Christopher White

Synology has the latest version of their NAS OS, DSM 7, available as a release candidate. Let’s look at new features, such as Active Insight, and updates of things like the GUI and Storage Manager.

If you worry about water usage or what would happen if your house sprung a leak, check out the Phyn Plus, a whole home water sensor that breaks down your usage and can shut your water in an emergency.

Samsung has released SmartThings Energy, a tool to give real-time visibility into your home’s electricity utilization in order to help reduce usage and cost, built into the SmartThings ecosystem.

With remote work here to stay, Microsoft sent us a webcam, a speakerphone, and both a wired and wireless headset to see if they could augment our work-from-home life. Find out what we think of them.

With remote work here to stay, Microsoft sent us a webcam, a speakerphone, and both a wired and wireless headset to see if they could augment our work-from-home life. Find out what we think of them.

If you like the idea of the Phyn Plus, but it was too large for your area, or you felt it cost too much, you should check out the second generation that’s smaller, lighter and $200 cheaper.

Synology has released a new router, the RT6600ax, along with SRM 1.3. The new router gives you control over VLANs and network traffic, allowing you to fine tune the security of your network.

Amazon purchasing Roomba maker iRobot has led to rampant accusations of the company wanting to spy inside your house. Nobody has any proof, but there are a lot of arguments against this assumption.

If you need local storage or a small server in your home, then check out the two-bay QNAP TS-233. We look at its overall performance as well as how it can work as a server with Container Station.

If you’re a 3D printing newbie and are intimidated by products from Creality and others, you should take a look at the Monoprice Voxel Pro, an enclosed 3D printer aimed at the beginner.