Originally hailing from Troy, Ohio, Ry Crist is a writer, a text-based adventure connoisseur, a lover of terrible movies and an enthusiastic yet mediocre cook. A CNET editor from 2013 to 2024, Ry's ...

Originally hailing from Troy, Ohio, Ry Crist is a writer, a text-based adventure connoisseur, a lover of terrible movies and an enthusiastic yet mediocre cook. A CNET editor from 2013 to 2024, Ry's ...

Insteon—a subsidiary of SmartLabs and one of the earliest names in the smart home market—seems to have quietly shut down, leaving thousands of its customers in the lurch. Insteon users started ...

Insteon the smart-home brand still appears to be dead, but its servers have mysteriously jerked back to life, although nobody seems to know who’s behind the restart. Update [6/9/2022]: A ...

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Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. This feels like a good time for a reflection on the state of the smart home. Is it all over? Or is this cloud ...

If you happen to have an Insteon setup at home for controlling your lights and appliances — and you're a big Microsoft fan — then you're in luck. A brand-new Insteon app is arriving for Windows 8.1 ...

Following the report yesterday that smart home company Insteon’s servers had mysteriously fired up overnight, there is good news: Insteon is back, and it was resurrected by its customers. This message ...

As suddenly as it disappeared, Insteon has returned. The smart home company’s services started coming back to life this week, and on Thursday, Insteon announced that a group of customers had purchased ...

Smart home company Insteon and its parent company, Smartlabs Inc., suddenly disappeared last week. In what will probably be remembered as one of the most notorious smart home shutdowns ever, Insteon ...