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Everything you need to know about Thread: Complete guide to the wireless smart home protocol

Though it’s attractive to imagine that the devices in your smart home system are all joined together through whimsy and wonder, it’s actually rigorous wireless protocols performing the magic – and Thread is a very important one to know about. Up until now, much of the conversation regarding smart home protocols has centred around Z-Wave…

Philips Hue Bridge is now Matter certified, your bulbs and accessories are compatible too

The Philips Hue lighting system will soon be compatible with Matter, thanks to support added to the Hue Bridge through a software update coming early next year. It means that your Hue bulbs and accessories will soon work seamlessly with other Matter smart home products from multiple manufacturers bar a couple of exceptions. The Philips…

Apple Employees at Unionized Maryland Store File Labor Board Complaint After Being Denied Benefits

The unionized Towson Apple Store in Maryland today filed a complaint with the National Labor Relations Board after its employees were excluded from some benefits that Apple recently introduced for non-union workers, reports Bloomberg. Apple in October announced plans to offer employees additional funds for education and new health care options in some states, but…

Here’s how personalized brain stimulation could treat depression

This article is from The Checkup, MIT Technology Review’s weekly biotech newsletter. To receive it in your inbox every Thursday, sign up here. Sending a jolt of electricity through a person’s brain can do remarkable things. You only have to watch the videos of people with Parkinson’s disease who have electrodes implanted in their brains….