After months of marketing the new “Protect” fire alarm and its “wave to hush” feature, Google-owned Nest has halted sales of the device following the discovery that users could accidentally disable ...

From smart smoke detectors to speakers that can listen for alarms, I've rounded up the best fire defenses your home should have.

Officials say the fire broke out on the second floor of the two story home on 1635 Van Buren St. around 12:01 p.m.

Back in 2011, a company called Nest introduced a smarter thermostat, one that tracked heating habits, and had a touchscreen interface, and was WiFi-enabled so you could control it from your phone. By ...

Fire ants excel at human assisted spread, which makes any construction or mining supply chain a risk if controls lapse.