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Wyze’s New Bulb Cam Turns Any Light Bulb Socket Into a Security Camera

The next step in smart home security transforms existing fixtures into batteries for your surveillance equipment.

If you don’t want to deal with the hassle of setting up cords or batteries for an outdoor security camera, you’re in luck: the new Wyze Bulb Cam is powered by your outdoor lighting fixtures.

The new camera is linked to a smart light bulb that you can screw into any existing socket. Both of these devices work in tandem to provide brightness and surveillance capabilities, and you can control them from the Wyze app.

The Bulb Cam provides a 160-degree field of view with 2K HD resolution, wide dynamic range and color night vision capabilities. It comes equipped with a two-way microphone and can record up to 256GB of continuous local footage (though a microSD card is not included with your purchase of the Bulb Cam).

Paid subscribers to Wyze’s Cam Unlimited Pro feature can receive AI-powered push notifications when suspicious motion is detected on the camera.

Wyze co-founder and CMO Dave Crosby explained that the Bulb Cam was devised as a way to help provide security for outdoor areas where an outlet isn’t readily available.

«The Wyze Bulb Cam makes keeping an eye on those places easy with a high-quality camera that’s affordable and simple to set up,» he said. «It’s literally as easy as screwing in a light bulb.»

The Wyze Bulb Cam is retailing for $50 — any accessory bulbs you need to buy will be an additional $17 each. Up to five Wyze accessory bulbs can be connected within a single Bulb Cam system.

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Amazon’s Building Humanoid Robots to Speed Deliveries to You

Amazon is reportedly testing package-delivery bots in one of its facilities. Will they talk to your Ring doorbell?

Amazon has used drones to deliver packages, but according to an internal report cited by The Information, the retailer is planning to test out more human-like autonomous delivery methods. Namely, robots that would walk right up to your door to deliver items.

The company is reportedly finishing work on a San Francisco-based obstacle park to work on the technology. It’s unclear how soon the technology might be developed or used for real-world deliveries.

Amazon has been touting its work in robotics for the home and for warehouse work, but this is the first time the company has made an explicit push into using human-like robotics for package delivery, which could replace human workers. The robots would use some of the same AI technology that the company is rolling across other areas of its business.

Along with delivery robots, Amazon is working on humanoid robots that would work in its warehouses, according to Reuters, reporting on an event at Amazon’s Lab126 research facility.

In a post on its X account, Amazon pointed to a story about how it’s using agentic AI across several fronts: «We’re developing foundation models that will allow fulfillment center robots to understand and act on natural language commands. Imagine saying ‘Pick up that yellow tote’ and having a robot do it instantly. The future of robotics is here, and it speaks your language.»

The company has hundreds of robotics-related job listings posted in the US, Canada, Germany and Luxembourg.

Amazon did not immediately respond to a request for information.

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The Switch 2 Is Here, and I’ve Scoured the Internet for Every Accessory Available Right Now

Switch 2 accessories are only just making their way onto the market. We’ve found as many as we can for you to start your collection.

The Switch 2 is here, and I am as excited as I can be. I know a lot of people have preordered and more are lining up to buy one, but in the hustle and bustle of getting the console itself, you may have missed the need for some accessories. We know the Switch 2 has a cool USB-C camera, but standard accessories like cases and screen protectors may have flown under the radar.

I’ve spent some time finding as many Switch 2 accessories as I can, and while CNET has not had a chance to review them, they are all available for you to pick up for your new console sooner rather than later.

While buying all new accessories for your new Switch 2 is a good idea, some of your Switch 1 accessories will still work with the Switch 2, so you may want to see what you already have to help reduce the cost. The Joy-Cons will still work, though they won’t clip to the console and the Switch Pro Controller will as well, though the new one will work better, of course.