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NBA Hall of Famer Steve Nash is on stage talking about a new tool with the iPhone that can analyze basketball shots and improve inefficiencies in your game.
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On March 13, 1976, Microsoft became a public company. Its founder and CEO, a 26-year-old Bill Gates, took a seat on its board of directors.
Forty-four years later—exactly to the day—Gates is stepping down.
First, there were phones with folding screens. Now, there’s a laptop with a folding screen. This is the ThinkPad X1 Fold from Lenovo. When folded shut, it looks like a handsome leather folio. When fully unfolded, it’s a giant tablet. Go here for more:
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1,218 drones took flight for the Olympic opening ceremony, synchronizing their movements to create visually stunning pictures in the sky. It also set a world record
At the RE:WIRED conference, the Duke of Sussex spoke with Stanford's Renee DiResta and activist Rashad Robinson about misinformation's deadly consequences.
Maybe the robot revolution won't be all bad. Maybe they'll bring us toilet paper when we need it most. Charmin built this bot so you can beckon TP with your phone. For now, it's concept only. But what a concept.
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Robots are coming for your kitchen. Samsung's Bot Chef is here to help you cook by taking on tasks like chopping and seasoning. Sensors, cameras, and a little AI tell the arms where to find things, so it can take some work off your hands.
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Now this is a taxi. Forty-nine feet. That’s the wingspan of the air taxi that Hyundai and Uber hung from the rafters at
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. Piloted by one person and able to swallow four passengers, it‘ll take them up to 180 mph. Would you take a ride?
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Take a look at the LG Signature OLED TV R. It's (almost) ready to roll into a living room near you. The 65-inch 4K display stuns, thanks to the rich color of OLED. That OLED tech is how LG got the panel so thin it can roll down into a box.
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has everything from the serious to the downright wacky, sometimes both in one package. This dancing cat robot demos the DIY possibilities of tiny computers like the Raspberry Pi.
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The new Apple Watch Series 4 can now detect if you fall, and can deliver an alert to initiate an emergency call. If it senses you're immobile for one minute, it starts the call automatically.
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Square Off's chessboard made a name for itself last year with its self-moving pieces powered by AI. This year it has a more affordable $129 version called Neo. The pieces move faster and you get personalized coaching through an assistant in the app.
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At 22, Marcus Hutchins stopped WannaCry, the worst cyberattack the world had ever seen. Three months later, the FBI arrested him. On our Gadget Lab podcast, we talked with reporter
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all week and got a preview tonight of some of the tech we'll see the week. Our senior writer
@adriennemso
took a look at
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's new silent, wearable, smart breast pump.
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1,218 drones took flight for the Olympic opening ceremony, synchronizing their movements to create visually stunning pictures in the sky. It also set a world record
Foldable phones seem to be here to stay, but what about a “rollable” phone? Electronics maker TCL has revealed two new concept phones including one that scrolls open, and one that opens like a map.
These computers boot near-instantly, they have LTE connections, they last up to 20 hours—and they run on the same chipset inside most of 2017's best phones
Goodbye leaves. Hello, flexible screens. The RoTree from Royole has more than one-thousand flexible screens on it. Because, ya, know,
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Your taxi is here. Oh, and it flies. Bell Helicopter's Nexus carries four passengers plus one pilot—eventually to be replaced by autonomous controls— weighs 6000 pounds, and can fly at 150 mph with a 150-mile range.
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The new iPhone has a 12 megapixel camera, with a larger sensor and optical image stabilization. Also a new feature: Smart HDR. It has zero shutter lag, and more detail than ever.
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Want a drone that scans your face and follows you while you shoot hoops—even in the rain? Let us introduce you to the PowerEgg X. It gets 30 mins of airtime, shoots 3.5 hours of video, and costs $899.
@LaurenGoode
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Every once in a while it's worth running an audit on your phone apps to make sure they're not collecting more data about you and controlling more of your devices than you'd like. Here's how to do it:
Segway is basically bringing the hoverchairs from 'WALL-E' to life. This is the S-Pod. You don't have to stand or even lean forward or backward to accelerate. Just sit, toggle a knob, and move. Our writer
@adriennemso
took it for a spin at
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JLab’s new $20 earbuds come in different colors to match various skin tones. They also offer the same battery life and sweat resistance as the new AirPods, but for $150 less
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Don't blink or you might miss it. Chinese smartphone brand OnePlus has a new prototype phone, the OnePlus Concept One, with a disappearing rear camera. Here's how it works:
👋Hi Samsung Bot. This robot can monitor your sleep (and give you a report on it), take your blood pressure and heart rate and remind you to take medicine. It’s made to be a companion that can be programmed remotely by caregivers or family.
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Pinball manufacturer Stern makes machines with modern themes. This year's entry is a triple threat of Led Zeppelin nostalgia: three editions, each complete with real concert clips and all the glamor and bombastic lighting of a live show.
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Hey all! We're putting together LOTS of guides of our favorite gadgets, robot-vacuums, gear, house hold goods, phones and more for Black Friday/Cyber Monday. But what items are you most interested in hearing about or buying? Let us know & we'll do our best to collect some recs.