[ad_1] Both the HA-S headphone amp and the OD-S overdrive pedal are equipped with Korg’s Nutube tech. That’s the tiny vacuum tube component that drives the Volca Nubass analog synth. But even before the Nubass was announced, Nutubes were a known commodity because of the amp and pedal Korg is officially announcing today. It, or […]
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One in five Americans wears a smartwatch or fitness tracker, Pew claims
[ad_1] Just don’t ask them about sharing their health data with scientists. Pew warned that there was “no clear consensus” about the acceptability of sharing info in the name of heart disease research. About 41 percent of respondents considered it acceptable, but 35 percent didn’t — and 22 percent were unsure. Approval shot up to […]
Presenting the Best of CES 2020 winners!
[ad_1] Best Accessibility Tech Phonak Virto Black James TrewManaging Editor Hearing tech has been a strong category at this year’s CES, but Phonak came with a particularly compelling offering with the Virto Black. It’s a good hearing aid in and of itself but we were also impressed by the modern design that strikes a good […]
A closer look at Mark Zuckerberg’s ‘next decade’ manifesto
[ad_1] Generational Change Zuckerberg began with a section talking about how Facebook hasn’t “yet brought about the generational change in addressing important issues [he] had hoped for.” He goes on to say that many important institutions aren’t doing enough to address the issues facing young people. That includes climate change and the skyrocketing cost of […]
Watch us reveal the official Best of CES Award winners today at 8 PM ET
[ad_1] We came, we saw, we got hands on. By Thursday, January 9th, CES 2020 will be winding down and Team Engadget will getting ready to pack up and go home. But before we do, we need to unveil to the world the winners in the official Best of CES Awards, which Engadget has been […]
Microsoft releases a free tool to fight online child abuse
[ad_1] Project Artemis reviews text-based conversations and evaluates whether they could be considered grooming. It assigns a rating, and companies can use those ratings to flag conversations for review by human moderators. The project began in November 2018 at a Microsoft “360 Cross-Industry Hackathon.” Since then, Microsoft, The Meet Group, Roblox, Kik, Thorn and others […]
Panasonic’s compact VR glasses see the future in HDR
[ad_1] Another part of the demo showed a CG recreation of a temple in Japan, including areas where visitors aren’t allowed to go. The high quality of the scans used to create the temple combined with the goggles to make one of the more real-feeling virtual experiences I’ve ever had. That came despite the glasses’ […]
Google’s CES booth was more show than substance
[ad_1] And as usual, Google had a handful of enhancements to Assistant to announce, from making it easier to protect your privacy and natural language reading of websites to sticky notes and speed-dial contacts on Assistant smart displays. But despite the long lines to get on Google’s slide (where I lost my wallet in a […]
MSI’s GS66 is a more tasteful thin and light gaming laptop
[ad_1] The GS66 features Intel’s latest 10th-gen H-series CPUs (which aren’t shipping yet), all the way up to the most powerful Core i9 model, and NVIDIA’s latest RTX graphics. (The company is being a bit ambiguous about which NVIDIA GPUs will be included, unfortunately.) You’ll be able to choose from 240Hz and 300Hz 1080p IPS […]
Playing ‘NBA Jam’ on a 16-foot cabinet at CES 2020
[ad_1] The giant cabinet was fully playable for up to four people, with massive buttons, joysticks and all. The game itself was straight out of 1993, and it was surprisingly responsive, considering the unwieldy controls. Two colleagues and I had to jump up and dangle off the edge of the controller in order to hit […]