A writer argues against smart home technology, preferring manual controls and expressing concerns about reliability, privacy, and the potential for AI failures, citing examples like robot waiters malf…
Amazon has slashed 47% off its 50-inch Omni QLED Series Fire TV, dropping the price to $249.99 in an early Prime deal. The 4K UHD smart TV features Dolby Vision IQ, HDR10+, and hands-free Alexa, makin…
Amazon has slashed the price of the 75-inch TCL QM64L Mini-LED TV to $749.99, its lowest ever, as part of a limited-time deal ahead of Prime Day. The TV features a 144Hz refresh rate, QD-Mini LED disp…
Amazon has slashed the price of its 55-inch Ember 4-Series TV to $279.95, matching its lowest-ever price as part of a Prime Early deal. The 39% discount applies to the newest model, which features 4K …
Amazon has dropped the price of Samsung's 65-inch The Frame LS03F 4K QLED TV to $997.99, a 33% discount from its regular $1,497.99 price. The deal marks the lowest price yet for the 2025 model, which …
Nick Creighton of SmartHome Wizardry rebuilt his home automation system using Matter, AI-enhanced assistants, and presence-aware sensors to create routines that anticipate user needs rather than waiti…
Amazon has integrated advertising into its AI-powered shopping assistant Alexa for Shopping, allowing sponsored products and conversational ad formats to appear directly within customer shopping conve…
Amazon quietly added an AI-powered print-on-demand feature to its Shopping app, allowing users to generate custom T-shirt and hoodie designs by describing them to Alexa and ordering them with Prime sh…
Ring is offering up to 50% off select cameras, doorbells, and security bundles throughout the month, including a $150 discount on the Wired Doorbell Pro and Floodlight Cam combo. The promotion comes a…
Jeff Bezos, Lux Capital, and Google Ventures have invested $500 million into Flourish, a New York neuro AI startup founded by Thomas Reardon and Rob Williams, betting that the next AI breakthrough wil…
Jeff Bezos is funding Flourish, a neuro AI company co-founded by former Amazon executive Rob Williams and neuroscientist Thomas Reardon, to develop a synthetic intelligence system that mimics the huma…
Tim Berners-Lee, inventor of the World Wide Web, introduced Charlie, an AI assistant designed to protect user privacy by storing personal data in a user-controlled vault and requiring permission befor…
Nvidia, Microsoft, Google and other major tech companies are introducing new chips, laptops and software designed to power AI agents that can autonomously complete complex, multi-step tasks on a user'…
To build a voice AI assistant entirely in a web browser using about 200 lines of code and no backend server. It breaks down the process into three core components: Speech-to-Text (STT) using the free …