After reporting record profit in the third quarter, Samsung expects a dramatic decline in its fourth-quarter profit due to lackluster demand for chips and intensifying competition in the smartphone market. The South Korean electronics giant said Monday it expects to record an operating profit for the three-month period ended Dec. 31 of around 10.8 trillion …
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Hisense, one of the TV brands in domestic China, is a less-familiar name to Americans than even TCL, a fellow Chinese brand that has become increasingly successful in the US. For its 2019 lineup, Hisense is taking a page from TCL by improving the picture quality of some of the most popular kinds of TVs: those that use Roku’s operating system. It …
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T-Mobile says it’s met an important milestone in 5G testing with the completion of its first 5G video call and data session using multiple wireless spectrum bands. At CES 2019 in Las Vegas, the company and partners Ericsson and Intel finished a live test of its commercial network in which it completed a video call using 5G technology over its commercial wireless …
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Sporting a three-axis gimbal and an AI-powered director, the Obsbot Tail makes it easy for you to shoot your own videos without needing another person to help out with the camera. The clever AI always keeps you in frame, rotating the camera even as you move around. It also understands gestures, so you can easily start or stop a shoot …
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TCL is best known for its budget TVs, but the company is hoping to catch the imagination of millenials in particular with a range of headphones at CES 2019. The company has announced five new series of headphones which cover everything from the youth market to the audiophile sector. The headphones are: the SOCL in-ears, the MTRO in/on-ears, the ACTV …
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Nuvyyo has announced the latest version of its OTA DVR, the Tablo Quad, which includes four HD tuners as well as a new commercial auto-skip feature. The Tablo Quad is a streaming DVR, as opposed to a set-top box, and users connect an external antenna to it and store or watch shows via a series of apps over the internet. …
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Every so often someone asks me what headphones they can use while swimming. The small list of viable options is about to get bigger with the arrival here at CES of the AfterShokz Xtrainerz (pronounced cross trainers) MP3 headphones. They use bone-conduction technology to transmit sound to your ears through your cheekbones. They’ll ship this spring and will cost $150, …
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Designers of a new app want to make monitoring your blood pressure more accessible, practical and comfortable, without you having to visit a doctor or use a machine in the store pharmacy. Swiss startup Biospectal and its app, of the same name, wants to combat the global epidemic of hypertension. According to the company’s CEO Eliott Jones, more than 1.6 …
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“Alexa, go next door and check if I left my glasses by the bed.” This is just one of many potential tasks a robot with both Amazon’s virtual assistant and autonomous navigation skills could take on in your home. It sounds appealing, right? Robotics company Robotemi announced at CES on Monday that it’s bringing Alexa to its Temi robot, which …
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Lenovo is kicking off CES 2019 with a round of mostly incremental updates to its tried-and-true lineup of ThinkPad business laptops and accessories. On Monday, the company announced new versions of the crown jewels of its ultraportable laptop portfolio — the ThinkPad X1 Carbon and its convertible counterpart, the ThinkPad X1 Yoga. The 2018 edition of the ThinkPad X1 Yoga …
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