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CES wrap-up: Cord-cutting trends and predictions for 2015
For those who’ve learned to live without a pay-TV subscription, 2014 was a banner year. Based on what I saw at CES, 2015 looks like it will be even better. In 2014, pay-TV subscriptions recorded their first full year of decline, … Continue reading
ET deals: Dell XPS 13 5th-gen Core i5 “Broadwell” 1080p laptop with 128GB SSD for $900
Intel’s 5th-gen “Broadwell” chips are here, and Dell has loaded them into their ultraportable XPS 13 laptop. Thanks to a $100 coupon, you can grab this sleek and incredibly thin laptop at a discount even with the brand new hardware … Continue reading
AMD’s R9 380X finalized, could include new memory interface and dramatic performance improvements
AMD’s upcoming R9 380X has been tipped off as taped out thanks to an unusual source — and may include support for a next-generation memory interface as well.
Amplicity is a tiny desktop PC you can rent for $17 per month
Amplicity is a tiny PC you don’t buy. Instead you rent it six months at a time for $99, but it comes pre-loaded with software.
Human intestine grown in mice could optimize your gut
Researchers from the Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles have developed a way to regenerate a new gut — or at least parts of it — from existing cells. The trick is to gently harvest healthy cells from the patient, seed … Continue reading
Allcast brings easy Chromecast photo beaming to iOS
Chromecast users now have one more way to beam iPhone photos onto the television with the arrival of Allcast for iOS. Allcast provides a simple way to send photos, videos, and music to the big screen through Chromecast and other … Continue reading
Disney made a beach robot that draws large-scale art into the sand
The Beachbot is a joint effort of Disney Research and ETH Zurich to create an autonomous robot that can draw in the sand, but it also has some cool technology for robotic pathfinding as a result.
Spacetime curvature measured using a vanishing star
As one star spins another out of view for the next century and a half, astronomers use it to weight an incredible binary system.
The 6 best (and 4 worst) smart-home products we saw at CES 2015
CES: A Disneyland for smart home geeks Image by Thinkstock Whether you call it the connected home, the smart home, or just the Internet of Things, the concept of connecting everything inside the home to the Internet dominated this year’s … Continue reading
Ultraflix wants to become the Netflix of the 4K generation
Aaron Taylor, Nanotech Entertainment’s senior vice president of sales and marketing, directs my attention to a “4K” Doors concert shown on Ultraflix, the company’s infant 4K movie-streaming service. Blobs of color float on the screen. It looks absolutely terrible. Taylor … Continue reading
