Speaker designer Andrew Jones has unveiled his latest Elac series and it is the first to incorporate the company’s iconic “Jet” folded tweeter. And based on my time with it, for such a small design it had a big, big sound. The Carina series is the step-up from the excellent Uni-Fi range and consists of …
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The new Alienware Area-51m laptop has arrived, and it’s a monster. A big reveal from Dell’s in-house gaming brand at CES 2019 had been rumored for months, and this huge 17-inch gaming system more than lives up to the hype: Dell calls it “the world’s most powerful gaming laptop,” and it’s the product of several years of design and engineering …
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CES 2019 on Tuesday officially opened its doors (after two days of major pre-announcements and ramp-ups), as tens of thousands of attendees clogged Las Vegas’s roadways or rode the monorail (What’s it called?!) to attend one of the many show venues around town. In fact, it’s not just the Las Vegas Convention Center anymore: CES now has large outposts at …
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Alienware, Dell’s in-house gaming brand, is pushing for thinner but larger gaming laptops with the new Alienware m17. An upscaled version of the recent m15, this new model adds a 17-inch screen (obviously) and Nvidia’s latest mobile GPU, which is likely going to be called the GeForce RTX 2080 Max-Q (but that’s not finalized yet). The company says this is …
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Imagine a world where the batteries on your devices quietly charge all on their own. Your Bluetooth headset. A pair of hearing aids. The smartwatch on your wrist. The phone in your pocket. At CES 2019, the dream of over-the-air wireless charging became a lot more real with WattUp, a transmitter-and-receiver technology for distance charging. “This technology will be in …
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When we met with Samsung at CES 2019, it made it clear its new Notebook 9 Pro as well as the previously announced Notebook 9 Pen are about design just as much as performance. For the Notebook 9 Pro, Samsung conducted a US-specific design study that influenced its choices on bezel design, profile taper and corner radii, a spokesman told CNET. The result is a very different design …
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The future of skincare and makeup could be brushless, if tech like the Opté Precision Skincare System catches on. This handheld device acts like a thermal inkjet printer to apply tiny dots of makeup or skincare serum with pinpoint accuracy. The Opté Precision Wand scans your face with a tiny camera at 200 frames per second and detects darkness like …
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When I first heard about the Samsung Notebook Flash, it sounded like a less expensive version of one of our favorite slim, stylish notebooks, Microsoft’s Surface Laptop. Starting at $350 (roughly £275 , AU$490), the 13.3-inch laptop is intended for students or anyone looking for a stylish, inexpensive laptop for everyday use. It’ll be available in multiple colors and the …
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“Hey Siri, stream iTunes through my hearing aid.” That’s just one of many things you can do with the ReSound Linx Quattro, the first smart hearing aid to use AI to pair with Apple’s Siri assistant. Smart hearing aids are part of a burgeoning field of gadgets set to transform the health care industry. For the Linx Quattro, that means …
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Ever played too much Pokemon Go and find yourself running out of battery juice and don’t have a power bank on you? Well, that’s set to be a thing of the past, thanks Singapore startup Shareasy, who have started up a business of renting out power banks to users around the world. Instead of handing out power banks by hand …
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