If you’re running an upstart streaming music service like Qobuz, whose main selling point is its high-quality audio, how do you compete against the heavyweights? By offering that pristine sou…
Amazon Brings ‘Alexa Home Theatre System’ to Let You Stream Audio on Echo Devices Directly from Fire TV Stick, Fire TV
HIGHLIGHTS Amazon aims to offer an immersive wireless audio experience Up to two Echo speakers can be used in addition to Echo Sub Users can use Fire TV remote to control volume of the setup Amazon…
Fujifilm China Trolls Xiaomi’s 108MP Smartphone in Social Media Post
Fujifilm China “welcomed” Xiaomi into the 100MP club with a social media post that’s almost certainly a tongue-in-cheek troll of the tiny 108MP image sensor found in the company&r…
MacBook Pro 2019: Apple reportedly working on new 16in model
Apple looks set to reintroduce the MacBook Pro’s biggest display yet, if renowned analyst Ming-Chi Kuo is to be believed The 2019 MacBook Pro will come with a 16in to 16.5in display set withi…
Watch a herd of MIT’s Mini Cheetah robots frolic in the fall leaves
MIT wants to show that its Mini Cheetah robots aren’t just solitary creatures. The school’s Biomimetics department has posted a video of nine of the bots frolicking in the fall leaves, …
Amazon Echo Show falls victim to an old flaw at hacking contest
The latest iteration of the Pwn2Own hacking contest just underscored an all-too-common flaw with smart home devices. The security research team Fluoroacetate hacked into an Amazon Echo Show 5 by ta…
Apple tried and failed to break RED’s stranglehold on RAW video
RED has claimed victory in the latest battle over its patent on RAW video, this time against a mighty plaintiff: Apple. The dispute started earlier this year, when Apple set out to overturn RED&rsq…
Roku app for Apple Watch can control your device from your wrist
Roku is putting a remote control on your wrist — the one that’s wearing an Apple Watch, that is. The company’s app is now out for Apple’s wearable, and you only need to upda…
Adobe will add livestreaming to apps so designers can share their skills
The annual Adobe MAX conference — where the company showcases its Creative Cloud applications — always includes previews of upcoming features. One of this year’s sneak previews ga…
Garmin’s Venu is a great fitness wearable pretending to be a smartwatch
There’s a big difference between smartwatches made by consumer technology companies and those made by fitness companies, and that’s ‘friction’. The friction that you have to…