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Turtle Beach Elite Pro 2 is a followup to one of my favorite headsets
Venture Beat - 30 Aug 2018 22:51
Up until recently, the headset I used the most often while playing games was the Turtle Beach Elite Pro. I liked the PC Edition, which plugged directly into the PC with a USB cable. But I had to stop using mine because I...
Netgear Orbi Voice combines mesh WiFi, Alexa-enabled smart speaker, and Harman Kardon audio
Venture Beat - 30 Aug 2018 21:00
Once a maker of only routers and switches, Netgear is getting more hip with each new product launch. Today, the company unveils the Orbi Voice Smart Speaker, a router with a mesh WiFi System based on its Orbi WiFi extens...
Official iPhone XS and Apple Watch 4 images leak ahead of Apple event
Venture Beat - 30 Aug 2018 20:20
Only hours after Apple announced its September 12 media event, a leak of official images and details at 9to5Mac has confirmed the naming conventions and looks for Apple’s flagship iPhones: the 5.8-inch and 6.5-inch iPh...
Alexa voice control is coming to Toshiba televisions
Venture Beat - 30 Aug 2018 20:00
Starting next year, many of Toshiba’s OLED, 4K and Full HD Smart Range televisions will respond to Alexa voice control, the company announced today. Alexa in Toshiba televisions will be able to do things like change th...
Battlefield V delay causes Electronic Arts' stock to dive
Venture Beat - 30 Aug 2018 19:36
Electronic Arts has pushed Battlefield V out of October in favor of a November 20 release date. The publisher cited the need for “final adjustments,” but investors don’t seem interested in the excuse. EA’s stock ...
Twitter joins Facebook in rolling out issue ads policy
Venture Beat - 30 Aug 2018 19:00
Two months after releasing its ads transparency center, Twitter announced its new policy on how it will regulate issue ads — ads that “advocate for legislative issues of national importance.” Twitter already said t...
Google Assistant can now speak two languages at once
Venture Beat - 30 Aug 2018 19:00
Starting today, Google Assistant can now speak two languages at once. At feature launch, Google Assistant will be able to speak a combination of English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, and Spanish. Multilingual suppo...
Mozilla announces Firefox will block trackers by default
Venture Beat - 30 Aug 2018 18:22
Mozilla today announced that Firefox will soon block web trackers by default. In conjunction, Firefox will also let users control what information they share with sites. Web trackers are used mainly for targeted advertis...
Mapbox removes antisemitic edit, says vandal made other attempts
Venture Beat - 30 Aug 2018 18:17
Open-source mapping software Mapbox said that the person responsible for an antisemitic label added to its maps on Thursday morning also “attempted several other hateful edits,” and that its security team is still wo...
ZTE's Axon 9 has a coprocessor that boosts video framerates to 60 frames per second
Venture Beat - 30 Aug 2018 18:04
ZTE's flagship Axon 9 smartphone has a trick up its sleeve: a coprocessor that normalizes video framerates to 60 frames per second.
Osmo Super Studio makes kids' hand-drawn Mickey Mouse art come to life
Venture Beat - 30 Aug 2018 18:01
Classroom walls and refrigerators are home to so many kids’ hand-drawn works of art, and now those drawings can come to life with Osmo Super Studio featuring Disney’s Mickey Mouse & Friends. Augmented reality kids ap...
Olloclip introduces multi-device clip to attach powerful lenses to smartphones
Venture Beat - 30 Aug 2018 18:00
Olloclip has announced a Multi-Device Clip designed to easily enhance the cameras on most smartphones with more powerful lenses, such as fisheye lenses or zoom lenses. This could widen the market for attachable smartphon...
Apple's Akonia Holographics deal will redefine the weak AR market
Venture Beat - 30 Aug 2018 17:54
ANALYSIS: It’s no surprise at this point that Apple is actively working on augmented reality glasses. A secretive project has been underway for years, under the management of former Dolby executive Mike Rockwell, and A...
Amazon launches DIY icon design tool for Alexa skill developers
Venture Beat - 30 Aug 2018 17:09
Developers aren’t always blessed with the best design skills, which is why they often work in tandem with graphic designers. But small companies or independents may not have the resources for a graphic design team or w...
Diffbot launches AI-powered knowledge graph of 1 trillion facts about people, places, and things
Venture Beat - 30 Aug 2018 17:00
Diffbot's on a mission to catalog the entire web with the help of artificial intelligence. Its entities database, which is now publicly available, contains more than a trillion entries.
Tempow brings surround sound, mesh networking, other advanced Bluetooth features to smart speakers
Venture Beat - 30 Aug 2018 17:00
Paris-based startup Tempow wants to transform the smart speaker experience with a lineup of Bluetooth audio profiles it's calling TAP Smart. With TAP Smart, which the company announced at IFA 2018 in Berlin, manufacturer...
TCL debuts BlackBerry Key2 LE, a $399 downgrade of its flagship phone
Venture Beat - 30 Aug 2018 17:00
TCL’s budget televisions have been a massive hit over the past two years, so it’s no surprise that the Chinese company is using aggressive pricing to sell its latest smartphone — the BlackBerry Key2 LE. As its fami...
Anker announces a new smart speaker and robot vacuum
Venture Beat - 30 Aug 2018 16:35
Anker announced two new products compatible with Amazon's Alexa at IFA 2018: the Soundcore Flare S+ and the Eufy RoboVac 30C.
Battlefield V delay: No longer the meat in the Red Dead/Black Ops sandwich
Venture Beat - 30 Aug 2018 16:28
Electronic Arts announced today that it has delayed Battlefield V from October 19 into November 20. The World War II military shooter is Electronic Arts’ only major holiday release, and it originally intended to launch...
Amazon shares hit $2,000 for the first time
Venture Beat - 30 Aug 2018 16:15
Amazon hit a notable milestone today as its stock reached $2,000 per share. The magic milestone was met just fleetingly, with shares reaching a high of $2,009.67 after Nasdaq trading opened this morning before dropping t...
Silicon Valley has no idea how to fight Trump's anti-tech propaganda
Venture Beat - 30 Aug 2018 16:05
If nothing else, President Trump’s latest hysterical rants against tech have demonstrated once again how badly he continues to outfox his opponents. Google is the latest to fall into this well-laid trap. And with a con...
Amazon Alexa voice control is coming to Sony soundbars and headphones
Venture Beat - 30 Aug 2018 15:08
Sony is bringing Amazon Alexa support to its soundbars and wireless headphones, enabling users to request music or ask questions with their voice. The Japanese technology giant revealed that an upcoming firmware update o...