Days before CES 2021 officially gets underway, Lenovo has announced a new pair of AR glasses that may have a particularly useful feature for people working from home. The ThinkReality A3 are a new pair of smart glasses that use augmented reality to project up to five virtual desktops right in front of your eyes. […]
Quibi, the curious “TV on your phone” service that lasted for roughly six months last year, will soon live on—as a free-with-ads channel on Roku. After rumors began circulating earlier this week, Quibi and Roku confirmed on Friday that the two companies had reached terms for an acquisition, putting most of Quibi’s hours of original […]
Getty Images Under normal circumstances this would have been one of the busiest weeks in the tech calendar. Thousands of new products would have been unveiled; chief executives and celebrities would have vied for attention; and robots would have probably malfunctioned on stage. But the coronavirus pandemic meant the giant CES tech expo could not […]
If you’re looking to take control of your Kik account or your child’s account, you’re probably wondering how you can permanently delete the app from your device. Some apps make it difficult or impossible to delete your account, but what about Kik? What kind of hoops do you have to jump through to get rid […]
Bill Roberson/Digital Trends You might be able to edit videos on your phone or an old laptop, but it’s hardly an ideal experience. Moving to a desktop PC can speed up your workflow significantly, and while you could easily spend thousands on a bespoke-built machine we are going to demonstrate that you can, in fact, […]
Enlarge / The current Google Nest Hub. A “sleep-tracking smart display” sounds like something you might come up with if you were pulling tech product buzzwords out of a hat, but that is the latest Google product rumor on the always-reliable 9to5Google. Earlier this week, a new Nest product hit the FCC with Project Soli […]
Enlarge / You’re going down, Diane… Collage by Aurich Lawson Friday, January 8, 2021, marks the end of an era for American television. That’s when TV stations around the country air the final episode of Jeopardy! featuring Alex Trebek as host. Since relaunching Jeopardy! as a syndicated game show in 1984, Trebek emceed thousands of […]
As you’ve probably heard by now, CES 2021 will be completely virtual. There will be no crowded convention halls, no tech-drenched booths to explore, and no physical element to the show whatsoever. Like many other parts of life these days, this year’s show will be experienced primarily through screens. But that’s not the biggest problem. […]
The president’s preferred megaphone cited “the risk of further incitement of violence.” It acted after Facebook, Snapchat, Twitch and other platforms placed limits on him. OAKLAND, Calif. — Twitter said on Friday that it had permanently banned President Trump from its service “due to the risk of further incitement of violence,” effectively cutting him off […]
The numbers are in and it’s official: Sony’s PlayStation was the top gaming brand spender on TV advertising for 2020, accounting for over 40% of the industry’s total outlay. All told, 34 brands spent an estimated $ 270.8 million on TV ads, representing a 24% year-over-year decrease. And even though PlayStation was No. 1 for […]
Historically, Intel has used CES as a venue not only to showcase its latest innovation in silicon design, but also as the stage for presenting its vision for computing. At CES 2020 last year, for example, it teamed up with Lenovo to show off new computing form factors, and the two companies jointly showcased the […]
Enlarge Subject/Object Manifest | Getty Images Last year’s CES in Las Vegas, Nevada, marked the last time for a long time many of us would be chatting face-to-face, exchanging invisible respiratory droplets, handling the same germy gadgets, and enjoying food and drinks in windowless restaurants. This year, due to the ongoing pandemic, the annual CES […]
Since the PlayStation 2 days, Capcom’s Monster Hunter franchise enjoyed a slow and steady growth in the West upon each release, with a dedicated audience lapping up any excuse to bust up a wyvern. All that seemingly changed overnight, though, when Monster Hunter: World, a title very much developed specifically for the Western market, shot […]
Twitter on Friday banned President Trump from its site, a punishment for his role in inciting violence at the U.S. Capitol this week, robbing him of the megaphone he used to communicate directly with more than 88 million supporters and critics. The move amounted to a historic rebuke for a president who had used the […]
While there’s no doubt it’s one of the older phones around now, the most innovative entry from 2016 was LG’s G5. The G5 is a sleek, powerful smartphone with a great camera (for its time) and an exciting modular system that hasn’t been attempted since. Unfortunately, every phone has some issues, and the G5 was […]