While standard receptacles typically use three wires -- hot, neutral and ground -- you'll occasionally find 2-prong outlets in older homes. Since this type of outlet lacks a ground connection, the ...

Understanding the seamless communication within a smart home ecosystem where IoT devices and home automation trends connect to create an intelligent, efficient living space. Pixabay, cloudlynx Smart ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. When it comes to home security devices, there are smart locks, security cameras, security systems, and, to an extent, video doorbells. What ...

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Twenty-five-year-old mother Angel Mae Alfante of Barangay Lanas in Naga City, Cebu, knows all too well the difficulties of living without electricity, especially at night when caring for her four-year ...

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Smart home devices are only as useful as their ability to detect what's happening around them. I spent years just using voice ...

Researchers studied thousands of brain scans to see how the organ's architecture changes over a lifetime. University of Cambridge Your brain constantly rewires itself as you age. It may even go ...

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The father of a young woman crushed to death by a pole following a collision in Melbourne has paid tribute to his “smart, modest, and respectful girl”. Police believe a truck, which was travelling ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. The number of homes sitting empty across Melbourne surged by 16 per cent last year, despite a housing crisis and the government ...