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! The Martian mVoice looks more like a watch than a smart gadget. Martian …
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There will come a day, and probably pretty soon, where pretty much every standalone speaker will have a voice-operated assistant inside of it. In the same way way that most TVs today have integrated “smarts” in the form of streaming apps for video, “smart speakers” will simply be the default, offering streaming audio apps and music at your voice’s beck …
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Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that’s taken over our lives. Lacking in intelligence? Sprint/iSpotTV screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET Have you ever been in an argument and called your opponent stupid? How did that go? Generally, calling people dumb doesn’t exude emotional intelligence. Yet here is Sprint suggesting that Verizon customers might not do too well …
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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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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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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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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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Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that’s taken over our lives. She’s not happy with Alexa. Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images We’re perched in an era where the very definition of intelligence is being questioned. The intelligence of our government and the intelligence of our gadgets. It seems as if almost every new gadget claims to …
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When people look back at CES 2018 in five or 10 years, it’ll be the heavy rain, flash flooding and power cuts that’ll stand out more than the tech on display. While 1.33 inches (3.38 cm) of rain may not sound like a lot, it was a record for the desert city of Las Vegas: The first precipitation in 116 …
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When VR first made its major CES reemergence via Oculus Rift years ago, it was jaw-dropping. Those moments, since, are harder to come by. After a 2017 where VR hardware sales flagged and buzz quieted, AR started to gain steam via phone apps from Apple and Google. Meanwhile, the dream of some next-level “mixed reality” — a holographic blend of …
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