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Google controls a smartwatch with radar-powered finger gestures

Last year, Google gave us a taste of Project Soli, an effort to deliver radar-powered finger gesture control to wearables.

Google and Qualcomm put Android Auto in charge of this Maserati

It's not often you get to sit in a Maserati. And I never thought I'd get the chance at a developer conference, of all places.

What the hell is Google Assistant?

Google Assistant is a conversational successor to Google Now. But it's also a competitor to the chatbots we're seeing from Microsoft and Facebook.

Innit's connected kitchen made me some delicious ribs

We've heard tell of connected kitchens since the days of the 1969 Honeywell Kitchen Computer, but unfortunately we're not quite living in the age of the Jetsons just yet.

The After Math: Google I/O 2016 Edition

Google unleashed its 2016 developers conference on Mountain View, CA this morning. The company debuted a bunch of new products including its answer to Amazon's Alexa, dubbed Google Home; a new VR headset called Daydream (along with a new VR section for Play) and two new messaging apps, Allo and Duo.

The new Android N preview is more stable and updates itself

Google surprised us all with an Android N developer preview two months before its annual I/O developer conference, and then it updated the software a few weeks ago with new performance-enhancing features.

​NVIDIA's GeForce GTX 1080 is the GPU upgrade you've been waiting for

It's never been a better time to be a PC gamer. Hardware is getting both cheaper and more powerful, most big-budget console games are making it to PCs (where they also look better), and the rise of virtual reality offers a tempting upgrade target.

Who needs a smart tampon when you have common sense?

​I wasn't surprised two weeks ago when I was invited to see an early demo of a so-called smart tampon.

Report: Twitter won't count links, photos in 140-character limit

According to Bloomberg, Twitter is prepping an update to its service that will keep photos and links from counting against the 140-character limit of a post.

The Nura headphones craft the perfect audio for your ear

Any time you buy a new pair of headphones, you probably spend a bit of time tweaking their fit and feel for the best listening experience.

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