Month: January 2023
Samsung wants Twitch streamers to buy its new oven
Samsung’s Bespoke AI Oven has a trick up its sleeve hinted at by its name: the company says you can put food in it, and it will automatically recognize what you’re asking it to cook, and recommend the appropriate temperature, time, and mode. Part of its smarts even include “burn…
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All I want for 2023 are new smart home interfaces
The smart home has had an interface challenge that goes back to its earliest days with The Clapper. When it comes to simple things, such as turning on your smart lights or adjusting the temperature in your home, voice control can be cumbersome and erratic, smartphone apps are fiddly and…
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Tesla falls short of its goal of growing 50 percent in 2022
Tesla delivered just over 1.3 million vehicles in 2022, missing its goal of achieving 50 percent growth year-over-year. The company needed to hit approximately 1.4 million deliveries to meet its target, indicating that transportation and logistics challenges continue to plague the EV company. Tesla said it delivered 405,278 vehicles in in the fourth…
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CES 2023: all the news from the year’s biggest tech conference
Maybe this would look better inside an actual car. As usual, LG Display isn’t waiting until the show starts, or even the new year, to talk about what it’s bringing to CES 2023. This, uh, free-flowing P-OLED and LTPS (Low-Temperature Polycrystalline Silicon) LCD display concept (shown below) imagines a bend…
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Samsung’s new wall oven lets you livestream a video feed of what’s cooking
Samsung is refreshing its lineup of customizable Bespoke smart appliances with a wall oven, washer and dryer. The Bespoke AI Oven has a seven-inch screen and touch controls. The cooking methods include air sous vide, air frying and steam cooking. Perhaps the most intriguing element, though, is the AI Camera…
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The best smart scales for 2023
Data is a useful tool in any battle, especially if you’re opting to wage war against your waistline in an attempt to be healthier. Back in 2007, I bought a dirt-cheap scale and drew my own graph sheets in order to chart my weight’s downward progress after a rough year…
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