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| Andrew E. Freedman / Tom's Hardware: |
Lenovo unveils ThinkBook Plus, a 13.3-inch laptop with a 10.8-inch, touch-sensitive E-Ink display on the lid and built-in Alexa, available in March for $1,199 — It works even when the laptop's closed. — Lenovo's latest take on the small business laptop has an interesting surprise: a 10.8-inch E ink display on the lid.
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| Julia Alexander / The Verge: |
YouTube officially rolls out changes to children's content on its main site following FTC settlement and also begins running promotions for YouTube Kids — ‘These changes will have significant impact’ — YouTube executives have warned creators over the last few months that changes …
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| Dan Primack / Axios: |
Sources: SoftBank Vision Fund has walked away from investing in several startups, months after submitting term sheets and saying closing delays were temporary — SoftBank Vision Fund has walked away from investing in several startups, months after submitting term sheets worth hundreds …
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| Dieter Bohn / The Verge: |
Samsung debuts Galaxy Chromebook with a 13.3-inch 4K AMOLED display that rotates 360-degrees, 10th-gen i5 CPU, and S-Pen, available in Q1 starting at $999 — At $999, it's expensive for a Chromebook, anyway — The Samsung Galaxy Chromebook is one of the nicest pieces of laptop hardware I've touched in a very long time.
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| Joshua Goldman / CNET: |
Lenovo unveils the Yoga 5G, a $1,499 2-in-1 with the Snapdragon 8cx chipset and a claimed 24-hour battery life, coming spring, to be called Flex 5G in the US — Last May, Lenovo announced Project Limitless, its plan to make the first 5G laptop. That plan is now a reality with the Yoga 5G …
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| Ben Patterson / TechHive: |
Bluetooth SIG outlines LE Audio, promising key upgrades to Bluetooth audio performance with support for hearing aids and new features like audio sharing — Thanks to the next-generation Bluetooth LE Audio, the latest Bluetooth devices won't only sound better and last longer …
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| Nathan Ingraham / Engadget: |
Comcast makes xFi Advanced Security, its $5.99/month network security service, free for all 18M customers who lease its new xFi Gateway router/modem device — At CES last year, Comcast announced a feature for its Xfinity internet customers called Advanced Security.
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| Matt O'brien / Associated Press: |
CES is all-in on surveillance technology, from face scanners for checking in some attendees to showcasing devices that can that see, hear, and track people — From the face scanner that will check in some attendees to the cameras-everywhere array of digital products, the CES gadget show …
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| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
Amazon expands Fire TV Edition to soundbars, car infotainment systems, set-top boxes, and more, and says Fire TV platform now has over 40M MAUs — It was only a few months ago that Amazon took the wraps off over 20 new Fire TV devices to fill out its growing portfolio, including a refreshed Fire TV Cube … | Chaim Gartenberg / The Verge: |
AMD announces new Ryzen 4000 series of laptop chips based on the company's 7nm Zen 2 architecture — Bringing the Zen 2 architecture to laptops — AMD's third-generation Ryzen processors for laptops have officially arrived at CES 2020, with the announcement of the new Ryzen 4000 series …
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| Jeremy Horwitz / VentureBeat: |
Qualcomm unveils Snapdragon Drive Pilot, an end-to-end autonomous driving platform, and Car-to-Cloud, to let car makers offer on-demand services to customers — Following Qualcomm's promise last December of a major and unexpected automotive announcement at CES, the company today revealed …
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| Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat: |
NextMind demos a real-time brain computer interface that translates signals from the visual cortex into digital commands, unveils Dev Kit for $399 — NextMind is developing a brain-computer interface that translates signals from the visual cortex into digital commands.| Dan Seifert / The Verge: |
Ring adds a privacy dashboard to its app to let owners manage third-party services and whether local police can make requests to access video from their cameras — One place to manage security and privacy features — Ring has announced that it is adding a new privacy dashboard …
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| Chaim Gartenberg / The Verge: |
ASUS unveils the 14-inch ROG Zephyrus G14 gaming laptop with an optional LED dot-matrix display in the lid to show GIFs, the time, and more, available in April — Plus, AMD's newest Ryzen 4000 H-series chips — Asus has a new gaming laptop at CES 2020: the 14-inch ROG Zephyrus G14.
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