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The smart home graveyard is getting crowded

Source: The Verge · Published

The smart home graveyard is getting crowded
Source: The Verge

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This is The Stepback , a weekly newsletter breaking down one essential story from the tech world. For more on the fragile state of your connected devices, follow Jennifer Pattison Tuohy . The Stepback arrives in our subscribers' inboxes on Sunday at 8AM ET.

Opt in for The Stepback here . How it started A decade ago, a group of former Apple engineers built a beautiful smart oven. With a built-in scale, restaurant-grade heating elements, a camera, and the intelligence to recognize a chicken breast and cook it perfectly, the June Oven set the standard for smart cooking appliances.

At $1,495, it was absurdly expensive, but it quickly grew a smal … Read the full story at The Verge.

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Apple hit with $5.7 billion in damages over haptic patents
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Apple hit with $5.7 billion in damages over haptic patents

Haptics tech company Taction sued Apple in 2021, alleging it infringed two of its patents. Now a federal jury in San Diego has awarded Taction over $5.7 billion in damages. According to CNBC , "The lawsuit centered around U.S. Patent Nos. 10,659,885 and 10,820,117, which both inv

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