Sometimes all you need is a little friend. That’s where Yukai’s Bocco Emo, an updated version of the original Bocco robot, comes in. Meant to offer companionship for children and senior citizens while also keeping tabs around the house, the Bocco Emo robot arrived at CES 2019 and includes more empathetic features than its predecessor. …
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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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With the upgrade to the Tile Mate and Tile Pro, the company is addressing a big complaint about its older smart trackers. Tile has improved its smart tracking tags by making the batteries replaceable, increasing the Bluetooth range, bumping up the volume and adding a new Tile Premium subscription that provides extra services. Earlier versions of the trackers didn’t have replaceable …
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Samsung’s making another big bet on artificial intelligence. The company on Wednesday said its Silicon Valley-based Samsung NEXT business has launched a new fund to invest in early-stage startups “solving AI problems, as well as those using AI to solve computer science problems.” The Q Fund doesn’t have a cap, but it falls under Samsung NEXT’s overall $150 million investment …
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Samsung wants you to forget about OLED and go for the Q instead. The company on Wednesday took the wraps off its 2018 lineup of higher-end QLED TVs, providing more details on new features and specific models that were absent from its CES announcements in January. The biggest news for video quality fans is the confirmation that the two highest-end …
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For anyone who’s ever watched a Samsung press conference at CES, this year felt different. To some, that might mean boring. There wasn’t quite the wow factor we’ve seen before. No moving wall dramatically parted to reveal a massive TV, and shiny refrigerators didn’t miraculously appear on stage. There weren’t any celebrities to talk about how much they adore Samsung …
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Samsung’s 2018 CES press conference looked different from years past. For one, instead of touting the bells and whistles of new TVs, refrigerators and other electronics, it focused more on how Samsung’s devices fit into what it calls the “intelligence of things” — everything with smarts. CES is critical for Samsung this year as the Korean company tries to show it’s …
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While pretty much every TV maker is working with Amazon or Google (or both) to add voice capabilities, Samsung is sticking it out alone with Bixby. Samsung’s digital assistant, already available on its phones, will appear on its 2018 TVs too. The company promised as much earlier in the month, but confirmed new details on Sunday at its CES TV …
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Your appliances are about to get a lot smarter. Samsung on Wednesday said the second generation of its Bixby digital assistant will be coming to its various non-mobile devices including its smart TVs in the US and Korea in 2018, as well as its Family Hub refrigerator. The company also announced a new SDK for developers to make apps that …
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Owners of Nvidia Shield, get ready to hear it talk back to you for the first time. Nvidia’s streaming/gaming geek dream box is the first TV device to receive Google Assistant, Google’s voice-based answer to Amazon’s Alexa. Just like on select phones and the Google Home speaker, now you can say “OK Google” or “Hey Google” into thin air and watch …
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