People hate their SmartTV software so much, they’re vibe-coding their own.
This certainly is one way to stop getting your TV to spy on you. The Verge’s John Higgins takes us through why users are doing this and what got us to this point.
Amazon shuts down Sengled’s Alexa Skill after several server outages.
August 5, 2025
As reported by Jennifer Pattison Tuohy from The Verge, Sengled’s reliance on only a Wi-Fi connection for some of their smart bulbs perfectly illustrates the problem with buying any smart home device that needs a cloud connection to work. This situation is why we almost always recommend smart home devices that rely on local connections, so if the company goes under, you can still turn on the lights. Here’s the smart home stuff we recommend in 2025.
