Are you going to buy a virtual reality headset? Seriously. Are you? I’m not the only one who wants to know. The VR industry is having an awkward moment. Though headset makers have spent years and billions of dollars promising world-changing technology, relatively few of us have actually lined up to buy them. That sales …
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Eleven years after Sony put the adorable robotic dog Aibo to sleep, everyone’s favorite electronic pooch is back. Aibo will return by the middle of 2018 as a household robot equipped with AI and internet connectivity, according a report in Nikkei Asian Review on Sunday. The mobile robot will be designed to control household appliances via voice control as part …
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People don’t think about us so much since we stopped featuring sexy women eating our big, fat burgers sexily. I know. But what are you going to do? Everything’s so PC these days. How about we give up? We’re marketing people. We never give up. No, give up the company and make money. How about we beg Amazon to buy …
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Though Apple and Android fanboys and girls will scratch each other’s eyes out arguing over which phones have the best technology, when it’s time to trade in your old phone, there’s still only one clear winner. That’s something to consider when investing in your next phone. The glory days of the wireless carrier subsidies are long gone, which means people …
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Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that’s taken over our lives. Enlarge Image Once upon a time, there was a world beyond the screen … Getty Images Taking responsibility for what you’ve gone and done is hard. Especially when you’re in the tech industry and insist you’re making the world a better place. Yet some, at …
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Now playing: Watch this: Project Loon headed to help Puerto Rico 1:16 Enlarge Image That’s not a balloon. It’s a cell tower. Alphabet It looks like Project Loon will be sending balloons to Puerto Rico to help the hurricane-ravaged island re-establish phone service. In two tweets Friday, Matthew Berry, chief of staff of the US Federal Communications Commission, said the …
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Apple‘s new phone software means your photos take up half the space they used to, and that’s great. But it also can bring some complications. Good news: New tools are emerging to help you avoid the hassles — and to take better advantage of the change. The new photo compression technology comes with the HEIC image format Apple built into …
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A couple months back, Virgin Mobile made headlines with its new “Inner Circle” plan: Buy or bring an iPhone and get one year of unlimited service for $1. Alas, that offer has expired, but you can still join the Inner Circle for cheap: It’s now $1 per month for the first six months. However, there’s the same small catch: If …
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Trying to get tickets for a sell-out production at London’s National Theatre is difficult enough at the best of times, but if you’re hard of hearing, it’s trickier still. Not only must you book tickets for one of a small handful of “captioned” shows, but you must also try to secure the seats in the part of the auditorium that …
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Sure, the new Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL don’t have headphone jacks. But their USB-C charging and data port might be more versatile than most. According to Google engineer Benson Leung — the man who’s been saving us from crappy USB-C cables, by the way — the new Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL phones support up to 27-watt …
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