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The Rise of the Swiss Army Gadget
A router that's also a speaker. A mirror that’s also a lamp. A picture frame that charges your smartphone. Welcome to the hybrid gadget revolution! It’s a little bit Swiss Army knife, a little bit Island of Doctor Moreau. Convergences have long been a staple of progress, from multitools to kitchen implements to every other As Seen on TV striver. Surely some medieval archer fashioned a backscratcher out of a bow. But over the past year or two, the combinations have come more quickly and grown both increasingly outlandish and outrageously useful. For that you can thank—or curse, depending on your tolerance for novelty—a confluence of factors.
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CES will allow sex toys at next year’s show
The Consumer Electronics Show will allow sex toys to win awards and be presented on the show floor next year, a year after the convention was mired in controversy when an award was revoked from a largely woman-run and woman-focused sex toy company.
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Mind Control for the Masses—No Implant Needed
When Sid Kouider showed up at Slush, the annual startup showcase in Helsinki, wearing an ascot cap and a device he claimed would usher in a new era of technological mind control, no one thought he was crazy. No, he was merely joining the long line of entrepreneurs (see: Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg) who believe that we will one day manage our machines with our thoughts.
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Samsung will unveil an artificial human at CES
Samsung, the same company that spent 2019 tripping over itself repeatedly in its attempts to produce a decent foldable phone that didn’t crap out after a couple days’ usage, is teasing …
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Nvidia and Asus announce a 360Hz gaming monitor designed for e-sports
When Asus first showed off a 360Hz gaming monitor last year, it was an April Fools’ prank. At CES 2020, Asus is bringing the real thing: a 24.5-inch 1080p gaming monitor that runs at 360Hz with Nvidia’s G-Sync technology. Asus is claiming this is the world’s first 360Hz gaming monitor with G-Sync, and it’s designed with e-sports and competitive gaming in mind.
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Oral-B's new AI-powered toothbrush spots all the ways you're brushing wrong
While CES is well known for showcasing the latest developments in audiovisual and computing tech, there’s always plenty of gear outside these areas on display – and even something like a toothbrush can create buzz at the annual Las Vegas trade show.
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Samsung's 'Selfie Type' could turn any surface into a smartphone keyboard
Samsung may announce a new phone keyboard at CES 2020. It isn’t physical and it isn’t on your screen. Its name is Selfie Type and it uses the Galaxy’s selfie camera plus AI to track your hands, allowing you to type on an invisible full size keyboard on any surface. It may sound like a gimmick but this may actually work great. Take a look.
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World's biggest tech event agrees to feature sex toys after outcry
For one week a year, thousands of people gather here to ponder some of life's big questions. Can robots make us feel less lonely? Have we invented enough devices to replace walking yet? Does an internet-connected vibrator count as technology? Why is Ivanka Trump here?
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Samsung's at it again and this time it stole Apple's Face ID icon
Samsung and Apple have a complicated history. But in reality, it mostly boils down to Samsung "borrowing" design language and features from Apple and then using them in its phones and tablets. Things aren't as bad as they once were, but yesterday the company showed a slide about Samsung Pass. And on that slide was Apple's Face ID icon.
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Samsung’s new Ballie robot is like a real-life mini BB-8
Today, at Samsung’s keynote at CES, Samsung introduced Ballie, a small ball-shaped robot intended to help you around the house. Samsung says Ballie utilizes AI to be a security robot, a fitness assistant, a tool to help seniors connect with smart devices in their homes, and it can even be a friend to your kids and pets.
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The Privacy Principle: Protecting Consumer Trust
“Beyond the formal legal compliance angles, the standard principle from which we at P&G make privacy decisions is, ‘How would the everyday consumer respond?’ Can we look them straight in the eye without blushing?” – Susan Shook, P&G’s Global Privacy Officer
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Google forces you to embrace Assistant to get out of its CES 2020 escape room
The search giant scaled back from last year's attraction, which was similar to "It's a Small World."
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'Extreme privilege': Ivanka Trump faces backlash over keynote speech at CES
Ivanka Trump’s appearance at a major technology conference in Las Vegas has been met with a backlash from industry figures, who denounced her “privilege” and lack of tech qualifications. Trump spoke in a keynote session on Tuesday afternoon at CES, a consumer electronics trade show, on “the path to the future of work”.
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'Reverse microwave oven' quickly cools drink cans
The device rapidly chills packaged drinks meaning they do not need to be refrigerated before use.
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The Weird, the Wacky, the Just Plain Cool: Best of CES 2020
Gadgets, gizmos, and concepts abound at CES; you probably couldn't see them all in a month even if you spent all day every day trying.
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This year’s monitors will be faster, brighter, and curvier than ever
360Hz, 1000R curvature, DisplayHDR 1400 brightness, and Mini LED
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I Rode the Manta5 Hydrofoil eBike, and it's Even More Epic Than it Looks
I took a break from the madness of the CES 2020 showfloor to test ride the Hydrofoiler XE-1: a hydrofoil ebike from New Zealand upstart Manta5. It was exactly as fun as it sounds.
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Here’s The Good News About Virtual Reality
We're only a few weeks into the new year and there's already been lots of positive news about virtual reality.
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CES 2021 in Las Vegas Canceled Over COVID-19, Consumer Electronics Show Moves to Online Format
What normally happens in Vegas each year in January won’t be in Vegas after all. CES 2021, scheduled to run Jan. 6-9, 2021, will not be held in Las Vegas, the Consumer Technology Association …
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Why CES 2021 was filled with business laptops and Chromebooks
It was a year when practical concerns overtook cool new designs, mostly.
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