Now playing: Watch this: These robots are coming for your children 1:48 Barbie is listening for your questions. BB-8 will roll to you when called. And Tyler the Furreal tiger is responding to your roars. Voice recognition software is just one way this year’s toys are becoming more lifelike. At the New York Toy Fair, …
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February, 2017
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23 February
Spotify launches new, original podcasts
Spotify is no stranger to podcasts, but now the streaming music giant is ready to offer its own original material. The company on Thursday announced three new original podcasts that’ll give music fans a little something extra to chew on, with more original programming expected later this year. The first to premier is the “Showstopper” podcast, a program that explores …
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23 February
What will matter at Mobile World Congress? (The 3:59, Ep. 184)
Mobile World Congress is upon us, and it’ll be every phone maker for itself in Barcelona. With Samsung keeping its Galaxy S8 under wraps for a future event, companies like LG, Huawei and Nokia will get the chance to duke it for MWC’s most impressive phone lineup. We take a look at what to expect over the next week and …
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22 February
Garmin’s doing well in wearables
Wearables and smartwatches aren’t all disappointments. While Fitbit is expected to announce a holiday sales letdown over the last quarter, rival Garmin’s fourth quarter earnings financial results saw an overall 10 percent revenue increase, and the success was due to the company’s fitness and outdoors products. Garmin’s outdoor, fitness, marine and aviation units, in particular, saw the greatest growth. The …
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22 February
Soon Galaxy Flow app will be able to unlock your Windows 10 device
Good news for Galaxy phone owners who use Windows 10: Samsung plans to make its Flow app compatible with any device that runs Windows 10. This means that in addition to being able to unlock your Windows 10 computer with your Galaxy phone’s fingerprint sensor, you’ll also be able to seamlessly hand off tasks, notifications and content to your Windows …
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22 February
A faster way to turn off your iPhone’s flashlight
I use my iPhone‘s flashlight nearly every evening when walking my dog. It helps me locate — how do I put this? — anything she may leave behind during our lap around the block. I swipe up to open the Control Center and tap the flashlight button to turn the light on and off. There is, however, a slightly faster …
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22 February
Would you pay $8,000 for a dancing J
How much can a figurine collection cost you? A heck of a lot, it turns out. Tokyo-based Speecys’ Kosaka Cocona robot is a 45-cm tall, dancing J-Pop figurine — and it’ll set you back 980,000 yen, according to Rocket News 24. That’s about $8,600, £6,900 or AU$11,175. Each of Kosaka’s 34 joints can be programmed to make the pop starlet …
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22 February
Sony has announced the fastest SD card ever
What do you look for in an SD card? If it’s speed, you’re going to love Sony‘s newest offering in the SD space. According to the company, the SF-G Series UHS-II cards will be the fastest in the world, coming in at 300 megabytes per second read speed and 299 MBps write speed. That 300 MBps isn’t new — the …
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22 February
In the game of phones, Verizon dominates
As the battle for network supremacy rages on, Verizon Wireless has a firm grip on the throne. Verizon dominated across the board in RootMetrics’ nationwide test of wireless performance during the second half of 2016. This marks the seventh straight time Verizon has topped RootMetrics’ semiannual study. The New York-based network giant earned the highest overall score and took the …
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22 February
Your TV is probably tracking you
When you unpacked your new TV or streamer for the first time, you probably couldn’t wait to start watching it. In the excitement to put it through its paces, chances are you just clicked “I agree” to all those screens of legal mumbo jumbo that came up during the setup process. Did you know one of the things you likely …
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