Nest Cams are underpowered and cloud-reliant. I wanted something more private, more powerful, and that gave me more control.

Ugreen made a splash in the NAS world with the DXP4800 Plus, a pretty high-end NAS by NAS standards and packing upgradable RAM and NVMe storage. At the time, the company also launched a number of ...

With Windows 10 support ending in October this year, upgrading to Windows 11 is not only crucial, but it is also the easiest way to stay secure and continue receiving new features. Microsoft continues ...

I recently described how a recent flurry of smart home failures made me turn to Home Assistant, the increasingly polished DIY smart home platform that you can host yourself without relying on the ...

Home security systems can be as simple as a single camera, or as complex as your vision – and budget – allows, with sensors, locks, hubs, sirens, smoke screens, a video doorbell and even 24/7 ...

On its own, the term “network-attached storage” sounds rather boring. You could easily imagine a useful-but-dull beige box that’s intended to live its days out in a corporate network’s server room.

The restrictions are coming in new models, but existing Synology NAS systems won’t be affected. The restrictions are coming in new models, but existing Synology NAS systems won’t be affected. is a ...

We are currently facing an issue with connecting to MQTT on our Home Assistant installation, which is running on a Synology NAS. We have entered the correct IP address, but we keep receiving the ...

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The brand-new Home Assistant Yellow box had been collecting dust in my “gadgets to install” cardboard box for four months, with me randomly sighing and proclaiming to my husband, “We should set up ...