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Lasso is working on a recycling center for the home

Posted: 12 Jan 2021 03:26 AM PST

Recycling sounds so simple. Separate materials that can be re-used, such as plastic, glass and aluminium, and then wait for them to be collected. The reality is anything but, though. What can be recycled depends on where you live. And if there's any...

PopSockets' latest iPhone grips are MagSafe-compatible

Posted: 12 Jan 2021 02:17 AM PST

PopSockets became famous for phone grips that you can attach to the back of a device. It's had to conjure up new types of products these past years as wireless charging became increasingly popular, though, such as the MagSafe-compatible line for iPho...

Sony's Bravia Core streaming service will deliver video comparable to Blu-ray

Posted: 12 Jan 2021 01:19 AM PST

If you purchase a Sony Bravia XR TV this year, you'll get exclusive access to high-quality movies through a new streaming platform called Bravia Core, Sony has announced. The service will use Sony's "Pure Stream" technology to stream video at up to 8...

Lululab's Lumini PM is a smart mirror that offers skincare suggestions

Posted: 11 Jan 2021 11:45 PM PST

Back in 2018, a startup called Lululab brought a device called the Lumini to CES. It was a system that used a multispectral camera to capture and analyze the features of your face. An AI-powered algorithm would then use that information to diagnose s...

Verizon CEO pitches 5G as a 'platform' for services like drone delivery

Posted: 11 Jan 2021 11:20 PM PST

As 5G connectivity rolls out across the country in fits and starts, we're still asking whether the upgrades will make for a noticeable change in our wireless connectivity. During a CES keynote, Verizon CEO Hans Vestberg (Verizon owns Engadget's paren...

Samsung's 2021 Q soundbars have advanced room optimization and AirPlay 2

Posted: 11 Jan 2021 08:47 PM PST

Samsung unveiled quite a few new devices and experimental technologies at CES 2021, including its 8K and 4K Neo QLED TVs and a bunch of new helper robots for the home. Those were just the highlights, though — it also launched other new products for t...

Watch Intel's CES 2021 press conference in 10 minutes

Posted: 11 Jan 2021 06:25 PM PST

In case you haven't heard, we're on the edge of a processor revolution. Intel is facing growing competition in the CPU space, and at CES it's showing how it will fight back in 2021.For many of you, the 11th Gen Intel Core H-Series CPUs will be releva...

Twitter purged 70,000 QAnon accounts in three days

Posted: 11 Jan 2021 06:09 PM PST

Twitter says it's purged more than 70,000 accounts for spreading conspiracy theories associated with QAnon. The company first began cracking down on QAnon over the summer, but now says it ramped up its enforcement following last week's riot at the US...

HP and Lenovo discuss the wild side of laptops in 2021

Posted: 11 Jan 2021 04:26 PM PST

Every CES, we can expect laptop makers like Dell, Lenovo, HP, Acer and ASUS to announce their latest products with the newest chipsets that Intel and AMD tend to announce at the show. But we can also usually anticipate the odd quirky PC here and ther...

Watch Sony test drive its Vision-S prototype on public roads

Posted: 11 Jan 2021 03:29 PM PST

Partway through last year, Sony's Vision-S electric vehicle went from a mere prototype to something the company said it wanted to bring closer to reality. In July, Sony announced it planned to start testing the vehicle on public roads by the end of 2...

Netflix and Kevin Hart agree to a multi-year film deal

Posted: 11 Jan 2021 03:11 PM PST

2021 is off to a great start for everybody named Kevin Hart. Netflix announced on Monday that it had signed a multi-year distribution deal with the comedian's HartBeat Production company. Under the terms of that deal, Netflix would be the exclusive h...

Dolby promises better call quality with Dolby Voice for PCs

Posted: 11 Jan 2021 03:01 PM PST

Dolby is looking to help your audio and video calls sound as clear as possible by optimizing microphone and speaker performance. It has announced a tool called Dolby Voice for PCs, which it says removes unwanted background noise and echoes, while aut...

Sony shows off its Airpeak filmmaking drone for the first time

Posted: 11 Jan 2021 02:52 PM PST

Just two months after announcing the Airpeak in a vague press release and equally mysterious video, Sony has shown off its new drone in a virtual CES 2021 presentation. The Airpeak supports Sony's Alpha series of mirrorless cameras and uses AI to kee...

Hatch adds the $39 Rest Mini sound machine to its lineup

Posted: 11 Jan 2021 02:31 PM PST

Last year at CES, Hatch announced the Restore, a smart sleep light intended for adults that replicates the popular design and features of its baby line-up the Rest and Rest+. This year, they've announced another smart sound machine, the Rest Mini. Th...

Facebook bans all mentions of ‘stop the steal’ ahead of inauguration

Posted: 11 Jan 2021 01:42 PM PST

Facebook says it's barring all mentions of the phrase "stop the steal" in the wake of last week's riot in Washington D.C. that resulted in five deaths. The social network said Monday that it will start taking down Facebook and Instagram posts that us...

Intel's Rocket Lake S CPUs are up to 19 percent faster than last year

Posted: 11 Jan 2021 01:30 PM PST

We've known since October that Intel's upcoming Rocket Lake S desktop CPUs will only support up to 8-core chips, down from last year's 10-core i9-10900K. The real question is if that step back will be worth it. Well, Intel is now claiming the new Roc...

Intel Evo Chromebooks will feature Thunderbolt

Posted: 11 Jan 2021 01:30 PM PST

Intel normally doesn't have much dedicated hardware for Chromebooks at CES, but this year it announced some intriguing tidbits. First, the company revealed that Chromebooks are coming with Intel Evo branding, its new name for refined Project Athena m...

Intel's 11th-gen H-series CPUs are made for ultraportable gaming laptops

Posted: 11 Jan 2021 01:30 PM PST

Historically, Intel's H-series laptop chips have been meant for beefy gaming and workhorse PCs. That's in contrast to its U-series CPUs, which are aimed at efficient ultraportables. Putting an H-series chip into a thin and light notebook would normal...

Intel's 10nm Pentium Silver and Celeron CPUs are a huge leap for schools

Posted: 11 Jan 2021 01:30 PM PST

While it may seem strange to be reading about new Pentium processors in the year 2021, bear with me. Intel just announced its N-series Pentium Silver and Celeron processors at CES, and they may just lead to some transformative changes for inexpensive...

Lenovo’s ThinkPad Yoga gets a titanium upgrade

Posted: 11 Jan 2021 01:30 PM PST

If you're a PC maker with a mission to reduce weight but maintain rigidity, then you need to be smart about what material you use. For Lenovo, it's clad one of its flagship convertibles in titanium in order to create what it says is the "thinnest Thi...

Watch TCL's CES keynote in 9 minutes

Posted: 11 Jan 2021 01:19 PM PST

TCL's CES keynote was full of announcements, but if you don't have time to watch the entire thing, we've packed everything you need to know into a nine-minute video. Naturally, TVs were front and center, with 8K and Mini LED models on show. The compa...

Cowin's $80 soundbar splits in half for easy surround sound

Posted: 11 Jan 2021 12:39 PM PST

Soundbars can make setting up a great home theater system relatively easy, but they still don't match the full immersion of a true surround sound system. To remedy this, JBL showed off a 9.1 bar at last year's CES with ends that could be snapped off...

Cowin's latest earbuds and headphones balance budget and battery life

Posted: 11 Jan 2021 12:21 PM PST

While it's not exactly a household name in the space, Cowin has spent the last couple of years making and selling affordable audio products. The company's CES 2021 slate promises more of the same. On Monday, Cowin announced two new Bluetooth headphon...

Samsung TVs will have solar-charging remote controls in 2021

Posted: 11 Jan 2021 12:10 PM PST

In addition to an array of new televisions, Samsung has also announced a more eco-friendly remote control at CES 2021. The Solar Cell Remote Control can be powered by both indoor and outdoor light, or just regular USB if the former two are insufficie...

Reachy the robot can now be controlled via VR

Posted: 11 Jan 2021 12:05 PM PST

Last year at CES French startup Pollen Robotics debuted Reachy, an open-source humanoid robot (the top half of one at least) capable of performing a wide variety of tasks — from traditional R&D to product demonstrations and food service. This yea...

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