Originally hailing from Troy, Ohio, Ry Crist is a writer, a text-based adventure connoisseur, a lover of terrible movies and an enthusiastic yet mediocre cook. A CNET editor from 2013 to 2024, Ry's ...

Chris is the former Editor of Pocket-lint. He has been a technology journalist since 2008 and has covered the rise of Android and reviewed just about every important device along the way. Chris lives ...

Lighting-control manufacturer Lutron Electronics announced a new remote control for smart light bulbs Friday, offering initial support for Cree and GE Link LED bulbs equipped with ZigBee radios.

Cree’s Connected Soft White LED light bulb isn’t the prettiest lighting fixture, and it can’t change colors like some other LED bulbs, but it’s smart and it’s inexpensive to acquire and operate. Cree ...

The brand's Wi-Fi smart LED bulbs need no hub, work with Alexa and Google, and now cost $15 each. Make that $25 if you want bulbs that can change colors. Originally hailing from Troy, Ohio, Ry Crist ...

Zigbee 3.0 is a unification of the low-power communication protocol designed for Internet of Things devices. While there are multiple separate specifications of Zigbee that relate to specific types of ...

When Jason Cipriani and I interviewed Tobin Richardson, president of the Zigbee Alliance, last week about the Alliance's involvement in NASA JPL's Mars 2020 mission, I didn't think I would be applying ...

Everything from thermostats, light bulbs, and smartphones would be able to talk wirelessly with each other using a new software language that the makers of ZigBee, the popular wireless standard for ...

The ZigBee Alliance plans to put all forms of its low-power wireless technology under one standard, ZigBee 3.0, in a move that could make it easier to connect many wireless devices in homes. ZigBee ...