Control4 is well known in the smart home market for its personalized automation and control solutions that work with over 12,000 products worldwide, but the global provider unveiled a surprise this month with a prototype of a tiny smart home that combines aesthetic design with smart home technology.

At the 2019 Mobile World Congress, McAfee released its newest Mobile Threat Report. This latest report revealed a few startling stats about 2018’s malware threats and announced an unsettling prediction for 2019’s threats. McAfee has deemed 2019 as “the year of everywhere malware.”

Where is all of the matter in the universe? Around a third of the regular matter in the universe is missing. Astronomers believed the missing matter could have formed into huge strands of hot gas, and now NASA's Chandra telescope has uncovered evidence of this gas in the vicinity of a quasar.

At CES 2019, we learned that several major TV manufacturers would be adding AirPlay 2 compatibility to their lineups. Vizio was among this small list, and now appears it will be the first to launch it. The company has opened sign-ups for the beta of SmartCast 3.0, which will enable AirPlay 2 later this year.

Looking to add some light to your backyard? Philips Hue has a way for you to do it that is smart and connected. The company is at CES 2019 to show off two new floodlights that can light up any space and a motion sensor that can be used to turn on any of your Philips Hue lights -- inside or out.

Lutron Electronics first introduced smart lighting systems but in the five years since it was founded, the company has expanded to include automated shades, smart speakers, and smart thermostats in its smart home ecosystem and at CES 2019, the company will introduce a fan speed control system.

Eve Systems introduced two new Apple Homekit-enabled devices at CES 2019. The Eve Energy Strip features three outlets with autonomous schedules and energy consumption monitoring. The Eve Light Strip, useful for accent or general lighting in full white or millions of colors, connects via Wi-Fi with no need for a bridge.

The exact nature of dark matter is one of the enduring questions of physics, as it is difficult to identify and has many mysterious manifestations. Now a team from the University of Surrey, UK, have discovered that dark matter can be heated up and moved around due to star formation within galaxies.

In two billion years' time our galaxy will collide with the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC), the brightest satellite galaxy of the Milky Way which currently sits around 163,000 light-years from us, waking the dormant black hole at the heart of our galaxy and causing it to devour nearby gases and grow.

Two astronomers have come up with a method to "see" dark matter by looking at the distribution of starlight in galaxy clusters. They used data from the Hubble telescope to look at a faint source of light called intracluster light, which is believed to be distributed in the same locations as dark matter.

There were tons of smart home devices given as gifts this holiday season, and there's nothing people wanted to do more than plug them in and start using them. Unfortunately, new owners of Philips Hue smart lights were hit by an outage that kept them from being able to enjoy their new connected lights.

A South Korean experiment called COSINE-100 has attempted to replicate the claims of dark matter observed by the Italian DAMA/LIBRA experiment, but has failed to replicate the observations. This makes the fringe position that dark matter has already been identified more untenable.

It can mount to any surface, and power itself: Senic’s Nuimo Click is the remote control your smart device should have come with. Well designed, it’s ideal for your smart home. But you’ll have to keep your expectations in check and your pocket wide open, as the Click’s features are limited.

Philip’s Hue’s been the top name in smart programmable home lighting for years now, yet the most ornamental of holidays still relies on lame string lights that just don’t work as intelligently as everything else in our lives. There’s no excuse. It’s time we got smart holiday lights.

A new Russian solar-powered drone boat is designed to take smart sensor readings and save them to the Ethereum blockchain. That might sound like buzzword bingo, but it's doing it for a good reason: To keep tabs on water pollution in one of the world's largest reservoirs.

A team of astronomers from the University of Cambridge have discovered a strange galaxy next door to the Milky Way. The dwarf galaxy, named Antlia 2, is much larger than other dwarf galaxies. But it is dark and dim and gives out much less light than expected, hence being described as ghostly.

In a new series of antimatter experiments, CERN researchers aim to unravel one of the many unknowns of antimatter — whether it falls in response to gravity at the same rate as ordinary matter, or if it instead behaves peculiarly. The researchers have developed two experiments called ALPHA-g and GBAR.

There’s a problem with both vaping and bullying at schools. A company called Soter Technologies has developed a smart bathroom sensor that's able to detect both. It's currently being used in upwards of 500 schools across the United States and Canada. Here's how it works.

Philips Hue Play synchronizes lighting with music, video, and games for a great entertaining effect. But it’s early days for this immersive tech, and we had some trouble with getting the parts to sync up seamlessly. Hue Play needs some fine-tuning before we can fully recommend it. Read our review to learn more.

Mui is a stylish wood panel that is also an Internet-connected smart display. Available in sycamore or cherry, it glows when touched to display data and messages, and can be used to control lights and thermostats. It will be offered first to Kickstarter supporters for $499, with an eventual price of $999.

Philips Hue fans can at last enjoy the brilliance of this weatherproof light strip, which offers simple, versatile positioning, a rich selection of 16 million color options, and bright, vibrant illumination. Deck life and holiday home decorating just got a whole lot better.

Collaboration with Plume ensures Samsung SmartThings Wi-Fi is quicker than its predecessor, but a lack of wired connectivity and fragmented controls means it’s not for everyone. Find out more in our review.

Samsung's SmartThings Tracker uses the LTE-M network with low-cost nationwide coverage to locate wandering pets, let family members know where you are, or find your car keys. You can also configure the Tracker as a proximity sensor with Works with SmartThings connections to trigger connected home automation devices.

The smart home appliances in your house might not just be convenient for you -- they could be tools for cyber-attackers as well. Researchers at Princeton warn that hackers could hijack unsecured connected devices and turn them into a botnet that could take down power grids.

Philips Hue smart lighting and smart switches gained six new members of the Friends of Hue program. Signify, the new name for Philips Lighting, announced the six new global partners at IFA 2018 in Berlin. In addition to two new switch companies added to the gang, four of the companies will add new lighting designs.

Smart home company Eve introduced three new products at IFA 2018 that aren't all that sexy but are designed to make your home smarter. The company announced an internet-connected light switch, light strip, and power strip — all of which feature Apple HomeKit compatibility.

If you've never gotten around to repainting the living room, even though that task has been on your to-do list for years, you may want to try a different approach that doesn't require any paintbrushes or color swatches. Two new Philips Hue lights can project colors directly onto your walls. 

While cheaper smart lighting options abound, few competitors can match Philips Hue’s blend of style, sophistication and simplicity that makes it easy to create the perfect ambience for your home. The White and Color Ambience Kit isn’t new, but with other lighting kits flooding the market, we figured it was a good idea to take a fresh look to see if it still holds up.

Samsung introduced the SmartThings Wifi, an A.I.-based multifunction mesh networking router with an integrated smart home hub. Positioned to simplify home networking and smart home connections, the SmartThings Wifi is designed to intelligently allocate network speed and bandwidth based on device and application needs.

Installing outdoor LED lighting has been too difficult for too long. Philips Hue has made it easy by making outdoor lighting that’s gorgeous and exciting to use. A combination of style, sophistication and, best of all, simplicity makes Philips Hue Calla an easy pick. Here’s how testing went.

Cisco Talos cybersecurity experts uncovered 20 issues with the Samsung SmartThings Hub that could allow bad actors to control individual smart home devices or even the whole smart home network. Talos and Samsung worked together to plug the holes in the Hub's security via a SmartThings Hub firmware update available now.

Doorbells are not coming to Apple HomeKit anytime soon. At least, that seems to be what its Home Accessories listing suggests, now that Apple purged all mentions of HomeKit-enabled doorbells. The page once listed the August Doorbell Cam as "coming soon." Now, it seems that they're not coming at all. 

Lighting up your life this Prime Day is a set of deals from Philips Hue, the company behind the popular smart lightbulbs making smart homes around the world just a bit brighter. We've long been fans of the brand's offerings, having first reviewed the company's smart lightbulbs way back in 2013.

A disturbing new trend leverages smart devices as tools of abuse, with some ill-intentioned users (not even hackers), using their smartphones in order to remotely control locks, speakers, thermostats, lights, and the like, and wreak emotional havoc on those within the home.