Shortly after the news broke last week that Nest had been acquired by Google for a whopping 3.2 billion in cash, millions of users flooded the web to voice their concerns over the privacy of the data ...

At Black Hat, a team of researchers showed how quick and easy it is to turn a Nest smart thermostat into a nefarious, data-stealing spy. Since my start in 2008, I've covered a wide variety of topics ...

Nest expects selling thermostat usage data to energy providers to eventually bring in more cash for the smart home brand than the hardware itself, though chief exec Tony Fadell still insists that he's ...

If you ask Nest about sharing data with its new owner, the company will say that advertising isn't part of its business model and that it plans to protect the privacy of its customers from Google.

Those with Nests in their nests have a smart thermostat that learns about their behavior over time for more efficient heating and cooling; if you’re never home in the afternoons, it knows that’s a ...

Google has access to a ton of our personal data. When they purchased Nest, they were potentially buying access to even more data about what goes on in our homes. Google has stated that they are ...

Looks like all those rumors turned out to be true. Nest is acquiring video monitoring company Dropcam for $555 million as part of Nest's push further into the home. Announced Friday afternoon, the ...

Nest CEO Tony Fadell on Monday said no changes to his company's privacy policies are planned "at this point," a qualification of a previous statement that promised collected user data would stay out ...