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  • Your $1,495 Oven Is a Toaster Now

    Weber killed the June Oven's cloud. Users paid Apple-engineer prices for an app that can be shut off when the parent company gets bored.

  • The Smart Home Hub That Doesn't Phone Home

    Anker's MindBase runs the AI on-device, stores footage locally, skips the subscription, and plays nice with Home Assistant. The category finally gets it right.