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Google Home gains more Gemini-powered camera features

Google Home gains more Gemini-powered camera features Google is continuing to revamp its smart home app and the latest change includes an update to the camera experience. Among other things, the company says that it has refreshed the user interface of Google Home to allow for faster navigation and smoother scrubbing through videos, with the aim of giving you a look at the broader picture of what your cameras pick up. For instance, you'll be able to filter and sort events by factors such as...

The Google TV platform will soon display YouTube Shorts videos directly on the home page

The Google TV platform will soon display YouTube Shorts videos directly on the home page The Google TV platform is getting a bunch of new features via a software update. The biggest news here is likely a novel integration of YouTube Shorts. The platform will soon display a row of personalized Shorts directly on the home page.

5 Best Smart Speakers (2026): Alexa, Google Assistant, Siri

There are three big players when it comes to finding the best smart speaker: Amazon, Google, and Apple's voice assistant-powered devices. But each system has its own benefits and limitations, and finding the right smart speaker for you requires considering several factors. You likely already have a favorite ecosystem.

A Matter Wi-Fi Light Bulb in Rust on the Raspberry Pi Pico 2 W

This repository contains examples for the Raspberry Pi Pico 2 (RP2350) board, written in Rust using the Embassy async framework. cargo generate --git https://github.com/ImplFerris/pico2-template.git --name rust-rpico2-embassy-examples Board: Raspberry Pi Pico 2 - MCU: RP2350 (Dual-core Arm Cortex-M33 and RISC-V cores) - On-board peripherals: - LED on GPIO25 - I2C pins: - I2C0 SDA: GPIO4 - I2C0 SCL: GPIO5 - I2C1 SDA: GPIO2 - I2C1 SCL: GPIO3 - UART pins: - UART0 TX: GPIO0, UART0 RX: GPIO1 -...

First-generation Chromecast users stressed by devices suddenly failing

How to get your money's worth from YouTube Premium

How to get your money's worth from YouTube Premium Did you know you can skip those VPN ads? YouTube Premium has been a topic of fierce debate over the years, with some users baffled that anybody would pay to avoid ads on the video platform while others insist it's worth every penny. That debate was re-roiled in April, when YouTube once again raised the price of Premium.

Superintelligence: The Idea That Eats Smart People (2016)

This is the text version of a talk I gave on October 29, 2016, at Web Camp Zagreb [video] (45 mins) SuperintelligenceThe Idea That Eats Smart People | | | In 1945, as American physicists were preparing to test the atomic bomb, it occurred to someone to ask if such a test could set the atmosphere on fire. This was a legitimate concern.

This App Makes Google TV Actually Usable

I get stressed out every time I turn on my television. A giant tech company is to blame. Google TV, the television operating system based on Android, is great in some ways: It runs well on my TV, there are apps available for every streaming service, and the interface is very customizable.

The Top New Features in Apple’s iOS 27 and iPadOS 27

While the news coming out of WWDC 2026 is not as dramatic as last year's iOS 26 update, where the new Liquid Glass redesign caused a big stir, Apple’s presentation still made waves. During the WWDC keynote, Apple walked through the new changes coming to the next version of its mobile operating systems, iOS 27 and iPadOS 27. These updates will roll out to iPhones and iPads later this year, likely in September.

The Sonos Era 100 speaker is down to its lowest price in months

Whether you’re considering starting a Sonos speaker setup, or adding to an existing group, the Sonos Era 100 is worth picking up. The compact, capable smart speaker is currently marked down to $189 ($30 off) at a variety of retailers, including Amazon, Best Buy, and directly from Sonos. If you want an even lower price, Sonos is selling refurbished Era 100 speakers for just $134.