If you’re running Home Assistant on a server that’s not easily accessible, you might be interested in making the platform’s files more easily accessible via a network share. This is pretty easy to do, ...

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Aider is a “pair-programming” tool that can use various providers as the AI back end, including a locally running instance of Ollama (with its variety of LLM choices). Typically, you would connect to ...

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After months of waiting, Google officially announced Gemini for Home nearly two months ago. However, the availability was initially limited to a small early access program, but it seems that popular ...

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The Gemini for Home voice assistant started rolling out at the end of October, with Early Access availability currently quite limited. A trick today does not enable the new LLM-powered assistant, but ...

Security cameras have become commonplace in and around homes, as people use them to keep tabs on their property and help police solve crimes. But selecting the right camera system, setting it up ...

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Home Assistant has just taken the covers off of its latest device: the Connect ZBT-2, which is a big USB dongle that will give your smart home a high-performance Zigbee or Thread connection. It’s the ...