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UK Government Looks To Smart Home Technology To Manage Energy Demand

The UK Government hopes to ensure that the energy grid can handle the growing demand, with smart home devices and battery storage systems key to its plan...

Samsung Reportedly Ditches Bixby-Powered Amazon Echo Competitor

Competitors to the Amazon Echo and Google Home continue to debut thick and fast, although at least one manufacturer is reportedly throwing in the towel – with S...

Johnson Controls Brings Cortana To Nest-Beating Smart Thermostat

Nest has yet more competition in the smart home space, as Johnson Controls has just unveiled a futuristic-looking thermostat, complete with Cortana...

Josh.ai Raises More Cash For A Smarter Smart Home Assistant

Josh.ai has just bolstered its war chest with an additional $8 million of funding to build an assistant specifically for controlling the smart home...

Crestron Alexa Skill Now Available In UK and Germany

The Crestron Alexa Skill is finally available in the UK and Germany, following in the footsteps of its largest competitor, Control4...

Amazon Launches Smart Home Installation Service In US

Amazon is launching its very own smart home installation service, offering consumers a low fee alternative to the custom installation industry...

Google Home Goes All ‘Minority Report’ Potentially Preventing A Violent Crime

The extent to which smart devices can become involved with law enforcement agencies has been in the news quite a bit lately. First there was the case where A...

Major US Housing Developer Reveals Smart Home Packages

A major US house builder has become the latest developer to offer smart home packages to its customers...

Samsung Bixby-Powered Smart Speaker Reportedly In The Works

Samsung is reportedly working on a Bixby-powered smart speaker designed to take on the Amazon Echo, Google Home and Apple HomePod...

The Raspberry Pi Wins UK’s Top Engineering Award

The Royal Academy of Engineering's MacRobert Prize has gone to the team behind the Raspberry Pi, the little computer, that has become a big success story. At...