Back in September 2016, EDN published my teardown of an A19 60W-equivalent LED light bulb that had prematurely failed (also see Martin Rowe’s subsequent teardown, prompted by a similarly untimely ...

CNET's Martin LaMonica has been playing around with superefficient LED bulbs at home and finds they're imperfect and pricey, but, he says, there's still a lot to like. Martin LaMonica is a senior ...

Incandescent era, RIP. Like it or not, it's time to move on. Traditional incandescent lightbulbs are gone—not banned, precisely, but phased out because the Energy Independence and Security Act (EISA), ...

Martin LaMonica is a senior writer covering green tech and cutting-edge technologies. He joined CNET in 2002 to cover enterprise IT and Web development and was previously executive editor of IT ...

LED bulbs are the way to go for a “smarter” smart home. While some bulbs and bulb kits may be a bit of an investment upfront, the cash you’ll save in the long run, combined with many of the great ...

Do the benefits of features like dimming and scheduling make up for the constant energy draw needed for connectivity?

The Federal Trade Commission announced that LED-bulb manufacturer Lights of America, which is based in Los Angeles, must pay $21 million for consumer refunds and other costs. (Laura Gunderson/The ...

Early adopters of LED lighting will remember 50,000 hour or even 100,000 hour lifetime ratings printed on the box. But during a recent trip to the hardware store the longest advertised lifetime I ...