When the remote control to the television set stopped working, life got louder. Muting commercials got harder. Moreover, if you wanted to change channels you actually had to walk up to the television ...

The ceiling fan in [Steve Vigneau’s] bedroom started giving him trouble. It is normally operated using a remote control but that functionality had become pretty spotty. He cleaned the contacts on the ...

Google is still gathering data from early Nest Learning Thermostats, despite disabling their remote control functionality ...

Here’s the problem with smart TVs that I had never thought of: they depend heavily on the remote controls that come in the box. That’s a lesson that Michael has learned the hard and expensive way. The ...

Nest Thermostat Data Collection continues on discontinued 1st and 2nd gen models, sending temperature and motion logs to ...