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The Russian tech giant Yandex, in collaboration with Grubhub, has begun offering its food delivery service at the Arizona State University campus, using for the first time in the United States the state-of-the-art robots it has developed for such end, he pointed the signature through a statement. According to the company, known as ‘Russian Google’, the food will be distributed by autonomous vehicles characterized by a more functional design, greater capacity and better performance, in… Source link

Google Home, the companion app for Google’s smart home products, is changing the way users interact with photos on the app and on Nest Hub devices. 9to5Google first noticed the changes, which include a revamped Photo Frame settings menu. Now, when you use Google Home to change the displayed album while your Nest Hub is idle, you’ll see a carousel-style UI that gives you the option to choose from curated groups of photos, categorized as “Select family & friends,” “Recent… Source link

Housing activity in the U.S. kicked off the fall season slower than anticipated. Pending home sales, a leading indicator of the health of the housing market, fell in September, reversing an increase a month earlier. The National Association of Realtors’ (NAR) Pending Home Sales Index, which tracks the number of homes that are under contract to be sold, dropped 2.3% in September from August — a surprising dip. Analysts expected a 0.5% increase in sales, according to Bloomberg consensus… Source link

The median U.S. home price just passed $400,000 for the first time ever, according to data from the St. Louis Federal Reserve. In the third quarter the median home price hit $404,700, jumping nearly 20% since third quarter of 2020, when the median sales price was $358,700. Though it’s an eye-catching number, the market has been hot of late, and a lack of inventory and high demand means foretold the rise in home prices. According to a recent note from Goldman Sachs, home prices could rise… Source link

Home price growth in the U.S. may finally be slowing down. Standard & Poor’s said Tuesday that its S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller national home price index posted a 19.8% annual gain in August, the same from July — remaining at an all-time high. The 20-City Composite posted a 19.7% annual gain, down from 20% a month earlier. The 20-City results were slightly down below analysts’ expectations of a 20% annual gain, according to Bloomberg consensus estimates. “In August 2021, the National… Source link

The Matter logo signifies smart-home devices that will get along well with each other and with Alexa, Siri and the Google Assistant. … Source link

Google gave a glimpse into how the new smart home standard Matter might actually work in our smart homes today, and it’s looking pretty exciting. At its Google Smart Home Developer Summit, the company announced new tools to help developers build devices that work with both Google Home, the new connectivity standard Matter, and across any other Matter-complaint ecosystems. This means that, yes — one day, very soon — the (new) Nest Thermostat could work in the Apple Home app without… Source link

If you thought home prices couldn’t go any higher, hold on to your hat: Goldman Sachs (GS) economists are forecasting even more price increases in the year ahead. “Our model now projects that home prices will grow a further 16% by the end of 2022,” wrote a Goldman Sachs team of economists led by Jan Hatzius in a recent note. “Of all the shortages afflicting the U.S. economy, the housing shortage might last the longest,” he said.  Home prices are currently up 20% year-over-year. The boom in… Source link

Dale Smith/CNET Smart home tech from Google is all about fading into… Source link

A couple said they saw Brian Laundrie and his parents drive off with an attached camper this month. A neighbor said they saw Laundrie leave on September 11, the day Gabby Petito was reported missing. Laundrie’s family told the police last week that they had not seen him since September 14. Visit Insider’s homepage for more stories. A couple who live across the street from Brian Laundrie and his family told Fox News on Wednesday that they saw the 23-year-old and his parents leave their home in a… Source link