Philips Hue will no longer block third-party light bulbs (Update)
Philips sent out a firmware update to the Hue bridge, which has blocked all third-party light bulbs from working with the ZigBee Light Link protocol.Â
Robots will actually write your wedding thank you notes using pen and ink
Writing thank you can be a chore, so Envelope paired with Bond to use its robots to make handwritten notes from your gift registry.
The Fluxo smart lamp is the first truly universal lighting fixture
With the Fluxo smart lamp, Vienna-based design firm Luke Roberts may have finally created an LED smart lamp that can light any room at any time of day.
PS4 users eat your heart out — you can now try on clothes with your Xbox One
Now there's another reason for non-gamers to break out the Xbox One Kinect 2. The new Mall app, uses Kinect to let you try before you buy from home.
Get your grandparents the best care possible with HomeHero
HomeHero is focused on solving problems for seniors, a demographic that will comprise 20 percent of the American population by 2030.Â
Want to check out Pepper the robot in action? Head to a French train station
Pepper the robot sold out in less than a minute in Japan, but now you can see it welcoming guests at a French train station.
This tech entrepreneur's $88-million home has everything you need for work and play
This $88-million Silicon Valley home was built for work and play.Â
Why type when you can use voice search? MindMeld launches new platform
MindMeld has launched a new platform that companies can use to add voice features to their apps, websites, and devices.
Trick your brain into thinking the water you're drinking is a fruity beverage
The Right Cup has aromatics and sweetness embedded during the manufacturing process, which trick your brain into thinking you're drinking a fruity beverage.
This crazy underwater hotel is slated to be built off the coast of Florida in 2016
Planet Ocean Underwater Hotel announced it's moving on to a testing phase of its revolutionary underwater hotel, yet no operating date is yet known.
Thinking of installing solar panels? Google’s Project Sunroof expands to more states
Google's Project Sunroof shows homeowners how much sunlight they get and their potential savings with solar panels.Â
Houzz updates its app to work with Apple Pencil, let’s you scribble on home decor
Houzz just released a new version of its app optimized to work with Apple Pencil. It lets users drop products into photos.
Give Quicken Loans’ new website 8 minutes, and it will approve you for a mortgage
Quicken Loans recently unveiled its Rocket Mortgage tool, through which you can be approved for a mortgage in eight minutes.Â
Adidas introduces a 3D printed shoe made from ocean plastic waste
Tthe latest shoe from Adidas combines two previously explored concepts -- using plastic ocean waste to create a shoe, and 3D-printing a shoe.
Sevenhugs’ Smart Remote wants to replace the phone as your home’s control panel
Sevenhugs' Smart Remote uses lamp socket modules to register the specific location of any device, and identify what gadget the user is indicating.
Give everyone you know and trust the keys to your home with this $89 smart lock
The Lark-Wi Blueguard-E smart door lock, which connects to your phone via Bluetooth. Right now you can get it on Kickstarter for $89.
Piper detects when no one’s home and lets you arm the alarm remotely
Piper has teamed up with Life360 to add a new home security feature called smart arming, which allows to arm their alarm system from their mobile device.
Clean Cube picks up and delivers your laundry using Internet-connected lockers
There are lots of laundry-delivery services in New York, but Clean Cube wants to differentiate itself by offering secured lockers for your laundry once its employees drop off your cleaned duds.
Nextdoor Now finds neighbors to do your chores or babysit the kids
A new service from Nextdoor, Nextdoor Now, lets you find neighbors to babysit, walk your dog, or help you put together furniture.
Think your coffee maker cleans itself? There’s probably bacteria in there
A study from Scientific Reports found bacteria in all nine of the drip trays microbiologists tested, including pathogenic strains.
Amazon wants to fill your living room with sensors and cameras to bring you augmented reality
There's no doubt Amazon wants a bigger footprint inside your home: It recently filed two patents that would bring augmented reality to your living room.Â
Redfin says its estimator tool will accurately tell you how much your home is worth
Redfin launched a new tool today that will tell you the value of your home to within a 2 percent margin of error, it says.
HTC and Under Armour to launch connected scale as first product in fitness ecosystem
HTC and Under Armour's first fitness product might be a connected scale, the first in a growing ecosystem of products developed for fitness fanatics.Â
Horror of horrors: bananas may be going (close to) extinct, new study says
Eat all the bananas you can now because soon, there won't be any left. And it won't be because you ate them all. It'll be because they've gone ... extinct.
Still have a landline? So do about 40 percent of US households
The CDC recently found that nearly 47 percent of U.S. households are without a landline and rely exclusively on cellphones.
With the help of carbon nanotubes, scientists just solved the urinal splashback problem
I'm pleased to inform you that a team of physicists from Utah State University have successfully created "a urine black hole."Â
Amazon’s new Fire TV can control your smart home, just like the Echo
Amazon's 4K Fire TV works with Alexa, and she can now help control your smart home. That means you can ask her to turn on your lights with the remote.
This professor turned on his sprinklers from his phone to save his house from a fire
Simon Maddocks decided to make use of his smartphone — not to call for help, but to turn on his sprinkler system to save his house from a fire.