January, 2018

• 16 January

  Origin PC invites you to gear up and see its etchings

  

  Origin PC is all about the customization, so it’s not surprising that the new systems it showed at CES 2018 were mostly (though not entirely) about the razzle dazzle; the company adds first-rate laser etching and textured printing to its Custom Paint options. Of course, there are also some tweaks to system designs, series rejiggering …

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• 16 January

  CES 2018: Vuzix Blade glasses are powered by Alexa

  

  You can stick Amazon’s Alexa into all sorts of things: speakers, cars, phones, watches, robots and even refrigerators. Add smartglasses to that list. Vuzix, makers of various smartglasses and Google Glass-like head wearables for years, are now making smart eyewear compatible with Amazon’s Alexa. Bloomberg broke the news ahead of CES, but I got to wear the glasses in Las Vegas. Smartglasses, …

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• 16 January

  MacBook Air is Apple’s best product ever

  

  Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that’s taken over our lives. Enlarge Image A trusted friend. Sarah Tew/CNET I take it for granted. I know you aren’t supposed to do that in relationships, but, in this case, I suspect my MacBook Air is flattered. How many tech products can you rely on without thinking? How many …

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• 16 January

  Body

  

  Will we ever be able to power electronics with body heat? Matrix Industries is pushing for it to happen, starting with watches and internet-of-things (IoT) sensors. I remember being wowed by the idea of the Matrix Industries PowerWatch a year ago. It was one of the wilder ideas I’ve seen at CES: a perpetually powered fitness watch charged by body …

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• 16 January

  Amazon Fire TV guide adds live programming features

  

  Maybe it’s too much effort to grab the remote and click over to HBO and scroll through what’s on.  So Amazon wants to help. Owners of Fire TV streaming devices can discover live programming on a new row called On Now that displays on their home page. The feature, however, is limited to a handful of subscription channels: HBO, Showtime, Starz and Cinemax.  And …

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• 16 January

  OnePlus disables credit card payment after fraud reports

  

  The OnePlus 5T is one of the best phones you can buy today — but for now, you can’t buy it with a credit card.  Following customer complaints about fraudulent activity on their credit card after using it on the company’s site, OnePlus is disabling credit as a payment form. OnePlus’ online store is the only official place to buy …

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• 16 January

  Get a Nonda Aiko rechargeable tracker for $16.99

  

  CNET’s Cheapskate scours the web for great deals on PCs, phones, gadgets and much more. Questions about the Cheapskate blog? Find the answers on our FAQ page. Find more great buys on the CNET Deals page and follow the Cheapskate on Facebook and Twitter! If it’s not abundantly clear by now, I don’t know everything about everything. Yesterday, for example, I shared …

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• 16 January

  Samsung gives 2018 Winter Olympics athletes a special Note 8

  

  Athletes the world over are preparing for the 2018 Winter Olympics, which kick off on Feb. 9 in Pyeongchang, South Korea. They’ve already got some good news: They’re all getting a free, Olympic-edition Samsung Galaxy Note 8.  Samsung unveiled the phone on Tuesday, saying it’s making around 4,000 to give to athletes and Olympic officials. The iconic Olympic rings adorn …

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• 16 January

  22 attorneys general sue to block net neutrality rollback

  

  The first lawsuits to overturn the Federal Communications Commission’s rollback of Obama-era net neutrality rules have been filed. Attorneys general from 22 states filed a lawsuit on Tuesday to block the repeal of the rules. Mozilla, maker of the Firefox browser, also said it has filed a suit against the FCC, and several public interest groups have filed petitions in …

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• 16 January

  Natural Cycles contraceptive app reportedly led to unwanted pregnancies

  

  A contraceptive app has been reported to a medical regulator in Sweden after being blamed for 37 unwanted pregnancies.  The Natural Cycles contraceptive app is being blamed for 37 unwanted pregnancies. Natural Cycles The Natural Cycles app, which has nearly 700,000 users worldwide, is designed to work by scanning women’s body temperature during their menstrual cycle to inform them when …

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