Hack your old Google Home Mini into a Home Assistant-ready offline smart speaker with this DIY kit

You can now order an $85 kit to convert your Google Home Mini into a Home Assistant-compatible offline smart speaker.
Cybernews

Security researcher hacks PS5 to run Linux and Steam games, releases code publicly

A public Linux loader has been released by security engineer Andy Nguyen, turning PS5 consoles into highly capable Linux PCs ...
Liliputing

Humane Ai Pin hacks turn the discontinued gadget into a standalone Android-powered gadget

The Humane Ai Pin is a tiny wearable device that launched in 2024 and was discontinued less than a year later. With a ...
How-To Geek on MSN

Home Assistant is incomplete without this essential plug-in—here's why

This is the Home Assistant add-on you should install before anything else ...
Liliputing

Bring Home Assistant to a Google Home Mini with this $85 drop-in board (open hardware)

Enter the MiciMike Home Mini Drop-in Board. It’s a drop-in replacement for the original Google Home Mini printed circuit board that fits inside the case and works with the same speaker hardware. But ...
XDA Developers on MSN

You can turn dumb devices smart without replacing anything; just Home Assistant integrations will suffice

With a little bit of tweaking, you can pair dumb gizmos with Home Assistant ...
CNET

6 Hacks to Make Nest and Google Devices the Most Useful Things in Your Home

These tricks and settings tips helped reinvent how I used my Google devices. Here's how they could help you, too. Tyler Lacoma Editor / Home Security and Smart Home Tyler has worked on, lived with and ...

Inside the FBI’s cybercrime crackdown

The FBI is zeroing in on North Korea, Iran and Russia as it steps up its efforts to tackle global cybercrime, with the agency ...