The fluorescent lights of our Brooklyn lab hummed as cybersecurity researcher Miguel connected a breadboard-sized device to his laptop. “Watch this,” he whispered. On screen, a live feed from a top-selling $129 smart camera flickered—showing his colleague making coffee. With three keystrokes, the video froze. Then displayed last…
The hiss of radiators. The glow of forgotten lamps. In American homes, energy leaks like invisible cash from cracked windows. When tech reporter Lena Chen installed smart thermostats and bulbs from both Amazon and Google ecosystems last winter, her utility company emailed: “Your usage pattern changed dramatically. Any…
The scent of synthetic pet hair hung thick in our test lab as engineer Miguel dumped the final bag of 1kg faux golden retriever fur onto the carpet. “Let the fur-pocalypse begin,” he muttered, priming the Roborock S8 and Roomba Combo j9+ side-by-side. For millions of American pet…
