In addition to appliance manufacturers exploring smart/wifi-enabled devices, there are now products that allow you to trigger physical switches wirelessly! https://microbot.is/push/
Reviews are very mixed, but with hindsight this class of device was inevitable.
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A family member asked me about laptops, and I was surprised to see a modern laptop with a 1.0 GHz clock speed!
The Intel Core i5-1035G1 https://ark.intel.com/content/www/us/en/ark/products/196603/intel-core-i5-1035g1-processor-6m-cache-up-to-3-60-ghz.html can dynamically scale up to 3.6 GHz. Seems like manufacturers are no longer scared of small clock speeds in marketing.
Apparently some hardware manufacturers use FreeDOS for their hardware management tools!
All the spectre/meltdown hardening techniques have a significant CPU overhead.
I imagine CPU manufacturers have had to invest significantly in redesigns recently. Still, the additional overhead might force me to buy new hardware, and I guess others will too.