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Thermacell launches Liv 2.0, a larger and more expensive smart mosquito repellent system with Wi-Fi connectivity and professional installation, covering up to 3000 square feet.
An analysis of why the smart home bubble burst, tracing problems from IoT device abandonment and subscription fatigue to the complexity of local solutions like Home Assistant, and noting that true AI-driven intelligence remains elusive.
Google is expanding its Gemini AI-powered smart home features to third parties, aiming to monetize through subscriptions as the cost of smart home technology rises.
Wired's 2026 review of indoor garden systems highlights the Gardyn Home 4.0 as the easiest to assemble and most productive, noting its AI-driven subscription app Kelby (powered by ChatGPT) for automated plant care.
The author built an agentic system that automates daily briefs for their children, using cron jobs and a web service to generate and print personalized reports via a receipt printer.