SAN FRANCISCO — Home device maker Nest Labs is adding Google’s facial recognition technology to a camera-equipped doorbell and rolling out a security system in an attempt to end its history of losses.

Internet cameras like Amazon’s Ring come at a high cost to our privacy. By Brian X. Chen Thermostats like Nest go a long way toward helping you use less energy, but the real problem-solvers are people ...

(AP) Smoke detectors frequently produce more headaches than useful warnings. The devices have an irritating habit of shrieking when there’s no cause for alarm, and always seem to wait until the middle ...

Nest Labs will launch a series of four television ads Sunday to bring awareness to its products. The TV campaign is the company's first foray into broadcast advertising, and part of the fall ...

PALO ALTO, Calif. – Nest Labs will recall some 440,000 smoke and carbon monoxide detectors, according to a U.S. government notice that provides the first public revelation of how many of the smart ...

Google has acquired Nest Labs, maker of the Nest thermostat and Protect smoke detector, for the princely sum of $3.2 billion in cash. Putting aside the utterly absurd price -- it's twice what Google ...

Nest Labs purchased fellow startup MyEnergy on Wednesday to enhance its partnerships in the utility sector and expand its residential demand response offerings. Nest doesn’t call its new services ...

To continue reading this content, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings and refresh this page. Google and Nest Labs are betting that not only will ...

Smart thermostat maker Nest Labs has acquired MyEnergy to help provide more information to its customers about energy usage, the companies announced today. Boston-based MyEnergy offers an online ...