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Why Apple is finally making its own smart home devices

βœ‡The Verge
By: Jennifer Pattison Tuohy
16 October 2026 at 18:30
Apple’s Home Collection is part of the company’s first major push into the smart home category. | Photo by Jennifer Pattison Tuohy / The Verge

For more than a decade, Apple has told other companies to build smart home devices for its platform. This week, Apple launched its own. The Apple Home Collection is a lineup of cameras, thermostats, sensors, a smart door lock, and a video doorbell, all codeveloped with LG Electronics and Schneider Electric. They arrive alongside HomeView, Apple's first smart display.

Even after 12 years of HomeKit, Apple's smart home ecosystem still feels underdeveloped, especially compared to the competition. Amazon's and Google's ecosystems support more products, and both have popular in-house brands: Ring and Nest. Apple had nothing of its own to point c …

Read the full story at The Verge.

Katie Zacharia, Trump’s New Press Secretary, Is Fired After 5 Days

βœ‡NYT - Home Page
By: Shawn McCreesh， Tyler Pager and Hamed Aleaziz
16 October 2026 at 18:29
The ouster came as Ms. Zacharia was shadowed by questions about how she had presented her legal career and handled her first press briefing.

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Katie Zacharia during her first briefing at the White House on Tuesday. She was fired on Friday.

What Measures Keep Students Safe? Prevention, Not Defenses, Experts Say

βœ‡NYT - Home Page
By: Shaila Dewan and Dana Goldstein
16 October 2026 at 18:28
The gunman who killed four in Bend, Ore., entered an elementary school by shooting through a locked door, raising questions about what more schools can do to protect children.

Β© Mathieu Lewis-Rolland/Getty Images

Three children and a teacher were killed at Silver Rail Elementary School in Bend, Ore., by an armed attacker on Friday.

Pope Asks Putin for a Cease-Fire for a Ukrainian City Under Siege

βœ‡NYT - World
By: Elisabetta Povoledo and SiobhΓ‘n O’Grady
16 October 2026 at 18:25
Recovering from lung cancer surgery, Pope Leo XIV spoke with Vladimir V. Putin to make a plea for Oleshky, where mines and drones have trapped some 2,000 people who are at risk of starvation.

Β© Alessandra Tarantino/Associated Press

Pope Leo XIV entering a hospital in Rome before his surgery, on Tuesday.

Russia Appears to Step Up Efforts to Influence U.S. Voters

βœ‡NYT - Home Page
By: Julian E. Barnes， Dustin Volz and Steven Lee Myers
16 October 2026 at 18:24
One campaign has created social media posts focusing on U.S. support for Israel to sow discord ahead of the midterm elections.

Β© Anastasia Barashkova/Reuters

American officials say they have identified similar influence campaigns by Russia and others in years past, all trying to create discord over contentious topics.
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