Overwhelmed by all the automation possibilities your smart gadgets offer? You're not alone. Here are three I find useful and ...

It may look like a cute little dolphin-themed toy, but the Flipper Zero is a surprisingly powerful learning tool for hacking.

The iQOO Z11 and iQOO Z11x smartphones will be making their debut today in the Chinese market at 19:00 (local time). And till now, the company has revealed a lot of details related to these devices.

My surround system remote is starting to show its age so I decided to make an IR receiver to save and salvage its codes for future use. These codes will allow me to make a replacement remote, or ...

IR35 and Control: what's key for contractors? Control will remain one of the most important tests when deciding IR35 status in 2026/27. Recent IR35 cases have reaffirmed that it is the "right" of ...

Before the advent of the television remote control, if you wanted to change the channel or adjust the volume, you were forced to get up from the couch, trudge across the room, and manually turn a knob ...

SeeedStudio sent us a tiny Smart IR Remote hub for review: XIAO Smart IR Mate, or XIAO IR Mate for short. At first glance, it looks like any other WiFi IR blasters, but what makes it interesting is ...

You'd think a remote control technology that was first introduced in the 1980s would be completely obsolete by now. But infrared (IR) remotes are still very much kicking half a century later, despite ...

Over on his YouTube channel [Electronic Wizard] has released a video that explains how infrared (IR) remote controllers work: IR Remote Controllers protocol: 101 to advanced. This video covers the NEC ...

If you’ve ever wanted to turn on your window or portable air conditioner before you got home—or simply without walking into another room—you might want to invest in a smart AC controller. These handy ...