Smart speakers, such as like the Alexa-powered Amazon Echo and Google Assistant-packing Google Home, have been able to command numerous brands of TV — including LG, Sony and Vizio — for the last couple of years. Now Samsung is finally opening its own smart TV system up to the two biggest names in home voice …

In case you missed it, smart home devices are vulnerable to hackers. Experts have been warning us for years that smart devices aren’t so smart when it comes to security, showing us how easily a car, a doll or a security camera could be hacked. And hackers have done their best to prove the cybersecurity experts right — from yelling …

For gamers who dare to be different, Asus has added AMD-based versions of its more traditional Intel/Nvidia-based FX505 and FX705 budget gaming laptops here at CES.  In theory, the AMD models should be even more budget-friendly than their linemates, but that’s not always the case. They’re slated to ship by the end of March, but Asus hasn’t provided any pricing. Key …

AMD’s early CES 2019 announcements brought us some updates on its laptop processors, which include a targeted attempt to capture some of the growing cheap Chromebook market, slightly faster mobile Ryzens and a promise to keep everyone’s AMD laptop drivers up to date with the latest zero-day game-release optimizations. Sadly, the news didn’t include the much-anticipated, high-performance 7-nanometer Navi GPUs or the …

Acer’s ambitious Swift 7 laptop was one of my favorite laptops of 2018. Its main selling point was an amazingly thin body housing a 14-inch screen. But the world’s-thinnest-laptop Swift 7 was more than a one-trick pony: It was actually a very usable everyday laptop, with an excellent touchscreen, good touchpad, 180-degree hinge and fanless cooling. Exactly one year later, …

MicroLED is the first new TV display technology in over a decade, and if Samsung has its way, it will soon rival OLED and LCD for space in your living room. But first it has to get small enough to actually fit on your wall. Samsung’s new 75-inch MicroLED TV — on show here at CES — is the smallest …

Making its debut at CES 2019, the HP Chromebook 14 is the world’s first AMD-powered Chromebook running on either an AMD A4 or A6 processor with integrated Radeon R4 or R5 graphics. Chromebooks — laptops that run on Google’s web-based Chrome OS — are a growing part of the global PC market. AMD’s processors typically offer more value than competitor …

Remember Speck’s iGuy case for the iPad? Well, he’s evolved into the Case-E, a new iPad case that’s as kid-friendly as a case gets. Due to ship by the end of March, the Case-E costs $40 and has flexible hooked arms you can hold onto or wrap around car seats “for safe viewing on the go,” Speck says. Additionally, the …

You can expect security to be a big topic at CES 2019, with many products designed to protect networks and data. But at the individual user level, you should also be thinking about one very basic way information can be misappropriated — your computer screen. The low-tech hack of simply looking over someone’s shoulder at an airport, coffee shop or …

Last year Jabra had a major headphone hit with its Elite 65t totally wireless earphones. Now it’s going after Bose, Sony and others with its new Elite 85h over-ear premium wireless headphones that it says will deliver “best-in-class” performance when they ship in April for $299 or 299 euros (no word yet on UK or Australian pricing). I should be …