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Josh.ai Raises More Cash For A Smarter Smart Home Assistant

Josh.ai has just bolstered its war chest with an additional $8 million of funding to build an assistant specifically for controlling the smart home...

Crestron Alexa Skill Now Available In UK and Germany

The Crestron Alexa Skill is finally available in the UK and Germany, following in the footsteps of its largest competitor, Control4...

Amazon Launches Smart Home Installation Service In US

Amazon is launching its very own smart home installation service, offering consumers a low fee alternative to the custom installation industry...

Google Home Goes All ‘Minority Report’ Potentially Preventing A Violent Crime

The extent to which smart devices can become involved with law enforcement agencies has been in the news quite a bit lately. First there was the case where A...

Dirac Live Room Correction Coming To NAD Electronics

NAD Electronics has signed a partnership with Dirac Research which will bring Dirac Live technology to an array of products in the company's line...

First Live Dolby Vision/Dolby Atmos Broadcast Is A Success

Spanish broadcaster RTVE came up with the idea to use both Dolby Atmos and Dolby Vision in a live broadcast on July 5...

Major US Housing Developer Reveals Smart Home Packages

A major US house builder has become the latest developer to offer smart home packages to its customers...

Kodi Hit By EU Ruling That ‘Fully Loaded’ Boxes Are Illegal

Kodi, the free service that streams apps and on-demand services to TVs, has been put under pressure by a ruling from the EU that in particular attacks the plug-...

Disney’s First 4K Blu-ray Revealed, Dolby Atmos/Vision Support Unknown

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 is set to be the first film from Disney released on 4K Blu-ray, following confirmation from the film's director...

Samsung Bixby-Powered Smart Speaker Reportedly In The Works

Samsung is reportedly working on a Bixby-powered smart speaker designed to take on the Amazon Echo, Google Home and Apple HomePod...