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Samsung’s 2019 TVs will work with Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant

Smart speakers, such as like the Alexa-powered Amazon Echo and Google Assistant-packing Google Home, have been able to command numerous brands of TV — including LG, Sony and Vizio — for the last couple of years. Now Samsung is finally opening its own smart TV system up to the two biggest names in home voice …

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Matrix PowerWatch 2 uses solar and heat to power GPS, heart rate at CES 2019

If a Fitbit could completely be self-powered and never needed charging, I’d be a happy person. Matrix Industries’ latest fitness watch looks like the closest anyone’s ever come to making that happen. And it looks pretty good on my wrist. The Matrix PowerWatch 2, launching at CES 2019, seems to have all the features I’d want: heart rate, step counting, an …

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More screen, less body in the revamped Acer Swift 7

Acer’s ambitious Swift 7 laptop was one of my favorite laptops of 2018. Its main selling point was an amazingly thin body housing a 14-inch screen. But the world’s-thinnest-laptop Swift 7 was more than a one-trick pony: It was actually a very usable everyday laptop, with an excellent touchscreen, good touchpad, 180-degree hinge and fanless cooling. Exactly one year later, …

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Acer unveils its first AMD

Acer has been an active player on the Chromebook scene for years, and has regularly stretched the conventions of the category. In 2015, the company introduced the first Chromebook OS laptop with a 15.6-inch display — a size that has become common since. And with the new Chromebook 315, announced today at CES, Acer has another breakthrough under its proverbial belt: …

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LG at CES 2019: From rollable TVs to AI, here’s everything announced

LG’s televisions, refrigerators and more will know what you want before you do. At least, that’s the pitch for LG ThinQ, its name for an artificial intelligent system that’s supposed to make proactive recommendations based on your personal preferences, as well as offer alerts and provide tips for maintenance. “It’s AI that understands and evolves over time,” said David Vanderwaal, …

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AMD gets serious about Chromebooks at CES 2019

AMD’s early CES 2019 announcements brought us some updates on its laptop processors, which include a targeted attempt to capture some of the growing cheap Chromebook market, slightly faster mobile Ryzens and a promise to keep everyone’s AMD laptop drivers up to date with the latest zero-day game-release optimizations. Sadly, the news didn’t include the much-anticipated, high-performance 7-nanometer Navi GPUs or the …

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CES 2019: Omron HeartGuide blood pressure watch is for real

This story is part of CES, where CNET covers the latest news on the most incredible tech coming soon. After a two-year gestation period at CES, the Omron HeartGuide blood pressure watch is real. For $499 on preorder you get a watch that is a marvel of miniaturization: It contains tiny pumps and air bladders that conduct the same kind …

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CES 2019: Lunii My Fabulous Storyteller is fuel for your kid’s imagination

Imagination is a vulnerable and powerful part of being a child and one of the best ways to strengthen it is through storytelling. No pictures. No video. Simply words. But in a time when our lives revolve largely around screens, escaping them takes a lot of effort. So it’s refreshing to see the company Lunii create My Fabulous Storyteller, a …

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CES 2019: The Hupnos sleep mask claims to keep your snoring in check

The Hupnos sleep mask wants to solve your sleep problems by quieting down your snoring partner. It looks like a hybrid between a sleep mask and a scuba mask that goes over your nose to control your breathing while you sleep. The mask pairs with an app that listens to you while you sleep to determine whether or not you’re …

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Panasonic at CES 2019: Mickey Mouse

Mickey Mouse turned 90 years old in November, but the classic cartoon character has never had a theme park ride devoted to him in the empire he spawned. Until now. Mickey and Minnie Mouse’s Runaway Railway will debut at the Disney Hollywood Studios in Orlando, Florida, this fall. The entertainment giant is partnering with Panasonic for the projection technology that’ll …

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