Flic Duo review: Smart home control with a ‘flic’ of your wrist

Now you can control your smart home devices with gestures in addition to button presses. The Flic Duo delivers twice the ...

This smart home breakthrough lets you control appliances without Wi-Fi (and its security risks)

Devices equipped with Emerson's SmartVoice don't require Wi-Fi or a hub; instead, they utilize on-device voice control.
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This weird remote is the strangest smart home device I own

The weirdest smart home device I own is the Aqara Cube controller. The official product page describes it as "a fun and easy ...
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Don't rely on remote access—it's Home Assistant's biggest crutch

In order to access your server remotely, you either need to pay for Home Assistant Cloud, set up a VPN so that you can tunnel ...
Archaeology

A Challenging World

There are many extremely challenging places to dig. In Luxor, Egypt, site of a newly discovered 18th Dynasty city (See “Lost Egyptian City”), temperatures often rise above 100°F. At the Yana ...