Police providing motorcades for all 9 World Cup teams playing in Toronto

There was a time when the walls around you were mute, passive, indifferent to your presence. The door stayed closed unless you opened it, the lights remained off unless you flipped the switch, the air remained heavy unless you adjusted it yourself. The home was a shelter, a place where action was visible and cause was tangible, where comfort depended on conscious effort, and the environment responded only to direct, physical commands. Then, almost without ceremony, the house began to wake up. It started with small conveniences: a thermostat you could adjust from your phone, a set of...