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Your smart TV was a botnet 📺, Amazon staged fake homes to train Alexa 🏠🎤, fabric flips switches 🧶

July 24, 2026

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Platforms & Ecosystem LG to Ban Residential Proxies from Smart TV Apps
Platforms & Ecosystem Alexa is now in your browser
Platforms & Ecosystem Shelly Evaluates Matter Over Thread for Gen4 Devices
Platforms & Ecosystem T-Mobile Pulls Plug on Last 2G Signals as Legacy Devices Face Final Countdown
July 23, 2026 OpenAI's talking speaker 🔊, a robot that won't smash your glasses 🤖🍷, Samsung's data threat 🩺🔒July 10, 2026 Roomba brews its own bleach 🧪, Matter teaches thermostats to negotiate 🌡️, your dog gets Starlink 🐕July 7, 2026 Apple Home gets pricier 🍎💸, Hue bricks its own hubs 💡🧱, nugget ice on tap 🧊

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Turn lights or devices on when a room is occupied, off when empty

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Use geofencing to adjust your thermostat when you leave and come home

This automation uses your phone's location to set the thermostat back when everyone leaves and bring it up to comfort when the first person returns. A fixed schedule keeps heating an empty house on the days your plans change; geofencing follows the people, not the clock.

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39 issues in, every link is still read and picked by hand. The format is simple: five minutes of summaries keeps you current on the week in smart home. When a topic grabs you, the full article is one click away, with the reading time listed next to it.

I'm Daniel, based in the Netherlands. I've been into home automation since the early days of Home Assistant, and I maintain two of its custom integrations: Multiscrape (1,700+ active installs) and MeasureIt.