Your home security systems and smart devices hide a secret in their settings, unnoticed by many users. It's a feature known as geofencing, and it can revolutionize how you use dozens of smart products ...

A previous version of this story misstated the Johnson’s names. When Andrea and Michael Johnson started looking at homes to buy in Milwaukee, the last thing they expected was to get pushback from ...

Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. Inside our homes, though, Amazon Alexa has become the most popular virtual assistant in the US and around the world, as a widely adopted virtual ...

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An engineer has built a giant rechargeable battery for his home using cells stripped from discarded vapes. Chris Doel, 26, recovered 500 lithium batteries and combined them into a 2.5 kWh pack that ...

President Donald Trump has been accused of using Home Depot for ongoing renovations at the White House. During an interview with Fox News’ Laura Ingraham, Trump showed her the new gold finishes in the ...

“Interviews are NOT real anymore.” So reads the opening caption of a TikTok posted in September, punctuated by the skull-and-crossbones emoji. In the video, a young woman interviews for a job on a ...

Google Home’s web interface began previewing new device controls earlier this month. Today Google announces that Home’s device tab is ready for all of us to use. While you can turn many of your smart ...

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