A smart speaker is a speaker you can talk to. It has a voice assistant built in, which means you can tell it what to do with your voice. There is similar technology built into most smartphones – on ...

Commissions do not affect our editors' opinions or evaluations. Our pick for the best pest control company is Orkin, scoring 4.8 based on our research and methodology criteria. The company has 120 ...

You may have read headlines last week about Microsoft removing the Control Panel from Windows soon, but the death of the Control Panel has been greatly exaggerated. The inaccurate reports stemmed ...

The new Farsight display looks more akin to a pixel watch face than a thermostat. Google has learned a lot here and if we went just by looks, we'd install the Nest. It's also easier to control.

Three Utahns died after being caught in a whirlpool during a canyoneering trip in the Sierra Nevada mountain range on Friday, according to the Tulare County Fire Dept. Fire officials responded to ...

The most dangerous among them are called maelstroms. As for what happens when you get sucked into a whirlpool? First-hand accounts paint a grim picture. The movement of the opposing currents can ...

Today’s home thermostats are highly efficient. Many are programmable. Some even connect with smart-home systems for remote control via a smartphone app. We decided to test a variety of home ...

TechSpot means tech analysis and advice you can trust. What just happened? The Control Panel has been an essential component of Microsoft Windows for decades, and was originally introduced in ...

The thermostat connects seamlessly to a Wi-Fi network for remote app control. It also works with a broader variety of heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) systems than many thermostat ...

Microsoft didn't say when Control Panel will officially meet its demise. The next big update for Windows, 24H2, is scheduled for this fall, but Windows 12 is also reportedly on the horizon ...

The newer Windows Settings app has been slowly stealing features from the legacy Control Panel for years, and now Microsoft has finally said the obvious out loud — “the Control Panel is in the ...

A refurbished third-generation Nest Learning Thermostat was one of the first things I picked up upon moving into my first house last month. As a longtime New York City apartment dweller ...