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The best smart rings of 2025
So, you’re thinking of buying a smart ring. Well, some good news. Picking the best of the lot is incredibly easy right now. The “bad” news is that, as far as trustworthiness and reliability, your choices are somewhat limited, as this is still a niche and emerging gadget category. Smart rings are in the middle of a resurgence. That means…
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I tried Snapchat’s Spectacles AR Glasses and it changed the way I look at smart glasses — here’s why
Snapchat’s new Spectacles AR glasses are the first pair of smart specs that gave me a glimpse of the future of eyewear. How so? Well, aside from being able to play a virtual game of frisbee with a furry little critter in Niantic’s Peridot Lens game (the developers behind Pokémon Go), I was amazed by how I could share a…
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The Latest Smart SUV Packs More Power Than a BMW M3, but American Roads Won’t See It
Smart has just revealed its most powerful model to date, and it’s a bold statement in electric performance. The new Smart #5 Brabus made its world debut as the brand’s flagship electric SUV, and it’s anything but ordinary. This isn’t your typical city car; the #5 Brabus is built for speed and power. In fact, it outperforms the latest BMW…
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How to Power Almost Any Smart Home Device With Power-Over-Ethernet
Summary Power over Ethernet (PoE) can power more than cameras and APs, providing flexibility for various devices. PoE splitters enable running devices like Raspberry Pi and Hue Hub without official PoE support. Different PoE standards offer varying power outputs, accommodating devices from smart home hubs to high-power systems. While Power over Ethernet (PoE) is nothing new to home networking, I…
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8 Hidden Costs of a Smart Home (and How to Avoid Them)
You can start your smart home journey with as little as a cheap smart plug. Your home will already be smarter, but it can quickly get addictive. One plug becomes five, and before you know it you’ve decked your home from top to bottom in smart home tech. All of this costs money, of course. Beyond the cost of the…
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My Favorite Amazon Deal of the Day: This Bose Smart Soundbar
We may earn a commission from links on this page.Deal pricing and availability subject to change after time of publication. Credit: Illustration by Ian Moore and product image courtesy of Amazon. The Bose Smart Soundbar wasn’t very well received by reviewers when it came out last fall, citing small improvements for a larger price tag. But now with a $100…
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Samsung’s latest smart appliances are all about the screens.
In our notification-heavy world, there is still one activity where you might just miss that buzz on your phone or ping on your smartwatch – while you’re vacuuming. Thankfully, Samsung has a solution. Its newest cordless stick vac, the new Bespoke AI Jet Ultra ($1,099), now has an LCD display control panel that, along with standard features such as power…
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SwitchBot adds robot vacuums, smart shades, and its new Hub 3 to Home Assistant
SwitchBot will integrate more than 45 of its products with Home Assistant during the first half of this year, the company said in an email to The Verge. That expansion includes The SwitchBot Hub 3 that was first revealed in a filing with the Connectivity Standards Alliance last week. Many of these integrations are coming in April, according to a…
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This LG 55-inch 4K Smart TV Is 50% Off Today
LG 55-Inch Class QNED85T Series LED Smart TV 4K Processor Flat Screen The LG 55-inch QNED85T is a smart 4K TV with a refresh rate of 120Hz. It supports HDR formats like Dolby Vision and HDR 10. The TV uses Quantum Dot and NanoCell technology for bright colors, but the viewing angles aren’t great. For video game players, it has…
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Critical Cisco Smart Licensing Utility flaws now exploited in attacks
Attackers have started targeting Cisco Smart Licensing Utility (CSLU) instances unpatched against a vulnerability exposing a built-in backdoor admin account. The CSLU Windows application allows admins to manage licenses and linked products on-premises without connecting them to Cisco’s cloud-based Smart Software Manager solution. Cisco patched this security flaw (tracked as CVE-2024-20439) in September, describing it as “an undocumented static user…
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