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By Matt Burns The next version of the Samsung Galaxy S9 is to be announced next month at Mobile World Congress. The word comes from DJ Koh, president of Samsung’s mobile business, speaking at a CES 2018 event. Samsung has used MWC to launch several Galaxy phones including the Samsung S7 Edge in 2016. The…

By Emma Boyle Sony has promised that it will bring more than 130 new games to the PlayStation VR before the end of 2018. Talking with Nikkei, Sony said that a big reason for this show of faith in the virtual reality platform is because it’s been selling so well. It’s true – in December…

By Darren Allan A mouse is a mouse, right? Wrong, particularly when it comes to gaming mice, and at CES 2018 SteelSeries is proving that point further with an interesting innovation in its latest model, which adds a secondary optical sensor. The Rival 600 gaming mouse not only has a TrueMove 3 sensor – as…

Amazon’s Alexa willl be coming to Windows PC in 2018. The move is surprising considering that Windows already has its own built-in digital assistant, Cortana. …read more Source:: TechTimes.com – Computers

By Emma Boyle It’s starting to feel like every area of the tech world is dipping its toes into artificial intelligence (AI). Industry leaders truly believe that integration of AI capabilities will transform the way we interact with our devices and the world around us and they’re making sure that we know about it. From…

By Darren Allan The Meltdown and Spectre bugs caused some considerable panic as the New Year kicked off, and prepare yourself for another dollop of concern now, because the security flaws don’t just affect processors – given that Nvidia has just implemented patches for the vulnerabilities in its latest set of graphics drivers. As ZDNet…

By Steve Boxer The imminent arrival of Soul Calibur VI feels a bit like the return of a long-lost old friend. By the time it comes out, it will have been six years since Soul Calibur V was released, and nearly 20 years since the original Soul Calibur first made the leap from the arcades…

By Emma Boyle Despite the success of the Switch, Nintendo’s older consoles have seen a resurgence in interest recently. With the NES and the SNES Classic Mini proving immensely popular, it’s unsurprising that fans are wondering which classic console will be re-released next. It turns out it’ll be the Game Boy. It just won’t be…

Wonder Woman Gal Gadot is now Huawei’s new brand ambassador. This comes hot on the heels of the Chinese smartphone maker’s falling-out with AT&T regarding selling its devices in the United States. …read more Source:: TechTimes.com – Smartphones

By Xiomara Blanco The new model, which comes with the keyboard and stylus accessories, features a bigger 13-inch screen. …read more Source:: cnet Cell Phones

By Devin Coldewey Some ideas you hear and they immediately make sense. Some take a minute but the more you think about them, the better they seem. Euveka, a mannequin for clothing designers that can change shape and size in seconds, is the latter — and I think it may eventually be a standard item…

By Frederic Lardinois Baidu’s DuerOS is essentially China’s Alexa. The company has built a voice assistant and an ecosystem of hardware partners that cater to the Chinese market. At CES this week, the company talked about its own first-party smart speaker. It also showed off the popIn Aladdin, a dome light with a built-in projector…

Intel has unveiled the 8th-generation Kaby Lake-G CPU, the result of the company’s unprecedented collaboration with rival AMD. When it retails, the new processor will unbox embedded with the Radeon RX Vega M graphics. …read more Source:: TechTimes.com – Computers

By Devin Coldewey Lacrosse is a physically demanding sport under the best conditions, but inclement weather adds frozen hands to the mix. Samantha Wolfe had enough of it and, as a 14-year-old freshman, thought “why not make a heated stick?” 3 years later, her idea has become a reality — the FingerFire Lacrosse stick —…

By Devin Coldewey It turns out that in case of a fire in your home, a closed door is the best barrier against spreading smoke, heat, and flames. But who’s going to run around the house shutting doors? LifeDoor is a simple gadget that sits on your doors’ hinges and closes them automatically (and gently)…