The hollow ball rattled back and forth across the table between me and the robot. Sometimes I outplayed the robot. More often, the robot outsmarted me. That was at CES, a show that keeps you moving, but my heart never raced faster than when I was squaring off against Forpheus. Forpheus, made by a company …
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If you’ve just spent your hard-earned dollars on a brand-new iPhone XR, iPhone XS or Galaxy Note 9, you’ll definitely want to get a tough case to protect it against accidental drops, bumps or scratches. Just check out some of our drop tests to see what happens if you drop a phone without a case, like the iPhone XR that suffered from a cracked …
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On this podcast, we talk about: Disney’s plans for a second VR short film. The many work and companion robots shown at CES 2019. What Samsung may name its new foldable phone. Now playing: Watch this: Can Disney make VR relevant? (The 3:59, Ep. 510) 4:25 The 3:59 gives you bite-size news and analysis about the top stories of the day, …
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The cost-conscious Alcatel Onyx is coming to Cricket Wireless for $120. Going on sale Friday, the budget phone has a 5.5-inch HD+ display, dual rear cameras with portrait mode, and 32GB of internal storage. That’s double the 16GB you might find in comparison devices. The Alcatel Onyx can take portrait shots from both front and rear cameras. Angela Lang/CNET While …
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A lesser-known mobile brand is hopping on the flexible phone bandwagon — and it just stole Samsung’s thunder. Xiaomi co-founder and President Bin Lin on Wednesday shared a video on Weibo, a Chinese social media platform, that shows the company’s foldable tablet prototype that bends on both sides of the screen. “Here comes the Xiaomi double folding phone!” wrote Lin …
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A common New Year’s resolution is to quit smoking. Unfortunately for most smokers, will power is often not enough on its own. Luckily, there are any number of products ranging from gum and hypnotism to patches and e-cigarettes that try to assist. At CES 2019, a company from Lebanon named Slighter showcased its cigarette lighter that offers you a new …
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You can now use your Apple Watch or iPhone to pay at more retail locations. The Apple Pay contactless payment service is coming to Target, Taco Bell, Jack in the Box, Speedway and Hy-Vee supermarkets, Apple said Tuesday. Apple Pay is now supported in 65 percent of all retail stores in the US, the company said. “We’re thrilled even more customers will be …
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Are you ready for deep blacks on your laptop? Samsung’s almost ready to deliver them unto you. The company says it plans to enter mass production of the new 15.6-inch 4K OLED panels in mid-February, bringing wide color gamut, reasonably fast and high contrast to higher-end consumer and gaming laptops this spring, like the HP Spectre X360 15 and Razer Blade …
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The foldable screen is the new big screen. A Lenovo patent application, recently uncovered, hints at a device with a foldable screen. The invention “provides a portable information device capable of securing the appearance quality or the durability of products while having a foldable configuration,” says the patent filing, which was published in July 2018, spotted earlier by Windows Latest. …
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Happy Monday, cheeps! In honor of Martin Luther King Day, CNET is, technically, closed — but that doesn’t mean I’m going to leave you deal-less. Indeed, because of yesterday’s ah-mazing NFL playoffs, I feel obligated to bring you a similarly amazing TV deal. If those two games weren’t enough to whet your appetite for a newer, bigger screen, nothing will. For …
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