Solid-state lighting has long been touted as the next generation of efficient bulbs, but technical challenges have so far limited product offerings to 40-watt equivalents—and consumers haven't exactly ...

Explore the advantages of LED lighting: energy-efficient, long-lasting, and environmentally friendly for your home.

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 ...

In December 2022, the President Joe Biden's administration proposed a new rule that, if enacted, would nearly triple the current minimum light bulb efficiency level of 45 lumens per watt to over 120 ...

Why is GE holding on to its lighting division, even as it parts with appliances? It could be as simple as this: GE is light bulbs. As reported on Bloomberg earlier this week, GE has just announced ...

LED lightbulbs have slashed the amount of energy we use to light our homes. New data illustrate just how much. Jon covers artificial intelligence. He previously led CNET's home energy and utilities ...

As a kid, I was inspired by the decorative lighting in my grandparents' finished basement. They had festooned the place with multicolored C9 string lights (aka old-school Christmas lights) from wall ...

Here's why you might want to consider swapping out all your incandescent bulbs for more efficient sources of light. (Getty Images; design by Quinn Lemmers for Yahoo Life) Buying lightbulbs, which used ...