Month: January 2022
NXP’s new tri-radio chip makes it easy to add Wi-Fi 6, Bluetooth 5.2, and Thread to smart home gadgets
NXP has a new tri-radio SoC that it’s announcing at CES 2022 that’s designed to serve as a silver bullet for comprehensive smart home connectivity in a single chip, offering out-of-the-box support for Wi-Fi 6, Bluetooth LE 5.2, and 802.15.4 (i.e., Thread) all at once. The idea is that hardware…
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Sony CES 2022 press conference live blog
Were Sony CEO Kenichiro Yoshida to walk out on stage tonight at the CES 2022 Sony Press conference and declare, “I have 10 million PlayStation 5 consoles hidden behind this stage and will ship them (at retail cost) to all willing gamers,” he’d be hailed as a hero and be…
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Qualcomm is working with Microsoft on custom chips for next-gen AR glasses
Qualcomm and Microsoft are partnering to develop a new, customized Snapdragon augmented reality chip that’ll power future AR glasses within Microsoft’s ecosystems. The new partnership was announced at Qualcomm’s CES 2022 keynote. “We’re announcing that we’re developing a custom augmented reality Snapdragon chip for next-generation, power-efficient, very lightweight AR glasses…
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Abode aims to rival Ring with its affordable battery-powered video doorbell
Audio player loading… Smart security brand Abode has unveiled its first wireless video doorbell, which it hopes will take on rival Ring thanks to its ability to capture high-resolution footage for an extremely affordable price. The Abode Wireless Video Doorbell is a battery-powered doorbell camera that can capture footage in…
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ASUS’ ROG Flow Z13 is a gaming tablet with NVIDIA’s RTX 3050 Ti
After delivering an ambitious gaming convertible notebook last year, the svelte ROG Flow X13, ASUS is taking that concept even further with the Flow Z13 tablet. Think of it like a souped-up Surface Pro: the Z13 packs in Intel's new 12th-gen processors and up to NVIDIA's RTX 3050 Ti all…
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AT&T subscribers now get a free six months of Nvidia GeForce Now
Audio player loading… AT&T is giving all current and new 5G plan subscribers a six-month free trial of Nvidia GeForce Now. The new deal was just announced as part of Nvidia’s CES 2022 virtual keynote – where it also announced the RTX 3090 Ti – and will give all AT&T…
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