Sidewalk, which launched in 2020, is a low-power, low-bandwidth, long-range IoT network that is free to use. While Ring ...

Ring's new Ring smart home sensors at CES 2026 use the Amazon Sidewalk mesh network for connectivity during power or internet ...

Amazon is doubling down on its Sidewalk neighborhood network, with Ring unveiling more than a dozen Sidewalk-enabled sensors ...

Smart home devices are only as useful as their ability to detect what's happening around them. I spent years just using voice commands — treating expensive gear like glorified clap-on lights. After ...

Your 2026 smart home will work best if your devices can all talk to each other without having to jump through hoops. Home ...

According to the latest statistics, there are an estimated 300 million smart homes around the world! Whether it’s full blown ecosystems that automate your entire day or the occasional device you use ...

Researchers at the Beijing Institute of Nanoenergy and Nanosystems have developed a means of creating a wood-based triboelectric self-powered smart home sensor. Basically, it can harness the energy ...

When I press the “on” button on the light switch for the chandelier over my kitchen island, it turns on in an instant. When I ask Alexa to turn it off, the light turns off. When I tap the light in the ...

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