Philips knows that building a smart home lighting ecosystem doesn’t mean just bombarding the market with different types of Wi-Fi-connected light bulbs. On the heels of the introduction of Hue wall ...

Before I wrote Take Control of Apple Home Automation, I documented here in TidBITS how I set up my dehumidifier to turn on automatically whenever the humidity in our underground TV room rose to an ...

Michael Kanellos is editor at large at CNET News.com, where he covers hardware, research and development, start-ups and the tech industry overseas. The U.S. Department of Energy is investing millions ...

Q: Stephen Wysong of Hemet said he has noticed over the years that most people seem unaware of the magnetic loop sensors embedded in the roadway at signaled intersections. He has seen overly cautious ...

Your walls might not be the color they used to be. Even if you know the exact color and brand of paint, natural fading can make it hard to paint over the daily dings a home tends to endure. Instead of ...

Often, it’s the big-system applications of artificial intelligence (AI) that get all the press: autonomous vehicles, image recognition, building management, and the like. But AI is also finding its ...