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Back in the day, a robot vacuum equipped with LiDAR navigation and room mapping capabilities might cost north of $500. But robot vacs with advanced navigation skills are getting cheaper and cheaper, with the affordably priced Eufy Clean L60 among the latest examples. The Clean L60 comes with the vacuum, charging cord, and charging base, […]

Eufy Clean L60 review: A budget-friendly vacuum for pet owners

Earlier this year, Sling TV’s Freestream became the first free, ad-supported streaming service to offer a cloud-based DVR. This allowed users to record movies and shows from dozens of linear channels, and then skip through the commercials. As I noted at at the time, Sling’s free DVR only includes 10 hours of storage, and officially […]

Sling’s free DVR has a secret storage upgrade

Owning a pool is like owning any other high-dollar product: What begins as a fun diversion soon becomes an obsession, one that demands far more oversight than you contemplated before you acquired it. Optimizing pool chemistry is a complex task with surprisingly little guidance available for novices, which is why most people end up outsourcing […]

Sutro Smart Pool Monitor review: an XXL chemical monitor

Yes, the new, â€œremarkable,â€ and for-pay version of Alexa is apparently still coming, but when it finally does arrive, much of its generative-AI tech may wind up coming from somewhere other than Amazon.Â  According to Reuters, the new and far more conversational Alexa is poised to arrive in October, a little over a year after […]

Amazon’s new Alexa might have Claude AI under the hood

Central air conditioning is increasingly indispensable in this overheated, modern world, but anyone living with one can tell you what happens when an air conditioner’s drain line gets plugged up, leading to a drain pan overflow. When that happened to serial inventor Joe McDonnell, the overflow filled his walls with gunk, causing thousands of dollars […]

iFlo Smart Automated A/C Drain Line Cleaner review: Easy maintenance

LIFX’s return to the smart home market continues with a second product designed for the outdoors: a color spotlight designed for brightening up your yard. The catch? LIFX’s SuperColor Spot is the brand’s first product that connects not to standard electrical power but to low-voltage lighting wiring, powered by a standard landscape transformer.  The nuts […]

LIFX SuperColor Spot review: Smart, colorful landscape lighting

I thought I’d been doing a good job keeping my Roomba clean, carefully pulling clumps of hair off its brushes and wheels and emptying its bin after every cleaning. Little did I know that dust and gunk were building up in places where I wasn’t even looking. First, consider the metal charging contacts on the […]

Got a Roomba? Clean these filthy components right now

Robot lawn mowers are great for busy families, people with disabilities, or those who just want to spend more time making their yard look good and less time pushing a mower. But not everyone is ready to accept our outdoor robot overlords. I canâ€™t count the number of people whoâ€™ve driven by my house while […]

Mowrator S1 4WD review: Like cutting your grass with an RC car

While we love the Echo Dot more than the Echo Pop, we have to admit it’s a great choice for smaller rooms–especially when you only have to pay $18 for it at Best Buy, rather than its original $40 list price. This is a super compact smart speaker from Amazon that comes with Alexa and […]

The Echo Pop is only $18 right now and worth every penny

If youâ€™ve been streaming Tidal tunes on your Samsung TV using the music streamerâ€™s native TV app, youâ€™ll need to find another way to listen starting next month.  Reddit users say theyâ€™ve received emails from Tidal warning them that the music streaming service will soon drop support for Samsung TVs.  â€œAfter July 8, 2024, TIDAL […]