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13,000 WYZE Customers Affected By Camera Security Failure
Despite being a tech enthusiast, I often find myself with some form of disdain towards a lot of new tech, such as NFTs, AI, and smart home devices for example, Alexa and smart home security cameras. I’m of the opinion that having a camera inside my home that is connected…
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Smart Toothbrushes Used in Swiss DDoS Attack
UPDATE Tom’s Hardware has confirmed that the Smart Toothbrush attack was actually just a hypothetical situation. Fortinet the security firm behind this hypothetical attack acquired the following statement from the firm: “To clarify, the topic of toothbrushes being used for DDoS attacks was presented during an interview as an illustration…
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Nooie Cam 360 Review- Security With a Twist!
There are a lot of cool smart home and security products on the market these days. Albeit, I feel it got a little over-saturated with “innovative” and expensive products that basically did the same as all of their rivals. However, the latest camera from Nooie caught my attention, as not…
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BBC Plans To Release Their Own Smart Home Assistant
The chances are these days that if you’re really into your technology, you probably have a smart home assistant. I personally have an Amazon Alexa and, although I mostly use it as a glorified egg-timer, it is rather useful for providing you with information and controlling various devices within your…
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Hoover Vision Smart Oven Review
Smart Technology Comes To The Kitchen Smart technology is all around us, whether you like it or not. It’s in our phones, our virtual assistants, and more. The one room that you’d maybe not considered as being smart is the kitchen, but when you think about it, it’s the perfect…
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Energenie Smart Home Power and Heating Upgrade Review
Energenie Smart Home Investing in smart home technology has never been easier. You can simply add an Amazon Alexa, Google Home, or similar device, and you’re ready to rock. These are simply a gateway to automation and beyond. I myself have since invested in fully smart lighting using Philips Hue.…
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Mothers Day Gift Guide – Tech Edition
Mothers Day Gift Guide If you’re in the UK, like me, then you’ll likely know it’s mothers day on March 31st, better known as TOMORROW! Of course, if you’re in the US, then you’ve got quite a bit of time to do your shopping as it’s not until May 12th.…
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Amazon Alexa Firmware Update Causes System To Go Down
In the early hours of this morning, Amazon applied a firmware update to the Alexa. The plan was to add a few more new skills and make the smart home device a little more functional. Such updates are fairly common and usually go without any problems what-so-ever. Well, that was…
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Study Finds People Repress Their Accents With Voice Assistants
Study Finds People Repress Their Accents With Voice Assistants Having recently purchased an Amazon Echo Dot for my home, for the first time in my life it dawned on me that this specific branch of technology was much further ahead than I was prepared for. Like a pensioner using Ceefax,…
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Smart Meters Will Only Cut Bills By Around £11
Smart Meters Will Only Cut Bills By Around £11 There has definitely been a drive across all factors to try and be as energy efficient as possible. This is perhaps, at least for consumers, to their benefit. At least in terms of their homes where the less you spend on…
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Creating an electriQ Equipped Smart Home for Around £150
electriQ Smart Home Smart home gear can be expensive, it’s no secret that I’ve spent a small fortune and countless hours working on my own. Using Philips and LIFX lights can get expensive, and it’ll empty your wallet before you finished creating the scene you wanted in your kitchen. Surely…
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Titus & Wayne Luft Qi Air Purifier Review
Lift Qi We’ve reviewed all kinds of weird and wonderful products over the years. However, today is yet another first for me, as I take a look at my first ever air purifier. Not just for review, but even in my personal life, it’s a product I’ve never felt the…
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nCube Home Smart Home Hub Review – One To Rule Them All?
nCUBE Is your smart home getting out of control? I know mine has been, with more hubs than I care to count taking over my home network. The nCube won’t replace all those hubs, unfortunately, but it will command them with ease. Before, you would be dealing with multiple hubs, various…
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Foobot Review – How Clean is Your Air?
Foobot The smart home market is a big business these days. However, there’s only so much an Alexa device can do on its own. By adding additional smart home hardware to your setup, you can gain a deeper insight into your surroundings. Sure, smart lighting, home entertainment devices and doorbells…
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Second Generation Smarter Coffee UK Availability Announced
Smarter announced that their second generation smart Coffee maker will become available in the UK by the end of this month. Smarter Coffee is a WiFi connected coffee maker that learns your behaviour while using geo-caching and schedules to always have a fresh pot of coffee ready. And isn’t that a dream?…
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