Technology

Let’s face it: The first digital assistants for the home—Amazon Echo and Google Home—often feel like simple Internet portals with thin veneers of humanity to make them feel more warm and fuzzy. But now Mattel is trying to go beyond … Continue reading →

The biggest takeaway from CES this year is that soon your entire house will be connected to the internet. Is that concerning? Yes. Is it kind of cool? Yes. Is it a couch potato’s idea of utopia? Yes, yes, and … Continue reading →

With Phillips announcement of 10 TVs and a 4K UHD Blu-ray player that support Dolby Vision HDR, the company joins a flood of vendors at CES 2017 embracing the standard—though the company did note that the feature will come later in … Continue reading →

For cord cutters who want nothing but the best, Nvidia’s $200 Shield TV console has always been the box of choice for streaming videos and even games. At CES 2017, the company announced a new-and-improved version that adds in HDR … Continue reading →

AMD has shared a few new details on Ryzen / Zen at CES, including chipset and CPU support for overclocking, multi-GPU configurations, and how long we can expect the Ryzen architecture to last. The post AMD declares Ryzen will be … Continue reading →

Powerbeats3 packs up to 12 hours of battery life in a single charge. And with Fast Fuel technology, a 5-minute charge gives you 1 hour of playback. Sweat and water resistance provides trusted durability, and dual-driver acoustics deliver dynamic sound … Continue reading →

Apple’s user share is dropping, despite the recent launch of new MacBook Pro models. Is the company headed back towards less than five percent of the PC market? The post The Mac’s user share just fell to a five-year low … Continue reading →

There’s much at CES 2017 in audio, from the mild to the utterly wild, but these products in particular had unique features that made them stand out and worthy of note. The post CES 2017 audio roundup: planar magnetic headphones, … Continue reading →

Last year the Ehang 184 autonomous aerial vehicle (AAV)—what we might call a big-ass drone—was a prototype. This year it’s a real, flying vehicle, seasoned by 200-plus successful (non-crashing) test flights, and it just may start taking passengers for real … Continue reading →

Onkyo is jumping onto the growing Alexa voice assistant bandwagon, showing off its VC-FLX1 smart speaker that features Amazon’s cloud-based voice assistant. Amazon first announced that it was launching an Alexa SDK for third-party hardware vendors last year, and at … Continue reading →