Can You Find Good Tech at a Dollar Store? I Bought 10 Gadgets to Find Out

Commentary: Gemini for Home is a huge leap into conversational AI for all Nest users, and we've been waiting for serious improvements. https://www.cnet.com/home/smart-home/google-gemini-is-finally-con

Here's what you missed at Google's big event that included new phones, watches, earbuds, Gemini AI features and numerous celebrity cameos. https://www.cnet.com/tech/mobile/everything-at-made-by-google

These tools could help teachers win the attention war. https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/as-the-new-school-year-begins-this-is-how-i-use-ai-as-a-college-professor/#ftag=CADf328eec

Hundreds of thousands of chats are live on the website of Elon Musk's rival to ChatGPT, including photos and other uploaded documents. https://www.cnet.com/tech/your-chats-with-ai-chatbot-grok-may-be-

Do you have an old camera, security system or smart plug you aren't using? Here's how I recruit mine for new, useful tasks. https://www.cnet.com/home/smart-home/how-to-give-old-home-devices-new-life-a

Here's how to check if your carrier supports the messaging protocol, how to enable it and when Apple could bring end-to-end encryption to the protocol on your iPhone. https://www.cnet.com/tech/service

At a preview event, I got an early look at the upcoming dark fantasy game from publisher Bandai Namco. https://www.cnet.com/tech/gaming/blood-of-the-dawnwalker-is-a-vampire-action-rpg-with-breath-of-t