Wiim is moving into the smart home with the Sound speaker, offering high-tier audio other smart speakers just don't have.

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Although there are a few robots on the market that can make life a bit easier, plenty of them have closed-source software or smartphone apps required for control that may phone home and send any ...

Olimex HoT (Home of Things) is a lightweight Smart Home solution designed to run on low-end hardware (128MB RAM, 128MB flash) ...

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A recent update for the self-hosted Home Assistant swaps out the older, clunkier Overview dashboard with a gorgeous new ...

A rescue dog once punished with a shock collar for barking is learning she’s allowed to be heard—thanks to a forever home that celebrates her voice. "She lived a life of torture, abuse, and neglect at ...

“Today” co-host Savannah Guthrie is on the mend after vocal surgery and has been keeping her “new voice” under wraps – mostly. Guthrie returned briefly to the NBC morning show, calling in to Tuesday ...

A selection of Emerson Smart devices with offline voice control. (Amy Skorheim for Engadget) Perhaps you like the idea of controlling your home appliances with your voice, but aren’t super keen on a ...

Hunnam starred as the titular murderer in Netflix's 'Monster: The Ed Gein Story' Savion Washington/WireImage; Courtesy Of Netflix Charlie Hunnam's partner wasn't too keen on hearing Ed Gein's voice ...

Google appears to be considering a change to how it responds to certain queries from the Pixel home screen widget. With both song searches and voice input, we’re able to get responses from Google that ...