At CES 2023, we had the pleasure of interviewing Finbarr Moynihan, the GM/VP of Corporate Marketing at Mediatek. We talked about the company’s latest Dimensity 9200 SoC, expansion to other markets like the US, and its transition from 4G to 5G. Mr. Moynihan also shared his views on what the future holds for budget phones and
Read MoreCredit: Adam Birney / Android Authority LG META is a new OLED panel technology introduced at CES 2023. The hardware/software combo promises up to 60% brighter OLED TVs without updating the underlying panel. This technology will roll out first in LG’s 2023 G3 series TVs. When you turn on your OLED television, light blasts out
Read More“Hey Disney!” is a smart voice assistant that wants to bring some magic into your home. | Photo by Jennifer Pattison Tuohy / The Verge Alexa’s got some company. I met Disney’s new voice assistant at CES this week, and it’s pretty cute. Called “Disney’s Magical Companion,” the disembodied voice is born from fairy dust
Read MoreCredit: Bogdan Petrovan / Android Authority At CES 2023, we saw the Razer Kiyo Pro Ultra. This enormous webcam will keep you looking great for your next Twitch stream or Zoom call. It starts at $300 and is available now. Most people are pretty satisfied with the webcam that comes with their laptop. Some want
Read MoreWe recently had the opportunity to talk with Shen Ye from HTC Vive at CES 2023 about the company’s most recent development in VR (virtual reality). We mainly talked about HTC’s latest Vive XR Elite headset, which is a premium product mainly aimed at consumers. Mr. Shen also shared his views on the enterprise market
Read MoreCredit: Bogdan Petrovan / Android Authority The JBL Bar 1300X landed at CES 2023. This modular system has two detachable rear speakers for when you want that full surround experience. The soundbar goes for $1,700 and will be available on February 19. Generally, soundbars exist as an in-between solution to bad TV audio. If you
Read MoreCallum Cyrus / Tech.eu: Marseille-based Volta Medical, whose AI assistant helps surgeons in cardiac ablation procedures, raised a €36M Series B, bringing its total funding to over €70M — Marseille-based Volta Medical is preparing for additional clinical trials, after successfully winning CE and FDA-approval …
Read MoreAlfred’s new DB2S smart deadbolt will charge via Wi-Charge’s infrared power transmission, though the transmitter will be sold separately. | Image: Alfred The first wirelessly powered smart deadbolt is launching later this year — but you’ll have to wait for the wireless power. The Alfred DB2S is the first DIY-installable smart lock that can charge
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Read MoreAs a fervent fan of twiddly and twirly widgets and tactile budgets in a device’s user interface, [Steve M Potter] created a remote control (pendant) for his CNC machine, which he explains in a recent video that’s also linked down below. In addition to all the tactile goodness, what is perhaps most interesting about this
Read MoreBloomberg: Some companies are taking a liberal interpretation of California’s pay transparency law with wide pay ranges; one Netflix job posting has a $90K-$900K pay range — A Tesla Inc. software engineer could earn anywhere from $83,200 to $417,600. Netflix Inc. has one job posting advertising …
Read MoreAt CES 2023, we interviewed the Assistant Vice President of E Ink, Tim O’Malley. The company is well-known in the tech world and produces e-ink displays that are used in e-readers, laptops, wearables, phones, and many other products. Mr. O’Malley revealed a lot during the interview, including details about E Ink’s cooperation with BMW, its
Read MoreCredit: Adam Birney / Android Authority Naya Create is a new modular keyboard system. Along with the keyboard, you can add modular components like a trackball and video dials. There’s no release date or pricing info for the product yet. There are so many keyboard styles out there. However, what if none of them work
Read MoreKylie Robison / Fortune: Sources: some former Twitter employees in the US finally received their official severance agreements, but offering only one month of base pay as severance — Following further delays this week, some former Twitter employees finally received their official severance agreements on Saturday …
Read MoreStadia’s shutdown is nearly here. | Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Google Stadia, the company’s not-long-for-this-world cloud gaming service, will be shutting down for good on January 18th. (Specifically, January 18th at 11:59PM PT, Google spokesperson Patrick Seybold confirmed to The Verge.) While the shutdown means that you’re about to lose access
Read MoreCredit: Samsung/9to5Google The official Samsung Columbia website may have leaked the official Galaxy S23 launch date. The now discontinued page showed the next Galaxy Unpacked media event will happen on February 1. The page does show what appears to be three real camera sensors, which are rumored to be on the Galaxy S23 series. If
Read MoreCredit: Reuters At CES 2023, Sony surprised us all with a very unexpected reveal: an Afeela prototype. In partnership with fellow Japanese company Honda, Afeela will be an electric vehicle (EV) to debut at some point in 2026. You can see the prototype above (via Reuters). The car is very Tesla-like, complete with a sleek
Read MoreNew York Times: PitchBook: in 2022, investors pumped $1.37B+ into generative AI companies across 78 deals, almost as much as the investment in the previous five years combined — An investment frenzy over “generative artificial intelligence” has gripped Silicon Valley, as tools that generate text …
Read MoreI ran into a bit of a surprise when I tried to log into TweetDeck. | Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge I ran into a bit of a surprise when I tried to log into TweetDeck today: it didn’t work. When I started typing the word “tweetdeck” into my URL bar, my browser
Read MoreCES is the birthplace of exciting concepts and unorthodox gadgets. Not all of them actually make it to market, testing the limits of what is possible. But now and then, there’s something so simply innovative and charming you can’t help but want it to succeed. To me, one of the most emblematic products of that
Read MoreIt seems every day there’s a new microcontroller announcement for which the manufacturer is keen to secure your eyeballs. Today it’s the turn of Espressif, whose new part is the ESP32-P4, which despite being another confusingly named ESP32, is a high-performance addition to their RISC-V line-up. On board are dual-core 400 MHz and a single-core
Read MoreFrom the front row to a no-show. | Image: The Verge When it wasn’t being overshadowed by covid resurgences, CES, for the past few years, has partially functioned as a big 5G pep rally. But as cars, smart home standards, and so many screens took center stage at this year’s show, 5G took a back
Read MoreWelcome to the 466th edition of Android Apps Weekly. Here are the big headlines from the last week: Amazon is bringing Matter-over-Thread to its Echo devices this coming spring. The company announced the move earlier this week. It was already announced that the devices were getting Matter, so this is a bit different. Hit the
Read MoreIndustry analysts don’t expect a next-gen Nintendo console in 2023. However, images for a Zelda-themed Switch OLED might have leaked early.
Read MoreThe company showed off its tech at CES 2020. | Image: The Verge One of the companies working on smart contact lenses is calling the project off. On Friday, Mojo Vision announced that it’s going to “pivot its business and focus its resources” on the MicroLED display tech it built during its work on the
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