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Best of TechHive Dec 15, 2016 You might think fire is the biggest threat to your home, but far more homeowner's insurance claims are filed for water damage. A house fire can be devastating, especially if you're home when one breaks out. But statistics show that far more homes are damaged by water than anything else. I know from experience how much damage water can cause. Several winters ago, a copper water pipe in my garage attic froze and burst. The crack in the pipe was less than an inch long, but we happened to be traveling when it happened, so the water had been gushing for days by the time we got home. I not only had to have all of the insulation and drywall in the ceilings and walls replaced, the water also destroyed the garage-door openers, hundreds of dollars in tools, some furniture I'd been storing in there, and more. My insurance claim ended up being around $28,000. If I'd had one of the water leak detectors we tested and reviewed over the past few weeks, the damage–and the disruption to my family's life–would have been much less severe. That's just one of the great stories you'll find on TechHive this week, please check out what else we have to offer. And if you'd like to provide us with some feedback, please send email directly to me at mbrown@techhive.com. I won't be able to respond to every comment, but I'd love to know what you think of the site and what we can do to better serve your needs. Cheers! Michael Brown TechHive Executive Editor The best water leak detectors for smart homes Fires can be devastating, but water damage is a far more common risk. These smart devices will alert you if your home springs a leak, so you can take action quickly. Read More ▶ Your Must-Read Stories • The new Apple TV update is no friend to cord cutters • D-Link DCS-2530L Full HD 180-Degree Wi-Fi Camera review: The second time is the charm • Google Home tightens Chromecast bonds with Netflix, Photos integration • Bluetooth 5 is out: Now will home IoT take off? • SVS Prime Elevation speaker review: An incredibly versatile audio solution for the home theater • Microsoft sets the stage for Cortana-powered smart devices • Google's taking Brillo into smart homes with Android Things • Apple might offer iTunes movie rentals two weeks after they premiere in theaters • Hulu finally makes subscriber accounts easier to share with multi-user profiles • Singlecue Gen 2 review: This gesture-recognition device nearly provoked our own rude gestures • Attackers use hacked home routers to hit Russia's 5 largest banks The new Apple TV update is no friend to cord cutters The Apple TV's new TV app to replace your home screen, but it's almost useless without a cable login. Read More ▶ D-Link DCS-2530L Full HD 180-Degree Wi-Fi Camera review: The second time is the charm This new iteration of D-Link's wide-angle Dropcam clone overcomes its predecessor's weaknesses. Read More ▶ Google Home tightens Chromecast bonds with Netflix, Photos integration You can now tell the device to watch Netflix movies and display photos on your Chromecast-enabled television. Read More ▶ Bluetooth 5 is out: Now will home IoT take off? Bluetooth is aiming straight for the internet of things as the fifth version of the wireless protocol arrives with twice as much speed for low-power applications. Bluetooth Low Energy, which gains the most from the new Bluetooth 5 specification, can now go as fast as 2Mbps (bits per second) Read More ▶ SVS Prime Elevation speaker review: An incredibly versatile audio solution for the home theater These smartly designed speakers are particularly great as the height channels in a Dolby Atmos, DTS:X, or Auro-3D configuration. Read More ▶ Microsoft sets the stage for Cortana-powered smart devices Microsoft's making several under-the-hood improvements to Cortana, not the least of which will be an SDK for (finally!) consumer devices powered by the technology. Read More ▶ Google's taking Brillo into smart homes with Android Things Android is headed to the internet of things in the form of Android Things, an operating system that grew out of Project Brillo and will be able to get updates directly from Google. Read More ▶ Apple might offer iTunes movie rentals two weeks after they premiere in theaters Movie studios are looking into giving iTunes earlier access to home-rentals, but only if Apple can prevent the movies from being pirated. Read More ▶ Hulu finally makes subscriber accounts easier to share with multi-user profiles Now you can keep the viewing tastes separate of up to six family members on Hulu. Read More ▶ Singlecue Gen 2 review: This gesture-recognition device nearly provoked our own rude gestures Controlling your TV, lighting, thermostat and other devices with a wave of your hand sounds like fun. It's not. Read More ▶ Attackers use hacked home routers to hit Russia's 5 largest banks Botnets made up of hacked home routers were used to launch distributed denial-of-service attacks against the five largest financial organizations in Russia. Read More ▶

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