How one company is giving your Wear OS smartwatch superpowers

Doublepoint “This is a matter of building the next touchscreen, “said Ohto Pentikäinen, CEO of a company called Doublepoint, as he introduced Digital Trends to its fascinating, next-generation gesture control system. The best way you could think of it is as Apple’s Double Tap feature on steroids. I chatted with Pentikäinen over a video call …

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CES 2024: Govee pioneers with CogniGlow and AI Lighting Bot

Smart lighting is one of the best implementations of the modern smart home. With the right set up, you don’t have to get up to turn on or off lights anymore. You can call out to a voice assistant, interact with an app on your phone, or set up automatic schedules and timers. But what …

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The 4 best gaming PC deals in HP’s Black Friday sale

HP makes a lot of different gaming laptops and gaming PCs, and the big benefit of buying directly from its website is that you get to do some customizations. Even better, there are some good discounts as part of the ongoing Black Friday deals today, so it’s the perfect time to take those savings and …

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The cheapest Dell 2-in-1 laptop worth buying Black Friday

Mark Coppock/Digital Trends / Digital Trends Modern computers are very light and thin, and if you need something portable and relatively well-priced, then the Inspiron 14 2-in-1 is a solid option. There are quite a few Black Friday deals you can take advantage of, including this one from Dell that brings it down to $500 …

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GPT-4 Turbo is the biggest update since ChatGPT’s launch

Matheus Bertelli / Pexels OpenAI has just unveiled the latest updates to its large language models (LLM) during its first developer conference, and the most notable improvement is the release of GPT-4 Turbo, which is currently entering preview. GPT-4 Turbo comes as an update to the existing GPT-4, bringing with it a greatly increased context …

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Apple’s M3 Max keeps up with Intel’s top desktop CPU

Apple The first benchmarks of Apple’s M3 Max processor just leaked, and it looks like it’s going to be one speedy chip. Found in the new 16-inch MacBook Pro, the M3 Max pushes the capabilities of Apple silicon to new heights — so much so that it can keep up with Intel’s best desktop processor, …

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AMD is slowing down at the worst possible time

AMD AMD has a strong hold on the handheld gaming market, and given the growing popularity of such consoles, that’s a good place to be. AMD’s chips power the Steam Deck, but also consoles like the Asus ROG Ally or the Ayaneo 2S. While it’s crucial for AMD to keep pushing and release new, more …

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A major Windows update just launched. Here’s what’s new

Microsoft Microsoft has just announced the latest update to Windows 11, which brings the operating system up to version 23H2. This is a cumulative update that comes with some of the most exciting features already announced in September, including Copilot, and brings some changes to Teams, among other things. Here’s what’s new and how to …

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Intel still thinks ARM is an insignificant threat

Intel We’ve recently heard that Nvidia and AMD may soon be ready to launch their own ARM-based client processors. That, combined with predictions that ARM chips might account for up to 30% of the PC market in just a few years, sounds like worrying information for rivals. However, Intel appears to be anything but worried …

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Boston Dynamics uses ChatGPT to create a robot tour guide

Boston Dynamics’ Spot robot has already impressed us with its astonishing agility, but now it can make a pretty good tour guide, too. Keen to explore how generative AI tools like OpenAI’s ChatGPT chatbot can be used with its robot dog, the company’s clever engineers recently decided to create a tour guide using the technology. …

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