A 13-year-old in Chicago takes his father’s pistol out of a lockbox and removes the magazine from the weapon. He shows the gun to a neighbor the same age, and pretends to fire it several times. Two ...

Before you plug in every appliance in your home, know the risky ones. These common device categories can overload smart plugs or create safety issues.

As someone who has spent many hours trying to add more intelligence to their smart home, I know what unreliability looks like. A lot of it will work most of the time, but that 10% of the time it doesn ...

The escalating cost of energy has transformed how homeowners view their electricity consumption. With the rise in utility bills and increased awareness of ecological footprints, more individuals seek ...

While many parents extol the virtues of breastfeeding, it can be quite difficult to tell how much milk a breastfeeding infant is consuming. An experimental new wearable device addresses that problem, ...

Electric vehicle charging stations have a stability problem. As swarms of cars constantly plug in and yank their chargers out at random, every unpredictable connection sends a jolt through the system.