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Here's the Easiest Way to Check if Your TV Remote's Batteries Are Dead

While infrared light isn’t visible to our eyes, most cameras can see IR light just fine. This means that you can easily point ...

8 reasons your smoke detector is beeping and how to fix it

The sound and frequency of a smoke detector's beeping helps indicate what the problem is, from a false alarm to needing a new ...
Consumer Reports

One-Third of Toys and Household Items With Button-Sized Batteries CR Tested Pose a Hazard to Children

Cute strings of fairy lights, little flameless candles, goofy flashing headbands and dress-up clothes, and tons of toys that blink, beep, and buzz. Around the holidays especially, the market is awash ...
NBC News

Here’s how to properly store your batteries, according to experts

We don’t always have the answers, but we have some people on speed dial who do — which is why we present to you our FYI series where we have experts explain if lip balm is actually bad, how often you ...