Smart home gear is getting more common, but the words used to talk about it can get confusing. You might see things like Matter, Thread, or Zigbee on boxes or in setup menus and wonder what they mean.

As a smart home user, you've probably heard multiple mentions of Thread, Zigbee, and Matter from different companies, and seen all three names printed on boxes for smart home devices or in their ...

Threads hit 30 million sign-ups as of Thursday, Zuckerberg boasted in a post. “Feels like the beginning of something special, but we’ve got a lot of work ahead to build out the app,” the CEO wrote.

If you've scrolled Instagram in the past week, you've probably seen notices that some of your friends have joined Threads, the social media-verse's buzziest new hangout spot. Adam Mosseri, head of ...