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Utah's data center debate is built on bad math. The hard numbers from the Utah Division of Water Rights reveal that a single alfalfa field drinks more water than an entire state-of-the-art data center—and alfalfa exports to China may be the real crisis.
Read ArticleUtah's data center debate is built on bad math. The hard numbers from the Utah Division of Water Rights reveal that a single alfalfa field drinks more water than an entire state-of-the-art data center—and alfalfa exports to China may be the real crisis.
How the open-source Matter standard is finally making your smart home devices talk to each other—regardless of brand.
Step-by-step guide to running your own cloud-free smart home brain on a $35 computer.
We tested the top smart thermostats for six months. Here's exactly which one belongs in your home.
A deep dive into the three dominant wireless protocols for smart home devices—and which one wins for your use case.
Isolate your smart devices from personal computers with a dedicated IoT VLAN—your network security depends on it.