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Rad Power Bikes’ flagship electric bicycle, the RadRover, has a new look

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Rad Power Bikes makes some of the most capable and affordable electric bikes in the US, like the RadWagon cargo bike and RadRunner utility bike. On Friday, the Seattle-based company introduced a brand-new bike — well, not exactly brand-new. It’s a new look for Rad Power Bikes’ flagship model, the RadRover.

The original RadRover is a powerful fat bike, but it only came in one frame size: a high-step with a standover height of 30.5 inches. Now, the company is releasing a step-through version of the bike, making it more approachable and accessible to a broader range of cyclists.

The new model has a standover height that’s 10 inches shorter than the original RadRover, which is sure to appeal to customers with knee issues or anyone who would...

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Samsung’s new Galaxy S10 Lite and Note 10 Lite phones are deeply confusing

Low-end phones with high-end names

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Samsung’s new Sero TV can rotate vertically for your TikTok and Instagram videos

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There’s probably no clearer indication that vertical video is here to stay than Samsung making a TV designed to showcase it. And that’s exactly what has happened. The company’s biggest CES 2020 surprise just might be the Sero, a 43-inch 4K TV that can switch from landscape mode (the default) to a portrait orientation when paired to an Android smartphone or iPhone. So you’ll be able to watch Instagram stories, TikTok videos, Snapchat content, and the portrait video recordings from your camera roll blown up on a relatively big screen — without heinous pillarboxing black bars on the left and right sides.

To pull off its clever rotating design, the Sero has an integrated, non-removeable stand that includes a 4.1-channel, 60-watt speaker...

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Nvidia and Asus announce a 360Hz gaming monitor designed for e-sports

When Asus first showed off a 360Hz gaming monitor last year, it was an April Fools’ prank. At CES 2020, Asus is bringing the real thing: a 24.5-inch 1080p gaming monitor that runs at 360Hz with Nvidia’s G-Sync technology. Asus is claiming this is the world’s first 360Hz gaming monitor with G-Sync, and it’s designed with e-sports and competitive gaming in mind.

144Hz and 240Hz are typical refresh rates found in most gaming-focused monitors, but you might be wondering why you’d even need a 360Hz monitor. Naturally, you’ll need a powerful GPU to reach the types of frame rates where you’ll even notice a difference, and you’ll need to play competitive games like Overwatch or CS:GO to really take advantage of a 360Hz display.

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Jabra announces Elite Active 75t earbuds and $99 Elite 45h headphones

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Jabra is launching two new products at CES 2020. Just as it did with their predecessors, the company is following up on the well-received Elite 75t true wireless earbuds with a fitness-focused “Active” version. Coming in February, the Elite Active 75t will feature “a durable coating for dust and sweat resistance” and bump up the water / sweat resistance to IP57. (The standard Elite 75t earbuds have a rating of IP55, making them fine for occasional rain and light workouts, but they’re not necessarily cut out for heavy sweat.) Battery life is identical to the standard model: 7.5 hours on a single charge and a total of 28 hours when you factor in the case.

The Elite Active 75t earbuds cost $199 compared to the standard $179.99. If you...

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Jabra announces Elite Active 75t earbuds and $99 Elite 45h headphones

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The Elite Active 75t earbuds cost $199 compared to the standard $179.99. If you...

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Withings incorporates two health monitoring tools into one watch

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For its newest smart watch, the ScanWatch, Withings pieced together two health monitoring technologies: one that detects the heart condition atrial fibrillation, and one that measures blood oxygen levels during sleep.

The ScanWatch sends light through the blood vessels in the wrist to measure the amount of oxygen in the blood. Monitoring oxygen levels could help detect episodes of low oxygen that occur with sleep apnea, a condition where breathing stops during sleep, Withings CEO Mathieu Letombe said in a press release. Blood oxygen readings are also integrated with other data around sleep, like sleep duration and quality.

It seems to be a similar feature to one FitBit includes in its Ionic smartwatch. Neither FitBit nor ScanWatch...

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After being banned in 2019, Lora DiCarlo returns to CES with two new sex toys and awards

Left to right: the Baci, Osé, and Onda. | Image: Lora DiCarlo

Lora DiCarlo is unveiling two new sex toys at CES today, a year after the company was kicked out of the show. The two products, the Onda and Baci, are the company’s second and third robotic massagers, and both have been given CES innovation awards.

The fact that Lora DiCarlo is at CES at all is notable. Last year, the company was initially approved to exhibit its first massager, the Osé, and it was given an innovation award in robotics. The Consumer Technology Association, which hosts the show, later said this had been a mistake and revoked Lora DiCarlo’s award and ability to attend the show. The CTA claimed that sex tech was prohibited at the show, even though some sex tech companies have been allowed to exhibit for years.

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HP’s updated Elite Dragonfly G2 is the first laptop with a built-in Tile tracker

HP’s Elite Dragonfly was a surprisingly great laptop for a business-focused device, and at CES 2020, HP is already announcing an upgraded version: the Elite Dragonfly G2. The updated model adds better chips, more storage, and two intriguing new options: a 5G modem and a built-in Tile tracker, which is the first on a laptop.

From the outside, the Dragonfly G2 looks virtually identical to its predecessor, which is a good thing, given that the original model looks great. Most of the updates here are largely to put the spec sheet on par with other modern Windows laptops by adding Intel’s 10th Gen Core processors (compared to the 8th Gen chips that the 2019 model shipped with), including a six-core option. There are also new 1TB and 2TB...

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Netatmo’s HomeKit smart lock uses physical NFC keys

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Netatmo just added a door lock to its portfolio of smart home gear. The creatively named Netatmo Smart Door Lock and Keys is compatible with Apple’s HomeKit standard, and it ships with three physical keys that use NFC to instantly and securely unlock the door mechanism when inserted into the lock. If you find yourself without one of the pre-paired keys, you can still unlock the door through the Netatmo Security app, the same app that manages Netatmo’s cameras and smart smoke alarm.

You can add additional NFC keys to the lock, or deactivate lost or stolen keys through the Security app. A key can also be configured to unlock multiple Netatmo Smart Door Locks in the same home or in different locations. Once the key is inserted, the...

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The smart toothbrush is an idea that refuses to die

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CES means there’s no shortage of “smart” connected gadgets, and toothbrushes are no exception. Oral-B and Colgate are launching new smart toothbrushes this year: the Oral-B iO and the Colgate Plaqless Pro Toothbrush.

Oral-B has released several smart toothbrushes before, like the $220 Oral-B Genius X, which used sensor data and an “AI algorithm” to give suggestions on where to focus on brushing. The Oral-B iO also claims it has artificial intelligence and algorithms to “facilitate achieving perfect brushing results in all 16 zones for superior oral health,” which is just marketing nonsense using AI as a buzzword. This time, the iO has added a new “magnetic drive,” which is responsible for the microvibrations of the bristles. The iO has...

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HP’s 15-inch Spectre x360 gets upgraded with smaller bezels and a good trackpad

Last year, HP overhauled the 13-inch Spectre x360 convertible laptop with some much-needed improvements: a slimmed-down design, reduced bezels, and a functional trackpad. At CES 2020, the company is bringing those same improvements to the larger 15-inch model, too.

Much like last year’s Spectre x360 13, the differences between the old x360 15 and the new one are drastic: HP has massively reduced the bezels on the 2020 model, resulting in a device that’s 13 percent smaller than the previous generation. Plus, despite the vastly smaller size, HP is still offering the excellent-looking OLED screen options it introduced last year.

The old Spectre x360 15 (left) compared to the new model (right).

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Suunto’s first Wear OS smartwatch is taking on Garmin with outdoor offline maps

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You’ve probably never heard of Suunto unless you’re a die-hard fitness watch enthusiast, but the company’s latest wrist-worn gadget might have a larger audience than before. It seems to be the first smartwatch the company’s offered, its first Wear OS watch, and a watch that attempts to make Google’s smartwatch operating system more outdoorsy than ever before.

It’s called the Suunto 7, and it sounds like it’s a multisport watch that could theoretically be the best of both worlds, with the GPS tracking, offline outdoor maps, heart rate sensors, an altimeter, sleep tracker, and (70-plus) exercise modes you’d expect from a Garmin-style fitness watch. There are also the standard benefits of Google’s Wear OS like summoning Google Assistant,...

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Withings incorporates two health monitoring tools into one watch

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It seems to be a similar feature to one FitBit includes in its Ionic smartwatch. Neither FitBit nor ScanWatch...

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After being banned in 2019, Lora DiCarlo returns to CES with two new sex toys and awards

Left to right: the Baci, Osé, and Onda. | Image: Lora DiCarlo

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HP’s updated Elite Dragonfly G2 is the first laptop with a built-in Tile tracker

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Netatmo’s HomeKit smart lock uses physical NFC keys

An NFC Key being inserted into Netatmo’s Smart Door Lock. | Image: Netatmo

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The smart toothbrush is an idea that refuses to die

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HP’s 15-inch Spectre x360 gets upgraded with smaller bezels and a good trackpad

The old Spectre x360 15 (left) compared to the new model (right).

Also improved...

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Suunto’s first Wear OS smartwatch is taking on Garmin with outdoor offline maps

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How Thanos Got His Mad Titan Nickname In The MCU

Though the MCU has long been embraced as a superhero franchise that isn’t ashamed to show its comic book origins, the cinematic universe still has a tendency to be a little more down-to-Earth than its cartoonish source material.

One clear example of this is Avengers: Infinity War’s slightly more grounded explanation of the backstory and motivations of Thanos. In particular, the movie suggests a very different origin for the purple tyrant’s popular nickname, the Mad Titan.

In the comics, Thanos is referred to by this title because he comes from the moon of Titan and was driven insane (or “Mad”) after falling love with Death herself. This explanation, however, was rejected for the movies, possibly because it seemed a little goofy even by MCU standards.

Instead, the “Mad” part of Thanos’ nickname takes on a slightly different meaning in Infinity War. Specifically, this is the madness of a radical doomsayer who proposed killing half the population of Titan in order to avoid a coming disaster.

While speaking to Doctor Strange, Thanos himself even recalls how his fellow Titans called him “a mad man” for suggesting such drastic measures, but once his catastrophic predictions came true, the Mad Titan was more convinced than ever that genocide was the right solution to the universe’s biggest problems.

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You could therefore argue that Thanos’ nickname is inherently rooted in his key motivation as a villain. While everyone else may call him “mad” for his bleak vision and his extreme methods, the tyrant remains convinced that he’ll some day watch the sun rise on a grateful universe.

Of course, things didn’t exactly turn out as planned for Thanos, whose victory at the end of Avengers: Infinity War proved short-lived, but given the character’s ongoing popularity, we certainly can’t rule out a comeback somewhere down the line. Who knows? Maybe he’ll some day meet Mistress Death after all.

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