[ad_1] Amazfit HomeStudio has three components: a 43-inch HD smart mirror, called THE GLASS (all caps), JBL surround-sound speakers, and a treadmill. You get the pick of two: a premium model that uses slat belt technology (like the Peloton Tread) and can reach speeds of up to 12mph. If that’s too much for your wallet, […]
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A dispatch from inside Sony’s prototype electric car
[ad_1] The car isn’t meant for use on public roads, but we know it can be driven. It’s been tested, and briefly cruised onto the stage during Sony’s CES press conference earlier this week. According to Sony’s Tatsuya Koeda, the next stage in the development of Vision-S is to figure out how the autonomous driving […]
Apple’s rare CES appearance was another privacy pitch
[ad_1] Touting privacy, of course, has become one of the company’s main marketing strategies. The pitch is that, in a post-Cambridge Analytica world that’s become an arms-race for consumer data, Apple alone — not Google, Amazon or Facebook — can be trusted with personal information. Its business comes from hardware and software (and maybe now […]
Google’s new policy gives developers more time to address security flaws
[ad_1] There are more reforms. If there’s an incomplete fix, it’ll be reported to the developer and added to an existing report. Before, it would sometimes be treated as a separate problem with its own deadline. Google will also open tracker reports the moment a flaw is patched during the “grace period” (a 14-day window […]
This rechargeable lunchbox uses steam to reheat your food
[ad_1] The Dutch startup behind the Heatbox showed me a near-final prototype at CES 2020. It’s a chunky container — larger than I would typically pack for work — but small enough to fit inside most backpacks and duffel bags. You’ll need to add a smidge of water before you leave the house in the […]
Citizen’s Alexa smart speaker is like a Sonos One with an analog clock
[ad_1] The Alexa-powered smart speaker is the more interesting of the two, even though it wasn’t officially announced. It’s called, well, the Citizen Smart Speaker. It kind of looks like a slightly fancier Sonos One, with a Citizen timepiece wedged on the front. All of the controls will be similar to those with Alexa speakers, […]
DFree is making an emergency alert system for your colon
[ad_1] Codenamed B1, the prototype is designed to stick onto your stomach, just below your belly button, using a small adhesive pad on top. Unlike its predecessor, which has an external battery clipped to the waist, the B1 has both battery and sensors in a single, very small package. But like the model that’s currently […]
Sony is still trying to make 360 Reality Audio a thing
[ad_1] The content is there. When 360 Reality Audio was first announced, my primary concern was content availability. It’s one thing to create a new audio standard, it’s another to convince people to use it. Sony has its own record label, so it had a library of music to pull from. Plus, it negotiated deals […]
Samsung SelfieType is a more virtual virtual keyboard
[ad_1] SelfieType is a project out of the Korean giant’s C-Lab startup incubator, which uses the front-facing camera to track your motion. Prop your phone up as if it was a display, fire up the app, and then touch type onto the table as if you had a keyboard there. The phone’s front-facing camera and […]
Samsung’s Galaxy Home Mini is finally landing in early 2020
[ad_1] Assuming Samsung doesn’t delay the device, that means you’ll finally be able to get your hands on a Bixby-powered speaker more than 18 months after Samsung first announced the Galaxy Home. We initially saw the device at the company’s Note 9 event in 2018. Minus a brief appearance at last year’s CES, we’ve heard […]