Now that incandescent bulbs are on the way out, LED bulbs are a clear choice, but there are things to keep in mind when buying them. Originally hailing from Troy, Ohio, Ry Crist is a writer, a ...

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 ...

The numbers you see on the box don't always work out in real life. LED bulbs do last longer, but those claims about five to 10 years are estimates based on internal testing -- and companies are always ...

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 ...

Over the past couple of decades, most of us have moved on from incandescent light bulbs to LEDs. Well, now’s the time to make ...

(CNN) -- In yet another rollback of a Trump-era policy, President Joe Biden's Department of Energy on Tuesday finalized a new efficiency rules to phase out older, high-energy incandescent light bulbs.

New LED lighting technologies from NXP Semiconductors and Rambus demonstrate some of the innovations that are occurring in this market. Our annual One Bright Issue covers the latest in LED and display ...

They're a major leap forward versus incandescent bulbs, but they don't always last as long as they're supposed to. At CNET, we -- like many others -- have run into LED bulbs that seem fine at first, ...

(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 ...

HOLLAND — As of Aug. 1, 2023, standard household incandescent light bulbs will no longer be sold at your local retailer. In May 2022, the U.S. Department of Energy issued new energy efficiency ...

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 ...