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Aqara Adds Five Matter Thread Lights and Aqara Builder at IFA

Smart bulbs are easy. Full lighting systems that behave across Apple Home, Alexa, and Home Assistant without a second app gymnastic routine are harder. At IFA 2026 in Berlin,

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iPad mini A20 Pro vs A17 Pro: OLED, IP67, $699 — Should You Upgrade?

For two years, the iPad mini was the most affordable way into Apple's tablet lineup with a modern chip. The 2024 model, powered by the A17 Pro, started at $499. On October 26, 2026, Apple replaced

27 Oct, 2026

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Powerwall in Home Assistant 2026.11: Teslemetry Adds Local Battery Dispatch

Picture a sunny Sunday in spring: wholesale prices dip below zero for a couple of hours and your utility is effectively paying people to use power. Your Powerwall, though, sits at 100% because it f

26 Oct, 2026

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Nest in Home Assistant: Migrate Your Pub/Sub Topic Before November 30, 2026

On November 30, 2026, Google will stop publishing Nest events to the Pub/Sub topics it hosts on behalf of developers. That sounds like an obscure cloud detail, but if you connected

25 Oct, 2026

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Old Google Home Mini or Echo Dot? Turn It Into a Home Assistant Voice Speaker

If you have a Google Home Mini or an old Echo Dot in a drawer, it does not have to end up as e-waste. On October 22, 2026, Open Home Foundation president Paulus Schoutsen published

24 Oct, 2026

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Matter Cameras in Home Assistant 2026.11: What Works and What to Buy

On October 22, 2026, Home Assistant merged the pull request that adds Matter cameras to its Matter integration. It is a short code change, but it ends a long wait. Matter 1.5 defin

23 Oct, 2026

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Home Assistant 2026.10 Map: OpenStreetMap Tiles, Location History and Privacy

Short version: Home Assistant 2026.10, released on October 7, 2026 under the nickname "You are here", throws out the old raster map and replaces it with OpenStreetMap vecto

23 Oct, 2026

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iOS 27 and Siri AI: The Complete Apple Intelligence Guide (2026)

This guide in one paragraph: iOS 27 shipped on September 14, 2026 with the biggest Siri overhaul since 2011. Siri AI, built on the next generation of Apple Intelli

23 Oct, 2026

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Tesla Q3 2026 Earnings Decoded: What's Durable, What's One-Off

Our verdict in one paragraph: Tesla's third quarter of 2026 looks better in the cash flow statement than in the income statement. Revenue held flat at $28.0 billion, GAAP net incom

22 Oct, 2026

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Matter Soil Sensors: Ready in Home Assistant, Missing in Stores

Can a houseplant finally tell your smart home it is thirsty, without a vendor app, a cloud account or a proprietary bridge? On paper, yes. Matter, the cross-brand smart home standard, has had an of

21 Oct, 2026

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Dyson Nurovi review: the new robot vacuum lineup (R1, R2, R3)

Dyson is refreshing its robot vacuum range with the Nurovi line, now on sale. Based on early testing published by

30 Sep, 2026

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Dreame L40 Ultra A review: a powerful, affordable robot vacuum-mop without the heated dock

The Dreame L40 Ultra A is the affordable sibling of the L40 Ultra, unveiled in September 2024 at €1,199. Launched at €499 (and regularly offered at €349

29 Sep, 2026

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HP Omen Max 16 review: a gaming laptop built for AAA play, if you can pay the price

The HP Omen Max 16-ak0020nf is built for AAA gaming. Its spec sheet pairs an RTX 5070 Ti, 32 GB of RAM, an AMD Ryzen AI 7 process

28 Sep, 2026

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Sonos Ace Ultra review: the headphones that join your Wi-Fi instead of your phone

The Sonos Ace Ultra ($449) keeps the Ace formula but adds a big twist: it's the first headphone built on the Headphone Engine 2 silicon, letting it connect straigh

27 Sep, 2026

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Sennheiser MOMENTUM 5 Wireless review: record battery life that overshadows everything

The Sennheiser MOMENTUM 5 Wireless ($399.95) keeps the formula that made the line a hit: refined sound and extraordinary battery life. Reviews from SoundGuys, Wired

26 Sep, 2026

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Samsung Galaxy S26 FE review: a good phone, but a pricey Fan Edition

The Galaxy S26 FE keeps the Fan Edition formula: most of the flagship experience at a lower price. But this year it launches $100 costlier than the S25 FE without

23 Sep, 2026

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