CES 2021 is officially an online-only event
CES, the annual Vegas tech trade show, is now officially online-only. The CTA is abandoning a physical event in favor of an "all-digital experience."
What happens when Detroit and Silicon Valley meet? Automotive-grade magic
On Tuesday at CES 2018, Hyundai and Cisco revealed a tech road map to reinvent in-vehicle networking with 1Gbps Ethernet, Automotive Linux, and the ability to roll out new features throughout the vehicle at the push of a button.
Here’s every company developing self-driving car tech at CES 2018
From Waymo to Lyft, these are the companies building the technology that makes self-driving cars possible, and they’re all out in force at CES 2018.
Siri, can you hear me? Not at CES
Google Assistant and Amazon Alexa dominated CES 2018, through compatibility with nearly every smarthome device we saw. But Apple HomeKit and Siri were barely seen. What gives?
CES 2018 is over, but these hot products and trends will shape the year ahead
From new TVs to audio gear to self-driving cars and more, CES 2018 revealed trends that will shape the year ahead in gadgets. Here’s what you need to know.
Behind the scenes: How Apple designed its most exclusive product ever
Limited to a run of exactly 15, this is Apple’s most exclusive product of all time. It’s pretty amazing – but not as amazing as the people it honors.
Measuring microns: The quest to build a better GPS
Existing GPS systems simply aren't precise enough for certain applications, so companies like John Deere and Qualcomm are building something better
There’s a $300 toaster called The Revolution, and I can’t even
If you thought the Juicero was insane, there's another outrageous appliance that's aiming to be a home staple -- a $300 toaster called The Revolution.
MIT researchers and Puma cook up a new sneaker tech called Xetic
A new midsole sneaker techn from Puma called Xetic looks like a 3D printed model and promises extra support and cushioning for the wearer.
Following success of Collision From Home, Web Summit to go online(ish)
Web Summit, the annual European tech event described as "the Olympics of Tech,” has announced plans to proceed as both an online and offline event.
Collision From Home is the stunning future of tech conferences
Into the conference void created by the coronavirus stepped web summit event Collision From Home, which kicked off not with a whimper but with an explosion.
Google skimps on details about how it’s cutting packaging waste
Google has pledged to make its packaging more sustainable. The key to that initiative will be follow-through and transparency. Here's where it stands.
Joe Rogan is coming to Spotify — and so are the advertisments
Joe Rogan is moving his hit podcast, The Joe Rogan Experience, exclusively to Spotify. But he won't be making the move alone: Here come the ads, too.
Exclusive: Google reveals 2,000-person diversity and inclusion product team
Google has built a 2,000-person strong team of what it calls Inclusion Champions over the last three years to help test out prototypes of new devices and services to ensure that everything the company releases is built from the ground up to address people of all shapes, sizes, and colors.
High-tech toothbrushes and digital diapers: P&G brings innovation to CES 2020
P&G’s brands are household names like Oral-B, Pampers, Tide, and Gillette. And just as much research and passion go into those devices as into the latest flat panel. To underscore that point, P&G hit CES with its “LifeLab,” where consumers can see how everyday products are improved via tech.
Change from within: How the CTA could bring diversity to the tech industry
With a sea of white, male faces as homogeneous as Wonder Bread, tech has an inclusivity problem -- and the trade group behind CES has answers. This week, it unveiled a variety of new initiatives and policies to foster diversity, including the first investments in a planned $10 million diversity fund.
Qualcomm Ride platform aims to make self-driving cars simpler
Snapdragon Ride is a platform for autonomous vehicles, a handful of chips and software that fits into a box no bigger than your backpack and can tie together radar of all ranges, LIDAR, CV2X communication systems, and front and rear cameras via software that knows where the car is and what’s coming up.
These 3 transformative technologies will have the biggest impact on 2020
Three fields hold the most promise for the tech world in 2020: The Internet of Things (IoT); artificial intelligence (especially the most visible face of A.I., voice assistants); and 5G connections and devices. Here’s what it all means.
Web 4.0? With a new Edge beta, Microsoft is rethinking the browser
At Ignite, Microsoft unveiled a new version of the Edge browser and Bing search engine, a new green-and-blue swirl logo, a suite of new tools for site builders, and a new vision for the internet: An end to static sites, better access to information, and a way to integrate disparate office applications.
Digital Trends Hires Two New Editors to Expand Coverage of Smart Homes and Wearables
Digital Trends today announced the hiring of two new editors, John Velasco and Corey Gaskin, to handle the publication’s coverage of smart homes and wearables -- growing areas of how technology plays a role in every aspect of our lives.
Silicon Valley needs to grow a backbone and stand up to China
Tech titans like Apple, Google, and others like to position themselves as champions of human rights and supporters of democratic values -- but their responses to the ongoing Hong Kong protests show that they'll quickly abandon those ideals in order to keep China happy.