The Morning After: Sonos built a smarter soundbar

It's Thursday, June 07, 2018. Hey, good morning! You look fabulous. We’ve got several new devices to tell you about this morning, including a new Sonos speaker that will work with AirPlay, Sony’s latest rather-capable compact camera and a new drone, all bidding for your next paycheck or two. (View in browser.) Elon Musk joked that the Model Y might not have a steering wheel at all. Tesla teases the Model Y yet again If you like your Tesla teasers in the form of vague sketches then do we have a Thursday morning for you! The company revealed another outline of the Model Y crossover SUV during its most recent shareholders meeting. Based on the photo, it doesn't reveal much, but Tesla chief Elon Musk shared a few details about the crossover. He said Model Y won't have any leather and even joked that it might not have a steering wheel at all. Shut the front door. That’s one way to handle it. Valve: Steam Store will accept anything that's not illegal or trolling There’s a new content policy in the Steam Store: anything goes! As long as it’s not trolling or banned by law then Valve won’t block it. The plan is to implement filtering tools, so customers can avoid anything they don’t want to see, while apparently avoiding responsibility for the content or quality of what’s on sale. The exceptions would align this new barely-policing policy with Valve's recent decision to ban the game Active Shooter from Steam.  We take a look into the crystal Poké Ball. What to expect from E3 2018 Basically New York Fashion Week for the joystick crowd starts in just a few days -- here’s everything we already know -- and at least some of what to expect. Sponsored Content by StackCommerce Get this VR drone combo pack for the lowest price online 30 percent of affected apps were ‘mission critical.’ Atlanta ransomware attack may cost another $9.5 million to fix The city of Atlanta, GA, revealed that a "SamSam" ransomware attack knocked offline or disabled a third of its necessary programs. While the city didn’t pay the $51,000 ransom demanded by the software’s operators, officials expect to spend another $9.5 million recovering -- on top of $2 million already spent. Even with that outlay, some documents and police dashcam recordings have been lost forever. The 24-200mm lens isn't perfect, but it'll come in handy when you need it. A day with Sony’s versatile RX100 VI point-and-shoot The most interesting feature on Sony's new flagship point-and-shoot RX100 VI is the new zoom lens. That Vario-Sonnar T* 24-200mm f/2.8-4.5 glass is much longer than the 24-70mm equivalent on the previous model, making the update a more versatile compact shooter. You may not always need the superzoom, but it's nice to know you have that option. According to Edgar Alvarez, though, impressive as the RX100 VI is, it's not perfect. Sony keeps pitching it as the ideal camera for vloggers (aka YouTubers), but it lacks a 3.5mm audio jack. The camera also takes too long writing files after using the continuous shooting mode or capturing slow-motion videos, even with the latest high-speed SD card. It’s not perfect, but it is both impressively compact and extremely capable. Origin Wireless shows off its camera-free detection trick at Computex. This mesh WiFi router can track motion to protect your family We’ve already reported on Origin Wireless and its clever algorithm that can turn any WiFi mesh network into a simple home security plus well-being monitoring system -- with WiFi signal alone. At the time, we saw a working demo that left me impressed, but at Computex, the company has moved its setup to a real-life environment and, with help from Qualcomm, integrated its ASUS’ Lyra router. Equal parts soundbar, smart speaker and music center. A closer look at Sonos Beam: smaller, smarter and more connected Sonos just announced the Beam, a smaller, smarter Playbar. How does it sound? Well, on first pass it feels like a winner. Not just for the rich, cinematic sound (which it appears to have), though. James Trew says the Beam is also an all-around tantalizing prospect: A compact soundbar, Alexa replacement, that could also replace your regular music system. This all-in-one configuration won't be for everyone, but for those without a lot of living space that want to avoid the clutter of multiple speakers, it's definitely appealing. But wait, there's more... 1. Parrot's folding 4K drone is ready to take on DJI's Mavic Air 2. Amazon return-policy abusers sentenced to nearly six years in prison 3. Synthetic blood will keep trauma victims alive for up to 48 hours 4. HTC brings multiplayer VR games to Dave & Busters this month 5. AMD shows off the world's first 7nm GPU, but it's not for games yet 6. Data-stealing router malware bypasses web encryption 7. Microsoft's deep-sea data center is now operational 8. Some questions for the guy selling more than 20,000 films for $1 million

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The Morning After: Our sex robot dinner party

It's Wednesday, June 06, 2018. Hey, good morning! You look fabulous. It’s Wednesday. We’ve survived WWDC and Computex for another day, so it’s time to celebrate with new laptops, car subscriptions and sex robots. (View in browser.) The ScreenPad is here. The trackpad-touchscreen laptop is back, but I'm not sure why ASUS’ ZenBook Pro UX580 laptop has the specs to compete with Apple’s MacBook Pro, but will its funky touchpad/touchscreen help put it over the top? Dan Cooper tried it out and explains why he’s not convinced (yet). Panic, pleasure and a candlelit dinner Computer Love: the truth about sex robots To get past the hype and FUD surrounding sex robots, there was only one way left for Christopher Trout to fully understand their potential impact on our society: a dinner party. We’ll explain. Computex 2018 Windows Collaboration Displays are like DIY Surface Hubs Microsoft just announced its platform for Surface Hub-like devices called Windows Collaboration Displays. The difference is that while these have a huge whiteboard-replace screen, high-res webcams and integrated microphones, they’re built for you to bring your own computer. Sharp and Avocor will launch the first ones later this year, and we’re figuring they’ll be a bit cheaper than the $9,000 Surface Hub.   Computex 2018 AMD's second-generation Threadripper CPU has up to 32 cores Yesterday, we discussed Intel’s 28-core CPU, and today it’s time to talk about AMD’s 32-core Threadripper CPU that’s due in Q3. The new Threadripper will run on AMD's 12nm Zen+ architecture, just like the company's newest Ryzen desktop CPUs. It'll sport all of the features from those products, as well, like higher clock speeds, more efficient performance and improved boost. Better late than never. Apple's HomePod in stereo: when two become one Apple has finally released a long-awaited software update for the AirPlay 2 streaming protocol -- which also lets you pair two HomePods in stereo or group together multiple speakers across your house. It's a well-balanced listening experience, similar to using a single HomePod, but with welcome increases in overall volume and bass performance. According to Nathan Ingraham, it doesn’t quite match up to a pair of Sonos Play:5 speakers, but it is cheaper, even if Siri is still a bit limited. The Magnus eFusion was flying to inaugurate a new HQ. Prototype electric plane crash kills two pilots An electric plane powered by Siemens has crashed in southern Hungary, killing both pilots aboard, according to Siemens and local reports. The cause of the accident isn't known, and there are conflicting reports as to whether the aircraft caught fire before or during the crash. In a statement, Siemens said, “As a precautionary measure, we decided to ground the Magnus eFusion aircraft fleet until we know the cause of this tragic accident.” But wait, there's more... 1. What's on TV: 'Humans,' 'Cloak & Dagger' and 'Sense8' 2. What you need to know about Apple's war on digital fingerprinting 3. Nintendo's 'Mario Tennis Aces' combines charm with surprising depth 4. A closer look at Sony's RX100 VI 5. Apple's digital wellness features don't go far enough 6. Mercedes-Benz car subscriptions will start at $1,095 per month 7. LG's $3,000 4K projector will be available in the US this week 8. 'Persona,' 'God of War' named among year's best concept art 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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with applications on phones and tablets. The announcement was one of the
highlights at the kickoff of Apple's WWDC on Monday. Called "Siri
Shortcuts," the feature lets a user define a phrase that will trigger a
set of actions by the apps on a device.
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Red Hat Launches Fuse 7, Fuse Online for Better Cloud Integration
Red Hat has launched its Fuse 7 cloud-native integration solution and
introduced Fuse Online, an alternative iPaaS. Red Hat Fuse is a
lightweight modular and flexible integration platform with a new-style
enterprise service bus to unlock information. It provides a single,
unified platform across hybrid cloud environments for collaboration
between integration experts, application developers and business users.
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Avoiding Career Death by Twitter
The most popular show on ABC was canceled last week because the star of
the show, Roseanne Barr -- known for saying and writing stuff that would
get most of us fired -- did exactly what she was known for doing and got
fired. ABC now looks like it is run by idiots because, really, who
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