Apple announces a new Home app for HomeKit
Apple announced its new app Home for controlling HomeKit at WWDC 2016.
DC runs your gadgets, so why not your house? This DC dwelling dares to try
NextHome, from NextEnergy, is a home that runs on AC and DC current.
Gourmia GTA2500 Turbo Cook Air Fryer review
The Gourmia GTA2500 Turbo Air Fryer comes with 11 accessories and promises to grill, bake, fry, and steam. It performs some of these tasks better than others.
Once something you only saw on ‘Top Chef,’ sous vide hits shelves at Target, Best Buy
You can now buy an Anova sous vide cooker at Target and Best Buy.
Hands on: Braun BrewSense, MultiQuick, and PureMix
After phasing out its small appliances in 2008, Braun is bringing them back to the market with the BrewSense coffee maker, MultiQuick immersion blender, and PureMix countertop blender.
Withings’ Body Cardio keeps tabs on your ticker with a new metric of heart health
The Withings Body Cardio Scale measures your pulse wave velocity, a component of heart health.
Stop pre-rinsing and other advice on how to load a dishwasher
Instead of just tossing everything in the dishwasher, why not figure out how to properly load it? Check out our quick-hit guide if you need some advice.
Say what you will, voice control is the future of home automation
Voice control makes commanding your smart home easier, so is it the future?
Fermenting homebrewed beer just got a whole lot easier with Whirlpool’s Vessi
Whirlpool is bringing its Vessi Fermentor to homebrewers on Indiegogo.
The Aquanta turns your dumb water heater smart to save energy, H2O, and money
Turn your existing water heater smart with the Aquanta, a device that knows when you need hot water.
Cut a pan in half, and it’s easy to see how induction cooking works
Ever wondered how induction cooking works? Check out this explainer.
GE FirstBuild Paragon Induction Cooktop review
The Paragon Induction Cooktop uses a burner and Bluetooth temperature probe to create an easy-to-use sous vide system at home.
Knocki surpasses its Kickstarter goal in a little more than an hour
Using a series of knocks, you can use Knocki to turn the lights off, arm your alarm system, or find your lost smartphone.
Alexa, unleashed: Take your Amazon Echo on an adventure with this battery pack
The Battery Base from Mission Cables gives the Amazon Echo power for six hours, making it portable.
You can now track your Amazon packages simply by asking Alexa where they are
Amazon's Alexa has a new skill: tracking your Amazon packages.
This heated waterbed keeps you dry but makes you feel like you’re floating
Starpool introduced its dry waterbed at the Salon del Mobile in Milan. It supposedly makes you feel like you're floating.
Roost put its smart battery into a four-in-one smoke alarm
The Roost smoke alarm adds the smart battery to a device that detects fire, smoke, CO, and natural gas.
Behold! This cabinet transforms into a full-size, sensuously steamy sauna
Klafs makes saunas, including the S1, which extends and retracts in 20 seconds and is about the size of a closet.
Over your oven? 3D print new, smarter controls with RetroFab
RetroFab is a system from Autodesk that lets you 3D print retrofitted controls for your appliances.
Just because you can use Siri to open your August lock doesn’t mean you will
August unveiled a new HomeKit compatible smart lock that you can unlock with Siri.
Meet Triby, a kid-friendly fridge speaker with Alexa inside (but no Amazon badge)
Alexa comes out to play in the first non-Amazon device, the Triby. The speaker is kid-friendly but audiophiles may not love it.
When Dyson makes a hair dryer, it’s going to be quiet, powerful, and pricey
Dyson put a lot of tech into its $399 Supersonic hair dryer, its first foray into the beauty tech world.
You’re an adult. So build the blanket fort of your dreams with these gadgets
Blanket forts don't need to be rudimentary, not with the tech we have today at least. Check out our recommendations for stocking your fort to the max.
A disappearing sink and more badass kitchens from Milan Design Week
Milan Design Week featured some truly futuristic kitchen tech, like a gesture-controlled sink and a 6mm-thick table that keeps your food warm.
Crispy Rice Cooker lets you push a button and walk away
Ever had tahdig? It's a traditional Iranian dish where the rice turns crispy on the bottom of the pot. It's a bit labor-intensive, but the Crispy Rice Cooker lets you make it by pushing a button and walking away.
Prisma promises to cut the time it takes to make cold brew from 12 hours to 10 minutes (Update)
Love cold-brew coffee but don't have a lot of time? GE's subsidiary FirstBuild promises a cold-brew coffee maker that yields a full pot in 10 minutes.
Sears is looking to solve practical problems with its new smart-home line
Get ready to see some smart-home Father's Day ads. Sears recently announced a new line of smart-home products from Kenmore, Craftsman, and DieHard. Its smart air conditioner is already on the market.
This smart food dispenser lets you take your cat obsession to a whole new level
Worried about leaving your kitty alone for a weekend away? Catspad is a smart food and water dispenser for cats.
Looing on the edge: These toilets have spectacular views
Toilets: A Spotter’s Guide is a new guidebook from Lonely Planet with some amazing pictures of potties from around the world.
When you live in a 309 sq. ft. apartment, the bathtub doubles as a couch
When you live in 309 sq. ft., you have to sacrifice dreams of a full-sized kitchen or home theater. But this transformable apartment that fits it all in.
This smart mattress that knows if your spouse is cheating on you can’t be real, right?
The Smarttress, supposedly from Spanish mattress company Durmet, may or may not be a hoax.
Weight, weight, don’t tell me: This mirror scans your body for better fitness data
Naked Labs' took body-scanning mirror pairs with a scale to give you all kinds of details about your body, and 3D images to show gradual change.
Can’t be bothered to keep your water pitcher full? GE’s new fridge does it for you
The GE Autofill Pitcher is a magnet-based system that fills up with water (and doesn't overflow) whenever you slot it back in the fridge. It provides the same filtered water you normally get from a ice and water dispenser.
Got cats, pollen, dust mites? Sprimo scrubs your air and tells you what’s in it
How’s your air quality? The Sprimo smart air purifier has sensors to tell you what you’re breathing in.