Episode 525 - Tariff Talk with Zooz's Agnes Lorenz

On this week's show: We’re starting off conversations with various manufacturers and businesses within the industry about tariffs with Zooz VP Agnes Lorenz. Max pricing is going up for people who share passwords, Josh.ai celebrates 10 years with a special edition controller, Reolink joins works with Home Assistant, a retro pick of the week, project updates, and more!
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Show Notes
• High-tech fridge startup Tomorrow shuts down, founder cites consumer hardware headwinds (geekwire.com/2025/high-tech-fridge-startup-tom…)
• Being nice to AI is costing tens of millions of dollars (mobilesyrup.com/2025/04/22/being-nice-to-ai-is…)
• Tariff Talk• Tariffs and such (zoozcommunity.com/t/tariffs-and-such/471/4?u=a…)
• AVPro Global Responds to Tariffs and Market Uncertainty With New “Winning Together” Initiative - Residential Systems (residentialsystems.com/news/avpro-global-respo…)
• Crestron Tariff Updates (avnation.tv/2025/04/17/crestron-tariff-updates)

• HomeTech Headlines• Max implements $8 extra member charges on all subscription plans (engadget.com/entertainment/streaming/max-imple…)
• Josh.ai Celebrates Tenth Birthday With Launch of Limited Edition Hardware 💛🎉 | by Josh | Apr, 2025 | Medium (joshdotai.medium.com/josh-ai-celebrates-tenth-…)
• Reolink joins Works with Home Assistant (home-assistant.io/blog/2025/04/17/reolink-join…)

• Keep Windows Awake Temporarily (Prevent Sleep, Display Off or Away Mode) #cli #powershell #windows (gist.github.com/CMCDragonkai/bf8e8b7553c48e4f6…)
• Pick of the Week:• The Serial Port (youtube.com/@theserialport)
• RETROSPEKT - Reviving Retro Tech for a New Generation (retrospekt.com)