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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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Photos of the new Sonos retail store in Manhattan's Soho district.

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Amazon just opened up its Sidewalk network for anyone to build connected gadgets on

The new Microsoft Teams is here with big performance improvements and UI changes

Amazon starts flagging ‘frequently returned’ products that you maybe shouldn’t buy

The TikTok ban is a betrayal of the open internet

The swagged-out pope is an AI fake — and an early glimpse of a new reality

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