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Sony’s adding Google Assistant to lots of its older headphones

Five headphones in total are getting some Assitant love.

To no one’s surprise, CES 2018 has been home to announcement after announcement of new speakers, headphones, TVs, and more that ship with Google Assistant built-in. This new tech is great, but if you own Sony headphones that have already been released, you’ll get a taste of this Assistant action, too.

First reported by the folks at Android Police, Sony will be releasing software updates to multiple existing headphones to add Google Assistant functionality. You’ll need to have your headphones connected to your phone in order for the update to download and install, and models that will receive this treatment include:

• WF-1000X
• WI-1000X
• WH-1000XM2
• WH-CH900N
• H.ear on 2 WH-H900N

Sony hasn’t announced exactly when these software updates to add the Assistant will be pushed out, but even so, it’s still great to see a company adding new features to “old” tech.

Hisense announces two Android TVs with Google Assistant and Alexa

Samsung is finally merging all of its IoT apps into SmartThings

Three years later, Samsung completes the SmartThings merger.

When Samsung bought SmartThings back in August of 2014, it was quickly clear the plan was to make that brand the one everyone associated with Samsung’s smart home products. And over the last couple of year, that is exactly what has happened. Everything Samsung does with the smart home gets released under the SmartThings brand, but if you owned products from before the SmartThings integration happened you still had to use the older Samsung apps.

Those days are over, because Samsung has finally decided to merge all of its IoT apps into the SmartThings app.

According to Samsung, more than 40 apps are being consolidated into SmartThings right now. The big ones Samsung users will most likely be familiar with are Samsung Smart Home and Samsung Connect, but any other company or product Samsung has acquired along the way that once had its own app will soon be consolidated into SmartThings. As SmartThings is embedded in more products, rolling everything into one app was inevitable.

Alongside this consolidation will be a huge UI overhaul, expected to be available for both Android and iOS this spring. Developers are being promised SmartThings is still a highly open platform with support for custom in-app panels. These panels let developers customize the UI and create scripts to pull their products deeper into specific functions, and according to Samsung there are over 300 of these panels for many of the devices SmartThings integrates with.

This change has been a long time coming, but it’s clear with the combination of improvements coming to SmartThings this spring that Samsung still has big plans for making your home smarter.

Zagg has the curved display screen protector you’ve been looking for

It’s called the InvisibleShield Glass Curve Elite, and it costs $50.

There were a few different smartphone trends that we saw in 2017, but one of the biggest was curved displays. Samsung went big with curves with the Galaxy S8, and after this, phones like the LG V30, Note 8, and Pixel 2 XL followed suit.

Curved displays look fantastic and feel great to the touch, but one area where they flat out suck is with screen protectors. You can find plenty of screen protectors on Amazon and Best Buy to purchase for these devices, but unless you’re willing to spend 20 minutes messing with LOCA glue and UV lights, they’re all pretty much useless.

However, that might soon be changing thanks to Zagg’s latest screen protector – the InvisibleShield Glass Curve Elite. The InvisibleShield Glass Curve Elite has a gel-based adhesive surrounding the entire surface, and this is what sets it apart from other screen protectors released by Zagg and competing brands. Rather than only having the adhesive around the edges or putting it everywhere else but here, Zagg potentially eliminates any lost touch responsiveness or ugly halo effects that are often seen with other protectors.

Zagg will be selling the InvisibleShield Glass Curve Elite for $50, and it’ll first be available for the Galaxy S8, S8+, and Note 8. It’s possible Zagg will release it for other devices, such as the Pixel 2 XL, but that’s yet to be confirmed.

Honor 7X will get its own face unlock feature in Q1 2018

Qualcomm’s president says Spectre and Meltdown aren’t big areas of concern

Qualcomm’s new president talks about the latest CPU threats.

Earlier this week, news broke about two processor vulnerabilities by the names of Spectre and Meltdown. These two vulnerabilities essentially reveal weaknesses for just about every gadget with a CPU, including the likes of computers, laptops, and even your phone.

Qualcomm’s President Cristiano Amon was asked about his thoughts on Spectre and Meltdown during a press conference at CES 2018, and according to Amon, neither vulnerability serves as a serious threat to mobile devices since Qualcomm has already worked with its many partners to get patches pushed out that have hardly any impact on device performance.

More specifically, Amon said:

There are a few things that are unique about the mobile ecosystem. Users download from an app store. On top of that, the impact you had on Android and ARM — we had patches that got released as early as December to some OEMs.

Following this, Amon ended his response by saying:

Specifically, when we look at the fixes that are available, especially when you look at memory mapping, the global ecosystem has adapted. This is not an area of concern for us and the mobile ecosystem.

Qualcomm appoints Cristiano R. Amon as its new president

SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket will test its 27 engines on January 10th

We’ve been talking about SpaceX’s new rocket, the Falcon Heavy, for years now, so it’s exciting to see that the launch vehicle inching closer to its maiden voyage. Last week, the rocket was raised to a vertical position on Pad 39A before being lowered to make way for the Falcon 9 Zuma mission, which launched on Sunday evening. Now, the Falcon Heavy has returned to the pad to prepare for the static fire test, which will take place this week. The test window is tomorrow, January 10th, between 1PM and 7 PM ET.

#FalconHeavy static fire window confirmed to be 13:00-19:00 EST (1p-7p EST, 18:00-00:00 UCT) tomorrow, Wednesday 10 Jan. #SpaceX

— Chris G – NSF (@ChrisG_NSF) January 9, 2018

The static fire test means that the heavy duty rocket is almost ready for its first launch, the payload of which will be one of Musk’s Tesla Roadsters. During the test, all 27 of the Falcon Heavy’s Merlin engines will fire at full thrust while the rocket remains on the launch pad. It’s a chance to test all the engines at once and monitor the startup process, pressure, temperature and flow of the propellant. If the test is successful, a launch date could be scheduled very soon. It’s currently targeted for takeoff in late January.

There were questions about whether Falcon Heavy would be delayed because of rumors surrounding the fate of Zuma. While SpaceX maintains that the Falcon 9 launch vehicle performed as expected, it appears that the satellite isn’t functioning. The payload from Northrop Grumman was a secret, and therefore it’s hard to get any facts about its status. However, SpaceX made clear this morning that the rocket wasn’t at fault for any failures (without confirming or denying that there were problems with Zuma), and that the schedule of Falcon Heavy would not be affected.

Source: Twitter

SpaceX says its rocket didn’t malfunction during the Zuma launch

Sunday night, SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket carrying the mysterious Zuma payload — a satellite made by Northrop Grumman for an unnamed US government agency. The launch itself was more secretive than usual as the classified status of Zuma meant portions of the launch weren’t livestreamed like they typically are. Shortly after launch, the rocket’s first stage successfully landed at Cape Canaveral but it appears that Zuma’s fate wasn’t as rosy. It’s unclear what exactly happened to the satellite, but it appears that at the very least, it didn’t end up where it was supposed to. Some pointed their fingers at SpaceX, but on Monday the company said, “We do not comment on missions of this nature; but as of right now reviews of the data indicate Falcon 9 performed nominally,” meaning the rocket performed as expected. Now, SpaceX has doubled down on that statement saying whatever happened is definitely not on them.

In a statement to TechCrunch, SpaceX President and COO Gwynne Shotwell said, “For clarity: after review of all data to date, Falcon 9 did everything correctly on Sunday night. If we or others find otherwise based on further review, we will report it immediately. Information published that is contrary to this statement is categorically false.” She also said that because of the misson’s classified nature, the company couldn’t comment further.

So what did happen to Zuma is still a big question mark and we may never get the full story. Some accounts have said that Zuma deorbited and burned up as it fell through the atmosphere. But it’s possible the satellite is still up there and unresponsive. One proposed theory is that Zuma didn’t properly detach from the Falcon 9’s second stage and because the piece attaching it to the rocket — the payload adapter — was made by Northrop Grumman rather than SpaceX, that could mean the rocket did in fact perform as expected and a faulty adapter was to blame. However, no government agency has stepped up to claim the satellite and Northrop Grumman has naturally remained tight-lipped about the whole mission.

If SpaceX really was at fault, it probably wouldn’t jump right into another major launch. But Falcon Heavy is still on schedule for a static fire later this week, just ahead of its upcoming and highly anticipated launch. “Since the data reviewed so far indicates that no design, operational or other changes are needed, we do not anticipate any impact on the upcoming launch schedule,” said Shotwell.

Via: TechCrunch

Live from Ford’s CES 2018 press conference!

Just over six months ago, Ford’s self-driving chief Brian Hackett became the company’s new CEO, and now he’s giving a keynote address at CES 2018. So does he have anything new up his sleeve when it comes to planning for a future of autonomous vehicles, car subscription services and connected vehicle platforms? We’ll find out more when the speech starts at noon ET.

Click here to catch up on the latest news from CES 2018.

Yevo’s premium earbuds are made from illegal firearms

The Yevo X Humanium wireless earbuds and charging case launched at CES 2018 look every bit the kind of premium device that can command a $499 price tag. But they actually use a special kind of metal — the kind that’s melted down from illegal weapons into what the IM Swedish Development Partner is calling Humanium. IM, the brains behind Humanium, works on weapons destruction programs in Guatemala and El Salvador. It conjured up the project as a means to offer financial support to the victims of armed violence in the Latin American region. The organization produced its first ton of Humanium from weapons seized in El Salvador in 2016, but this is apparently the first product crafted using the metal that will be released to the public.

Other than the material used to make them, the earbuds are identical to the Swedish company’s older Yevo 1 wireless earbuds. They connect via Bluetooth, have a 30-foot range and have a listening and call time of three to four hours. At $249, Yevo 1 costs half the Humanium version’s price. But if you have the extra money, prefer the color silver and want to help, then rest assured that Yevo isn’t getting all your money. Fifty percent of the version’s proceeds will go towards funding IM’s work, including fighting for children’s rights and combatting deadly diseases, in 12 countries across the globe.

Click here to catch up on the latest news from CES 2018.

Source: Yevo Labs

Misfit slims down its hybrid watch to make the Path

Misfit already makes hybrid smartwatches, but believes that one of the barriers between them and their adoption by the masses is their size. That’s why the company has produced the Misfit Path, its slimmest hybrid with a 38mm case size, that offers activity tracking, vibrating alarms and movement reminders.

Much like its older siblings, the Path can track steps, calories burned, distance traveled and how long you’ve been sleeping. You can also create custom vibration patterns to alert you to text messages, emails or incoming phone calls.

The watch also features an additional pusher designed to act as a Bluetooth remote for your smartphone, letting you play / pause music or trigger the camera. Much like Misfit’s other products, you’ll need to equip it with a cell battery, which is rated for a life of six months before burning out. And, as expected, you’ll be able to take the Misfit Path swimming, since it is water resistant up to 50 meters.

The Misfit Path is available in four colors: stainless steel, rose, gold and stainless steel with gold accents, with prices starting at $150. All of the variants will be available to buy in the Spring from the company’s official website.

Click here to catch up on the latest news from CES 2018.