Throughout the years that I’ve written about the potential health hazards of cell phone radiation, I’ve seen a lot of products promise protection from the radiofrequency (RF) signals that our wireless devices emit. They’ve ranged from the useless gold-lined radiation “shields” to Pong’s more respectable line of phones cases that promise to refocus RF energy away from your …
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When Dell initially launched its budget and relatively low-key (for a gaming system) Inspiron Gaming Desktop, it was limited to AMD processors and maxed out at an Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 graphics card. For 2018, Dell has expanded the power potential of the system with the ability to configure it with up to an 8th-generation six-core Core i7-8700 and Nvidia …
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Dell unveiled “the world’s most compact Thunderbolt 3 storage device” at CES in Las Vegas. The Dell Portable Thunderbolt 3 SSD goes on sale February 28 with the 500GB model going for $439 and the 1TB model for $799. The drive is very compact, at only 16mm thick. It’s fast, with transfer speeds up to 2,650MBps, and it has no …
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A lot more people have had their eyes opened to wireless charging pads thanks to the latest Apple iPhones (and a couple of generations of high-end Android phones before that). PC and accessory maker Razer wants to broaden the definition even more, with a new battery-free wireless gaming mouse that pulls its power from a special mousepad. The new HyperFlux …
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Wonder Woman is coming to the US — not to fight for justice, but to sell phones. Samsung competitor Huawei has just named “Wonder Woman” actress Gal Gadot its official brand ambassador in the US, in the hopes that Gadot’s popularity and backing will put the world’s third-largest phonemaker on the national stage for the first time in years. For …
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When you roll your future TV out of sight into a little box, thank LG Display. The leader in big-screen OLED manufacturing, not satisfied to debut the first 88-inch 8K OLED TV, showed off another world’s first at CES: a 65-inch 4K OLED display that’s, get this, rollable. Although some concept big-screen TVs shown at past CES shows have been …
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The Blackberry Key2 has been officially revealed. And yes, it has a physical keyboard. I miss the resiliency of old-school BlackBerry phones. My old BlackBerry 6220, complete with a track wheel and dorky holster, was built like a tank. I dropped it. I flung it in anger. When I was bored, I tried juggling it (and I’m a terrible juggler). It still …
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Sony is no stranger to expensive ultra-short-throw projectors, but its latest example, the LSPX-A1, strives to be different. It’s designed to look like a stylish credenza or side table. The top is artificial marble, the frame is finished in half-mirror aluminum and there’s a wooden shelf below. Turned off, it would blend into a modernist living room seamlessly. Now playing: …
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At CES 2018, it’s clear technology is expanding health care beyond the doctor’s office. A world of connected devices can track your vital signs, take an EKG or monitor your exposure to UV rays. That data might lead to guidance for patients trying to build up healthy habits, or to insights that help doctors do their jobs. But there’s such …
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Why would anyone want a modular smartwatch? Well, maybe the better question is: Who could use a modular smartwatch? A concept kicking around for years has enterprise and developers in its sights. And maybe that’s where this idea could work. Blocks, a gadget concept, has been crowdfunding and pitching its idea for years. The watch is like one of those …
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