With the coming new year on the horizon, it’s a great time to audit your home for easy safety and technology improvements. There are many simple upgrades you can make to improve your home’s safety—all you’ll need is a few smart devices and some tried-and-true hacks. 1. Modernize Your Smoke Detector Dead batteries cause 24% of the smoke alarm failures that lead to home fires and fire deaths, but many people don’t realize the batteries are low in their smoke alarm or carbon