For those of us who care about new TV technology, Christmas comes in January. CES 2018 in Las Vegas presages the coming year of TV tech with the latest in display innovations, and if previous shows are any indication, there’ll be plenty of massive, jaw-dropping screens to go around. At CES 2017 we saw the …
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Now playing: Watch this: The huge TV screens of CES 2018 are coming for you! (The… 4:13 Today’s podcast is all about the new TV tech expected at CES 2018, with David Katzmaier, who reviews televisions for CNET, discussing what people should pay attention to and what they can ignore. The 3:59 gives you bite-size news and analysis about the …
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Samsung users and fans may get a sneak peek at the upcoming Galaxy S9 and S9 Plus earlier than expected. According to VentureBeat, the pair of marquee phones is rumored to make an appearance at CES 2018, the huge consumer electronic trade show held annually in Las Vegas. Now playing: Watch this: Samsung Galaxy S8: The good, the bad, the …
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We’ve been hearing whispers about a foldable Galaxy phone for quite some time, and now we may have another piece of the puzzle. Samsung’s Korean website now lists a phone with the model number SM-G888N0. We don’t know much about it, but this is the same model number that’s previously been linked to the company’s folding phone, nicknamed the Galaxy …
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Just when you thought you’d gotten the whole high dynamic range thing figured out, here comes a whole new format. HDR is the latest enhancement to make it to televisions, streaming devices and your favorite TV shows and movies. The good news is that it can deliver the best picture quality available in home video today. The bad news? It …
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Someday we may see a future similar to the one depicted in the movie “Her” in which people wear “hearable” devices that truly contain an in-ear computing platform with an advanced AI presence. Alas, Doppler Labs won’t be the company to do it: The upstart headphone company announced today that was ceasing operations. This morning a few of us here …
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Fans of Dish Network‘s hands-free channel changing ability are in luck. The satellite TV provider will now let you change the channel on all the TVs in your house using Amazon‘s digital assistant Alexa. Alexa, which is found on Echo speakers, let’s subscribers to Dish’s satellite TV service call out commands to change the channel, search for shows, as well …
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Qualcomm‘s legal feud with Apple isn’t personal — it’s strictly business. Even though the two companies are locked in a fierce battle over patents and licensing fees, the two will one day be able to mend fences and work together again, Qualcomm CEO Steve Mollenkopf said Tuesday when asked whether the relationship could be saved. “Yeah, in the end it’s …
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It’s been my dream for years: an ultrathin, light laptop I could carry anywhere — yet transform into a gaming powerhouse just by plugging it in. That’s the idea behind the $500, £500 or roughly AU$640 Razer Core, a black aluminum box that can add the power of a full desktop graphics card to the compatible laptop of your choice. …
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Pioneer and Onkyo have announced two new smart speakers with a different spin — they combine multiroom streaming audio with Amazon‘s Alexa assistant. Prices will start at $250. Ever since the first smart speaker, the Amazon Echo, was released almost three years ago this category has primarily been more concerned about the “smarts” than the speaker. The Echo, the Google …
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