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The smart home was once a far-flung pipe dream, but it is now a reality. Wherever you live, your home is ground zero for some of the most interesting tech available right now, and tech that’s yet to come. Best of all, it doesn’t have to cost a fortune to get your home up and running with smart hardware and services.

Home security and monitoring solutions can alert you to a burglary, smoke, fire, or just simple motion activity. There are plenty of options with a range of capabilities, from smart doorbells and smart locks to indoor and outdoor cameras that can see in the dark.

Smart speakers, like the Google Home, Amazon Echo, and Apple HomePod each play a big role in helping you out, too. In the kitchen, they can read out recipes, or if you’re cleaning, you can call out to them to change the song on the fly. If you buy smart light bulbs, for instance, you can turn them on and off by using your voice.

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Press photos of the Pogoplug Series 4, which allows you to host your own server from home.

Pogoplug Series 4 press photos

Pogoplug Series 4 press photos

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Pogoplug Series 4 press photos

Pogoplug Series 4 press photos

Press photos of the Pogoplug Series 4, which allows you to host your own server from home.

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Pogoplug Series 4 press photos

Pogoplug Series 4 press photos

Press photos of the Pogoplug Series 4, which allows you to host your own server from home.

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Valve announces Counter-Strike 2, a free replacement for CS:GO

You can now try Microsoft Loop, a Notion competitor with futuristic Office documents

Google and Microsoft’s chatbots are already citing one another in a misinformation shitshow

Pebble might be coming back — as a small Android phone

GitHub Copilot gets a new ChatGPT-like assistant to help developers write and fix code

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