The promise of building a smart home today lies in how easily the devices connect to one another. For instance, it's easy to ...

The Meross Smart Wi-Fi Thermostat joins a handful of Matter-ready models that can work with Alexa, Apple Home, Google Home, ...

As the temperature changes, the contraption tilts and the mercury bead moves, making or breaking contact with the wiring. More sophisticated thermostats have replaced the mercury bead with ...

and from the toasty look of the thermostat it had been a lot more than that. The corner-cutting of the 1980s was nothing new, of course – remember the aluminum wiring debacle? Electrical fires a ...