Month: January 2023
Roland’s 50th Anniversary Concept Piano has flying speakers for some reason
2022 marked the 50th anniversary of storied instrument maker Roland. But, even though we’ve switched over to our 2023 calendars, the company took the opportunity at CES to take one more victory lap by showing off its 50th Anniversary Concept Piano. It’s an audacious electronic piano built in collaboration with…
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Google Stadia is shutting down soon, so transfer your games and saves while you can
Google Stadia, the company’s not-long-for-this-world cloud gaming service, will be shutting down for good on January 18th. (Specifically, January 18th at 11:59PM PT, Google spokesperson Patrick Seybold confirmed to The Verge.) While the shutdown means that you’re about to lose access to all of your titles and saves on Stadia,…
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Another company has stopped working on smart contact lenses
One of the companies working on smart contact lenses is calling the project off. On Friday, Mojo Vision announced that it’s going to “pivot its business and focus its resources” on the MicroLED display tech it built during its work on the Mojo Lens (via Axios). Unfortunately, part of the…
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It looks like we might never get an iPhone SE 4 from Apple
Audio player loading… It looks increasingly likely that we won’t get an iPhone SE 4 – and that has cast doubt on the entire future of the series, with apparent doubts over its popularity and its profitability causing Apple to reassess the status of the cheapest of the iPhones. This…
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Where was 5G at CES?
When it wasn’t being overshadowed by covid resurgences, CES, for the past few years, has partially functioned as a big 5G pep rally. But as cars, smart home standards, and so many screens took center stage at this year’s show, 5G took a back seat. Verizon CEO Hans Vestberg gave…
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The Samsung Galaxy S23 will likely be announced on February 1st
It seems like Samsung will be announcing its new Galaxy S23 lineup of phones on February 1st, according to screenshots of the company’s Colombian website posted by leaker Ice Universe on Twitter. The announcement is no longer live on the site (though Android Central points out that the Wayback Machine…
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