House of Marley today announced it was entering the smart speaker space with the Google Assistant-powered Get Together Mini. The assistant, which was announced at the CES event in Las Vegas, looks genuinely gorgeous, and is something that you arguably wouldn’t mind having sat on your kitchen table. According to the manufacturer, it was built
Read MoreWith a highly publicized test firing and pledge by President Vladimir Putin that it will soon be deployed to frontline units, Russia’s Avangard hypersonic weapon has officially gone from a secretive development program to an inevitability. The first weapon of its type to enter into active service, it’s capable of delivering a payload to any spot
Read MoreIngrid Lunden / TechCrunch: Vizio says it is adding support for AirPlay 2 and HomeKit to its SmartCast enabled TVs which can now be controlled using Siri, Alexa or Google Assistant — Apple is reportedly gearing up for a new streaming TV service to rival Netflix, Amazon and Google this year, but in the meantime
Read More“What happens on your iPhone stays on your iPhone,” the billboard says, in a play on the Las Vegas slogan. Apple burns Google in giant billboard touting privacy at CES Source: Washington Post Tech
Read MoreDieter Bohn / The Verge: Google says it expects Google Assistant to be on 1B devices by end of this month, up from 500M in May 2018, while global active users for Assistant grew 4x YoY — Active users have quadrupled since last year, but Google won’t disclose a concrete number — As CES kicks
Read MoreThis Android One Edition comes with a Republic Wireless SIM card, though you can use it with any North American carrier. Plus: Save 25 percent on a seriously nice foot-massager. The top-rated unlocked Moto X4 phone has never been cheaper: 5 – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreSupermarket chain Kroger is building a suite of retail-as-a-service products on top of Microsoft’s Azure and plans to jointly market them with Microsoft to other retailers. Microsoft and Kroger to jointly market a commercial retail-as-a-service product Source: ZDNet Microsoft
Read MoreKyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: Pandora co-founder Will Glaser’s Grabango raises $12M Series A for its cashier-less store tech — Cashierless stores are fast becoming a reality, thanks to Amazon’s aggressive expansion of its Amazon Go chain and an emergent class of startups looking to nab a slice of the nascent sector. Pandora co-founder Will Glaser's
Read MoreThe new high-end video format will be available on the store later in 2019. CES 2019: Imax Enhanced digital movies to be exclusive to FandangoNow – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThis clever little three-axis camera makes it easy for vloggers to get the right shots with an auto director feature that tracks you as you move. CES 2019: Obsbot Tail keeps you in the shot with AI – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreJapanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa surpassed Nugget Boy’s 2017 plea to Wendy’s. SpaceX moon tourist earns retweet record with 0K giveaway – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreMicrosoft’s preparations for a new Japanese era coming later this year break Excel. Microsoft pulls buggy Office 2010 January updates Source: ZDNet Microsoft
Read MoreThe Whirlpool-owned kitchen appliance maker is getting into the smart oven game in 2019. And yes, there are attachments. KitchenAid brings its own smart oven to CES 2019 – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreYou can still catch up on exactly what blockchaining is and how it’s changing the digital world with the training in The 2019 Blockchain Developer Mastery Bundle. These courses are now over 90 percent off, just $19 from TNW Deals. Become a blockchain developer in 2019 — this course is just Source: The Next Web
Read MoreYou might remember Wong Ching-Kit, the self-styled Bitcoin ‘millionaire’ behind last month’s outlandish publicity stunt, which saw thousands of dollars rain from the sky in one of Hong Kong‘s poorest neighbourhoods. Well, four angry blockchain speculators have accused Wong of cheating them out of HK$3 million ($380K), after purchasing his special (and ultimately worthless) cryptocurrency
Read MoreAmy Nordrum / IEEE Spectrum: Rival technologies emerge for higher-capacity hard drives, heat- and microwave-assisted magnetic recording, with Seagate betting on HAMR and WD choosing MAMR — Seagate and Western Digital are pursuing rival technologies to push the limits of hard disk drives Rival technologies emerge for higher-capacity hard drives, heat- and microwave-assisted magnetic recording,
Read MoreIf you’ve ever created a podcast – or looked into doing so – I bet you’ll know Blue. Whether it’s the Yeti or its Nano counterpart, the company is famous for building USB microphones that make recording audio easy. Well, Blue is expanding its ambitions. Today at CES, it announced the launch of a new XLR condenser
Read MoreMicrosoft could face more complaints after a ruling says it’s liable for damages caused by an unauthorized Windows 10 upgrade. Microsoft should pay damages for forced Windows 10 update, say Finns Source: ZDNet Microsoft
Read MoreLawmakers from Colorado are looking to introduce legislation that would exempt cryptocurrencies from current securities laws. Last week, Stephen Fenberg (Democrat) and Jack Tate (Republican) together filed the “Colorado Digital Token Act” – spotted by CoinDesk. The bill states, if a token is designed for consumption, and not marked for investment or speculation, it should
Read More{$inline_image}Tile – the company best known for its smart tags that help you find misplaced wallets and keys – today announced a partnership with several Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) chipmakers which will see its gadget-tracking technology enabled at the chip level. Electronics manufacturers can then enable Tile as a feature on their products without any
Read MoreWall Street Journal: A history of JPMorgan’s two decade old, complex relationship with Amazon as the bank is trying to figure out how to avoid becoming Amazon’s latest casualty — The JPMorgan chief and Amazon founder have found their companies’ fortunes increasingly entwined, but the balance of power between their firms has shifted A history
Read MoreSome ideas are real head-scratchers from a design standpoint: Why in the world would you do it that way? For many of us, answering that question often requires a teardown, which is what [Ben Katz] did when this PCB motor-powered weed whacker came across his bench. The results are instructive on what it takes to succeed
Read MoreCES is upon us and it’s raining gaming laptops. After Samsung and Asus’ announcements, Acer has unveiled a curious $4,000 convertible laptop named the Predator Triton 900. The device features a 17-inch 4K display supported by a CNC-machined Ezel Aero Hinge that allows you to flip, extend, or recline the screen while it remains attached
Read MoreFive finalist concepts take the stage at CES 2019. CES 2019: Toyota honors mobility concepts designed to help disabled people – Roadshow Source: CNet
Read MoreBelkin is breaking into the the headphone business with new in-ear Rockstar wired earphones that have Lightning and USB-C connectors. Belkin readies new USB-C and Lightning headphones at CES 2019 – CNET Source: CNet
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