Do the benefits of features like dimming and scheduling make up for the constant energy draw needed for connectivity?

Tyler has worked on, lived with and tested all types of smart home and security technology for over a dozen years, explaining the latest features, privacy tricks, and top recommendations. With degrees ...

Smart light bulbs range from budget to premium, offering color control, voice support, easy setup, app-based customization, ...

Along with being brighter, LED bulbs tend to use less power and have a much longer average lifespan compared to conventional halogen bulbs. Now that LED lighting technology has gotten significantly ...

Theater-worthy lighting design is available for every room in your house with the Bluetooth smart bulb. Here are the top ...

When the lights go out due to a power outage at night, you'll probably have to spend the next few minutes fumbling around in the dark hoping to lay your hands on a nearby torch or trying to remember ...

Originally hailing from Troy, Ohio, Ry Crist is a writer, a text-based adventure connoisseur, a lover of terrible movies and an enthusiastic yet mediocre cook. A CNET editor from 2013 to 2024, Ry's ...

Businesses, voters, utilities and politicians will be asking that question--or an equivalent form of it—several times over the next two decades. Should they invest in technology and projects that ...

Light emitting diodes - semiconductors that emit light - have put light bulbs back on the front page, arguably for the first time since Thomas Edison unveiled his bulb in 1879 to replace for kerosene ...

LED bulbs are the way to go for a “smarter” smart home. While some bulbs and bulb kits may be a bit of an investment upfront, the cash you’ll save in the long run, combined with many of the great ...

The color temperature of a light, measured in kelvins, is its most noticeable characteristic. A candle, at 1900 K, appears orange. Daylight, at 5500 K, is much whiter and bluer. A 5500-K bulb, however ...

Thanks to their energy savings, long service life, durability and design flexibility they offer, light emitting diodes (LEDs) are rapidly replacing incandescent and fluorescent technologies in both ...