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I tried to make my toaster smart with Arduino — it did not go as planned

I've been on a mission to unify all my smart devices under one app, and as someone who's running most of his smart devices with ESP32s, the toaster seemed like the next logical step. After all, all I ...
Futurism

The Number of People Using AI at Work Is Suddenly Falling

After three years of unprecedented tech spending and nonstop hype, the demand for AI in the workplace seems to be drying up fast. Looking at the big picture doesn’t make it any prettier. Back in March ...
Ars Technica

Arduino’s new terms of service worries hobbyists ahead of Qualcomm acquisition

Some members of the maker community are distraught about Arduino’s new terms of service (ToS), saying that the added rules put the company’s open source DNA at ...
Newsweek

Donald Trump Accused of Using Home Depot for White House Renovations

President Donald Trump has been accused of using Home Depot for ongoing renovations at the White House. During an interview with Fox News’ Laura Ingraham, Trump showed her the new gold finishes in the ...
Wall Street Journal

Using Your Credit Card at the Checkout Is Set to Get a Lot More Complicated

Your favorite latte at the local coffee shop could soon cost $5, $5.10 or $5.25—depending on how you pay. A settlement between Visa, Mastercard and U.S. merchants announced this week could usher in a ...
The Verge

You can keep using your iPad as an Apple Home hub until February

The old HomeKit architecture just got a few more months of support The old HomeKit architecture just got a few more months of support is a news writer covering all things consumer tech. Stevie ...
BGR

13 Essential Smart Home Gadgets You Should Be Using In 2025

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. With rapid advancements in technology, smart homes are the new cool. To turn your home into a smart one, buy devices and accessories that are ...
Ars Technica

Qualcomm is buying Arduino, releases new Raspberry Pi-esque Arduino board

Smartphone processor and modem maker Qualcomm is acquiring Arduino, the Italian company known mainly for its open source ecosystem of microcontrollers and the software that makes them function. In its ...
CNET

AT&T Is Using an Advanced Video Game Feature to Improve Your Phone Coverage

"Whatever Nvidia is doing for games, whatever Disney is doing ... we are doing at a much bigger scale," said AT&T's Velin Kounev about using ray tracing to improve its network. Jeff Carlson Senior ...
Retail Dive

At Home set to emerge from bankruptcy with most of its stores

At Home’s reorganization plan has been approved by the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware. The furniture retailer will eliminate almost all of its nearly $2 billion in funded debt and ...
Android Authority

Google Home finally has powerful automations, but I’m still not using them

For the last week, I’ve been testing out Google Home’s powerful new automation editor and trying to see if it could perform the kind of routines I need in my smart home. I was happy to see a few ...