USB is getting more power — the kind that’s measured in watts and that’s useful for charging phones and laptops — and the companies behind it are trying to make that power easier to use. At the CES tech show, the consortium in charge of USB announced work to ensure USB gets better at fast …
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Sanho has a made something of a name for itself with its Hyper line of dongles that restore useful ports that USB-C can displace from laptops. Now it has a new trick: wireless charging. The newest HyperDrive adapter, which debuted Monday at CES, combines eight ports with the Qi wireless charging standard that will let you plop on an Apple iPhone …
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Three 27-inch monitors offer a broader field of view than a single 34-inch curved one, and while you soon learn to tune out the vertical black seams in the multiple-monitor setup, wouldn’t it be cooler to not suffer them at all? Asus Asus thinks so. At CES 2018, the company debuted a kit that you attach on the screens’ seams, …
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Wearable tech is growing like crazy, and French company E-vone is joining the rat race with a smart shoe that features fall detection designed for older adults, workers and travelers. Available in several sneaker, hiking boot and work boot variations, E-vone uses a device in the sole of the shoe to detect falling or abnormal movement. Alert messages are then …
Read More »OLED TVs to InstaView ThinQ fridge: Everything LG showed at CES
LG’s press conference at the annual CES trade show in Las Vegas on Monday was packed with artificial intelligence, robots, smart appliances and TVs. The company made it clear that one of its goals is to make your home appliances and gadgets smarter, though there were some hiccups. Here’s what the electronics giant unveiled: AI took center stage. LG unveiled …
Read More »Rokid Glass promises AI and voice in AR smartglasses at CES
How do you interact with a pair of augmented-reality smartglasses? Maybe with your hands or a controller or a touchpad? Rokid, a Chinese company that’s developed voice assistant-based products, believes the answer is voice. Last year, Rokid unveiled a little Amazon Echo-alike called the Rokid Pebble at CES, which used an AI called Melody to attempt to one-up Amazon Alexa and …
Read More »Everything Panasonic announced at CES, from turntables and camcorders
Panasonic wants to be everywhere. Marking the company’s 100th anniversary, Panasonic at CES 2018 ran through a wide range of areas in tech where it wants to make inroads, including highways, cities, cars and of course, your living room. “We can take pride in our ability to help consumers with their needs of today and tomorrow,” said Panasonic Canada President Michael Moskowitz …
Read More »iHeartRadio unveils Facebook, Samsung Bixby support at CES 2018
iHeartRadio has gone to bot. The streaming music service unleashed a slew of product integrations announcements at CES Monday. Listeners will be able to access iHeartRadio through its first bot, a helper on Facebook Messenger; and Garmin’s GPS running watch Forerunner 645 Music. iHeartRadio, the digital arm of traditional radio giant iHeartMedia, has been extending itself deeper into technologies after …
Read More »CES 2018: GeForce Now made this $200 laptop into a gaming PC
This is a $200 laptop. The HP Stream, to be exact. And take our word for it — this computer’s lowly Intel Celeron processor couldn’t possibly play most modern video games. There’s no discrete graphics chip, and barely enough storage (generally 32GB) to install a single title. But watch this: Gaming on a $200 laptop? That’s the power of game …
Read More »Foreo UFO wants your face to glow up and ditch the sheet mask
Foreo, the makers of the beloved and popular Luna face brush, is looking to revolutionize the face mask industry. Today the company announced the Foreo UFO, the “first smart mask treatment.” The device offers 90-second facial treatments that combine LED light therapy, thermo-therapy and T-Sonic pulsations. It’s used in conjunction with specific UFO-Activated smart mask treatments. At the time of …
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