The Morning After: Is CES another auto show?

It's Saturday, January 05, 2019. Hey, good morning! You look fabulous. Welcome to your weekend. CES is about to start, and before we dive headlong into a series of press conferences and hands-on demonstrations, we’ll try to figure out where all these cars came from? Also, we have some stories you may have missed from earlier in the week like our review of the Switch NES gamepads. (View in browser.) Car companies aren’t just ‘showing up’ now. While we were looking at 3D TVs, CES morphed into an auto show As an increasing amount of automakers position their vehicles as more than just dumb four-wheeled machines, the CES "auto show" will grow.  Business in the front. Dell's Latitude 7400 2-in-1 delivers some slick XPS style The new Latitude 7400 2-in-1 is a sleek machine that looks more like a MacBook than a standard corporate device. It has a polished aluminum case with diamond cut edges, and it manages to cram in a 14-inch 1080p touchscreen while weighing three pounds. Unlike Apple, Dell is giving professionals plenty of port options, including two USB Type-A ports, two USB Type-C connections with power delivery, an HDMI connection and an SD card reader. It begins. What to expect at CES 2019 We're not quite done dusting off the glitter from our New Year's Day celebrations, but it's time to turn our attention once again to that other big event in January: the Consumer Electronics Show (CES). From smart homes to the biggest of big-screen TVs, here's a brief sneak peek at what we expect from this year's show. When quarterly sales of $84 billion just aren’t enough. Apple knows the age of yearly iPhone upgrades is over Every year when Engadget reviews a new iPhone, we note that Apple's silicon offers far more power than most users need. The good news is that a few years later, those chips are still enough for most people. And given how the pace of other innovations in smartphone hardware has slowed over the past few years, there's less reason than ever to upgrade every time a new iPhone arrives. A dose of retro action in a pricey, wireless shell. Nintendo’s Switch NES gamepads are an unnecessary blast from the past The Switch NES controllers look just like the original, with the same blocky corners, plastic-yet-solid construction and concave buttons that hold your fingers just right. They even charge by sliding onto the console while it’s docked, although playing is a wireless-only affair. However, at $60 they’re an expensive add-on for controllers that are only meant to play emulated NES titles available via the new Online service. But wait, there's more... 1. Scarlett Johansson says fighting deepfake porn is 'fruitless' 2. Qualcomm shells out billions to uphold Apple's German iPhone ban 3. Google's Fuchsia OS will be able to run Android apps 4. Soulja Boy's emulator consoles meet their inevitable end 5. LG's 2019 TVs add HDMI 2.1 and 8K 6. 'Stranger Things' season three arrives July 4th 7. China detains scientist who claims to have made gene-edited babies 8. Massive data leak affects hundreds of German politicians 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: Behind the scenes of 'Bandersnatch'

It's Friday, January 04, 2019. Hey, good morning! You look fabulous. As much of the team packs up and heads to Las Vegas, we’ll drop in another recap full of pre-CES rumblings, and some hints on what we expect to see. Also, we’ll investigate why Apple isn’t selling more of its increasingly-expensive phones and look behind the scenes of Bandersnatch. (View in browser.) It begins. What to expect at CES 2019 We're not quite done dusting off the glitter from our New Year's Day celebrations, but it's time to turn our attention once again to that other big event in January: the Consumer Electronics Show (CES). From smart homes to the biggest of big-screen TVs, here's a brief sneak peek at what we expect from this year's show.   When quarterly sales of $84 billion just aren’t enough. Apple knows the age of yearly iPhone upgrades is over Every year when Engadget reviews a new iPhone, we note that Apple's silicon offers far more power than most users need. The good news is that a few years later, those chips are still enough for most people. And given how the pace of other innovations in smartphone hardware has slowed over the past few years, there's less reason than ever to upgrade every time a new iPhone arrives. Whatever you call it. Netflix reveals the challenges of creating 'Bandersnatch' In a short (and fully linear) video, some of the people at Netflix explain everything that went into making last week’s choose-your-own adventure episode of Black Mirror. Oh, we’re doing this again? Vuzix Blade $1,000 smart glasses are ready to meet your face Last year, Vuzix teased a prototype of the Blade, a smaller, slimmer pair of smart glasses made for consumers. Not only does it come with a floating display a la Google Glass, it's also compatible with Alexa (and, eventually, Google Assistant). Now the company says it's ready to ship the Blade for $1,000 as it attempts to pick up where Google Glass left off. But wait, there's more... 1. Samsung Galaxy S10 leak shows off its hole-punch display 2. Samsung's space-saving monitor can be pushed flat against the wall 3. 'Project Cars' developer is making 'most powerful console ever' 4. Toyota's latest self-driving test car is smarter than ever 5. OhMiBod debuts an Apple Watch app for its remote vibrators 6. Microsoft patent suggests you inhale whisper to your voice assistants 7. 'The Punisher' season two arrives on Netflix January 18th 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.

Editor's Pick: 4 Retail Tech Trends to Watch in 2019

4 Retail Tech Trends to Watch in 2019

Sara Hicks Jan 3, 2019 11:38 AM PT
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