If you can’t take the heat, get out of the clamshell. That was part of the motivation behind Asus dramatically reimagining the design for its luggable 17-inch gaming laptop it revealed at CES 2019. The ROG Mothership (GZ700), in order to pack in the new Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 GPU, an overclocked Intel Core i9-8950HK …
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Google Chrome Labs is apparently happy to help you waste your valuable time… by releasing Web-A-Skeb, a browser-based version of the classic Etch-A-Sketch toy. Just like the physical version, you draw using two knobs. One controls vertical movement and the other horizontal. The “shake” button clears the screen. There’s a sweet extra option too. The “fancy” button adds shadowing to …
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We may have lost the company payroll on the casino floor but that doesn’t mean we don’t still have a day of great events coming live from the CNET stage. You’ll find us outside of the Tech West area at the Sands Expo Center. Can’t join us here in Las Vegas? No problem: We’re bringing our final day of live …
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On this podcast, we talk about: Samsung’s Galaxy S10 announcement. Who won CES: Apple, Google or Amazon? What were our favorite products. Ring’s new smart peephole, with the CEO joining us for an interview. The 3:59 gives you bite-size news and analysis about the top stories of the day, brought to you by the CNET News team in New York …
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Apple and Samsung have done it again. In a week in which pretty much every tech company in the world is unveiling flashy new products, the two giants have managed to steal the limelight. This time, it was at CES 2019, the world’s biggest electronics show. The Las Vegas confab is the event that sets the stage for the coming year in …
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Chariot, the private bus startup, is going out of business. On Thursday, CEO Dan Grossman announced Chariot will cease all operations by the end of the March. The decision to close the service was made after “significant consideration,” he wrote in a blog post. It appears the company’s business model wasn’t viable. “It has become clear — through many indicators such …
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Speaker designer Andrew Jones has unveiled his latest Elac series and it is the first to incorporate the company’s iconic “Jet” folded tweeter. And based on my time with it, for such a small design it had a big, big sound. The Carina series is the step-up from the excellent Uni-Fi range and consists of three products: the BS243.4 bookshelf …
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The graphics card wars are heating up, with Nvidia taking a shot at rival AMD during CES 2019. After AMD announced Radeon 7, its new 7-nanometer GPU designed to push PC gaming performance to the “bleeding edge,” Nvidia’s CEO decided to bite back. For context: the Radeon 7 is AMD’s big play, it’s the first GPU based on the 7nm …
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At CES 2019 we’ve seen superthin laptops, laptops with impossibly slim bezels and big-but-thin laptops. We’ve even seen desktop hardware crammed into a laptop. So why not a desktop gaming PC that’s smaller than a laptop? Enter the Mek Mini — a $1,500 gaming powerhouse that measures roughly 10 by 10 by 5 inches. It’s smaller than a 12-pack of beer …
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Add another player to the growing field of streaming services. IMDb is launching a free, ad-supported video service called Freedive, the company said Thursday. It’ll be available via your computer, but also through Amazon’s Fire TV devices. IMDb is a wholly owned subsidiary of Amazon. “With the launch of IMDb Freedive, they can now also watch full-length movies and TV …
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