It’s been 16 months since the debut of the Google Home, and today the smart speaker finally arrives in Southeast Asia. But it’s only in one country for now: Singapore. Alongside the Google Home Mini, the Google Home speaker will be sold online and through retail stores across the island state. There’s no word yet …
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When ESPN+ launched last week it was missing the ace of the streaming hardware rotation: Roku. Now Roku, the most popular streaming platform and a CNET favorite, has an updated ESPN app that includes a section dedicated to ESPN+. That brings ESPN’s new subscription service to all major streaming platforms, including Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV and Chromecast, as well as phones …
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Virtual reality systems like the HTC Vive and Oculus Rift are so immersive that they require digital barriers so you don’t run into a real wall in the middle of an intense game. But there’s nothing stopping an attacker from changing what you see in VR, according to researchers from the University of New Haven in Connecticut. The researchers found …
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There’s even more evidence piling up that the upcoming LG G7 ThinQ phone will have a notch. Frequent mobile tipster Evan Blass late on Monday tweeted an image of the upcoming LG G7 ThinQ that looks like an ad or promotional render. The picture gives a clear view of the front of the phone, showing off details like the large screen, …
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Even Samsung may not be safe from the controversial notch. Samsung filed a patent application (PDF) with Chinese patent organization SIPO that shows off a few different phone designs each with a notch above the phone’s screen. The patent application was filed on March 30 and spotted on Monday by Dutch phone blog Mobielkopen. The phone in the patent application looks …
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Philo, a fledgling skinny-bundle TV streaming service, is taking two steps closer to its big-league competitors. The live-TV streaming company will work on Apple TV and Amazon Fire TV devices this summer, CEO Andrew McCollum said last week. An Android mobile app is next on the roadmap. When Philo launched in November, the TV streaming service worked on Roku, on …
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Fitbit OS, the operating system you’ll find on the Fitbit Ionic or Fitbit Versa watches from the wearable company, is capable of running apps. Apps are new territory for Fitbit, with the acquisition of Pebble being the driving force behind Fitbit OS and the app store. While the app store isn’t all that crowded right now, there are a handful …
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You’ve likely seen artificial intelligence technology spread into apps, devices and services, doing things like recognizing your friends’ faces in photos and endowing smart speakers with human-sounding voices. Well, good news: The processor industry has noticed, too. That means we’ll see a slew of new chips that should speed up AI tasks not just on your phone or laptop but …
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We’ve briefly touched on Android 8.0 Oreo’s autofill feature in the past, but with Google recently highlighting the feature, we decided now would be an opportune time to take a better look at it. Naturally, the autofill will only show up for those with a device running Android 8.0 Oreo and above. Now playing: Watch this: Android Oreo has arrived …
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A few days ago we reported on how Gmail was about to get a big makeover. “We’re working on some major updates to Gmail (they’re still in draft phase),” a Google representative said in an email. “We need a bit more time to compose ourselves, so can’t share anything yet — archive this for now, and we’ll let you know when …
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