On this podcast, we talk about: An early look at Samsung’s new foldable phone. CNET’s review of the Facebook Portal smart display. A look at the new Huawei Mate 20 Pro phone, which isn’t available in the US. Now playing: Watch this: Are you Excited or disappointed with Samsung’s foldable… 4:57 The 3:59 gives you …
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There’s a big rivalry inside the slim chassis of Apple’s newest MacBook Air. The laptop’s two ports serve double duty, working as both industry-standard USB-C inputs and Intel’s proprietary Thunderbolt alternative to connect devices like monitors, cameras and external hard drives. (Apple calls them Thunderbolt ports, adding to the confusion.) Intel is heavily pushing the higher-speed Thunderbolt, but it’s not …
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Samsung has created smart TV software you can control with your brainwaves. The research, called Project Pontis, aims to make Samsung’s televisions more accessible for people with physical disabilities like quadriplegia. The company wants to enable “users with physical limitations to change channels and adjust sound volume with their brains.” Now playing: Watch this: Samsung’s smart TV software is controlled …
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Yesterday, we got a foldable phone. But Samsung’s Developer Conference is only half over. In addition to the very intriguing foldable Infinity Flex Display, the Korean electronics giant gave a big shot in the arm to Bixby, its voice assistant competitor to the likes of Alexa, Google Assistant and Siri. It opened Bixby up to third-party developers (the core audience at its …
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There’s been a lot of talk about foldable smartphones. Most of these rumors have centered around phone-makers developing the technology — like Samsung, Huawei and Apple. But now another major player has gone on the record to share its plans: Google’s Android. At the Android Dev Summit on Wednesday, Android announced that it’s officially adding support for foldable devices. We just …
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Samsung’s trying to make it easier to use its smartphones by redesigning the software running on them. The company on Wednesday unveiled its new One UI user interface. It will roll the software out to the Galaxy S9, S9 Plus and Note 9 in January — and the interface will be on the upcoming foldable phone that Samsung showed for …
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Suffering from election fatigue? Election stress? Election sadness? Apps to the rescue. If you need help calming down, these apps could help lift your spirits, or at least help you temporarily forget about the results. Breathe2Relax Relaxation might be just a few breaths away. Breathe2Relax If you’re seriously stressed, to the point where you feel actual panic (or something close …
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Samsung offered a first look at its concept foldable phone. But if you blinked or looked away, you might have missed it. The foldable phone, easily the biggest reason people tuned into the company’s annual developer conference, showed up courtesy of Samsung executive Justin Denision, who pulled the device out of his jacket pocket and unfolded it. The stage lights …
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Samsung’s Bixby digital assistant is getting a boost in capabilities — but the question is whether it’s too late. The South Korean company on Wednesday will kick off its two-day developer conference in San Francisco, an annual event that reflects the company’s big push to get developers to make software specifically for its devices. In the past, that’s meant making …
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Here’s the short version of my usually long-winded pitch for this kind of product: Got a TV? Get a sound bar. Seriously, you will not be sorry. Your ears will be so grateful that your fingers will find themselves tapping out a thank-you note. (Well, if you must — find me on Facebook or Twitter.) Here’s what I dislike about …
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