Square unveils the Square Terminal, designed to replace old keypad credit card machines
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Square unveils the Square Terminal, designed to replace old keypad credit card machines

Square is launching a new piece of hardware today — the Square Terminal. As explained to me by the company’s Head of Hardware Jesse Dorogusker, the Terminal fills…

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Alexa’s new Whisper Mode goes live
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Alexa’s new Whisper Mode goes live

At Amazon’s Alexa event last month in Seattle, the company teased a new feature soon coming to its voice assistant: the ability to whisper. The company demonstrated how…

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Apple’s holding another big event October 30
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Apple’s holding another big event October 30

And here you thought hardware season was over. A month and a half after its last major event, Apple’s throwing a big party in Brooklyn on October 30.…

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Essential lays off nearly one-third of its staff
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Essential lays off nearly one-third of its staff

Layoffs are never an easy pill to swallow, but for Essential, it seems the writing was on the wall for a while with this one. After months of…

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MIT researchers say memory splitting breakthrough could prevent another Meltdown or Spectre
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MIT researchers say memory splitting breakthrough could prevent another Meltdown or Spectre

Virtually every modern computer processor was thrown under the bus earlier this year when researchers found a fundamental design weakness in Intel, AMD and ARM chips, making it…

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Gillette partners with Formlabs to 3D print razor handles
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Gillette partners with Formlabs to 3D print razor handles

3D printing for manufacturing is one of those things that gets talked about a lot, but we’ve yet to see a lot of truly mainstream applications for the…

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Huawei’s new phone can wirelessly charge the competition
17th October 2018
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Huawei’s new phone can wirelessly charge the competition

Make no mistake, Huawei’s going after the big dogs here. The company’s taken a Samsung-esque approach to the world of flagship smartphones with a beast of a handset…

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With Watch GT, Huawei ditches Google for its own OS
17th October 2018
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With Watch GT, Huawei ditches Google for its own OS

LG’s strange new hybrid Watch W7 marked a small but important victory for Wear OS. But this morning in London, Google lost a key ally in the smartwatch…

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Medical device maker Medtronic finally fixes its hackable pacemaker
17th October 2018
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Medical device maker Medtronic finally fixes its hackable pacemaker

Medtronic, a maker of medical devices and implants, has pulled the plug on its internet-based software update system, which security researchers had found had a dangerous security vulnerability…

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Palm returns as an ‘ultra-mobile’ smartphone
16th October 2018
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Palm returns as an ‘ultra-mobile’ smartphone

I shared images I shot of the Palm device with a few co-workers ahead of this morning’s unveiling, and they were downright giddy. The new “ultra-mobile” device (a…

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Google Pixel 3 XL review
16th October 2018
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Google Pixel 3 XL review

The smartphone arms race isn’t always pretty. The knock-down, drag-out fight between Apple and Samsung in particular has given rise to some nasty lawsuits and wincing commercials year…

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IoT company Smartfrog takes controlling interest in Canary
16th October 2018
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IoT company Smartfrog takes controlling interest in Canary

Things have been pretty quiet on the Canary front. In January at CES, the New York-based smart security startup released a stripped-down version of it its flagship camera.…

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Google unveils the Pixel 3 XL, with a 6.3-inch screen and an $899 price tag
15th October 2018
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Google unveils the Pixel 3 XL, with a 6.3-inch screen and an $899 price tag

As part of this morning’s official unveiling of the Pixel 3, Google also announced its larger sibling, the Pixel 3 XL. The news wasn’t a surprise, given the…

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Google Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL up close and hands-on
15th October 2018
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Google Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL up close and hands-on

“So you think you know,” Google teased via Twitter in the lead up today’s event. “Tune in tomorrow to see for yourself.” Turns out we were right. We…

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Google’s Chromecast gets a refresh with support for faster Wi-Fi
14th October 2018
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Google’s Chromecast gets a refresh with support for faster Wi-Fi

Google’s next-generation Chromecast device launched today – something that came as no surprise, given that Best Buy accidentally sold one to an in-store customer last month. The new…

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Make your own phone with MakerPhone (some soldering required)
14th October 2018
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Make your own phone with MakerPhone (some soldering required)

There’s no shortage of interesting electronics kits out there to occupy an idle Sunday, but with this one you get a phone out of the bargain. The MakerPhone…

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A fictional Facebook Portal videochat with Mark Zuckerberg
14th October 2018
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A fictional Facebook Portal videochat with Mark Zuckerberg

TechCrunch: Hey Portal, dial Mark Portal: Do you mean Mark Zuckerberg? TC: Yes Portal: Dialling Mark… TC: Hi Mark! Nice choice of grey t-shirt. MZ: Uh, new phone…

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Google partners with tech retailer b8ta to let people demo smart home products
13th October 2018
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Google partners with tech retailer b8ta to let people demo smart home products

Try before you buy is the new name of the game. With items costing upwards of $100, people want to know what they’re getting themselves into before they…

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Google Home Hub up close and hands on
13th October 2018
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Google Home Hub up close and hands on

While the rumors and leaks didn’t leave much to the imagination ahead of today’s event, I will admit to being a bit surprised by the shape Google’s Home…

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Google’s Pixel 3 vs Apple’s iPhone XS: How do they stack up?
13th October 2018
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Google’s Pixel 3 vs Apple’s iPhone XS: How do they stack up?

So you need a new phone do ya? Well, as is the case each year, there are some hot new pieces of metal and glass out there from…

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Google Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL
12th October 2018
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Google Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL

The Pixel 3 features a 5.5-inch edge-to-edge OLED display, while the larger model has a 6.3-inch display. Both models come with 64 and 128GB of storage and 4GB…

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Dyson’s got a $500 air-powered curling iron
12th October 2018
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Dyson’s got a $500 air-powered curling iron

Moving air — that’s the through line across most of Dyson’s products. The vacuums, fans, hand dryers, hair driers — at their heart, they all the do the…

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Grado takes the wraps off their first pair of wireless headphones
12th October 2018
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Grado takes the wraps off their first pair of wireless headphones

Legacy open-backed headphone maker Grado is taking their classic design into the future with the small Brooklyn company’s first pair of wireless headphones. The GW100s have a familiar look,…

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Alexa can now reserve conference rooms
11th October 2018
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Alexa can now reserve conference rooms

Amazon is debuting a new feature that will allow businesses to use Alexa for booking conference rooms. The addition is part of the Alexa for Business platform, and…

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The Luna wireless portable iPad display adapter is now available for $80
11th October 2018
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The Luna wireless portable iPad display adapter is now available for $80

For a few, Luna Display feels like a game changer. I certainly got that feeling testing the tiny red dongle this week. The device’s promise is similar to…

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Razer soups up its gaming smartphone
11th October 2018
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Razer soups up its gaming smartphone

Razer is quick to refute any suggestions that its second phone is little more than an iterative update. Sure, the thing looks remarkably identical to its predecessor from…

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Turn your Google Home Mini into Google Home Mickey
10th October 2018
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Turn your Google Home Mini into Google Home Mickey

Behold, the Google Home Mickey. It’s an official collaboration with Google and Disney that OtterBox is selling for $20. The base props up Google’s best-selling smart speaker and…

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Hands-on with Google’s Pixel Slate
10th October 2018
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Hands-on with Google’s Pixel Slate

Google unveiled a new lineup of devices today, including the Pixel Slate, a tablet that the company described as the next evolution of Chrome OS — but could…

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Google Pixel’s product directors on single cameras and notches
10th October 2018
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Google Pixel’s product directors on single cameras and notches

Google hardware launches are never spec-fests. The search giant would rather just sit on the sideline while companies like Apple and Samsung battle it out on that front.…

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Facebook launches Portal auto-zooming video chat screens for $199/$349
9th October 2018
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Facebook launches Portal auto-zooming video chat screens for $199/$349

Facebook’s first hardware product combines Alexa (and eventually Google Assistant) with a countertop video chat screen that zooms to always keep you in frame. Yet the fancy gadget’s…

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Facebook tries its hand at hardware with Portal
9th October 2018
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Facebook tries its hand at hardware with Portal

Portal is not Facebook’s Echo Show. Call it a case of convergent evolution, wherein two companies arrived at similar looking products after approaching hardware from different angles. The…

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Microsoft announces the Surface Laptop 2
8th October 2018
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Microsoft announces the Surface Laptop 2

Another bit of expected news at today’s big Microsoft event. Here’s the latest version of the Surface Laptop. Once again, not a lot of changes on the outside…

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This is Microsoft’s Surface Studio 2
8th October 2018
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This is Microsoft’s Surface Studio 2

One last piece of hardware from today’s Microsoft event. The company issued an update to what is arguably the most compelling member of the Surface family. The company’s…

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Marshall’s Kilburn II is a ruggedly handsome Bluetooth speaker
8th October 2018
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Marshall’s Kilburn II is a ruggedly handsome Bluetooth speaker

Marshall hasn’t been been shy about capitalizing on its legacy. The legendary English amplifier company has plastered its name on cans of beer and a line of refrigerators.…

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What to expect from Google’s Pixel 3 event
7th October 2018
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What to expect from Google’s Pixel 3 event

Apple, Amazon and Microsoft have already held their big fall events — and now it’s Google’s turn. Over the past couple of years, the October event has become…

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This is the Google Pixel Slate
7th October 2018
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This is the Google Pixel Slate

Maybe there will be some surprises at next week’s Google event. At this rate, however, we’re not entirely optimistic at the prospect. Just as the Pixel 3 got…

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Marshall’s Kilburn II is a ruggedly handsome bluetooth speaker
7th October 2018
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Marshall’s Kilburn II is a ruggedly handsome bluetooth speaker

Marshall hasn’t been been shy about capitalizing on its legacy. The legendary English amplifier company has plastered its name on cans of beer and a line of refrigerators.…

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Amazon intros new Fire TV Stick 4K and Alexa Voice Remote
6th October 2018
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Amazon intros new Fire TV Stick 4K and Alexa Voice Remote

You’d be forgiven if you thought Amazon was finished announcing new hardware after last month’s massive Echo event. The retail giant has at least a few more announcements…

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Zunum Aero bets on hybrid electric engines for its small commuter jet
6th October 2018
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Zunum Aero bets on hybrid electric engines for its small commuter jet

The traditional aviation industry typically moves rather slowly, but over the last few years, we’ve seen a number of upstarts that are challenging the status quo both in…

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Amazon Echo Dot 3 review
6th October 2018
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Amazon Echo Dot 3 review

Amazon has sold a lot of Echo Dots. Like a crazy, silly, unfathomable number of the things. Over the past two generations, it has arguably become the single-largest…

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A new Nintendo Switch is reportedly arriving next year
5th October 2018
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A new Nintendo Switch is reportedly arriving next year

Nintendo’s been known to upgrade consoles with some regularity. It’s an easy way to keep audiences engaged over the long life of a system. Released in March 2017,…

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Rylo scores $20 million for its clever camera tech
5th October 2018
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Rylo scores $20 million for its clever camera tech

You may recall Rylo from this time last year, when the imaging startup launched a creative take on the 360 camera. The company’s been fairly quiet in the…

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This autonomous spray-painting drone is a 21st-century tagger’s dream
5th October 2018
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This autonomous spray-painting drone is a 21st-century tagger’s dream

Whenever I see an overpass or billboard that’s been tagged, I worry about the tagger and the danger they exposed themselves to in order to get that cherry…

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Can LG’s strange hybrid smartwatch breathe life into Wear OS?
4th October 2018
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Can LG’s strange hybrid smartwatch breathe life into Wear OS?

Along with the new V40 ThinQ, LG showed off this odd little addition. It’s true that hybrid smartwatches are no longer a novelty in and of themselves at…

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The V40 ThinQ is LG’s new five-camera smartphone
4th October 2018
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The V40 ThinQ is LG’s new five-camera smartphone

That’s two on the front and three on the rear. LG’s already teased the upcoming flagship quite a bit in the lead up to today’s announcement. Understandably so.…

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Kobo’s Forma e-reader takes on Kindle Oasis with an asymmetric design and premium price
4th October 2018
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Kobo’s Forma e-reader takes on Kindle Oasis with an asymmetric design and premium price

Kobo’s latest e-reader is a complete about-face from its anonymous, cheap and highly practical Clara HD; the Forma is big, expensive and features a bold — not to…

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Microsoft’s Surface line now includes headphones
3rd October 2018
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Microsoft’s Surface line now includes headphones

Granted, most of today’s big announcements were iterative updates on devices we’ve seen in past years. Even so, Microsoft did sneak one surprise into today’s event. The simply…

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Microsoft’s Surface Headphones up close and hands-on
3rd October 2018
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Microsoft’s Surface Headphones up close and hands-on

In an event defined largely by spec bumps to existing product lines, the Surface Headphones were certainly a surprise. For one thing, the company did an admirable job…

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Here are the newest additions to Microsoft’s Surface line
3rd October 2018
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Here are the newest additions to Microsoft’s Surface line

Want excitement? Here’s something approaching that. Today’s Microsoft October event wasn’t exactly a blockbuster, but product lead Panos Panay did mention that this is the most new Surface…

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What to expect from tomorrow’s Microsoft Surface event
2nd October 2018
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What to expect from tomorrow’s Microsoft Surface event

It’s fall. That means every big to mid-sized tech company is holding an event to debut its latest offerings in time for the holidays. Even if said offering…

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What to expect from tomorrow’s Microsoft Surface event
2nd October 2018
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What to expect from tomorrow’s Microsoft Surface event

It’s fall. That means every big to mid-sized tech company is holding an event to debut its latest offerings in time for the holidays. Even if said offering…

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What to expect from tomorrow’s Microsoft Surface event
2nd October 2018
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What to expect from tomorrow’s Microsoft Surface event

It’s fall. That means every big to mid-sized tech company is holding an event to debut its latest offerings in time for the holidays. Even if said offering…

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Tile names GoPro vet CJ Prober new CEO, adds Comcast as investor and new product partner
1st October 2018
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Tile names GoPro vet CJ Prober new CEO, adds Comcast as investor and new product partner

There’s a changing of the guard, and a new strategic partnership, over at Tile, the startup that helps you keep tabs on the location of your things by…

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HP’s Tango looks like a book, so you can hide your printer shame
1st October 2018
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HP’s Tango looks like a book, so you can hide your printer shame

When I was a child I had a fake soda can with a screw off top for hiding change. It wasn’t a very effective theft deterrent. For one,…

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Nielsen: US smart speaker adoption grew to 24% in Q2 2018, 4 in 10 own more than one
30th September 2018
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Nielsen: US smart speaker adoption grew to 24% in Q2 2018, 4 in 10 own more than one

In the second quarter, the adoption of smart speakers — like Amazon Echo and Google Home devices — grew to 24 percent in the U.S., up from 22…

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Two weeks with a $16,000 Hasselblad kit
30th September 2018
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Two weeks with a $16,000 Hasselblad kit

For hobbyist photographers like myself, Hasselblad has always been the untouchable luxury brand reserved for high-end professionals. To fill the gap between casual and intended photography, they released…

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Best Buy stocked an unannounced Chromecast ahead of Google’s hardware event
30th September 2018
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Best Buy stocked an unannounced Chromecast ahead of Google’s hardware event

Google’s big hardware event, scheduled for October 9, is expected to feature the new Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL phones. But now we know that Google will probably…

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Blok.Party raises $10M, will adapt Settlers of Catan to its blockchain game console
29th September 2018
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Blok.Party raises $10M, will adapt Settlers of Catan to its blockchain game console

Blok.Party, the company that built the upcoming PlayTable game console, announced today it raised $10 million in new funding. It’s also unveiling a big content partnership, where Blok.Party…

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Intel acknowledges supply issues, will prioritize premium chips
29th September 2018
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Intel acknowledges supply issues, will prioritize premium chips

Intel interim CEO Bob Swan issued an uncharacteristically frank letter today, highlighting the company’s supply issues. The executive blames the surprising growth of an unexpectedly rebounding PC industry…

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This is the Razer Phone 2
29th September 2018
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This is the Razer Phone 2

Remember phone reveals? Once upon a time, companies were able to save a little for the event. These days, however, we nearly always know exactly what we’re getting…

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Dish’s AirTV Player can now record two shows at once
28th September 2018
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Dish’s AirTV Player can now record two shows at once

Dish today is launching a new dual-tuner adapter for $29 that will allow AirTV Player owners to watch one live TV channel and record another, or record two…

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Alexa skills can now offer one-time-use purchases, like in-game hints or points
28th September 2018
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Alexa skills can now offer one-time-use purchases, like in-game hints or points

Alexa skill developers will now be able to sell “consumables” within their voice apps, aka Alexa skills, Amazon announced this morning. The company says that, starting today, developers…

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TiVo’s 4-tuner $250 BOLT OTA set-top box goes after cord cutters
28th September 2018
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TiVo’s 4-tuner $250 BOLT OTA set-top box goes after cord cutters

TiVo today is introducing a new set-top box, the TiVo BOLT OTA, which will join its existing lineup of TiVo BOLT-branded devices, including the voice-controlled BOLT VOX DVRs,…

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Oculus VR content will be forward-compatible with its future headsets
27th September 2018
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Oculus VR content will be forward-compatible with its future headsets

Oculus doesn’t want to deter developers by making their games and content obsolete when the next version of Rift comes out. So today at the Oculus Connect 5…

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Oculus Hybrid Apps let you use 2D & 3D software simultaneously in VR
27th September 2018
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Oculus Hybrid Apps let you use 2D & 3D software simultaneously in VR

Oculus showed off the future of working in VR today. Rather than just splaying out 2D software on an infinite desktop, the new Oculus Hybrid Apps system lets…

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Juul, the popular e-cig startup under growing FDA scrutiny, says removing flavors is ‘on the table’ among other things
27th September 2018
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Juul, the popular e-cig startup under growing FDA scrutiny, says removing flavors is ‘on the table’ among other things

Juul has been on an incredible, and in some ways, nightmarish, ride this year. The three-year-old, San Francisco-based company has handily won 75 percent of the e-cigarette market…

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Watchdog says face scanning at US airports is plagued with technical problems
26th September 2018
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Watchdog says face scanning at US airports is plagued with technical problems

A watchdog report has warned that Homeland Security’s face scanning program, designed to track all departing travelers from the U.S., is facing “technical and operational challenges” that may…

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See the new iPhone’s ‘focus pixels’ up close
26th September 2018
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See the new iPhone’s ‘focus pixels’ up close

The new iPhones have excellent cameras, to be sure. But it’s always good to verify Apple’s breathless onstage claims with first-hand reports. We have our own review of…

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Big cameras and big rivalries take center stage at Photokina
26th September 2018
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Big cameras and big rivalries take center stage at Photokina

Photokina is underway in London and the theme of the show is “large.” Unusually for an industry that is trending towards the compact, the cameras on stage at…

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Roku brings down the cost of 4K streaming with its new Premiere players
25th September 2018
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Roku brings down the cost of 4K streaming with its new Premiere players

Roku is expanding its lineup of streaming media players in an attempt to bring down the cost of 4K-ready devices, and plug every hole in the market. The…

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iPhone XS Max is reportedly dramatically outselling the XS
25th September 2018
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iPhone XS Max is reportedly dramatically outselling the XS

According to some early numbers from Apple analyst extraordinaire Ming-Chi Kuo, the iPhone Max XS is currently running laps around its smaller counterpart. In a note posted by MacRumors,…

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After extradition to Texas, 3D-printed gunmaker Cody Wilson is out on bail
25th September 2018
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After extradition to Texas, 3D-printed gunmaker Cody Wilson is out on bail

Last week, after Hatreon creator and 3D-printed gun activist Cody Wilson was charged with the sexual assault of a minor, he managed to evade arrest briefly in Taipei. On…

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Amazon intros a new Echo Show with built-in smart home hub
24th September 2018
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Amazon intros a new Echo Show with built-in smart home hub

Today’s Amazon event is full of surprises, but you could have predicted this one from a mile away. The Echo show is a couple of years old now,…

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Echo Auto brings Alexa to cars
24th September 2018
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Echo Auto brings Alexa to cars

As Amazon noted at today’s event, the company has already been working with a number of car companies to bring Alexa to vehicles. There are already a number…

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Happy 10th anniversary, Android
24th September 2018
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Happy 10th anniversary, Android

It’s been 10 years since Google took the wraps off the G1, the first Android phone. Since that time the OS has grown from buggy, nerdy iPhone alternative…

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Amazon’s Alexa is coming to Sony smart TVs and Lenovo Smart Tabs
23rd September 2018
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Amazon’s Alexa is coming to Sony smart TVs and Lenovo Smart Tabs

Amazon wants Alexa to interact with as many people as possible, including the ability to show them things. And that means freeing the virtual assistant from the confines…

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Up close with Amazon’s $60 Alexa Microwave
23rd September 2018
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Up close with Amazon’s $60 Alexa Microwave

Amazon was quick to note at today’s event that not all that much has been done to update the microwave for the 21st century. While that’s probably a…

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Amazon’s new Echo Show up close and hands-on
23rd September 2018
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Amazon’s new Echo Show up close and hands-on

The Show was far and away the Echo product most in need of a makeover. The original device, introduced two years back, was far more concerned with function…

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Amazon’s new Echo Dot, up close and hands-on
22nd September 2018
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Amazon’s new Echo Dot, up close and hands-on

If the Echo Show was the Amazon device most desperately in need of a makeover (please and thank you), the Dot was certainly a close second. After all,…

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The long list of new Alexa devices Amazon announced at its hardware event
22nd September 2018
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The long list of new Alexa devices Amazon announced at its hardware event

Everyone’s favorite trillion-dollar retailer hosted a private event today where they continued to exercise their highly strategic approach to hardware, which has them throwing everything at the wall…

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Google’s fingerprints were all over today’s Amazon event
22nd September 2018
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Google’s fingerprints were all over today’s Amazon event

Hidden among the 70 or so announcements Amazon made at today’s big Alexa event was one key hidden presence. Google’s offerings loomed large over much of the news…

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Amazon introduces APL, a new design language for building Alexa skills for devices with screens
21st September 2018
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Amazon introduces APL, a new design language for building Alexa skills for devices with screens

Along with the launch of the all-new Echo Show, the Alexa-powered device with a screen, Amazon also introduced a new design language for developers who want to build…

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Echo HomePod? Amazon wants you to build your own
21st September 2018
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Echo HomePod? Amazon wants you to build your own

One of the bigger surprises at today’s big Amazon event was something the company didn’t announce. After a couple of years of speculation that the company was working…

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uBeam wireless power’s CEO Meredith Perry steps aside amidst B2B pivot
21st September 2018
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uBeam wireless power’s CEO Meredith Perry steps aside amidst B2B pivot

After repeatedly missing self-imposed deadlines for progress on its wireless charging-at-a-distance phone case, uBeam’s CEO Meredith Perry has decided to shift out of the CEO position and into…

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18 new details about Elon Musk’s redesigned, moon-bound ‘Big F*ing Rocket’
20th September 2018
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18 new details about Elon Musk’s redesigned, moon-bound ‘Big F*ing Rocket’

Although the spotlight at this week’s SpaceX event was squarely on Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa — the first paying passenger for the company’s nascent space tourism business —…

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Password bypass flaw in Western Digital My Cloud drives puts data at risk
20th September 2018
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Password bypass flaw in Western Digital My Cloud drives puts data at risk

A security researcher has published details of a vulnerability in a popular cloud storage drive after the company failed to issue security patches for over a year. Remco…

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Fitbit targets employers and health plans with Care
20th September 2018
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Fitbit targets employers and health plans with Care

When it launched the Versa back in March, Fitbit also announced plans to pivot. While the company will continue to operate in consumer hardware, it’s also shifting much…

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iRobot i7+ initial impressions
19th September 2018
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iRobot i7+ initial impressions

After its go around my apartment, the i7+ is “still learning.” It’s fitting sentiment for the new Roomba, which iRobot is positioning as much as a platform as…

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Here’s what Google’s $149 Home Hub smart display will reportedly look like
19th September 2018
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Here’s what Google’s $149 Home Hub smart display will reportedly look like

Google is reportedly getting ready to launch some new hardware at its October 9 hardware event and we just learned a lot more about a new product that…

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The Punkt MP02 inches closer to what a minimalist phone ought to be
19th September 2018
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The Punkt MP02 inches closer to what a minimalist phone ought to be

There’s an empty space in my heart for a minimalist phone with only the most basic functions. Bad for my heart, but good for a handful of companies…

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OnePlus is developing its own smart TV
18th September 2018
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OnePlus is developing its own smart TV

Smartphone upstart OnePlus’s upcoming 6T flagship promises to bring changes — it’ll see it ditch the headphone jack and sport an in-screen fingerprint reader — but first there’s something else.…

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OnePlus is developing its own smart TV
18th September 2018
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OnePlus is developing its own smart TV

Smartphone upstart OnePlus’s upcoming 6T flagship promises to bring changes — it’ll see it ditch the headphone jack and sport an in-screen fingerprint reader — but first there’s something else.…

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Apple Watch and other hardware reportedly spared by new Trump tariffs
18th September 2018
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Apple Watch and other hardware reportedly spared by new Trump tariffs

The latest round of Trump administration tariffs is set to affect a number of different industries. At least one category previously expected to be impacted, however, is likely…

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Apple Watch and other hardware reportedly spared by new Trump tariffs
18th September 2018
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Apple Watch and other hardware reportedly spared by new Trump tariffs

The latest round of Trump administration tariffs is set to affect a number of different industries. At least one category previously expected to be impacted, however, is likely…

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Amazon reportedly has an Alexa microwave and more on the way
18th September 2018
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Amazon reportedly has an Alexa microwave and more on the way

Roughly this time last year, Amazon unleashed a ton of Alexa devices on the world, including the Spot and new Echos. It follows, then, that the company’s got…

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Amazon reportedly has an Alexa microwave and more on the way
18th September 2018
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Amazon reportedly has an Alexa microwave and more on the way

Roughly this time last year, Amazon unleashed a ton of Alexa devices on the world, including the Spot and new Echos. It follows, then, that the company’s got…

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Beats did announce something today, after all
17th September 2018
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Beats did announce something today, after all

Turns out those rumors that Beats wouldn’t have anything to show off during today’s big Apple event weren’t 100 percent true. Granted, there was no mention of the…

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OnePlus will ditch the headphone jack on its next phone
17th September 2018
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OnePlus will ditch the headphone jack on its next phone

Welp. After making a show of keeping the headphone jack around for a few extra generations, OnePlus is finally succumbing to the inevitable. The company tweeted an image…

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SpaceX announces plan to announce plan to send someone around the moon in planned spaceship
17th September 2018
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SpaceX announces plan to announce plan to send someone around the moon in planned spaceship

It’s been too long without any kind of outlandish news from any of Elon Musk’s companies, but SpaceX has filled the void with the announcement of a newly…

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The new iPhone’s here, so Google wants to talk Pixel 3
16th September 2018
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The new iPhone’s here, so Google wants to talk Pixel 3

In the off-chance you haven’t already had your fill of phone news for the week, Google just offered up a few friendly reminders that it’s got its own…

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