TechCrunch
Ring Invents Smart Lock You Can Hand-Crank, Because Batteries Are Still a Thing
Ring's new smart lock has a hand crank for when the battery dies, because apparently hiding a key under a rock was the only competition.
2026-10-07
TechCrunch
2026-08-04
ZDNet
Marshall Stanmore IV vs. Sonos Era 300: I Tested Both So You Don't Have To
Marshall's retro Bluetooth speaker and Sonos's spatial audio smart speaker go head-to-head, and the winner might just be the one with knobs.
2026-05-18
ZDNet
Bose's New Smart Speaker Plays Nice With Everyone, Which Is Apparently a Novel Concept
Bose's new smart speaker plays nice with your existing gadgets, so you don't have to pick a side in the eternal smart home wars.
2026-05-17
The Verge
Robot Friend More Effective at Getting Mom to Exercise Than Decades of Nagging
A companion robot named ElliQ turns out to be more effective at getting a Parkinson's patient to exercise than any human effort - proving that sometimes the best caregiver has a glowing bobblehead.
2026-05-13
The Verge
Amazon's Panos Panay Uses 87 Words to Not Deny New Phone Rumors
Amazon's devices chief uses the verbal equivalent of a Rube Goldberg machine to avoid confirming or denying a new AI phone, while everyone remembers the Fire Phone's epic fail.
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