Locked out, hacked: When smart homes turn on owners
Smart homes are supposed to make life easier — but the technology is far from fool-proof.
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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. "It's 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 an image a day, which he has collected together into this one piece (pictured right). It was 13 yea...