consumer electronics
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Huawei’s New Gadgets Look Cool As Hell, but Good Luck Buying Them
Huawei today announced a bunch of new devices, but like most of its products, folks living in the U.S. probably won’t be able to buy them anytime soon (if at all). And unfortunately these aren’t the type of gadgets where you can easily find an alternative; we’re talking about a new foldable phone with an…
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$280 NostalgiaCam Is Trying to Make Retro Camcorders Cool Again
As happy as the world was to transition away from analogue mediums like film, there’s still plenty of nostalgia for old film cameras, which helps explain how Polaroid came back from the dead. With the NostalgiaCam, a fashion brand called Tombogo is trying to do the same thing for the digital camcorders of the early…
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Revolutionary Silicon Chip Microspeakers Promise to Make Wireless Earbuds Even Smaller With Better Battery Life
Wireless earbuds could soon be small enough to be completely unnoticeable when worn thanks to a new design for a microspeaker made entirely from silicon. This approach replaces traditional speaker designs relying on magnets and moving membranes. The new sound-producing chips could dramatically improve battery life as well, making these devices less dependent on charging…
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Apple Shows Its Internal Control Freak to States Implementing Digital IDs
It’s no secret that Apple can be a control freak about, well, pretty much everything. The company’s attitude apparently extends to the states it’s signed contracts with to roll out digital IDs on the Wallet app, even though you would expect governments to push back on that sort of thing.