So many of the smart home products people know and love rely on the cloud. Alexa, Google Assistant, and Siri all rely on the cloud for language processing. Even many smart lights need the cloud to ...

We like the simplicity of the WD My Cloud Home Duo’s portal-based setup and access. But ridiculously slow write performance will waste way too much of your time, and the inability to back-up to USB ...

Umbrel Pro is a private home cloud server with four SSD slots up to 16TB and 2.5GB Ethernet, giving you fast storage without fees.

Before I had a home server or a home NAS, I used external hard drives for backup storage while keeping the most essential, need-to-have-access files in the cloud. Then I moved to mostly cloud storage ...

IceWhale has introduced a new affordable home cloud server in the full of the ZimaBoard 216 priced from $170. The cloud server solution features 2 GB RAM, 16 GB eMMC storage, dual-core Intel Celeron ...

Western Digital's My Cloud Home is a network-attached personal cloud storage solution, designed to combine the convenience of cloud storage with the privacy and security of local storage. It's ...

Former CNET editor Dong Ngo has been involved with technology since 2000, starting with testing gadgets and writing code for CNET Labs' benchmarks. He managed CNET's San Francisco Labs, reviews 3D ...

You don't need Alexa or Google to run your smart home.

The WD My Cloud Home Duo is a little different to other external hard drives in that it connects to your router, making it a sort of NAS for beginners. It mostly impresses, if you can live without any ...