Not buying another Kindle(androidauthority.com)

239 points by mikhael 6 months ago | 201 comments

I built an offline smart home, and why you should too(androidauthority.com)

163 points by PaulHoule 2 years ago | 101 comments

Google Removes the Photo Sphere Mode from the Pixel 8 Camera(androidauthority.com)

34 points by efraim 3 years ago | 25 comments

Google's new 'Aluminium OS' project brings Android to PC(androidauthority.com)

161 points by jmsflknr 11 months ago | 226 comments

Samsung accidentally freezes its smart fridges with a software update(androidauthority.com)

192 points by Markoff 1 month ago | 186 comments

Android Authority article reporting that a Samsung software update accidentally froze or bricked its connected smart fridges.

Android’s new sideload settings will carry over to new devices(androidauthority.com)

131 points by croemer 7 months ago | 188 comments

Google plans to invest up to $40B in Anthropic(bloomberg.com)

776 points by elffjs 6 months ago | 761 comments

Bloomberg news article reporting that Google plans to invest up to $40 billion in AI company Anthropic.

Google has officially turned these Nest thermostats back into dumb thermostats(makeuseof.com)

42 points by gnabgib 1 day ago | 32 comments

MakeUseOf article explaining how Google ended cloud support for first- and second-gen Nest Learning Thermostats, leaving them as manual thermostats, and mentions an open-source fix.

Google to invest up to $2B in Anthropic(reuters.com)

356 points by fofoz 3 years ago | 338 comments

Reuters news article reporting that Google agreed to invest up to $2 billion in OpenAI rival Anthropic, published October 27, 2023.

German ruling declares Google liable for false answers in AI Overviews(the-decoder.com)

893 points by ahlCVA 4 months ago | 489 comments

The Decoder article reporting on a German court ruling that treats Google's AI Overviews as Google's own statements, making it liable for false answers.

The midwit home(dynomight.substack.com)

367 points by stacktrust 3 years ago | 254 comments

A Dynomight newsletter essay arguing for a simpler smart home with less automation, after the frustrations of protocols like Z-Wave, Zigbee and MQTT.

IKEA ditches Zigbee for Thread going all in on Matter smart homes(theverge.com)

318 points by thunderbong 1 year ago | 202 comments

The Verge article reporting Ikea's plan to launch over 20 Matter-over-Thread smart home devices, shifting away from Zigbee to simplify and cheapen its smart home line.