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Security is a major part of the smart home, with gadgets like the Nest Cam IQ indoor camera which spots when someone’s in your house and recognizes if it’s a friendly face or an intruder. Today in New ...

SwitchBot, which made its bones with a tiny button-pressing smart home robot, loves a niche. Sure, it makes its share of ...

Smart access startup Latch, which targets the enterprise market in the U.S., selling smart lock hardware and access control services to building owners and operators, has added a third product to its ...

On the surface, the smart lock space can seem pretty crowded already, with names like Lockitron and August and Kisi and Kevo apparently in play for several years. But New York based Latch contends ...

Smart-lock startup Latch began trading Monday through a SPAC listing that raised $453 million and values the company at over $1.5 billion. The shares, issued through a special purpose acquisition ...

Many crimes involve intruders coming through a home’s front door. That’s why you need a good deadbolt. Not ready to buy? You can probably make your current door lock more secure with a simple tweak.

Today, there’s no need for a spare key—or a key at all in most cases. With an Internet-connected door lock, kids can punch in their personal code to unlock the door or use their smartphone to send an ...