These products promise practical home upgrades, including control and safety sensors that don’t require setup, a self-charging lock, and blinds that automatically block the sun from your eyes.

Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. Inside our homes, though, Amazon Alexa has become the most popular virtual assistant in the US and around the world, as a widely adopted virtual ...

Nestlé transformed a critical powder production process from manual guesswork requiring decades of experience to an automated system that new workers can master within a couple of years. Discover the ...

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Quectel Unveils FME163R Wi-Fi 6 and Bluetooth 5.2 Module in M.2 2230 Key-E Form Factor for Industrial, Consumer and Laptop Applications Quectel Wireless Solutions, an end-to-end global IoT solutions ...

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Internal documents show the company that changed how people shop has a far-reaching plan to automate 75 percent of its operations. Internal documents show the company that changed how people shop has ...

Qualcomm (NASDAQ:QCOM) disclosed on Tuesday that it is acquiring hardware startup Arduino to expand the San Diego-based chipmaker's presence in the automation and robotics markets. Terms of the deal ...

For the last week, I’ve been testing out Google Home’s powerful new automation editor and trying to see if it could perform the kind of routines I need in my smart home. I was happy to see a few ...

After testing in Public Preview, Google Home for Android and iOS is now getting a “significant upgrade” to the household automation editor. Add the starters, conditions, and actions you want. Tap Save ...

Google Home is rolling out a new automation editor experience on Android and iOS. The editor supports conditions, adds new actions and triggers, and just empowers more complicated automations. While ...

“Where do you find the time?” This is the question marketers drowning in content demands most often ask. With multiple channels to manage, campaigns to track, and audiences to engage, it’s no wonder ...