Better yet, the company has entirely open-sourced the new MQTT extension API and published a reference extension that integrates with popular hubs like Home Assistant, Homebridge, ...

MQTT, which stands for Message Queuing Telemetry Transport, enables smart devices, particularly those with low processing ...

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Google is replacing Google Assistant with Gemini for Home, a more conversational and capable smart home AI assistant.

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Acqui-hires feel like they’re here to stay: The team behind Alex, a popular tool that lets developers use AI models within Apple’s development suite Xcode, is joining OpenAI. In a post on X, Alex’s ...

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