The Morning After: Sometimes you should take the extended warranty

It's Friday, August 11, 2017. Hey, good morning!  We made it, people. This morning we’re covering the baby monitor trying to be a doula, the silent 10-minute song rocketing up the iTunes chart and LG’s latest effort to make the best smartphone camera.   Spring for the extended warranty   Consumer Reports pulls recommendation for Surface PCs   Through surveys conducted on over 90,000 tablets and laptops that Consumer Reports subscribers purchased between 2014 and early 2017, the company estimates that 25 percent of Microsoft laptop and tablet owners will experience problems like freezing, unexpected shutdowns and unresponsive touch screens by the end of the second year of ownership. In response, Microsoft specified that its stats for return rates of the Surface Pro 4 and Surface Book are “well below” 25 percent and claims “there has never been a better time to buy a Surface.”   Another Samsung mobile app.   Samsung inexplicably opens up its Android browser   Samsung has announced that the new version of its Android browser, Samsung Internet, can be used on any relatively new Android phone, which is good news if you're bored of existing mobile browsers that already do the job perfectly well.   Here we go again.   Google cancels company meeting due to safety concerns   Earlier this week, Google fired the engineer behind a memo decrying its supposed “echo chamber,” and yesterday it was supposed to follow up with a company-wide meeting on the issue. Information about employees who criticized the memo has been posted by certain alt-right websites and figures, leading to CEO Sundar Pichai’s decision to cancel the meeting for safety reasons. Instead, he says that “in the coming days, we will find several forums to gather and engage with Googlers, where people can feel comfortable to speak freely.”   Avoid hearing the same song every time you plug your phone into the car stereo.   A silent 10-minute song is climbing the iTunes charts   Sometimes, silence is golden. And ingenious.    This smart monitor tracks baby’s sleeping patterns, so you don't have to.   Nanit the AI nanny tries to unravel the mysteries of a restless baby   Nanit's artificially intelligent baby monitor is designed to outsource much of the brainwork necessary for getting your baby to sleep, by monitoring him or her. It's a $349 night-vision camera that hangs over a cot and uses computer vision and deep learning to monitor your little one's sleep. It’s not perfect -- and it’s pricey -- but there may not be a better baby monitor for helping the whole family sleep better.   Featuring an AR-powered cover of Katy Perry.   'W Magazine' shows how fashion is embracing augmented reality   Fashion loves augmented reality. From Gap to Nike, brands are trying to find different ways to integrate the technology into their retail experience. Now fashion media is getting in on the action. W Magazine, one of the most prominent fashion publications, has published an AR-powered issue. Its September 2017 Collector's Issue features an interactive, computer-generated image of Katy Perry on the cover. At first glance, it seems like a traditional magazine, but that changes when parts of it come to life when viewed through the lens of a smartphone or tablet. For W Magazine, it's about using tech to keep itself modern.   Too intense? How about the cheaper 12-core and 8-core models, you wuss.   AMD’s beastly 16-core Ryzen Threadripper CPU is now available    We already knew a lot about AMD's monstrous $1000 16-core 1950X Threadripper CPU (and slightly cheaper 1920X $800 12-core version), but the company released a few more details as the processors went on sale. AMD is adding a third to the lineup: The 1900X is an 8-core, 16-thread version for $550 that'll be out on August 31st for anyone who wants a powerful-budget CPU with a base clock speed of 3.8 GHz and boost of 4GHz.    But wait, there's more... 1. LG V30's camera has the lowest f-stop in a smartphone 2. The FCC wants mobile data to count as broadband internet 3. Vertu phones are available (relatively) cheap at auction 4. A nearby Sun-like star hosts four Earth-sized planets The Morning After is a new daily newsletter from Engadget designed to help you fight off FOMO. Who knows what you'll miss if you don't subscribe. Craving even more? Like us on Facebook or follow us on Twitter. Have a suggestion on how we can improve The Morning After? Send us a note. Copyright © 2016 Aol Inc. All rights reserved. Our mailing address is: AOL 770 Broadway #4 New York, NY 10003 You are receiving this email because you opted in at engadget.com. Not interested anymore? Unsubscribe from this newsletter.

The Morning After: How to get fired in the tech industry

It's Thursday, August 10, 2017. Hey, good morning! Today we’re looking at edible robot surgeons, EVs that will go (some) distance,and free apples. In-game ones, but still! Happy Thursday morning.   Revealed by the feds.   Here’s how Tesla's long-range Model 3 covers 310 miles   A bunch of EPA certification documents have finally revealed that the long-range version of Tesla’s Model 3 is equipped with a 350-volt, 230-amp-hour battery pack. Of course, that’s the $44,000 version, so anyone sticking with the $35k base model will have a battery pack rated for 220 miles on a charge.   ‘Innerspace’ was actually a documentary.   Edible robot surgeons will cure you from the inside out   In the near future, robots will no longer be cutting into us -- from the outside, at least. Here’s a rundown of several edible robots in development to promote healing from within.   A reason to watch a news channel. Nintendo's Switch news channel is giving away free 'Zelda' food   Free apples! Free meat!   Reminder: ‘Rez’ is one of the best games ever. 'Rez Infinite' on PC and VR is pure digital nirvana   The debut of Rez on PCs ($25 on Steam and the Oculus Store) and in VR on the Oculus Rift and HTC Vive may be the purest expression of Rez so far. But it will only go two-thirds as far, according to a spec sheet leak.   Nissan's next Leaf will be $5,000 cheaper than the Model 3   Want a cheap EV and willing to settle for less range? You might choose the Nissan Leaf over the Chevy Bolt or Tesla Model 3. According to a (now pulled) leak on car-sales site Autobytel, as seen by our sister site Autoblog, the 2018 Nissan Leaf will cost $29,990 for the base model with a 40 kWh battery -- $5,000 less than either the base Bolt or Model 3. With two-thirds the capacity of either model, however, the incoming Leaf will have a range significantly less than its rivals.   Lights out. NBC’s Seeso comedy streaming service will shut down later this year   The bad news is that Seeso is going away. The good news is that several originals, like HarmonQuest and MBMaM have already found a new home on another service called VRV. Taking on Netflix as a niche service isn’t easy -- hopefully Disney is taking notes.   But wait, there's more... 1. How to get fired in the tech industry 2. Amazon invests in Andy Rubin's Essential phone project 3. BMW's i3 is a long-range concept car you can actually buy 4. Acer's latest Chromebook packs speed in a tiny rugged body 5. Anker's $35 Genie is a cheaper Echo Dot The Morning After is a new daily newsletter from Engadget designed to help you fight off FOMO. Who knows what you'll miss if you don't subscribe. Craving even more? Like us on Facebook or follow us on Twitter. Have a suggestion on how we can improve The Morning After? Send us a note. Copyright © 2016 Aol Inc. All rights reserved. Our mailing address is: AOL 770 Broadway #4 New York, NY 10003 You are receiving this email because you opted in at engadget.com. Not interested anymore? Unsubscribe from this newsletter.

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