Dhruv Bhutani has covered the Android ecosystem since 2010, with a focus on smartphones, connected devices, and home networking. His reporting is informed by hands-on experience reviewing hundreds of ...

Once you've added a device, you can then control it from the Home Assistant dashboard. You can add as many areas and devices ...

Virtual assistants can offer more personalized interactions, creating a more engaging customer experience. They can maintain context throughout a conversation, offering a more seamless experience.

One of the most hilarious things you can do with an LLM-based chatbot is to ask it to do calculations. If it’s a well-written ...

Home Assistant proclaimed 2023 to be the Year of the Voice and duly launched a prototype Voice Assistant. At launch, its capabilities were limited. Today, it is genuinely good at a variety of tasks, ...

I gave Claude access to my Home Assistant. It helped me audit, debug, and improve my smart home better than I ever could have.

Staging a tournament across three countries and 16 stadiums is, as Technology Magazine puts it, "a logistical mountain." FIFA's answer at the FIFA World Cup 2026 is to build a virtual copy of every ...

The owner of Portland’s U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement building successfully lobbied the county court to block the city from ruling on a land use violation against his property, a ruling ...

Behind the AI hype, Microsoft unveiled a developer-first vision for Windows 11—one centered on performance, customization, and fixing long-standing user frustrations. I've been writing about ...

Welcome to our coverage of Microsoft Build 2026 - we were on the ground in San Francisco covering the show. The event featured a keynote hosted by Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, who unveiled featured a ...

A senior Disney AI executive reportedly stunned employees by publicly gushing over a chatbot he calls his “son” — even suggesting the bot is capable of independent reasoning as the House of Mouse ...