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Jennifer Pattison Tuohy

Jennifer Pattison Tuohy

Senior Reviewer, Smart Home

Senior Reviewer, Smart Home

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    Battle of the best robovacs (that iRobot doesn’t make)

    We put the Roborock S8 MaxV Ultra head-to-head against the DreameBot X30 Ultra to find out which of these Roomba competitors’ flagship robot vacuums is the best.

    Jennifer Pattison Tuohy
    Jennifer Pattison Tuohy
    Jennifer Pattison Tuohy
    The FTC is sending 117,044 PayPal payments to Ring camera owners.

    If you owned a Ring camera when the FTC alleges unauthorized users may have had access to your videos, check your email. You may be getting a slice of the $5.6 million Ring paid out to settle the FTC’s complaint that its practices pre-2019 “led to egregious violations of users’ privacy.” The company settled but denied violating the law.

    The little smart home platform that could

    How Home Assistant plans to transition from an enthusiast platform to a mainstream consumer product.

    Jennifer Pattison Tuohy
    Smart string light showdown: Nanoleaf versus Lifx

    Which is the best bet to bedazzle your backyard?

    Jennifer Pattison Tuohy
    Maybe I don’t want a Rosey the Robot after allMaybe I don’t want a Rosey the Robot after all
    Jennifer Pattison Tuohy
    Jennifer Pattison Tuohy
    Jennifer Pattison Tuohy
    Taylor Swift is finally on Threads, and Zuck is very excited about it.

    It’s not just us Swifties who have been waiting impatiently for April 19th — The Tortured Poets Department (TTPD) release day. It appears Mark Zuckerberg had a carefully worded pun locked and loaded for today, which also marks the pop superstar’s debut on Threads.

    An anthology of new works that reflect events, opinions & sentiments from a fleeting & fatalistic moment in time - one that was both sensational & sorrowful in equal measure. This period of the author’s life is now over, the chapter closed & boarded up. There is nothing to avenge, no scores to settle once wounds have healed. This writer is of the firm belief that our tears become holy in the form of ink on a page. Once we have spoken our saddest story, we can be free of it.
    “Nice to meet you, where you been?”
    Image: @Zuck (Threads)
    Jennifer Pattison Tuohy
    Jennifer Pattison Tuohy
    There’s a $25,000 smart toilet at Milan Design Week.

    And it’s orange.

    Kohler’s latest collab with British designer Samuel Ross is a reimagined Eir smart toilet. The Formation 02 Kohler x SR_A features textured resin accents, a heated seat, automatic flushing, a nightlight, and a bidet.

    It goes on sale today, April 16th, but there are only 99 being sold, so you better hit that buy button real quick.

    <em>The Formation 02 smart toilet</em>
    <em>Textured resin accents are part of the design by Dr. Samuel Ross.</em>
    <em>The toilet is an Eir smart toilet with heated seat and bidet function.</em>
    <em>There’s also a remote control, in orange.</em>
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    The Formation 02 smart toilet
    Photo by Kohler
    Jennifer Pattison Tuohy
    Jennifer Pattison Tuohy
    Google Drive goes to the dark side.

    Google is finally rolling out support for dark mode on Google Drive. Over the next two weeks, all personal and Workspace users will have the option to work in the dark by going to Drive > Appearance > Dark.

    Google Drive looks good in black
    Google Drive looks good in black
    Image: Google
    Jennifer Pattison Tuohy
    Jennifer Pattison Tuohy
    Spring is here, and it’s time to light up your backyard.

    Hot on the heels of Lifx’s outdoor string lights ($130), Nanoleaf’s Matter Smart Multicolor Outdoor String Lights ($130) are now available to buy.

    Announced at CES, Nanoleaf’s string lights feature individually addressable bulbs for jazzing up outdoor spaces. I’ve been testing the Nanoleaf and LiFX string lights and will have a review shortly.

    Note: If you buy something from these links, we might get affiliate revenue.

    Nanoleaf’s new outdoor string lights promise to bring some sparkle to your garden.
    Nanoleaf’s new outdoor string lights promise to bring some sparkle to your garden.
    Image: Nanoleaf