VentureBeatMobile Technology Lightyear One: Hands-on with a solar-powered car with 440-mile range VentureBeat - Dean TakahashiMove over Tesla. The Lightyear One will be a solar-powered electric vehicle that can drive 440 miles on a single charge. I missed the Dutch company when I visited CES 2020, the big tech trade show in Vegas
VentureBeatBusiness AMD CTO: How making the right bets years ago is paying off now VentureBeat - Dean TakahashiIt’s been a long ride for Mark Papermaster, chief technology officer at Advanced Micro Devices. But the journey to challenge Intel in the race to design, make, and ship the best microprocessors on the
VentureBeatBusiness The DeanBeat: A Westworld ‘activation’ that illustrates the creepy side of tech VentureBeat - Dean TakahashiMy colleagues have been wondering what the word “activation” means, as the Entertainment Software Association used the word in describing why its Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) was still going to good
VentureBeatBusiness Toilet makers flush the old turds for new tech in 2020 VentureBeat - Dean TakahashiSmart toilets have been building up to an explosion in the past few years, and now they’re overflowing. At CES 2020, we saw a number of companies that have taken the plunge with new technology for the
VentureBeatBusiness How tech is catering to the elderly and caregivers VentureBeat - Dean TakahashiAt CES 2020, tech’s biggest trade show, it was heartening to see that the tech industry is paying attention to the needs of the elderly and the younger people who provide care for the elderly. I’ve paid
VentureBeatWater Zero Mass Water: How the water in the air can save us VentureBeat - Dean TakahashiPulling water out of thin air is Zero Mass Water‘s big idea, and now we’ll see how far it can go. Cody Friesen, associate professor of materials science at Arizona State University, came up with the idea
VentureBeatBusiness How ESL is keeping in stride with esports tournament growth VentureBeat - Dean TakahashiAfter a couple of decades in the wilderness, esports is coming into its own as a form of mass media entertainment. The global esports viewer base is estimated to grow from 355 million in 2018 to 674 million
VentureBeatBusiness Tommy Tallarico is making a lot of noise about Intellivision VentureBeat - Dean TakahashiTommy Tallarico has been making noise and music as a sound expert and musician for video games for more than three decades. But lately, he has been leading a retro gaming revival as head of Intellivision
VentureBeatBusiness VRgineers interview: Why it’s making an 8K military-grade VR headset VentureBeat - Ian Hamilton, UploadVRAt CES 2020 this week, VRgineers announced a new version of its XTAL high-end headset for enterprise priced at $7,890, including business grade support. The original XTAL was announced back in summer For
VentureBeatBusiness Panasonic VR glasses hands-on: An intriguing vision in need of a platform VentureBeat - Ian Hamilton, UploadVRI’ve written plenty of words complaining about the shameful state of a VR market heading into 2020 in which Oculus Go is a best-seller with its limited interactions and a nearly defunct 3DoF development
VentureBeatBusiness How Shelley Zalis strives to bring gender balance to the tech world VentureBeat - Dean TakahashiShelley Zalis, CEO of The Female Quotient, turned a lot of heads while walking the aisles of CES 2020. That was because she was leading a tour of the CES booths at the head of a pack of 225 women. That’s
VentureBeatBusiness How Stern Pinball and Stranger Things are thriving on nostalgia VentureBeat - Dean TakahashiStern Pinball has built its business on nostalgia, so it’s no surprise that its next table is based on Stranger Things, the hit Netflix show that itself is built around nostalgia for the past. Stern Pinball
VentureBeatSmart Homes ProBeat: A smart speaker does not a smart home make VentureBeat - Emil ProtalinskiTo coincide with CES 2020 this week, Strategy Analytics released a survey claiming that smart homes had passed “the tipping point” and that “Most Homes Are Now Smart Homes.” Putting aside that U.S. homes
VentureBeatBusiness CES 2020 was sprawling and glorious, but terrible for decision-makers VentureBeat - Jeremy HorwitzAs CES 2020 wraps up today, I’m glad to be done at the overwhelming consumer electronics event, which this year was legitimately exciting in some very big ways. Putting aside the latest predictably embarrassing
VentureBeatBusiness Autonomous cats, humanoids, and other cool robots at CES 2020 VentureBeat - Kyle WiggersThe 2020 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) came to a close this week, as signaled by the throngs of robotics companies packing up their wares for long flights home. Machines were on display at Unveiled,
VentureBeatBusiness CES 2020: The best ideas and products of tech’s biggest show VentureBeat - Dean TakahashiI have just about wrapped up my trip to CES 2020, the big tech trade show in Las Vegas. I walked more than 37.45 miles (over 84,385 steps) this week to scout for the best ideas and products of the show.
VentureBeatBusiness Intel is sampling its discrete graphics card DG1 to independent software vendors VentureBeat - Kyle WiggersDetails about Intel’s Xe graphics platform continue to trickle out, albeit slower than we’d like. During a web briefing with reporters yesterday, Intel reiterated that Xe is shipping in three flavors Xe-LP,
VentureBeatBusiness CES 2020 proved VR and AR are thriving — and moving into automobiles VentureBeat - Jeremy HorwitzVirtual and augmented reality have had a rough few years: Pundits tried to proclaim VR “dead” despite growing consumer interest and sales, while AR’s high prices and limited utility relegated dozens of
VentureBeatBusiness Samsung explains why home robotics are such a challenge VentureBeat - Kyle WiggersCould robotics products designed for homes be in Samsung’s future? Not until a Gordian knot’s worth of technological kinks have been worked out. That’s the takeaway from a panel of Samsung executives week
VentureBeatBusiness AMD CEO interview — Expect a lot more from us in 2020 VentureBeat - Dean TakahashiLisa Su, CEO of Advanced Micro Devices, is on a victory lap. At CES 2020, she said the company has gained market share on archrival Intel for the past eight quarters. And Su said, “We’re just getting In
VentureBeatBusiness Gary Shapiro on CES 2020: Ivanka Trump, privacy, 5G, AI, and health care VentureBeat - Dean TakahashiGary Shapiro is the longtime CEO of the Consumer Technology Association, and he has played a lot of roles over the years in that job. Shapiro presides over CES 2020, the big tech trade show in Las Vegas
VentureBeatSocial Media Twitter will soon let you choose who can reply to your tweets VentureBeat - Kyle WiggersDuring a press briefing at the 2020 Consumer Electronics Show, executives from Twitter outlined policy changes that’ll affect the social network’s over 330 million users in the months to come. Twitter
VentureBeatCES At CES 2020, 5G hype shifted from phones to PCs, cars, and infrastructure VentureBeat - Jeremy HorwitzWhen the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) is at its very best, the annual trade show feels like a wonderland where visitors can see and possibly even touch new technologies for the first time. But CES isn’t
VentureBeatBusiness Michael Phelps interview — How Olympic athletes can take advantage of tech VentureBeat - Dean TakahashiMy good athlete buddy (okay, I’d never met him before) Michael Phelps appeared at the Panasonic press event at CES 2020, the big tech trade show in Las Vegas this week. He was touting the Michael Phelps
VentureBeatBusiness Yale and August announce new smart locks and connected strongboxes VentureBeat - Kyle WiggersSmart home devices remain all the rage. Around 14 billion are estimated to have been sold so far, and they brought in around $50 billion in 2018 alone. In 2016, the global market was valued at $55.65 and
VentureBeatBusiness Sony debuts prototype autonomous car to develop sensing and safety technologies VentureBeat - Reuters(Reuters) — Sony said it would start testing self-driving cars as early as this year to beef up the company’s sensing and safety technologies, as the Japanese electronics and entertainment giant accelerates
VentureBeatBusiness launches Comma Two, a $999 kit that imbues cars with assisted driving features VentureBeat - Kyle WiggersTwo years ago, analysts predicted that upwards of 10 million self-driving cars would hit the road by 2020. These weren’t the only bullish indicators — in 2015 and 2016, respectively, the Guardian and Insider
VentureBeatBusiness CES 2020: These wild gadgets will make you laugh VentureBeat - Dean TakahashiCES 2020 has more than 4,500 exhibitors showing off thousands of products. But we’ve waded through them to find the oddball products that made us laugh — or at least raise our eyebrows and do a double
VentureBeatTechnology Google Assistant passes 500 million users, will get longform reading and deeper smart home integration in 2020 VentureBeat - Khari JohnsonGoogle Assistant is now used by 500 million monthly active users, and today Google is previewing features on the way in 2020 like a new voice that reads articles and web pages aloud to users with a more
