Smart video doorbells are an easy and effective way to improve your home security and ensure you never miss a package again. However, chunky outdated designs, short battery life and expensive subscriptions can often sour…
If you wish you could remotely control your electronics but don’t want to replace them with smart variants just yet, you have another option: get yourself a few smart plugs. Right now, you can get…
No disrespect to Amazon Alexa or Google Assistant, but voice control still has its quirks and sometimes it’s easier to control your various smart home devices using your PC instead. But the degree to which…
One of the most annoying things ever is when I’m in a certain spot in my home or yard where the Wi-Fi connection is spotty. I could go two hours without issues, then suddenly it…
Ring video doorbells and security cameras garner praise for their ease of setup and day-to-day use, but if you stop at the last step in Ring’s basic installation routine, you’ll miss out on some of…
Malicious hackers can take over control of vacuum and lawn mower robots made by Ecovacs to spy on their owners using the devices’ cameras and microphones, new research has found. Security researchers Dennis Giese and…
When Ryan Castellucci recently acquired solar panels and a battery storage system for their home just outside of London, they were drawn to the ability to use an open source dashboard to monitor and control…
ADT confirmed this week that it was recently hacked, compromising some customer data. The home security company did not say when the cyberattack and data breach occurred, but disclosed that the attackers accessed the company’s…
You really can buy yourself peace of mind for some things, and home security and surveillance is one of those things. Right now, you can get the Eufy C120 indoor security camera for $28.98 on…
At a glance Expert’s Rating Pros Full drive and file/folder backup Exceptionally easy interface Incremental, differential backup with auto-purge of older files Cons Not cheap Proprietary container files Our Verdict There’s no easier, more reliable…