 It's Monday, January 13, 2014. I'm Ellis Hamburger, and I am just so hoarse and pooped from CES. Can I get a chair over here? Thanks very much. This is 90 Seconds on The Verge. Google is now firmly in the smart home business. The company has just purchased Nest Labs, the maker of the Nest Learning thermostat, for $3.2 billion. According to Google, Nest will continue to operate independently under the leadership of CEO Tony Fadell. There were plenty of first-time winners at last night's 71st annual Golden Globe Awards. Thanks. Robin Wright took home the award for best actress in a TV drama for her work in House of Cards, marking the first Globe for a Netflix original show. Meanwhile, Breaking Bad star Bryan Cranston finally won best actor in a TV drama for his portrayal of Walter White. This was Cranston's fourth nomination for the show. It was also a celebratory night for sci-fi fans. Gravity director Alfonso Cuarón took home the best director Globe, and writer-director for Her, Spike Jones, took home best screenplay. And finally, after four years off field duty, Jack Bauer is back in action. 24 Live Another Day, a 12-part miniseries, will return to Fox on May 5. The network will also premiere Neil deGrasse Tyson's Cosmos, a Space Time Odyssey, a reboot of the Carl Sagan classic on March 9. Fox has come a long way since CGI glowing hockey pucks and celebrity boxing. And that's it for today's top stories. Coming up tomorrow, we're going to do the show all over again. No drill.