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Smart homes are supposed to make life easier — but the technology is far from fool-proof.

Clint Basinger of LGR has restored a teddy bear computer featuring a Pentium III processor inside, complete with full furry bear-themed housing.

On the first night in his new home, Clint Basinger was unpacking a few stray boxes in the living room, when out of nowhere at around midnight, he heard a voice echoing down the hallway from the other side of the house. "Good night," the voice said. "Its bedtime."

The proliferation of devices creates more opportunities for people to lose access or power over aspects of the home.

© Christies Last month, younger adults with time and money on their hands rocked the investing world when they descended en masse on GameStop and AMC Entertainment, taking on the hedge funds and investment banks. Christie’s is hoping to lure this rabble into shaking up the traditionally staid world of art auctions. It is offering Everydays – The First 5000 Days (2021), an artwork by Mike Winkelmann, known as Beeple to his 1.8 million Instagram followers. In 2007, Winkelmann began creating...

The Impractical but Indisputable Rise of Retrocomputing Prices for vintage PCs in need of repairs and hard-to-find parts have shot up on resale sites. A Commodore computer being used in 1983.Credit...John Nobley/Fairfax Media, via Getty Images By Kim Key Jan. 8, 2021 For all the personal technology introduced and popularized in 2020 — upscale fitness bikes, at-home Covid tests, game consoles new and old — the personal computer lands on the list with a bit of a thud. PCs lack the novelty of ...