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Powercast brings wireless charging-at-a-distance to CES

Powercast is showing off its wireless charging technology at the Consumer Electronics Show, and unlike Qi and Powermat wireless charging systems, Powercast says it can charge some devices that are as much as 80 feet away from a charger. At that distance, the company says its currently technology is only good for very low-power devices […]

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Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Tablet gets processor, screen upgrades for 2018

Lenovo it’s introducing a 3rd-generation ThinkPad X1 Tablet this week, and the new version of the company’s premium 2-in-1 supports up to an 8th-gen Intel Core i7 processor, up to 16GB of RAM, and 1TB of PCIe NVMe solid state storage. It also has a 13 inch, 3000 x 2000 pixel IPS display, which is […]

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Lenovo Smart Display with Google Assistant is a smart speaker… with a screen

Google was rumored to be working on a Google Home smart speaker with a display, which would basically be the company’s answer to Amazon’s Echo Show. But while Google hasn’t announced any first-party hardware, this week the company did announce that at least four companies plan to launch “smart display” devices with Google Assistant integration. One […]

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Lenovo Miix 630 Windows tablet with Snapdragon 835 coming this spring for $800

Lenovo is launching its first Windows tablet powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon processor. The Miix 630 is a 2-in-1 tablet with a detachable backlit keyboard and pen support, much like the company’s Miix 520 and Miix 510 tablets. But the new model features a Snapdragon 835 processor for long battery life and always-connected 4G LTE […]

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Qualcomm QCC5100 chip for wireless headphones to bring better battery life, performance

Qualcomm is introducing a new system-on-a-chip designed for wireless headphones that the company says offers twice the processing power of its predecessor while using less energy. The end result is that the devices using the Qualcomm Low Power Bluetooth SoC QCC5100 should offer longer battery life and better performance. It also adds supports for new […]

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HTC introduce Vive Pro virtual reality headset (with higher-res display)

Today’s virtual reality headsets aim to offer an immersive experience thanks to a combination of motion tracking, spatial audio, and special lenses that make tiny screens seem like huge displays. But when you get a really, really good look at the 2160 x 1200 pixel displays on a device like the original HTC Vive and […]

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Zotac’s next-gen ZBOX mini PCs coming in Q2, 2018 (with Gemini Lake, Ryzen, and Kaby Lake Refresh options)

Zotac is showing off a whole slew of upcoming ZBOX mini desktop computers at the Consumer Electronics Show this week. Most are expected to ship in the second quarter of 2018, and most are pretty obvious upgrades from previous-generation models. For example, there are new models with 8th-gen Intel Core U processors that look just […]

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Zotac unveils ZBOX Pico mini PCs with Intel Gemini Lake chips

Zotac is updating its smallest desktop computers with two new Pico mini PCs sporting Intel Celeron chips based on the new “Gemini Lake” architecture. The Zotac ZBOX Pico PI226 is a tiny computer about the size of a small stack of credit cards that features a Celeron N4000 dual-core processor, while the Pico PI336 is […]