CES 2019 is well and truly underway with all the world’s biggest tech brands having shown off their latest products. We’ve seen some great new products, including Lamborghini’s $30,000 massage chair, an amazing bread making “robot” and Google has its own Disneyland-style exhibition hall. Sunday CES highlights: CES 2019 is here: A cleaner litter box, …
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Google’s Chrome browser this summer will start blocking those annoying ads around the globe. Chrome will protect users from intrusive ads in any country starting on July 9, according to Google’s Chromium blog. It’s an expansion to an ad-blocking feature launched in February last year that initially focused on sites in North America and Europe. The ad-blocker is designed to dissuade publishers from …
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When I first heard about the Samsung Notebook Flash, it sounded like a less expensive version of one of our favorite slim, stylish notebooks, Microsoft’s Surface Laptop. Starting at $350 (roughly £275 , AU$490), the 13.3-inch laptop is intended for students or anyone looking for a stylish, inexpensive laptop for everyday use. It’ll be available in multiple colors and the …
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Ever played too much Pokemon Go and find yourself running out of battery juice and don’t have a power bank on you? Well, that’s set to be a thing of the past, thanks Singapore startup Shareasy, who have started up a business of renting out power banks to users around the world. Instead of handing out power banks by hand …
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The tiny right corner of your smartphone’s screen holds some valuable real estate. After all, it’s where you stare at to see if you have coverage, or whether you’re on Wi-Fi. It’s also where you can find out if you’re on 3G or 4G LTE. That little space caused a big stir after AT&T decided to add a new symbol, …
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Wireless customers are still flocking to T-Mobile. That’s the takeaway from preliminary fourth-quarter results the company announced Wednesday. The Bellevue, Washington, company said it added a total of 2.4 million customers in the fourth quarter of 2018, of which 1.4 million were so-called postpaid monthly wireless customers. These are customers who pay their bills at the end of each month …
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Keeping track of your kid’s health is a lot easier when you have a wearable electronic stethoscope, and the AireSone Junior is exactly that. Shaped like a button, it slots into a cover designed to appeal to kids 3-years-old and above with a cutesy design such as a bear, an owl or a frog. You can then attach the AireSone …
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Flaunting giant anime eyes and a sleek design reminiscent of Eva from Wall-E, Kiki is an AI-powered pet robot making its CES 2019 debut. Created by Zoetic, a company based in Santa Clara, California, Kiki is a companionship robot meant to offer its owners company and friendship. Now playing: Watch this: Kiki is a hungry, dancing pet robot debuting at …
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Dell kicked off its press conference at CES 2019 touting its position as the largest PC company, at least in terms of revenue. But it proved the point more literally when it introduced the Alienware Area-51m — an enormous 17-inch gaming system that the company calls “the world’s most powerful gaming laptop.” Other noteworthy announcements included the new XPS 13, the Inspiron Black Edition, new Latitude …
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In January 2013, I used an Oculus Rift development kit for the first time. It felt like someone had traveled back in time and given me the keys to the future. Back then I expected virtual reality headsets would be as common as mobile phones within six years. I expected the technology would evolve so rapidly we couldn’t keep up. …
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