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Tech NewsVizio Has a Wacky Idea for Futuristic Dolby Atmos Soundbars
One of the most exciting innovations for home entertainment is Dolby Atmos. The technology adds an element of height to the audio coming out of your sound system, and the effect is honestly game-changing. Vizio has a wacky idea about how to make Atmos even better. What if your soundbar could do Atmos at will? … Continued
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Tech NewsThe New Impossible Burger Is Stupid Delicious
To many meat-eaters, the Impossible Burger is a rude idea. This plant-based beef substitute is designed to look like meat, grill like meat, and taste like meat. As someone who recently tasted an Impossible Burger for the first time, I can safely say that these claims aren’t true. Then, at a buzzy event in Las … Continued
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Tech NewsSamsung’s New TV Tech Is Mind-Bending But Why?
On the eve of the Consumer Electronics Show (CES), there’s an itching feeling in the air that this year isn’t a big year for Samsung. The company unveiled (literally) a smaller version of last year’s big TV, the Wall, featuring MicroLED technology at an event in a ballroom. More than one person wondered, what’s the … Continued
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Tech NewsApple Is Looming Over CES
Apple never comes to the Consumer Electronics Show (CES), but this year, of all years, the company showed up. Sort of. Looming above the monorail station at the Las Vegas Convention Center, there’s a massive black-and-white mural with the silhouette of an iPhone and a message: “What happens on your iPhone stays on your iPhone.” … Continued
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Sennheiser’s Bonkers 3D Soundbar Goes on Sale This Year for a Bonkers Amount of Money
Sennheiser turned some heads at last year’s Consumer Electronics Show (CES) by announcing its first ever home audio product: a soundbar with 3D audio. The company will turn some more heads at this year’s CES with the soundbar’s price tag: $2,500. The new soundbar is part of Sennheiser’s AMBEO lineup for 3D audio products. Using … Continued
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Jabra’s Beautiful New Headphones Cancel Noise With AI
Jabra is jumping in the big boy noise-canceling headphone game, and it’s ready to brawl. The company just announced the Elite 85h headphones at CES in Las Vegas. While the over-ear-design looks like a fatter version of the very well reviewed Jabra Move headphones, the new active noise-canceling feature sounds intriguing. It apparently uses artificial … Continued
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What Happened the Last Time Apple Had a Panic This Bad
On Wednesday, Tim Cook issued a dire, surprising, and historic warning to his company’s investors. Apple, the world’s first trillion dollar company, would be lowering its revenue forecast for the first time since 2002, thanks in part to bad iPhone sales and China (basically). But wait, you’re thinking, what the hell happened in 2002? 2002 … Continued
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Oh No, Apple Probably Only Made $84 Billion Last Quarter
Tim Cook just issued a very curious warning: Apple is lowering its revenue guidance for the first quarter of 2019. In other words, Apple is not going to make as much money as it had previously anticipated, and it’s kind of China’s fault. How bad is the damage, you wonder? Apple now expects to earn … Continued
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Tech NewsLooks Like Sonos Is Making Some New Smart Speakers
A new filing with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has revealed some details about a new Sonos product. The redacted documents show that a new model number S18 smart speaker will work as satellites for the company’s soundbars to create a surround sound system and will also include built-in microphones for far-field voice control. If … Continued
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Apple’s Future Looks Rotten
A weird thing happened this year: Apple put its brand new iPhone on sale just a few weeks after release. Well, it wasn’t an outright sale. Faced with poor sales, the company boosted trade-in values of old iPhones so that you could get an iPhone XR for up to $300 off. These slumping sales numbers … Continued
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Tech NewsCommerceYou Should Return the Amazon Echo You Bought and Get a Better Gift
So you bought a loved one an Amazon Echo. Maybe it was on sale, or maybe it was on someone’s list. But inevitably, an Echo is a bad gift. It’s also a lazy gift. But don’t worry. It’s not too late to return it and get a better gift. The Echo is still the problematic, … Continued
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ReviewsThe Very Best Noise-Canceling Headphones
If you ever fly on airplanes, you probably need noise-canceling headphones. If you work in an open plan office, you probably need noise-canceling headphones. If you ever feel the world is attacking your ears, you probably need noise-canceling headphones. Therapy might help but try noise-canceling headphones first. They’re really good these days! The basic idea … Continued
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ReviewsOther GadgetsThe DJI Osmo Pocket Feels Like the Camcorder of the Future
We didn’t know what to think about the Osmo Pocket when DJI announced the device earlier this month. It’s basically a tiny drone camera and three-axis gimbal on a stick. There’s a little screen so you can see what you’re filming and some smart features that help you track subjects. It’s not an action cam, … Continued
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ReviewsThis Is the Instant Camera You Should Buy
Though the medium almost died in the mid-Aughts, instant cameras are now more advanced and more affordable than ever. Some even have Bluetooth. It’s still hard to take a perfect photo with one of them, but that’s part of the fun. For the record, you no longer need to shake Polaroids. You do need to … Continued
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ReviewsHome Entertainment & Smart HomeAmazon’s DVR for Over-the-Air TV Is Surprisingly Great
The Amazon Fire TV Recast is a wacky gadget. It’s not wacky in that it looks weird. (It’s just a simple black box.) It’s also not wacky because it does wacky stuff. (It’s a DVR for over-the-air TV.) The Recast is wacky because it does this one hyper-specific thing really well. I’m not sure why … Continued
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I Have a Few Questions About This Bacon Vending Machine
It’s come to our attention that the Ohio State University now features a bacon vending machine. The technology was installed in the Animal Sciences Building at the university’s College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences, and it dispenses servings of ready-to-eat bacon for $1 each. These basic facts have led me to ask a lot … Continued
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A Few Things Facebook Forgot to Include in Its Year in Review
It’s been quite a year for Mark Zuckerberg and his friends at Facebook. You might even say that 2018 has been the single worst year in the company’s history. But you wouldn’t know it by reading “Facebook’s 2018 Year in Review.” The annual blog post leaves one with the impression that Facebook’s involvement in global … Continued
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ReviewsHome Entertainment & Smart HomeBose’s Fancy Home Speaker Might Be the Best Sounding Echo Alternative Yet
The idea seemed silly at first. Bose made an Alexa-powered wireless speaker with a little screen, a big $400 price tag and a promise “to fill any room with an astonishing stereo performance.” I’ve been using the Bose Home Speaker 500 for a little more than a month, and there are a few things I … Continued
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Tech NewsHow a Swarm of Blinking Drones Ended Up in the Rockettes’ Christmas Spectacular
If you haven’t seen the Christmas Spectacular Starring the Radio City Rockettes, you can probably picture the iconic line of dancers kicking in unison, like a salute to American entertainment from a century ago. Well, this year the show got a surprising update: drones. Dozens of tiny autonomous quadcopters built by Intel float over the … Continued
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Tech NewsDJI’s Osmo Pocket Is a Very Tiny, Super Steady 4K Camera
Budding cinematographers and Instagram influencers alike will probably love the Osmo Pocket. This new DJI camera system shoots 4K video and features a three-axis gimbal attached to a handle the size of a small cigar. It’s adorable. The Osmo Pocket also seems like a bit of a weirdo. According to DJI, it’s not an action … Continued
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