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Nanoleaf bets its future on robots, red light therapy, and AI

CEO Gimmy Chu says the commoditization of smart lighting is behind Nanoleaf’s pivot.

Jennifer Pattison TuohyMay 8

Dominic PrestonMay 8

Watch your nuggets.

Sean Hollister let a hacked robot lawnmower run him over in the name of journalism, but it took a Verge commenter to find the right language that really sets the stakes.

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There’s investigative journalism, and then there’s ‘get-run-over-by-a-lawnmower-to-prove-a-point’ journalism. Thank you Sean, for almost chopping off your chicken nuggets to give us the gif of the century.

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Inside Dreame’s wild launch event — packed with products no one can buy

Influencers and vaporware collided with some interesting-looking robot vacuums, a laundry robot, and a rocket at Dreame’s US launch event.

Jennifer Pattison TuohyMay 7

Jess WeatherbedMay 7

Samsung will stop selling TVs in China.

The company is planning to discontinue certain consumer electronics products in the region — including home appliances and televisions — amid intensifying competition from domestic brands. Phone sales will be unaffected. As popular as Samsung TVs are, this goes to show they do struggle somewhere.

Samsung Pulling TVs, Home Appliances From China

[The Wall Street Journal]

Andrew LiszewskiMay 6

You’ll be able to sync your Hue smart lights to World Cup matches.

A new feature called Sports Live is being rolled out to the Philips Hue app that will trigger lighting effects in response to goals being scored or referees issuing cards during the World Cup in June and July. Your lights can also match the color of your favorite team or the team that’s currently in the lead during a match.

<em>Your Hue lights will react to goals, referee calls, and can change color depending on which team is currently in the lead during a match.</em>

<em>Through the Hue app you can select your favorite teams playing in the World Cup.</em>

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Your Hue lights will react to goals, referee calls, and can change color depending on which team is currently in the lead during a match.

Image: Philips Hue

The Litter-Robot 4 bundle is back down to its best price of the year

Cameron FaulknerMay 6

Blink bumps its budget buzzer to 2K

Jennifer Pattison TuohyMay 6

Google Home’s Gemini AI can handle more complicated requests

Stevie BonifieldMay 5

Skylight’s 15-inch smart calendar is down to its lowest price to date

Sheena VasaniMay 4

SwitchBot’s rechargeable button pusher is on sale for over 20 percent off

Sheena VasaniMay 4

Jennifer Pattison TuohyMay 4

Lifx’s smart mirror is now on pre-sale.

This was one of my favorite gadgets from CES, and Lifx says the $199.99 Matter-enabled LED lighted mirror will ship later this month. I have one to test and will be posting a review soon.

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