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 …
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The dazzling, candy-apple Product Red iPhone 8 phones are now on sale. You could say that the timing is brilliant, revving up iPhone sales six months after the iPhone 8, 8 Plus and iPhone X first came on the market. Apple wants a second hit on an “older” phone. But I think Apple and other phone makers are going about its …
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Chinese phone maker Huawei may be gunning for the “world’s first” foldable smartphone. The company reportedly plans to announce its foldable phone in November this year, according to Korean news outlet ETNews (via PhoneArena). Enlarge Image The foldable Huawei phone will reportedly use flexible displays from LG Display. LG Display If the concept of a folding smartphone that could double …
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LG will officially unveil its LG G7 ThinQ phone on May 2, but hardware specs are already pouring in. According to internal documents Android Headlines said it was able to obtain and verify, the LG G7 will have a notch screen design that you can toggle off if you don’t like it, two 16-megapixel cameras on the back and AI software said …
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The successor to the LG G6 is just around the corner, and it’s officially called the LG G7 ThinQ. The May 2 event is happening in both New York and Seoul (on May 2 in NY and May 3 in Seoul). LG’s phones have shifted to include ThinQ branding to reflect LG’s big initiative to link all its products together …
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Sony, LG, Samsung and even TCL are now putting one of my favorite picture-enhancing technologies — full array local dimming — into their highest-end LCD TVs. But nobody does local dimming like Vizio. The US company’s onslaught of 2018 TVs, spread across five series and 19 models announced on Tuesday, includes a whopping 13 with full array local dimming (FALD). No …
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The smartphone business may not have peaked after all. Smartphone sales fell year over year for the first time in the fourth quarter, leading industry watchers to ponder if it had passed its prime. It’s a lot harder to get excited about phones nowadays, with each subsequent version coming with a slight tweak to design and better internal specs. But, …
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It’s just before sunset and I’m cruising across San Francisco Bay on a ferry. As I pass Alcatraz Island, the sun is melting into the Pacific behind the Golden Gate Bridge, like a ball kicked through the uprights at a football ball game for an extra point. It’s a jaw-dropping moment so I quickly grab my Samsung Galaxy Note 8, …
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If you hate a phone with a screen notch, another alternative just bit the dust. The OnePlus 6 will have a notch. Yep, that’s a notch. OnePlus But if you’re worried that the screen cutout will be as noticeable on the OnePlus 6 as it is on the iPhone X, you can relax a little bit. OnePlus co-founder Carl Pei said …
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Best Buy is in the midst of a one-day flash sale featuring some pretty sweet discounts. Until 7:59 p.m. PT (10:59 p.m. ET) tonight, the retailer is offering aggressive pricing on a range of products including laptops, HDTVs, headphones, vacuums and more from brands including Apple, Bose, Dell and Beats by Dre. In many cases, we haven’t seen these kinds of …
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