A Raspberry Pi is cheaper, simpler, and far easier for beginners to learn on than a mini PC when building a starter smart home hub.

Set up Pi-hole on a $15 Raspberry Pi Zero 2W with Cloudflare DNS to cut ads on all devices, improving speed and privacy at home.

Apple is working on a smart home hub that will rely heavily on the more capable version of Siri that's coming next year.

Apple's smart home device will somewhat resemble an iPad, and it will have an all-display design. It is expected to be square rather than rectangular, and it will measure in at seven inches with thick ...

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Leaked iOS 26 code points to a square-screen hub and J229 camera accessory as the core of Apple’s 2026 smart home push.