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The Morning After: Presenting the Best of CES 2018 winners!

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Hey, good morning! We've just crowned the best in show at CES 2018. Capping off our third day of coverage at the tech show, we also heard how Kodak is getting into bitcoin and, naturally, continue our reportage on the best new tech to be found in Las Vegas.

Winner!

Presenting the Best of CES 2018 winners!

Finally, after long hours of debating which finalist should win in each of our Best of CES awards this year, we've made our decisions. Below is our list of winners for each category, as well as Best of the Best and People's Choice. Congratulations to all the winners and finalists!

Dell and HP's latest machines are good signs for the future.

Gaming laptops are cheap and portable at CES 2018

Buying a laptop has traditionally meant juggling price, graphics performance, weight and battery life. You want a powerful gaming laptop with good battery life? Sorry about that six-pound weight, bro. Looking for a lightweight, inexpensive laptop to take to events? Forget about playing games or editing video.
CES 2018 marks a turning point, however. With the arrival of Intel's eighth-generation Core with RX Vega M graphics and recent models with NVIDIA's shrunk-down Max-Q graphics, owning a powerful laptop no longer means sacrificing your back in order to do more than two hours of gaming. At the same time, you won't need to pay a fortune for a lightweight model that's also a decent gaming machine.

Heavy applications mean more significant slowdown.

Intel reveals possible slowdowns from 'Meltdown' processor fix

Your personal computers will be less than 10 percent slower after you install the Spectre/Meltdown fix, Intel has revealed in a blog post. Intel has come to that conclusion after assessing the performance changes in computers using 6th, 7th and 8th Generation Intel core processors with Windows 10. Systems equipped with 8th generation (Kaby Lake, Coffee Lake) chips and SSDs will be the least affected, with the expected impact being less than 6 percent. The company boss also made a public statement, committing to further transparency over the issues.

But wait, there's more...

1. Apple Health app data used as evidence in rape investigation

2. Kodak slaps its name on a sketchy bitcoin-mining business

3. Dolby's plan for 2018 includes Atmos and Vision in more places

4. Samsung phones will have functioning FM chips from now on

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Thursday 11 January 2018

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GeckoLinux: A Polished Distro Just Got Smoother
Google Assistant Makes CES Splash
Apple Skirts Tech Addiction Issue in Response to Worried Investors
CES 2018: Artificial Intelligence at Home and Behind the Wheel
With Linux, You Don't Get One Kernel of Truth... You Get Many

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GeckoLinux: A Polished Distro Just Got Smoother

GeckoLinux offers both seasoned users and new distro adopters an easy
way to try an openSuse-based spin that is loaded with features and an
ample inventory of the leading Linux desktops. The developer released a
major update of GeckoLinux earlier this week. I enjoyed testing the beta
version last fall, and I was even more pleased with the added
embellishments packed into this final version.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/85054.html

Google Assistant Makes CES Splash

Since launching the original Echo smart speaker in 2014, Amazon has
expanded its line of Alexa voice-activated devices to reach a dominant
position in the marketplace. Realizing it has a bit of catching up to do
and possibly may need to redefine the ground rules, Google this week put
the consumer electronics world on notice that this no longer is a one-
horse race. Google threw down its gauntlet at CES 2018 in Las Vegas.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/85056.html

Apple Skirts Tech Addiction Issue in Response to Worried Investors

Apple has responded to an open letter from investors who called for the
company to address the negative impact of the iPhone on children and
teens. Jana Partners and the California State Teachers' Retirement
System have urged Apple to give parents more choices and tools to help
ensure that young consumers are using the company's products "in an
optimal manner."
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/85052.html

CES 2018: Artificial Intelligence at Home and Behind the Wheel

Artificial intelligence dominated CES 2018 in a big way on Monday with
major announcements on connected car advances and home system
technologies. Google all but declared war on Amazon with its Google
Assistant voice technology making its presence known at nearly every
turn on the showroom floor. LG rolled out a new lineup of high-end AI
OLED and Super UHD televisions infused with its ThinQ AI technology and
Alpha 9 technology.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/85049.html

With Linux, You Don't Get One Kernel of Truth... You Get Many

As much as I love to poke at the inner workings of my computer, I'll
admit that until recently, I didn't give much thought to which version
of the Linux kernel my desktop system was running. For most desktop
users, this isn't all that odd. Compatibility of kernel modules is often
critical for servers and production systems, but day-to-day desktop
usage doesn't change much from update to update.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/85050.html

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The Morning After: Lights out at CES 2018

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It's Thursday, January 11, 2018.

Hey, good morning!

CES 2018 day two was interrupted by a two-hour power cut. It was as ridiculous as you’d imagine: The world’s biggest tech show meets a severe lack of electricity. Rest assured, we had time on either side to delve deeper into this year’s biggest incoming tech.

Big news from CES

Lights out at CES 2018

Possibly the worst thing that could happen at a tech show: Power went down across several halls at the Las Vegas Convention Center during this morning’s CES at 11:15 PT. Multiple booths suffered power outages, including swaths of TVs at LG. The South Hall was also affected as people were stopped getting to and from the exhibition areas. Security staff told Engadget that a power outage affected the majority of the halls. We looked at the resultant mess.

A projector with an expensive marble top

Sony’s $30,000 4K short-throw projector hides powerful sound

We’ve been eying Sony’s short-throw projectors for the past few years, but they’ve always been too obscenely expensive to really take seriously. Well, that’s not changing this year. In fact, the new LSPX-A1 is actually more expensive than last year’s $25,000 model at $30,000. But, with that extra cost comes a major new feature: six speakers that simulate 360-degree atmospheric sound.

Abyss Creations debuts its second robotic RealDoll at CES 2018

There’s a new sex robot in town: Say hello to Solana

RealDoll’s first sex robot, at her home in Southern California. It was an arresting experience that has remained cemented in my memory. In that moment, I suddenly understood the uncanny valley, a theory posited by roboticist Masahiro Mori, nearly half a century ago. In it, he attempted to explain the feeling of revulsion and eeriness that humans experience when they encounter an artificial life form that appears nearly, but not quite human.

Oblivious attendees might have been the best part.

Netflix hid a fake biotech booth in the middle of CES

To promote its new show, Netflix established a fictional exhibitor booth deep within Las Vegas Convention Center -- and it worked a little too well.

The encryption debate rages on.

FBI chief says phone encryption is a 'major public safety issue'

The FBI’s stance on phone encryption hasn’t changed even if the president fired former director James Comey. At a cybersecurity conference in New York, current chief, Christopher Wray, reiterated that the agency failed to access the content inside 7,775 devices within the fiscal year that ended on September 30th, 2017 despite having the proper warrants. That’s over half the devices the FBI tried to crack open within that period, making encryption, according to Wray, a “major public safety issue.”