When a Raspberry Pi is overkill.

Aqara's new Multi-State Sensor (P100) is available to buy after first launching at CES. It's a smart home sensor that can operate either as an object monitoring sensor (detecting movement, tilt, ...

IKEA is today officially launching new lights and sensors that work with Google Home, while the furniture giant is also launching a super-cheap $10 speaker that can form a network of audio throughout ...

The Aqara Multistate Sensor P100 introduces a fresh approach to smart home functionality by combining multiple capabilities into a single device. Unlike traditional contact sensors that rely on ...

Here's an interesting tidbit from Mark Gurman's profile of John Ternus for Bloomberg: Apple is apparently working on a smart home sensor. The article said Ternus is leading development of a trio of ...

Keeping your camera's image sensor clean is the simplest way to remove annoying smudges and particles from your images — here's how to clean your camera sensor to get a crisp picture of the stars ...

Kendra Pierre-Louis: For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, I’m Kendra Pierre-Louis, in for Rachel Feltman. Your home is a death trap. It is a place where, if you’re not careful, your furniture ...

Previously, some had referred to Ponthier as being like “a lesbian Sabrina Carpenter.” Do easy tags like that become any more complicated now that they are out as non-binary? It’s possible, but the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It’s early in 2026, but August Ponthier’s full-length debut album, “Everywhere Isn’t Texas,” should still be remembered 11 or 12 ...

When automating your smart home, much of the attention centers on cameras and lights, but I believe HomeKit door sensors are arguably among the most critical devices to add to your setup. I’ve written ...

An update allows programmable switches, also known as buttons, to work in Google’s smart home platform. An update allows programmable switches, also known as buttons, to work in Google’s smart home ...

Discover which smart home devices survive winter storms and which fail. Learn how frozen sensors IoT affect your smart thermostat and essential backup solutions. Pixabay, stux When winter storms roll ...