HP offers the latest in a growing number of options intended to solve the problem of playing power-hungry games on increasingly lightweight hardware. Its Omen Game Stream — not to be confused with Nvidia GameStream — lets you play on another Windows system without a discrete GPU (or a lame one) streaming off a more …

Apple said it plans to introduce new features to help parents manage their children’s use of its smartphones amid two major shareholders’ concerns of young people becoming addicted to the company’s iPhones.   “Apple has always looked out for kids, and we work hard to create powerful products that inspire, entertain, and educate children while also helping parents protect them …

Asus has narrowed the bezels on its Vivo line of everyday all-in-one desktops, giving the already attractive systems a more modern look for 2018. On the inside, the 27-inch Vivo V272 ramps up to eighth-generation Intel Core i7 processor and an Nvidia GeForce MX150 GPU. While that discrete GPU promises better performance than you’d get with just the integrated graphics …

It’s one small step for Sophia, one giant leap for robot-kind. Sophia is a humanoid robot built by Hanson Robotics that debuted in 2016. Thanks to the addition of legs from DRC-HUBO (the same company that won the DARPA robotics competition in 2015), Sophia can now walk — albeit slowly. Currently the legs are capable of moving at up to …

Facebook will try to “get a billion people in virtual reality,” by appealing to a company in the world’s most populated country: China. Oculus’ VP of VR, Hugo Barra, at an Oculus event in 2017.  James Martin/CNET In the middle of a Qualcomm press conference where tech jargon flew at a rat-a-tat rate, up jumped a familiar face in the …

Three 27-inch monitors offer a broader field of view than a single 34-inch curved one, and while you soon learn to tune out the vertical black seams in the multiple-monitor setup, wouldn’t it be cooler to not suffer them at all?  Asus Asus thinks so. At CES 2018, the company debuted a kit that you attach on the screens’ seams, …

A laptop case that also charges your notebook sounds like a dream for those always reaching for a charger. Incase is making it a reality. The company is releasing a protective MacBook Pro case with a built-in battery that can provide a full charge. It’ll be available in Q3 for $200, which converts roughly to £150 and AU$250. It can …

Tapplock, which bills itself as the creator of the world’s first smart fingerprint padlock, is showing two new smart fingerprint padlocks at CES 2008. The Tapplock One Plus is more water-resistant than the original Tapplock One while the smaller Tapplock Lite comes in a variety of color options. Both new smart locks are scheduled to be available this spring. Although …

GoPro’s move into the drone market is coming to an end.  In the company’s fourth quarter 2017 results announcement, GoPro said it will discontinue its Karma drone and exit the category. It cited “margin challenges in an extremely competitive aerial market” and “a hostile regulatory environment in Europe and the United States” as causes. GoPro was the already facing an …

You don’t have to wait for Las Vegas Convention Center to open its doors to see what CES 2018 has to offer. A long lineup of press conferences on what’s officially called Press Day (confusing, I know) brings a slew of new gadgets and services from some of the biggest technology players on the planet. It’s a lot to take …

In addition to a slew of new laptops and computers, Asus announced a new Android phone at CES 2018. Known as the ZenFone Max Plus, the phone will be available in North America from February. In the US it will cost $229 (converted, that’s about £175 or AU$300) for the model with 3GB RAM and 32GB storage. This is the …

Foreo, the makers of the beloved and popular Luna face brush, is looking to revolutionize the face mask industry. Today the company announced the Foreo UFO, the “first smart mask treatment.” The device offers 90-second facial treatments that combine LED light therapy, thermo-therapy and T-Sonic pulsations. It’s used in conjunction with specific UFO-Activated smart mask treatments. At the time of …

Hours after Nvidia made waves by dropping its Big Format Gaming Display into the tranquil waters preceding CES 2018’s big day of announcements, HP followed with its own 65-inch bombshell, the Omen X 65 BFGD. Unsurprisingly, it sounds almost identical to Nvidia’s, with the same 4K resolution, HDR10 support, a 120Hz refresh rate, G-Sync support and integrated Nvidia Shield technology. …

Apple on Monday released an update to iOS, the software that runs iPhones and iPads, that fixes a major problem that haunted the processors in those devices.  The flaw, dubbed Spectre by the researchers who found it, made the silicon chips vulnerable to a hacking attack that could reveal secret information your devices normally keep locked down. The update comes …

Sony and LG aren’t breaking any new ground with their 2018 OLED TVs, but that doesn’t mean they won’t end the year as our favorites once again. Organic Light Emitting Diode display technology delivers the best image quality we’ve ever tested, and 2017’s A1E matched its competitors from LG in our testing. The new version’s biggest change is a design …