May, 2022

• 12 May

  Transparency Mode Lets You Hear the World Around You When Using Noise

  

  Transparency mode is an important feature found on many new headphones and earbuds with active noise cancellation. Noise-canceling headphones are great on planes or in a crowded office, but sometimes it’s necessary to hear the world around you for a few minutes. For example, it might be useful for letting you hear the traffic around …

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• 12 May

  Unlike Google Glass, These New AR Glasses Unveiled at I/O Might Actually Be Practical

  

  Following reports that Google has been developing AR glasses, the company indeed announced a prototype pair of glasses at this year’s Google I/O conference.  Google’s focus with these glasses appears to be helpful features such as language translation. Google acquired smart glasses maker North in 2020, and its work with Google Glass pioneered smart eyewear nearly a decade ago. Now playing: Watch …

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• 12 May

  Google’s Promise to Simplify Tech Puts Its Devices Everywhere

  

  Google makes everything from connected thermostats to phones, speakers, TV dongles and laptops. Soon, you can add smartwatches and augmented reality glasses to that list. Why? To Google, the answer is simple: It wants to make technology less distracting.  The company discussed its vision for the future of computing during its annual I/O conference on Wednesday. A large part of …

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• 12 May

  This Discounted 50

  

  If you’ve been wanting to upgrade your entertainment space, but price has been a barrier, now might be a good time to make the leap. Right now you can save $110 off this Westinghouse 50-inch 4K UHD smart Roku TV with HDR at Best Buy, bringing the price to just $280. But keep in mind that this deal will expire …

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• 12 May

  Google Has Big Plans for AR. Google Maps Could Be the Key

  

  Before Google has its own pair of augmented reality glasses, it’ll need AR to work everywhere. World-spanning AR that blankets the real world using map data has been a goal for several companies lately, and Google is layering its AR using Google Maps. The toolkit, announced at Google’s I/O developer conference on Wednesday, could leap ahead of several competing efforts from rivals such …

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• 12 May

  Google Brings CTRL+F to Real Life With Phone Camera Search Feature

  

  Google on Wednesday debuted two new search features that tap into images online or photos you take in a store, part of the company’s effort to expand far beyond text you type into a search box. One feature announced at the Google I/O conference, scene explorer, lets you sweep your phone camera across a shelf of products at a supermarket or …

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• 12 May

  HP Victus 16 Review: An Affordable Option for Peak Gaming Performance

  

  HP’s Victus 16 is a surprisingly robust and powerful gaming laptop that keeps up with the latest games at a more affordable price. For the uninitiated, Victus is HP’s line of gaming-focused laptops that have slightly less power than the Omen series, but are more budget-friendly. It offers a respectable amount of power at a relatively low price with four …

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• 12 May

  Google’s ‘Premium’ Pixel Tablet Is on the Way for 2023

  

  Just when you thought Google was out of the tablet game, the company is back in. At its latest I/O developer conference, Google teased a new Pixel Tablet arriving in 2023, featuring Google’s own Tensor chip. Google’s history with tablets has been very touch-and-go. Google’s last tablet, the Pixel Slate in 2018, tried to be a Chrome tablet and Chromebook …

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• 12 May

  Roku Ultra (2022) Review: Same Streamer, Same Price, Better Voice Remote

  

  Roku has a new Ultra streaming device for 2022, but “new” is probably stretching things a bit far. It’s really a very minor refresh of the 2020 Roku Ultra, basically a new bundle: The Roku Ultra now comes with the excellent Voice Remote Pro. The good news? The price is the same at $100. The bad news? Unlike Apple, which …

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• 12 May

  Sony WH

  

  May 2022 When you have a product that a lot of people love, change can be risky. Such is the case for Sony’s WH-1000XM5, the fifth generation of the 1000X series headphones, which were first released in 2016 as the MDR-1000X Wireless and have become increasingly popular as they’ve improved with each generation. Over the years, Sony has made some …

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