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The Kevin speaker from Mitipi helps ward off burglars with light and sound

This would have been the perfect speaker for Kevin McCallister in “Home Alone.” The Kevin (yes, the name is an excellent ’90s throwback) is a clever little speaker designed to ward off burglars and nosey neighbours. It simulates the lights and noise of someone being at home — whether that’s the flickering blue light and noise of an action movie playing …

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We tried world’s first in

Using the world’s first phone with a fingerprint scanner built into the display was as awesome as I hoped it would be. There’s no home button breaking up your screen space, and no fumbling for a reader on the phone’s back. I simply pressed my index finger on the phone screen in the place where the home button would be. …

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Dell Inspiron Gaming Desktop still cheap, adds VR

When Dell initially launched its budget and relatively low-key (for a gaming system) Inspiron Gaming Desktop, it was limited to AMD processors and maxed out at an Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 graphics card. For 2018, Dell has expanded the power potential of the system with the ability to configure it with up to an 8th-generation six-core Core i7-8700 and Nvidia …

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Politics may have helped kill Verizon

Political pressure may have interfered with a second deal by Chinese tech giant Huawei to sell its phones in the United States, this time with Verizon Wireless. On Monday, news emerged that AT&T pulled out of a deal to sell the Huawei Mate 10 Pro, and The Information reported the deal had been a victim of congressional pressure. Now, on …

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Democrats force Senate vote on net neutrality repeal

Senate Democrats have enough support to force a vote on reversing the Federal Communications Commission’s repeal of Obama-era net neutrality regulations. Sen. Claire McCaskill, a Democrat from Missouri, said Monday she will be the 30th co-sponsor of a bill that will use the Congressional Review Act to reverse the FCC’s vote to dismantle net neutrality rules. By Tuesday 40 senators …

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Kate Spade and Skagen get Android Wear watches at CES

It’s already hard to keep track of how many Android Wear-powered smartwatches exist in the world. Fossil Group makes many of them: Misfit, Fossil, Diesel, Michael Kors, Emporio Armani and others. Kate Spade and Skagen now join the fold, too. Continuing Android Wear’s push to fashion watch brands last year, these models seem to promise extra style over new function.  …

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LG Display’s crazy 65

When you roll your future TV out of sight into a little box, thank LG Display. The leader in big-screen OLED manufacturing, not satisfied to debut the first 88-inch 8K OLED TV, showed off another world’s first at CES: a 65-inch 4K OLED display that’s, get this, rollable. Although some concept big-screen TVs shown at past CES shows have been …

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