Nanoleaf One of the biggest benefits of a digital assistant is controlling smart home accessories such as smart lights. Both Amazon Echo and Google Nest can link with brands like Philips Hue ...

Doesn't work with any smart home assistants One feature I really like in a smart smoke detector is interconnectivity; that is, if one alarm goes off, they all go off, giving you a better chance of ...

Official screenshot of openHAB (source) Ultimately, my choice – and the one I recommend – is Home Assistant. It strikes the right balance, being user-friendly, powerful enough for advanced automations ...

The ebb and flow of charged particles creates electrical signals that form communications between neurons. To figure out details of the miniscule movements of AMPA receptors (at the level of ...

Personal Assistant apps have been around for a while. However, it wasn’t until Siri that they became a big deal. We now have many options in the space, including offerings from Google, OpenAI ...

Home Assistant uses Bundler, Homebrew and Cocoapods to manage build dependencies. You'll need Xcode 15.3 (or later) which you can download from the App Store. You can ...

Filipino "virtual assistant" Nathalie Mago conducting an online training for her work at her home in San Jose del Monte, Bulacan. (Photo: AFP/Jam Sta Rosa) A former office worker, the 32-year-old ...

What goes in your smart home? Today, home tech can be used to ... Most of the time, individual smart tech can be connected to a smart assistant or hub, to give us vocal control and more.

It explains how the placement of objects affects the energy flow in your home, and by extension your personal energy flow. Feng shui takes the approach that your surroundings affect not just your ...

OpenAI released updates Monday for Advanced Voice Mode, its AI voice feature that enables real-time conversations in ChatGPT, to make the AI assistant more personable and interrupt users less ...

If you use Google Assistant to set timers, play music or control your smart home, get ready for some significant disruptions as the company begins replacing the nine-year-old assistant with its ...