All smart homes are at risk of being hacked, but it's not a likely event. The type of bad actors that target smart homes and devices, such as security cameras, are opportunistic. They search randomly ...

After more than a decade of accumulating smart plugs, speakers and sensors, I realized parts of my setup were quietly ...

A smart home isn’t about stuffing your house with gadgets you have to babysit or juggling app after app just to turn off a ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Alex Vakulov is a cybersecurity expert focused on consumer security. The rise of Internet of Things gadgets has transformed our ...

The smart home has been drifting into a world of interoperability lately that I never would have expected just a few years ...

Ben Khalesi writes about where artificial intelligence, consumer tech, and everyday technology intersect for Android Police. With a background in AI and Data Science, he’s great at turning geek speak ...

The fewer entry points you leave open, the more secure your smart home will be. Here's how to check for all the gaps.

Sidewalk, which launched in 2020, is a low-power, low-bandwidth, long-range IoT network that is free to use. While Ring cameras use Sidewalk connectivity to send alerts even when your home’s Wi-Fi is ...

Kidde came to CES 2026 to deliver their latest device for the smart home, and it is the Smart Smoke + CO Alarm that now comes ...

When you tell your smart assistant to start your morning coffee or use your smartphone to adjust your smart thermostat to make sure your home's temperature is just right when you get home from work, ...

Data breaches keep happening, and too often they come down to companies failing to take cybersecurity seriously. Some of the biggest breaches have been caused by negligence, and now there’s another ...

Many smart bulb issues often trace back to outdated border-router software that undermines modern Thread and Matter networks.