How Shelly can simplify smart home automation
If you’d love to automate your home but you’re unsure where to start, let us dispel some myths for you: You don’t have to be a techie to automate your home. Smart home kit doesn’t…
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Save $80 on this 32-inch Dell 4K monitor that’s great for home offices
In need of a high-quality 4K monitor? You don’t have to pay a fortune to get one — if you act fast, anyway. Right now, Dell’s gorgeous 32-inch curved 4K monitor is down to just…
These 9 Ring security cam settings will make your home safer
The effectiveness of Ring security cameras and video doorbells is determined by more than their image quality; it’s also about how well they detect and respond to motion. Properly configured motion settings can make the…
The paranoid’s guide to securing your smart home
The smart home makes many things more convenient within your own four walls, but also creates a number of additional technical problems — not least with regard to the security of your own data. The…
Forget chunky video doorbells, EZVIZ has sleek innovative solutions for almost every home
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 However, chunky outdated designs, short battery life and expensive subscriptions can often sour…
Automate your home with three TP-Link smart plugs for just $23
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…
6 ways to control your smart home from your PC
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…
Get full-bars Wi-Fi signal everywhere in your home for just $13
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…
7 hidden Ring app settings that make your smart home even better
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…
Ecovacs home robots can be hacked to spy on their owners, researchers say
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…