Tag: home
This full-color E-Ink display could give your IKEA frame a huge upgrade
This new Bloomin8 E-Ink Canvas frame comes in several sizes and lasts for a year on a charge You could easily place one on your wall and have it rotate through shared images via an app upload or through an SD card These screens also fit into a popular IKEA…
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I didn’t think white chocolate and strawberry coffee would work, but Nespresso’s new pods proved me wrong
Fruity coffees are having a bit of a moment – not just beans with a hint of cherry or blackcurrant brought out by careful roasting, but coffee with actual fruit added in some way. One particularly interesting example I tried recently was a double-fermented coffee, where the coffee cherries (the…
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‘Hey Siri, vacuum my kitchen’ is now possible as Apple Home just got support for robot vacuums
Apple Home now supports select Matter-enabled robot vacuums Assuming your vacuum is supported, you could soon be saying, ‘Siri, vacuum the kitchen’ It’s been a long time coming, as support was originally promised by the end of 2024 If you’ve been dreaming about one day saying, ‘Hey Siri, have the…
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Your Philips Hue cameras are getting a free upgrade to boost their battery life
A new firmware update is rolling out for Philips Hue Secure battery cameras It includes tweaks that should let the camera run longer between charges This should help resolve battery-life problems reported by some owners If you own a Philips Hue Secure battery camera, there’s good news – it’s set…
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Google promises more Nest devices are on the way – but two older products have now been discontinued
Google says new Nest devices are in the pipeline We can expect the gadgets “in the coming months and years” Two older pieces of hardware have been discontinued If you were getting the impression that Google‘s focus on Pixel phones and AI models meant that the company was ignoring its…
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Amazon is experimenting with renaming Echo speakers to Alexa speakers, and it’s about time
In the decade-plus since Amazon introduced its line of Echo smart speakers, we’ve been using “Alexa” to address them. It’s the default wake word, and soon, as Alexa+, will be the name that marks its most significant AI glow up. However, the hardware is still officially known as Echo Dot,…
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