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Smart speaker sales reached new record of 146.9M in 2019, up 70% from 2018
Global smart speaker sales hit a record high last year with shipments of 146.9 million units, up 70% over 2018,…
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Living with the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip
The Galaxy Z Flip ships with the same “Care Instructions” as the Fold. It’s a five-item list with the following…
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MIT showcases soft robotic sensors made from flexible, off-the-shelf materials
A team at MIT’s CSAIL demonstrated a new kind of “skin” designed to bring a sense of touch and place…
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Phone manufacturers eye their next move as 5G goes mainstream
For two years running, Samsung played the same trick and front-loaded its annual event by announcing a new foldable. Last…
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Nearly 70% of US smart speaker owners use Amazon Echo devices
Amazon’s dominant position in the U.S. smart speaker market will continue through this year and the next, with rivals like…
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Attempt to fold Motorola’s Razr 100,000 times doesn’t go great
The Galaxy Fold felt like an omen for a burgeoning category. The fascinating and promising product was plagued by broken…
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Qualcomm faces fresh competition scrutiny in Europe over RFFE chips for 5G
Qualcomm is facing fresh antitrust scrutiny from the European Commission, with the regulator raising questions about radio frequency front-end (RFFE)…
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Fujifilm’s X100V strengthens the case for owning a compact camera
The cameras on our phones are getting good enough that it’s becoming hard to justify having a dedicated picture-taking device.…
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Nomagic, a startup out of Poland, picks up $8.6M for its pick-and-place warehouse robots
Factories and warehouses have been two of the biggest markets for robots in the last several years, with machines taking…
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