If you enjoy building or tinkering with electronics, this hacking tool can help you get wildly creative with your projects, and make it a lot easier to test them. It's called the Kode Dot, and not ...

The plug-and-play style of smart home devices is convenient but expensive. ESPHome is monumental in helping you save costs ...

Looking for an educational microcontroller board to get you or a loved one into electronics? Consider the tinyCore – a small ...

Executive Editor David Carnoy has been a leading member of CNET's Reviews team since 2000. He covers the gamut of gadgets and is a notable reviewer of mobile accessories and portable audio products, ...

Optical sensors are a broad class of device for detecting light intensity. This can be just a simple component for notifying when ambient light levels rise above or fall below a prescribed level, or a ...

Bluetooth is so called because it “unites” gadgets in the same way Harald united Denmark. Only a decade ago, even the best portable speakers sounded awful, offered limited range and made pairing with ...