Kia unveils its electric and autonomous future

Kia’s showed off a new Niro EV along with its plans for an electrified and autonomous future (aka mobility). The electric concept shows that the company is thinking beyond gas and hybrid crossovers, but also showcases a new HMI (Human Machine Interfa…

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Qualcomm has a fix for wireless earbuds’ biggest problems

While wireless earbuds have come a long way over the past two years, even great ones have issues. They haven’t made the leaps in battery life that other wireless headphones have, and given their diminutive size, they’re still plagued with wireless re…

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Zano drone returns after multi-million dollar crowdfunding failure

You might not know many micro-drones by name, but there’s a chance you know Zano. Unfortunately, that’s because it was one of the more controversial Kickstarter failures of recent times. Zano raised over $3 million in late 2014, before being shown at…

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NextVR lets you peek around players while watching VR sports

Watching concerts and sports in VR is great up until someone blocks the camera’s view. Unlike in real life, you can’t really poke your head around… or can you? NextVR wants to make that happen — it’s introducing six-degrees-of-freedom movement t…

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Oculus taps Xiaomi to make its first standalone VR headset

Hugo Barra, head of VR at Facebook, has just announced at Qualcomm’s CES press conference that Oculus has partnered with Xiaomi to make its first Oculus Go headset. It’ll also make a second Oculus Go headset especially for the Chinese market called t…

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Hyundai unveils its next generation fuel-cell vehicle

While electric cars and hybrids dominate the alternative vehicle headlines, automakers continue to hedge their bets with fuel cell vehicles. At CES, Hyundai unveiled its next offering, the Nexo fuel-cell SUV with a 350 mile range and a 55 MPGe rating…

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Tougher WiFi security will keep you safe at the coffee shop

WiFi security hasn’t changed much since WPA2 came to be in 2004, and that’s becoming increasingly apparent when public hotspots are frequently risky and glaring exploits are all too common. It’s about to get a long-due upgrade, though: the Wi-Fi Alli…

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Huawei, Long Seen as Spy Threat, Rolled Over U.S. Road Bumps

Chinese telecom giant has gobbled up huge global market share at the expense of Western rivals. Now, as U.S. carriers prepare a $275 billion build-out of 5G networks, Washington officials are raising alarms anew that Huawei is a front for Beijing government interests.

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Marketers Are Racing to Reach Rapidly Growing Audiences on Amazon’s Alexa and Google Home

As brands increasingly seek to understand the Internet of Things, marketers are keying in on how Amazon and Google will dominate connected devices in 2018. That’s why Amazon’s Alexa and the Google Home–with their rapidly expanding sets of AI skills and services–will be completely unavoidable for the 180,000 expected attendees at this week’s annual Consumer…

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