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Home Assistant is a popular and powerful automation hub designed to tie your ecosystem of smart devices together. It's fantastic for DIY-lovers and tinkerers, and gets updated regularly with new ...

Like most of you, I have several internet-connected "smart TVs" in my home, but I don't use any of the smart features available on them. Does anyone? Streaming devices like the ones available from ...

It wasn’t so long ago that Microsoft was betting heavily on its Cortana digital assistant. That’s a bet that didn’t pay off. But because this is the new Microsoft, the company is instead betting on ...

My surround system remote is starting to show its age so I decided to make an IR receiver to save and salvage its codes for ...

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I’m probably not overstating things when I say the Google Assistant has become one of Google’s most important products. While the dream of a completely touch-free computing experience may not have ...