Walking the floor at Eureka Park, the startup pavilion here at CES 2017, I came across this strange product: Hushme, which is billed as the “world’s first voice mask for mobile phones.” Due to hit a crowdfunding site later this year, Hushme can be worn as a standard neckband-style wireless headphone — it has integrated …
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Now playing: Watch this: CNET’s CES 2017 Robotics panel: Are they ready to help? 9:15 Robots are already changing the world. They’re going to shape it even more over the coming years (and decades), which is why we decided to gather a panel of robotics experts at CES 2017 to ask them about the past, present and future of robots. …
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If you just got a new TV, chances are good it’s a high-resolution 4K model. But the electronics industry, ever eager to get you to upgrade yet again, has laid important groundwork for televisions that quadruple the pixels of 4K. The HDMI Forum, a group of electronics companies that includes everyone from LG and Sony to Google and Netflix, has …
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One of President-elect Donald Trump’s key campaign promises could have a plot twist. During the campaign, the reality star turned politician guaranteed that the US would build a southern border wall and force Mexico to pay for it. On Friday, he changed his tune on who would be stuck with the bill. Social Cues is our look at what’s trending …
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Reviewers agree that the GeForce GTX 1080 is the fastest graphics card ever made. If you’ve got the cash, it’s the one you want for VR and PC gaming. But at a typical 10.5-inches long, you might have trouble fitting the original in a compact, living-room friendly computer. That’s what Zotac’s new mini-GeForce GTX 1080 is for. Somehow, the fine …
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LG is backing away from what made its previous top-of-the-line phone unique. The company last year launched the G5, which ventured off the beaten path of phone design: Owners could swap out its bottom “chin” for other parts that added a camera grip or a souped-up speaker. In a sea of similar-looking phones, LG hoped that its unusual approach would …
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Imagine shopping for clothes on your iPad and actually being able to feel the fabric before you make a purchase. That’s the idea at the core of Tanvas Touch — a surface haptics technology on display at CES 2017. You might be familiar with ordinary haptic feedback. Smartphones use it to help make typing on a touchscreen feel more tangible. …
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T-Mobile, the nation’s third-largest wireless provider, is setting the stage for its 2017 with yet another “Uncarrier” event — this time at CES in Las Vegas. Watch the event live in the player above, or at this link, and stay tuned for additional analysis and coverage. Stay with CNET for complete CES 2017 coverage. All the cool new gadgets at …
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T-Mobile is making the case that you should be on its unlimited data plan — even if all you do is view photos of your grandchildren. At the CES 2017 show, the nation’s third-largest carrier on Thursday introduced its “Kickback” program, designed to give customers who don’t use a lot of data a credit of $10 a month. It only …
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