Comcast Xfinity in September acquired Stringify, a cloud-based internet-of-things service provider with more than 500 products compatible with its app. Comcast Xfinity announced Wednesday here at CES that the company is bringing the technology behind Stringify to the Xfinity line of services including X1 TV and voice remote, xFi Wi-Fi, Xfinity Home, and Xfinity Mobile. …
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We’re deep into CES now and CNET’s programming continues, live from our dedicated stage in the South Hall of the Las Vegas Convention Center. A quick overview of the planned schedule is below (all times are Pacific), and you can watch the full day’s worth of programming in the window above. 9:00 a.m. The 3:59 Show 9:30 a.m. Samsung’s Alana …
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Anyone with a phone invariably has accessories — battery packs and wireless headphones, to start. And your average family kitchen has become a charging nexus, with everyone fighting over those one or two free outlets. But the default design for most chargers is still just a single USB-A port. It just doesn’t make sense. That’s where iOttie’s newest chargers are …
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Forget Spectre: Intel wants to bring back the art of the spectacle. The tech giant tried to forget its high-profile security dramas by staging a glittering drone light show over the fountains of the Bellagio in Las Vegas on Tuesday. It was all in the name of CES, the world’s biggest tech conference, which is taking place across the city …
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In the media circles swirling at CES 2018, the figure $8 billion gets thrown around a lot, but Hulu isn’t buying into the hype. Rival Netflix is spending at a breakneck pace — a new high of $8 billion this year — to both create and license the shows and movies that will fuel your watercooler talk and suck …
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You’ve probably never heard of Oska Wellness, but it’s a startup that makes the Oska Pulse ($399), a Pulsed Electromagnetic Field (PEMF) device that’s designed to help alleviate chronic muscle pain by increasing blood flow to impacted areas of your body. Now the device is getting an app, Oska Pulse Active, that tracks your pain relief progress. The app will also …
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For anyone who’s ever watched a Samsung press conference at CES, this year felt different. To some, that might mean boring. There wasn’t quite the wow factor we’ve seen before. No moving wall dramatically parted to reveal a massive TV, and shiny refrigerators didn’t miraculously appear on stage. There weren’t any celebrities to talk about how much they adore Samsung …
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Like a lot of us here at CES this week, my diet of fried finger food and coffee leaves a lot to be desired. Doing laps on the convention center floor and chasing stories up and down the Las Vegas Strip certainly helps — but if I wanted to crank that exercise regimen up to the max, I might consider …
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I’m in a little Blade Runner world. Rain’s falling, at least as far as I remember. I see a noodle shop in the dystopia. I lean forward to the man behind the counter, the world getting closer to me, and suddenly my chest pops in pain: In real life, I’m seated in a Las Vegas conference room and I’ve just …
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AT&T hopes to get you out of gridlock. Managing traffic flow, locating open parking spots and seeing whether bridges are structurally sound are some of the potential benefits from AT&T’s latest push to power the smart city. On Tuesday, the company showed off a new structure-monitoring program for US railways and roadways. In addition, the Dallas-based company offered an update …
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