Google’s parent company Alphabet will reportedly open its first smart city buildings in Toronto as early as 2023. Google will eventually move into the Canadian smart campus, the report said. Dan Doctoroff, founder and CEO of Alphabet subsidiary Sidewalk Labs — which focuses on innovation in urban environments — told the Collision Conference in Canada of …
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Now playing: Watch this: Casio’s Smart Outdoor Watch isn’t like the competition 0:52 We’re joining forces with Casio to bring you this awesome online sweepstakes! We will be selecting three winners, who will each receive a Casio WSD‑F20 Pro Trek Smart Watch. The lightweight, water-resistant design comes with GPS, air pressure sensors, a built-in compass and more, making it ideal …
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Make it pink. Make it blue. Or make it pink and blue stripes. With color-changing smart fabric, you can change your outfit with the press of a button on an app. Researchers at the University of Central Florida are taking wearables to the next level with a new color-changing fabric they call ChroMorphous. Controlled by an app, this battery-powered fabric …
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I don’t get to wear a hard hat to work all that often. This one has a heads-up display on the side. It reminds me of using Google Glass. Or, many other single-lens types of AR that use heads-up displays instead of any holographic effects. In essence: it feels unexciting. But it’s not designed to be wild and crazy: it’s …
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Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that’s taken over our lives. Don’t worry, FKA Twigs. HomePod will change your life. Apple/YouTube screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET Do you come home at night and stare into a gray, messy living room? Do you sometimes stay out late, drinking with lonely strangers, so that you don’t have to go …
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Some of the features of Samsung’s newest phones, the Galaxy S9 and the Galaxy S9 Plus, have left me shook. Not because of the onward march of technology but because it feels like Samsung has been spying on me. The new Galaxy phones contain Bixby Vision, a tool within the camera app that uses optical image recognition. You can turn …
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On this podcast, we talk about: New deployments of 5G wireless technology from both Sprint and T-Mobile. The Asus Zenfone 5 and 5Z, two iPhone X copycats that are half the price of their Apple inspiration. Amazon’s purchase of video-doorbell maker Ring, reportedly valued at $1 billion. Now playing: Watch this: 5G is coming sooner than you might think (The …
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No matter how often you clean your keyboard, in-between and underneath the keys are likely filthy, especially if you have pets. Flipping the keyboard upside-down and shaking probably doesn’t cut it. The best way to get underneath the edges of your keys is to use something you probably already have around your house: tape. Prepare to be disgusted. What kind …
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Three voice assistants walk into a bar and they all start talking. But the conversation never stops. Here’s how to make Siri, Alexa and Google Assistant talk to each other in an infinite loop using their respective smart speakers: the Apple HomePod, Amazon Echo and Google Home ($75 at Walmart). Let’s be real: you probably won’t have three of these …
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Select Vizio 4K TVs now work with Alexa, thanks to a SmartCast skill released today. Customers with a P-, M- or E-series SmartCast display and an Amazon smart speaker can control their TV hands-free. Turn the display on and off, adjust the volume, channel and input and even tell your Alexa speaker to pause, fast forward or rewind — all with simple …
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