Month: October 2021

Daily Deals (10-04-2021)

Amazon is kicking off the holiday shopping season even earlier than usual this year, with an “Epic Daily Deals” sale on a bunch of products including Fire, Echo, and Kindle devices as well as third-party gear including storage, headphones, and much, much more. Prime members can also score 13 free PC games this month, including […]

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Amazon is kicking off the holiday shopping season even earlier than usual this year, with an “Epic Daily Deals” sale on a bunch of products including Fire, Echo, and Kindle devices as well as third-party gear including storage, headphones, and much, much more.

Prime members can also score 13 free PC games this month, including a couple of premium titles through partnerships with Origin, the Epic Games Store, and GOG.

Amazon Gaming

Here are some of the day’s best deals.

Chromebooks

Windows laptops

Tablets

eReaders

Webcams

Storage

Networking

Media Streamers

Smart Speakers & Displays

Earbuds

Headphones

Downloads & streaming

Other

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VR, AR, wearables, and smart home tech are now mainstream, research says

42 percent growth expected from 2021 to 2025.

The VR and AR category is predicted to grow the fastest.

The VR and AR category is predicted to grow the fastest. (credit: Oscar Wong/Getty)

It wasn’t long ago that virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) headsets, smartwatches, and voice-controlled homes were the fantasies of books and movies. Today, VR, AR, wearables, and smart home tech have passed the early-adoption phase and are all firmly part of the “mass market,” according to research that the International Data Corporation (IDC) shared today. The global research firm predicted that the combined market will hit $369.6 billion by the end of 2021 and grow to $524.9 billion in 2025. 

IDC expects AR and VR combined to show the most growth out of the three categories, thanks to both businesses and individual consumers. The latter is particularly interested in “robust gaming solutions,” IDC said. Businesses represent the bulk of AR spending today, but IDC thinks the market for AR headsets targeting the general public will grow. It predicted a 67.9 percent compound annual growth rate from 2020 to 2025 for AR and VR combined, which is more than 10 times the next competitor, smart home tech (10.1 percent growth rate).

IDC thinks smart home tech will have the highest market value.

IDC thinks smart home tech will have the highest market value. (credit: IDC)

Smart home tech will represent the most valuable market, however, with a predicted 2025 value of over $400.3 billion. The biggest sellers will reportedly be smart TVs, streaming players, and other “networked entertainment devices," which are expected to represent $229 billion in 2025. 

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IT und Kommunikation: Umstrittener Springer-Artikel erhält Journalistenpreis

Prämiert wurde ein Artikel der Welt zu China, gegen den das Landgericht Frankfurt presserechtlich eine einstweilige Verfügung erlassen hat. Das machen Sieger und die Preisrichter aber nirgends transparent. Von Achim Sawall (Axel Springer Verlag, Intern…

Prämiert wurde ein Artikel der Welt zu China, gegen den das Landgericht Frankfurt presserechtlich eine einstweilige Verfügung erlassen hat. Das machen Sieger und die Preisrichter aber nirgends transparent. Von Achim Sawall (Axel Springer Verlag, Internet)

Samsung confirms ray tracing coming to Exynos GPUs

Samsung has been working with AMD to bring Radeon graphics to the Exynos chips used in many of the company’s smartphones and tablets, and while Samsung has been pretty quiet about the partnership for the past few years, this June AMD CEO Lisa Su promised that the “next flagship” SoC from Samsung would feature AMD […]

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Samsung has been working with AMD to bring Radeon graphics to the Exynos chips used in many of the company’s smartphones and tablets, and while Samsung has been pretty quiet about the partnership for the past few years, this June AMD CEO Lisa Su promised that the “next flagship” SoC from Samsung would feature AMD RDNA 2 graphics with support for features like ray tracing.

Now Samsung has confirmed that it’s next-gen Exynos chips will indeed support ray tracing technology.

In a post on Chinese social media service Weibo (a few hours after the a leak from Ice Universe), Samsung explains that ray tracing involves “calculating the position of the light and the reflected area” for more realistic lighting effects when it comes to things like water, shadow, or shiny surfaces in games.

It’s a feature that’s become common in high-end desktop and laptop graphics cards in recent years, but Samsung’s new chips would be the first to support ray tracing for Android phones and tablets… assuming that’s the company’s intended market for the new Exynos processors. It’s also possible that Samsung plans to target Chromebooks or Windows on ARM PCs.

Samsung isn’t saying much about the actual specifications of its upcoming Exynos/RDNA processor, but the company shared an image showing… very little really. In a side-by-side comparison, one picture shows a tank rolling through a fire with a burning building in the background, while another image shows the same scene, but with light from the fire illuminating the bottom of the tank and sides of the building. For some reason Samsung also added a burning car to the second image, which is missing in the first.

via NotebookCheck

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FCC filing shows Dyson is prepping next Roomba rival

Current robot vacuum is out of stock, and FCC filings point to Dyson’s next move.

This could be Dyson's next robovac.

This could be Dyson's next robovac. (credit: Dyson)

British vacuum cleaner company Dyson doesn’t want to be left in the dust when it comes to robotic vacuums. The company’s current robovac, the Dyson 360 Eye, is out of stock in the US right now. But recent FCC filings show that the company is working on a potential new product to help address the demand for mechanical housekeepers.

  • Dyson's potential "360 Hyperdymium" unit. [credit: Dyson ]

Dyson’s FCC filings, spotted by The Verge today and titled "Dyson 360 VISNAV," point to a striking blue offering with “Dyson 360 Hyperdymium” branding. Hyperdymium refers to a proprietary motor technology that can “run at speeds of up to 125,000 revolutions per minute,” according to Dyson. Dyson also says the tech allows it to make lightweight vacuums. The “360” part suggests that the robot will follow in the 360 Eye’s rolling brush-steps by carrying a 360-degree vision system. The 360 Eye has a small camera on top and sensors on the sides. 

  • Dyson's next robovac will likely have 360-degree vision. [credit: Dyson ]

The robot in the FCC filings looks like it's built to stay much closer to the ground than the 360 Eye, which should allow the device to fit under low spaces, like under a couch. As noted by The Verge, this device differs from the 360 Eye and the more recently launched 360 Heurist, which are both taller and slimmer in order to navigate around tight corners and furniture. Pictures submitted also show a light ring, which could help the robot clean up at night. 

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