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The smart home has an interface problem, and six undergrads from Duke think they’ve solved it with a Raspberry Pi and Apple’s U1 chip. They believe most of today’s methods for controlling smart devices — voice control, fiddly apps with multiple menus, motion sensors — are cumbersome and sometimes frustrating. What the smart home needs, they say, is an intuitive control interface and automations that fire off based on where you are in your home. Basically, one app to rule it all. And they’re not wrong. Fluid One is…

The Pixel 7 series is expected to go into mass production at Foxconn soon while Google continues preparations for the expected early October launch (pre-orders on October 6, sales on the 13th, claim rumors). Part of the pre-launch process is getting the green light from the FCC. Documents from the regulator show four models: GP4BC, GVU6C, GE2AE and GQML3. The first two support sub-6GHz 5G, the other two also have mmWave connectivity. Four Pixel 7 models certified by the FCC: GP4BC,…