If home automation in the IoT era has taught us anything, it is that no one wants to run wires. Many of us rent, so new cabling is not even an option, even if we wanted to go that route. If you want a ...

Smart home automation is more versatile than ever with Home Assistant and a Raspberry Pi. Check out what they can do.

Shortcuts are the feature every tech enthusiast knows they should be using, but most of us never take full advantage of them. I'm the perfect example — I use a shortcut to skip now-playing media to ...

Your Android phone has built-in automation tools.

Learn how to create an iOS shortcut that runs custom automations whenever your iOS device is close to an NFC tag. Image: Apple, Inc. NFC tags are small chips embedded into stickers or cards [maybe ...

This speaker could become a trigger to play your favorite podcast. Photo: Charlie Sorrel/Cult of Mac The iOS 13 Shortcuts app brings plenty of radical changes — automatic scheduled and location-based ...

It's easy to feel like the pandemic stole time away and messed with life plans, so Stolen Time looks at how to do things more efficiently. Whether it's tech hacks, podcasts or apps you need, or just ...

As more customers are getting their hands on the Apple AirTag, we are learning more about its capabilities and usages. For example, it turns out that AirTag can be used as an NFC tag for a variety of ...

Pitaka's MagEZ Car Mount Pro 2 is an excellent evolution of its original car charger with the added benefit of NFC-powered Shortcuts automation. Car chargers don't seem like a place waiting for ...