May, 2017

• 8 May

  Alexa, can anyone dethrone the Echo?

  

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• 8 May

  Amazon Echo price drops, Apple disses rivals’ smart speakers

  

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• 7 May

  Amazon Echo price cut may signal arrival of new smart speaker

  

  Now playing: Watch this: Alexa, can anyone dethrone the Echo? 1:33 Is Amazon making room for a new Echo? The internet retailer on Sunday began offering the smart speaker for $150 in the US, a price cut of $30 from its previous price. The discount, presented as a Mother’s Day gift idea, is available on both black and white models …

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• 6 May

  Ooh la la! The Focal Sopra No. 1 speaker

  

  I have a long history with Focal speakers. I spent years selling them when I was an audio salesman in the 1990s, and I owned a pair of their Mini Utopia speakers at the time. Still, it’s been ages since I reviewed a Focal, so it’s about time I get reacquainted with their speakers, starting with their Sopra No. 1. …

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• 6 May

  Fidget spinners and cubes may make everything clickier

  

  Now playing: Watch this: Do fidget spinners annoy you? Here are some alternatives… 1:05 I picked up my first fidget spinner yesterday, and a fidget cube to go with it. I got them from a midtown Manhattan perfume store, $15 cash. The cube is studded in buttons, switches and dials. The spinner is a smoothly gliding triangular wheel. The toys …

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• 6 May

  Microsoft unveils Surface Laptop and Windows 10 S

  

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• 6 May

  ‘The Fifth Element’ turns 20: 5 facts about the film

  

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• 5 May

  Weekend Streaming: Second season of ‘Sense8’ pops up on Netflix

  

  Here’s our brief weekly roundup of the newest videos to hit the major online streaming services, including Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime and wherever else we can dig something up. Hit play below — we’ve folded in some trivia so you’ll know more about what you’re watching. “Sense8,” “Chelsea” and more are here for the weekend Your browser does not support …

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• 5 May

  Do you need a 4K TV for HDR?

  

  HDR, or High Dynamic Range, is one of the latest TV technologies, even newer than 4K resolution. HDR can, on the right TV and with the right content, look pretty impressive. Most of the time it comes with Wide Color Gamut, or WCG, which adds more realistic colors to the mix. These help the TV create an image that’s got …

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• 5 May

  Cell phone users tend to drink, smoke more than landline users

  

  As the popularity and usage of mobile phones increase steadily, landlines are slowly going to the days of yesterday. A study released Friday from the US Health Department confirmed that 50.8 percent of adults live in households with only wireless phones, with 39.4 percent owning both a landline and wireless connection, and a mere 6.5 percent of homes using only …

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