Klipsch has one of the freshest takes on what constitutes a “smart speaker” at CES 2018 with a pair of resolutely old-school tabletop systems. The Klipsch Heritage Wireless speakers The Three and The One offer the use of Google Assistant with their built-in microphone arrays. The speakers are modeled after the company’s Heritage range, which …
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It’s already hard to keep track of how many Android Wear-powered smartwatches exist in the world. Fossil Group makes many of them: Misfit, Fossil, Diesel, Michael Kors, Emporio Armani and others. Kate Spade and Skagen now join the fold, too. Continuing Android Wear’s push to fashion watch brands last year, these models seem to promise extra style over new function. …
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This would have been the perfect speaker for Kevin McCallister in “Home Alone.” The Kevin (yes, the name is an excellent ’90s throwback) is a clever little speaker designed to ward off burglars and nosey neighbours. It simulates the lights and noise of someone being at home — whether that’s the flickering blue light and noise of an action movie playing …
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Alcatel is a phonemaker that often slides under the radar, but the company has made some pretty great value handsets in the past, so we like to keep an eye on what it’s planning. Ushered into a sun-lit luxury suite at CES 2018, Alcatel didn’t share many details about its upcoming crop of new phones for the year. Rather, it …
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Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that’s taken over our lives. The Apple Store on Bahnhofstrasse in Zurich, Switzerland, was evacuated Tuesday. Apple We’ve become used to stories of phone batteries overheating and even exploding. Less common are tales of batteries causing consternation inside phone stores. However, as Reuters reports, the Apple Store on Bahnhofstrasse in …
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This is a gaming PC. Sean Hollister/CNET This is the gaming PC’s cyborg eyelid. You need to pry it open. Because… Sean Hollister/CNET …this gaming PC’s glowing eye doubles as the power button. In other words, you literally need to poke it in the eye to turn it on. I’m not sure why Zotac went this direction, but frankly, I couldn’t …
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Digital Storm’s Project Spark is a full gaming desktop you actually have room for — on your desk. Measuring 6 inches deep by 4 inches wide by 12 inches tall, it’s the boutique PC builder’s smallest desktop to date made for enthusiasts. Configurations are based on Intel’s Z370 chipset with an Nvidia GTX 1080 GPU and an Intel Core-i7 8700K processor, …
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Political pressure may have interfered with a second deal by Chinese tech giant Huawei to sell its phones in the United States, this time with Verizon Wireless. On Monday, news emerged that AT&T pulled out of a deal to sell the Huawei Mate 10 Pro, and The Information reported the deal had been a victim of congressional pressure. Now, on …
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OLED TV technology provides the best picture quality we’ve ever tested, but until now it’s been limited to 77-inch TVs and 4K resolution. A new concept set by LG Display blows through both of those barriers. It’s 88 inches — huge, with an eye-blowing 8K resolution. That’s 7,680×4,320 pixels, or four times that of 4K, and 16 times more than …
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I tried the original AirSelfie drone, a tiny flying camera that attaches to your phone case, and it wasn’t as bad as I thought it would be. But it still had some issues, including so-so image quality and poor battery life. Now we get the AirSelfie2, announced here at CES 2018, which should be significantly better. It has an upgraded …
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