You’re probably spending more time fixing your smart home than using it. Here’s how I cut down my family’s reliance on Alexa.

While it defeats the purpose of having smart, voice-activated devices in our home, if the cloud isn’t controlling your ...

If setting up smart devices feels daunting, here are three simple steps I’ve learned to build a functional smart home. Chris Wedel is a fan of all things tech and gadgets. Living in rural Kansas with ...

Typically, the power savers include a flashy LED light that turns on to trick people into thinking it's doing something, along with high-school-level components like a capacitor or, well, nothing. Be ...

Our kids' room has its own routine. When we say, "Alexa, it's bedtime," their sound machine turns on (powered by a smart plug), their bedside lamp switches off, and their smart light strip turns on to ...

Smart plugs are possibly the cheapest smart home upgrade you can make. They’re significantly cheaper than installing smart ...

Adam Hayes, Ph.D., CFA, is a financial writer with 15+ years Wall Street experience as a derivatives trader. Besides his extensive derivative trading expertise, Adam is an expert in economics and ...

Mashable surveyed its readers about the smart home products they use. See which smart home brands earned a Readers' Choice ...

I bought a new-build home this year. It seemed like every property that I had looked at in my budget had a massive (and massively expensive) repair issue. Sometimes it was as simple as outdated ...

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