Nextbit, the company behind the Robin, a phone touted as never running out of space, is shutting down its cloud storage service. Smart Storage was a major feature of Nextbit OS that allowed the Robin to seamlessly expand local storage by syncing apps, photos, and other content to … | Continue reading
Panasonic has unveiled an update to its well-respected GH5 mirrorless camera that adds a handful of new features (like better low-light performance) but takes others away (like in-body stabilization). The resulting device, the mirrorless 4K GH5s, isn’t really a direct upgrade to … | Continue reading
Apple says it has new features and enhancements in the pipeline to help parents control children’s use of iPhones and other devices. The company was responding to a pair of Apple shareholders who wrote an open letter last week arguing that the iPhone-maker needs to tackle what’s … | Continue reading
Libratone has been one of the most aggressive audio companies in embracing alternatives to the traditional 3.5mm headphone jack, and today it adds to its family of products with the new Track+ neckbuds. These are essentially the wireless version of the wired (via either Lightning … | Continue reading
Microsoft has paused distributing its Meltdown and Spectre security updates for AMD machines after reports of PCs not booting. Microsoft’s support forums have been full of complaints from PC owners with AMD processors, and the software giant has acknowledged the issues today. Mic … | Continue reading
Late Sunday night, SpaceX appeared to successfully launch a classified satellite named Zuma for some unknown government agency — but it’s possible the mysterious spacecraft may have been lost once in space. Rumors started circulating on Monday that the satellite malfunctioned whe … | Continue reading
Every year at CES, among all the TVs and laptops and gadgets is the ever escalating competition of who can cram the most storage into a single flash drive. And this year, SanDisk showed up with a prototype of what’s supposed to be the world’s smallest 1TB USB-C flash drive.It’s n … | Continue reading
It’s 2018, and you know what that means: mech racing isn’t the sport of the future anymore, it’s the sport of the present. A company called Furrion brought “Prosthesis,” its first exo-bionic racing mech, to CES this year. It looks bonkers. Prosthesis is 15 feet tall and weighs ov … | Continue reading
Nikon has only one announcement for CES 2018, but it's a heck of a thing: behold the snappily named AF-S Nikkor 180-400mm f/4E TC1.4 FL ED VR. It's a super-telephoto lens with a built-in 1.4x teleconverter, meaning that you can extend the focal length to 252-560mm, though you'll … | Continue reading
Matrix Industries’ announced the original PowerWatch back in 2016 with an intriguing, if somewhat hard to believe claim: a watch that used a proprietary thermoelectric energy converter to power the timepiece exclusively from excess body heat. And while the original PowerWatch did … | Continue reading
Intel has long been proud of its drone-based light shows — including airing a (pretaped) halftime show at the last Superbowl. Today at its CES keynote, the company introduced a new version of those drones, called “Shooting Star Mini.” The innovation here? They’re tiny and totally … | Continue reading
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The Brilliant Control smart light switch looked impressive enough when it was announced back in early 2017, with an elegant design, a combination of physical and touchscreen controls, and integrated support for Amazon’s Alexa that would make the smart light switch a natural hub f … | Continue reading
I have tried a lot of wireless chargers, and I still haven’t found the perfect one. What I’m looking for shouldn’t be too difficult, and yet, after going through piles of chargers, I’m still searching. But iOttie’s new iON Wireless Fast Charging Pad, announced among a whole bunch … | Continue reading
ViewSonic has announced three gaming monitors and two “entertainment monitors.” Are games not entertainment? Do movies benefit from 144Hz adaptive sync refresh? It’s another wild evening at CES 2018, folks.The $573 XG2560 is a standard 25-inch 1080p display, but has a blazing fas … | Continue reading
InCase’s IconConnected Power Sleeve seems like an almost obvious product — it’s a laptop sleeve with a big 14,000 mAh battery pack that can recharge your MacBook Pro on the go. The actual laptop-protecting sleeve part is basically just Incase’s existing Icon model, but with a hid … | Continue reading
Speaking today at Intel’s big CES keynote, CEO Brian Krzanich addressed the biggest issue Intel faces today: the security and speed issues surrounding Meltdown and Spectre. “Want to thank the industry for coming together ... to address the recent security research findings report … | Continue reading
Nokia’s newest health product is a new take on an already-done product. The Finnish company just announced a gadget at CES called Nokia Sleep, which is described as an “advanced sensor” built into a mattress pad. The mattress pad, which is WiFi-connected, slides under your mattre … | Continue reading
Netgear today announced a pair of gaming-focused connectivity products at CES that offer a dizzying array of customization and prioritization options designed for connection-dependent online play. While overkill for your average player, both products are high-end safeguards again … | Continue reading
Sony just announced both a 4K Blu-ray player that supports Dolby Vision HDR and an A/V receiver that offers Dolby Atmos audio here at CES 2018. The UBP-X700 Blu-ray player is designed for 4K Blu-ray discs with either HDR10 or Dolby Vision, and it includes built-in apps for Netfli … | Continue reading
Razer has spent the last few years building out its Chroma lighting system to a huge array of products, from keyboards to mice to controllers to headphones to mouse pads to LED strips for custom desktop builds to an honest-to-god mug holder, all of which can be synced perfectly i … | Continue reading
If your home theater setup is so advanced and pricey that you scoff at the thought of buying a high-end OLED TV, Sony has the perfect thing for you. Tonight at CES, the company announced the 4K Ultra Short Throw Projector (LSPX-A1). It ships this spring for $30,000. That’s a $5,0 … | Continue reading
Sony hasn’t forgotten about car audio in the wide mix of TVs, speakers, headphones, and other products it’s introducing at CES. Here in Las Vegas, the company is introducing a new head unit with a 6.95-inch capacitive display, Apple CarPlay, and Android Auto. That’s a big larger … | Continue reading
Lenovo has announced updates to its ThinkPad X1 Carbon laptop and X1 Yoga convertible, bumping the processors to 8th-gen Kaby Lake on each model and adding universal USB-C charging capability. But there are a pair of new features that we’re seeing for the first time on laptops he … | Continue reading
HP and Asus both unveiled their ARM-powered Windows 10 laptops last month, and now it’s Lenovo’s turn. At CES this week, Lenovo is unveiling the Miix 630, a 2-in-1 detachable tablet / laptop hybrid that’s similar to the company’s previous Miix tablets. While the device also looks … | Continue reading
Alongside the bigger news that there will be “smart display” Google Assistant speakers, Google is also announcing that Assistant is going to work in Android Auto. That might be a little confusing to people who have been using Android Auto, because they’ve been saying “OK Google” … | Continue reading
If Google’s gigantic “Hey Google” CES 2018 booth hasn’t convinced you that it is deadly serious about stopping Alexa’s path toward owning the smart speaker space, how about this: today it’s announcing that the following companies are making speakers that include the Assistant: Al … | Continue reading
Last year’s CES marked a slight expansion of the OLED TV market; Sony debuted its first large-screen consumer 4K set to utilize the display technology. OLED in the living room has long been a signature of LG, and while LG Display manufactures the panels that Sony puts in its OLED … | Continue reading
Google Assistant is everywhere. It’s on phones, TVs, smartwatches, and even inside cars. While Google has been playing catch-up to Amazon’s Echo devices for years now, it’s now taking a big step to expanding its Assistant to even more hardware today. Google is introducing a new S … | Continue reading
The Kia Niro EV Concept is just that: a not-quite-production version of what an all-electric version of the Niro Hybrid would look like. It’s a logical move, too, given Kia’s technical partner, Hyundai, already markets the Ioniq Electric on the same platform. But Kia says this Ni … | Continue reading
Helicopters aren’t typically found among the gadget and car insanity at CES, but Bell Helicopter doesn’t want to be seen as your typical purveyor of vertical flight. The company made the trek from its headquarters in Forth Worth, Texas, to Sin City this week to show off its lates … | Continue reading
Kia is jumping on the Google Assistant train at CES this year. The automaker announced that the voice assistant will perform some vehicle functions on a handful of its 2018 models. On Monday, the automaker presented its new UVO Agent for Google Assistant and Google Home-enabled d … | Continue reading
Facebook VR VP Hugo Barra just showed up at Qualcomm's CES 2018 press conference to share some news on Oculus Go, the $199 standalone headset announced in October. As you'd expect, it turns out that the device uses a Qualcomm processor — it's the Snapdragon 821, otherwise found i … | Continue reading
Hyundai has been part of the handful of automakers pushing fuel cell electric vehicles for years now. The Hyundai Nexo is its latest effort to go up against competition from the Toyota Mirai and Honda Clarity Fuel Cell, as well as upcoming models from the likes of Mercedes-Benz. … | Continue reading
Qualcomm’s QCC5100 is a tiny little system on a chip that you’ll probably never see, but it could make your life a little better. The chip is designed for true wireless headphones and what Qualcomm calls “hearables” — headphones with wearable-style smart features.The best compari … | Continue reading
Baidu is one of the biggest web companies in China, so naturally, it’s trying to take over the smart assistant market there just as Google and Amazon are in the US. To that end, Baidu is introducing three new smart speakers today, all with very different core functions: there’s a … | Continue reading
At CES 2018, Asus announced the newest version of its diminutive Chromebox, the Chromebox 3. And while usually I wouldn’t expect too much from a 4.5 x 4.5-inch desktop PC that only runs Chrome OS, Asus deserves some credit for including both a USB-C port and Intel’s newest eighth … | Continue reading
It’s been three years since the unveiling of Microsoft’s HoloLens, and nearly five years since the release of the ill-fated Google Glass, but true augmented reality hardware remains an elusive concept. In 2018, and especially here in Las Vegas for the annual CES gadget expo, it’s … | Continue reading
Panasonic has formally introduced the newest additions to its Technics turntable line at CES — the SP-10R and the SL-1000R. The original SP10 was launched in 1969 and was the first direct drive turntable. Panasonic says this new edition of the resurrected SP10 “reach[es] new leve … | Continue reading
The Federal Trade Commission said today that the electronic toymaker VTech Electronics has agreed to settle for a fine of $625,000, to be paid within the next seven days, after charges that it violated children’s privacy. The Hong Kong-based VTech is also the parent company of Le … | Continue reading
For a couple years now, Sony has been trying to build headphones that let you listen to music without blocking sound from the world around you. There are already lots of headphones that try to do this in a high-tech way, by using microphones to record sound from the outside world … | Continue reading
HTC is finally creating its own wireless adapter for the Vive. While we’ve seen similar adapters from DisplayLink and even the TPCast from HTC’s Vive X accelerator program, HTC’s own adapter uses Intel’s WiGig technology. Wi-Gig will operate in the 60Ghz band, helping prevent any … | Continue reading
HTC is refreshing its Vive headset with a new Pro model today. The original Vive debuted nearly two years ago, and the new Vive Pro is clearly designed to address some of the complaints of that earlier headset. HTC is increasing the resolution of the dual-OLED displays to 2880 x … | Continue reading
There are a bunch of different spouts you can buy that aerate wine as you pour it. But a new one, called the Aveine Aerator, lets you dial in exactly how much you want to aerate your wine, letting you give a glass the equivalent of between one and 24 hours of decanting just by po … | Continue reading
On the first day of CES, Corsair announced a whole new range of wireless gaming peripherals, including a new mechanical keyboard and a mouse pad charger hybrid. So, in case you haven’t quite arrived at the perfect gaming setup yet, some of these accessories might be for you.The K … | Continue reading
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Last year, Seagate released a hard drive specifically designed to add backup storage for DJI drone footages. At CES 2018, the company announced a follow up to that product called the LaCie DJI Copilot. Like its predecessor, the DJI Fly Drive, the Copilot also offers 2TB of storag … | Continue reading
AT&T has backed out of a deal with Huawei to sell the company's new flagship smartphone in the US, as reported by The Wall Street Journal and independently confirmed by The Verge. Huawei was set to announce the partnership this week at CES 2018 before AT&T canceled the arrangemen … | Continue reading