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The Biggest Problems With Bluetooth Audio Are About to Be Fixed
The Biggest Problems With Bluetooth Audio Are About to Be Fixed Although used for everything from lightbulbs, to video game controllers, to RC toys, audio remains the most popular use for Bluetooth, powering the endless array of wireless headphones flooding the market. So as we move into the next decade the Bluetooth Special Interest Group is introducing some key upgrades to the…Read more... Go to Source
AMD Finally Seems Serious About Laptops
AMD Finally Seems Serious About Laptops Since AMD launched Ryzen back in 2017, there’s been a constant refrain from AMD and press alike: The company is going to challenge Intel in the CPU space and help drive down prices and increase innovation. With the announcement of the Ryzen 4000 mobile series, it feels like AMD is finally—finally!—taking on Intel.…Read more... Go to Source
What the Heck Is Going on With GoPro’s Grounded Karma Drones?
What the Heck Is Going on With GoPro's Grounded Karma Drones? The new year appears to be off to a bumpy start for some owners of GoPro Karma drones amid user reports that they’re unable to fly their devices due to an issue with compass calibration.Read more... Go to Source
There’s No Such Thing as Too Many LED Lights
There's No Such Thing as Too Many LED Lights When it comes to laptops, especially ones of the gaming variety, I ask you: How many lights are too much? 10, 20, 100? Well how about 1,215, because that’s the number of LEDs Asus put on the new Zephyrus G14's lid alone. Read more... Go to Source
Lenovo Can’t Quit Putting E-Ink Screens in Things, and It’s Awesome
Lenovo Can't Quit Putting E-Ink Screens in Things, and It's Awesome First, Lenovo made a dual-screen laptop that had a normal LCD on top, and an e-ink touchscreen where its keyboard would normally be. It was a bit awkward, but also very cool. Now, at CES 2020, Lenovo has announced a new ThinkBook with a regular screen up top and an e-ink screen on its lid. Read more... Go to Source
U.S. Families Are Paying Over $4,500 in Medical Bills Just to Have a Baby
U.S. Families Are Paying Over $4,500 in Medical Bills Just to Have a Baby Families covered by private, employer-provided insurance plans are paying higher and higher out-of-pocket costs for the delivery of their newborn, a new study has found, despite the reforms enacted by the Affordable Care Act.Read more... Go to Source
Get More Organized In 2020, Thanks to Home Depot’s Closet and Garage Organization Sale
Get More Organized In 2020, Thanks to Home Depot's Closet and Garage Organization Sale Up to 50% Off Closet Organization, Up to 30% Off Garage Organization | Home DepotRead more... Go to Source
Weed Edibles Aren’t as Safe as We Think, Doctors Argue
Weed Edibles Aren't as Safe as We Think, Doctors Argue Doctors in Canada are hoping to harsh your buzz a little when it comes to cannabis edibles. In a new paper out Monday, they argue that people have plenty of misconceptions about how safe edibles really are and warn that first-time users are especially likely to take too much for their own good.Read more... Go to Source
Venus Could Have Active Volcanoes
Venus Could Have Active Volcanoes Laboratory experiments have uncovered evidence that Venus might still be volcanically active.Read more... Go to Source
The Grudge’s Director on Expanding the Horror Franchise’s Mythology
The Grudge's Director on Expanding the Horror Franchise's Mythology The Grudge may conjure up images of Japanese women with stringy black hair and tiny hollow-eyed boys crawling on ceilings and causing murderous mischief. But the titular Grudge isn’t limited to the island of Japan. Director Nicolas Pesce explained to io9 why The Grudge has moved to the United States, and why it may be…Read more... Go to Source
A Smart Wooden Stick Is Now a Thing That Exists
A Smart Wooden Stick Is Now a Thing That Exists Just because you can make something smart—be it microwaves, showerheads, and even mattresses—doesn’t necessarily mean you should. A Japanese company named Mui Lab teamed up with Wacom to create what it’s calling the ‘Pillar Memory’ which appears to be the world’s first smart wooden stick.Read more... Go to Source
Garmin’s New Dashcam Records Both the Road Ahead and Passengers in the Back
Garmin's New Dashcam Records Both the Road Ahead and Passengers in the Back Instead of just recording what’s happening on the road in front of a car, Garmin’s new Dash Cam Tandem has a second rear-facing lens that also records everything happening inside the vehicle at the same time. It won’t make the job of an Uber driver even easier, but it will provide irrefutable proof of unruly…Read more... Go to Source
Sure Looks Like Apple Is Still Selling This iMac from 2006
Sure Looks Like Apple Is Still Selling This iMac from 2006 Apple products are notoriously expensive, but this is just ridiculous. Apparently, Apple’s website is still listing the 2006 iMac 17-inch 1.83-GHz Intel Core 2 Duo for around $1,000—depending on where you’re trying to buy from. Read more... Go to Source
Bosch’s LCD Car Visor Only Blocks Your View of the Road Where the Sun Is In Your Eyes
Bosch's LCD Car Visor Only Blocks Your View of the Road Where the Sun Is In Your Eyes Fully autonomous vehicles are already being tested on roads across the country, but there’s one feature in every car that feels like it hasn’t been upgraded in a century: the sun visor. So a group of engineers from Bosch set out to update this antiquated feature so that it blocks the sun without also blocking a…Read more... Go to Source
Withings’s Latest Smartwatch Doubles Down on Medical Wearables
Withings's Latest Smartwatch Doubles Down on Medical Wearables Last year, Withings wowed at CES with a hybrid smartwatch that could also take your ECG. That was no small feat, considering it came just months after Apple made waves with the same feature on the Series 4. This year, it’s doubling down on ‘medical-grade’ hybrid smartwatches with the ScanWatch, which can take ECGs and…Read more... Go to Source
L’Oreal’s New Doodad Sounds Like the Supersmart Skincare Gadget I Need
L'Oreal's New Doodad Sounds Like the Supersmart Skincare Gadget I Need Skincare is a $148 million dollar industry, and you best believe that I stress about moisturizing as I drag my increasingly decrepit ass to the dry Nevada desert for CES every year. Scouting skincare tech at the show every year has become a not-so-secret hobby of mine, and on that front, L’Oreal usually brings the…Read more... Go to Source
This Smart Faucet Should Pour Exactly the Amount of Water You Need at the Perfect Temperature
This Smart Faucet Should Pour Exactly the Amount of Water You Need at the Perfect Temperature Three years at CES 2017 Moen revealed a smart shower system that could be preheated from your smartphone without having to climb out of bed in the morning. This year the company is bringing that technology to the kitchen with a new smart faucet that delivers some surprisingly practical features.Read more... Go to Source
Vector, the Little Robot That Could(n’t Do Much) Is Back From the Dead
Vector, the Little Robot That Could(n't Do Much) Is Back From the Dead Vector, a tiny desktop companion robot that was both surprisingly endearing and unsurprisingly useless, met its demise earlier this year when its creator, Anki, ran out of money and shut down. But despite the robot failing to justify its $250 price tag, it apparently has its fans, and Vector is being brought back from…Read more... Go to Source
This Avengers: Endgame Star Defies Tony Stark and Goes Sledding With Captain America’s Shield
This Avengers: Endgame Star Defies Tony Stark and Goes Sledding With Captain America's Shield Which is probably a terrible idea, if we’re being honest. Read more... Go to Source
Get a Pair of $30 New Balance Sneakers For All Of Your 2020 Workouts
Get a Pair of $30 New Balance Sneakers For All Of Your 2020 Workouts Men’s CUSH District Run Shoes | $30 | Joe’s New Balance OutletRead more... Go to Source
This Timeline Might Make Watching The Witcher a Little Easier
This Timeline Might Make Watching The Witcher a Little Easier A lot of things could be said about The Witcher. One of the most resounding things I’ve heard about it, however, is that it starts out really confusing, due to the surprising choice to split timelines during the first episodes of the show without really signposting this decision to the audience. The result of this…Read more... Go to Source
All the Ways You Can Use Multiple Smart Speakers Together
All the Ways You Can Use Multiple Smart Speakers Together With another holiday season over, it’s more likely than ever that you’ve got multiple smart speakers in the same house—Alexa or Google Assistant within shouting range in multiple rooms, just in case you want to check the weather forecast or set a timer. If you do have several smart speakers installed, here are the…Read more... Go to Source
Matrix’s Juno Uses Thermoelectrics to Cool Down Even the Hottest Drinks Fast
Matrix's Juno Uses Thermoelectrics to Cool Down Even the Hottest Drinks Fast For the past few years, Matrix has been mostly known for its body heat-powered smartwatches. But at CES 2020, the company is taking a different tack with its thermoelectric tech. Its latest gadget, Juno, is meant to help you cool super hot drinks super fast.Read more... Go to Source
Sunday’s Best Deals: 2020 Planners. New Balance Sneakers, IZOD Jackets, Kindle eBooks, and More
Sunday's Best Deals: 2020 Planners. New Balance Sneakers, IZOD Jackets, Kindle eBooks, and More A 2020 Planners Gold Box, Men’s New Balance CUSH Sneakers, and Nonfiction Kindle Books lead off Sunday’s best deals from around the web.Read more... Go to Source
Report: We Might Know the Premiere Date for the Seventh Season of Star Wars: The Clone Wars
Report: We Might Know the Premiere Date for the Seventh Season of Star Wars: The Clone Wars With The Mandalorian over for the time being, there’s still one exciting thing left on the short-term calendar for big Star Wars fans: The Clone Wars. The fantastic animated series is getting a seventh-season revival on Disney Plus, and it’s planned to be released, we know, sometime in February. Now we might know a…Read more... Go to Source
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How A Former Green Beret, Black Roadie Cases, And Two Private Jets Got Carlos Ghosn To Lebanon [UPDATED]
How A Former Green Beret, Black Roadie Cases, And Two Private Jets Got Carlos Ghosn To Lebanon [UPDATED] A few short days after former Nissan chairman Carlos Ghosn’s flight from house arrest in Japan to Lebanon was first reported, more details are beginning to emerge. Read more... Go to Source
Sam Raimi Has a Promising Update on the Future of Evil Dead
Sam Raimi Has a Promising Update on the Future of Evil Dead Though, unfortunately, it looks like it won’t be featuring Ash Williams. Read more... Go to Source
Saturday’s Best Deals: Overstock, Keto ButcherBox, Protein Powder, Fitness Equipment, and More
Saturday's Best Deals: Overstock, Keto ButcherBox, Protein Powder, Fitness Equipment, and More A Protein Powder and Supplements Gold Box, a Winter Home Blowout at Overstock, and an Ultimate Keto Bundle from ButcherBox lead off Saturday’s best deals from around the web.Read more... Go to Source
Geoengineering Wouldn’t Be Enough to Stop Greenland From Melting
Geoengineering Wouldn't Be Enough to Stop Greenland From Melting When the Greenland ice sheet went into a record meltdown in the summer of 2019, it raised a very terrifying specter of the future. Here was a 12.5-billion-ton mass of ice—one that’s been melting at a quickening pace since the 1980s—melting in a way scientists didn’t expect to happen for decades.Read more... Go to Source