LED light bulbs are supposed to save consumers money while also sparing the environment, part of the reason why the federal government effectively banned the old-fashioned incandescent bulb on August ...

At the end of July, the incandescent light bulb – patented by Thomas Edison in 1880 and a common fixture in American homes for more than a century – will pass into history. By Aug. 1, commonly used ...

(CNN) -- America's ban on incandescent light bulbs, 16 years in the making, is finally a reality. Well, mostly. A rule issued in 2007, rolled back by the Trump administration, and updated last year by ...

Heat, in particular, can cause these components to quickly break, so installing an LED bulb in a hot corner of your home or ...

America's ban on incandescent light bulbs, 16 years in the making, is finally a reality. Well, mostly. A rule issued in 2007, rolled back by the Trump administration, and updated last year by the ...

As of Jan. 1 of this year, the 60-watt incandescent light bulb—that classic of the genre; the Edisonian ideal; the signifier that illuminates in your mind’s eye when you’re asked to picture “a light ...

More on the Searches of John Bolton’s Home and Office Econception on the Federalization of State Budgets It brought me much — indeed, too much — joy to hear of the Trump administration’s rollback of ...

This collector had a light-bulb idea. When Kevin Szmyd realized that incandescent lightbulbs were now essentially banned in the US, he knew he needed to get moving. Szmyd, 25, has no interest in ...

Despite plenty of technical advances, incandescent lightbulbs still rule when it comes to color and quality of light. The trouble is, they don’t always last so long, and they waste almost all of their ...

We have all heard that LEDs (light emitting diodes) will soon replace traditional incandescent light bulbs and the more recent CFLs (compact fluorescent lamps). But until recently, LEDs have been ...

Sean Hollister is a senior editor and founding member of The Verge who covers gadgets, games, and toys. He spent 15 years editing the likes of CNET, Gizmodo, and Engadget. When I went to Home Depot to ...