast of thousands? No. Cast of one. Yes

  • 27 July 2018
  • Security
Swann cameras 'fixed' after researchers uncover spying flaw, again

Swann Vexxed-Us: Mis-Matches

  • 26 July 2018
  • Security
Swann camera customers report receiving the wrong footage

There seems to be an issue with the signal network (cygnet for short)

  • 28 June 2018
  • Security
Google Home devices can leak your location, but a fix is coming

Lack of local authentication is the cuplrit

  • 19 June 2018
  • Security
Amazon's Ring doorbell lets people snoop on videos even after password changes

Stalkers 1 - smart home security tech 0

  • 14 May 2018
  • Hardware
Amazon completes its $1bn takeover of Ring

It's the company's second biggest purchase

  • 13 April 2018
  • Hardware
Hive's Home Hub 360 brings AI listening to smart home users

A stinging blow to other smart home hubs

  • 13 March 2018
  • Software
IF you want Cortana to control your home THEN you're in luck

550 brands are supported thanks to the link up

  • 19 February 2018
  • Hardware
Google has Amazon in its sights as it absorbs Nest to create seamless hardware

The AIs have it

  • 08 February 2018
  • Hardware
Hive's View is a detachable wireless indoor camera

Oh! Bee-HIVE!

  • 04 January 2018
  • Hardware
Ring announces $100,000 bejewelled smart doorbell (it's ok, it's for charity)

Suddenly your security device is the most nickable thing in the house

  • 22 November 2017
  • Boffin Watch
Smart Crossing can detect when you're looking at your phone in the road

LEDs and whistles and bells

  • 09 October 2017
  • Hardware
Ring undercuts Nest by over £200 with its Protect alarm system

And the whole shebang works with your doorbell

  • 03 October 2017
  • Hardware
Building a smart home: Best security cameras from Nest, Nokia, Ring and more

The most fragmented part of the market

  • 03 October 2017
  • Hardware
Google's Nest plays catch up with new security products

Too expensive, too late?

  • 21 September 2017
  • Software
Temi is a smart home robot that's a bit like Alexa on wheels

While many approaches to robots in the home attempt to mimic human actions, Temi just wants to help you out

  • 29 August 2017
  • Hardware
Borked LockState smart locks are leaving people locked out of their houses

And the fix involves returning the lock. Eeep!

  • 15 August 2017

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