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Withings Go is a $70 fitness tracker with an E Ink display

The latest activity tracker from Withings is a small clip-on device with an always-on E Ink display. You can attach the Withings Go to your belt or clothing and it will monitor your steps, distance, Sleep tracking, and other activities throughout the day. Since the 1.1 inch circular E Ink display is always on, you can […]

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Warner Bros., Intel Sues Maker of 4K Copy Protection Stripper

The mystery of where high quality 4K pirated rips of streaming content may have been solved thanks to information obtained about a lawsuit filed by Warner Bros. and Intel subsidiary Digital Copy Protection (DCP).

The major Hollywood Studio and DCP, the company that owns and controls the HDCP copy protection standard, sued a Chinese manufacturer of HDMI converters and HDCP strippers. The company, HDFury, recently released a device that is capable of stripping the most recent version of HDCP, version 2.2, which is used to protect 4K content from streaming platforms such as Netflix and Amazon.

The first of these devices shipped in early November, which was just days before the first pirated 4K content started appearing on file download and sharing sites. It was theorized at that time that a loophole existed within older HDMI devices capable of playing 4K content, which allowed Netflix and Amazon content to be ripped.

Warner Bros. and DCP allege HDFury violated the anti-circumvention provision of the DMCA and asks the court to bar the sale and promotion of the device in the United States. Both companies will be keen to prevent the HDFury device from being sold, not only to protect existing streaming content, but also to protect content released on the upcoming Ultra HD Blu-ray format, which also uses HDCP 2.2.

Toshiba dynaPad 12 inch Windows 2-in-1 tablet coming to America for $569 and up

Toshiba first unveiled the dynaPad tablet with a 12 inch screen, support for a Wacom active pen, and a detachable keyboard dock in October. Now the company is bringing the tablet in the United States. It goes up for pre-order from Toshiba.com and the Microsoft Store this month with prices starting at $570. The tablet has […]

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Fitbit Blaze is a fitness tracker that looks like a watch (or vice versa?)

Smartwatch makers have been adding motion sensors and heart rate monitors to their wearables. Now one of the biggest companies in the activity tracker space seems to have decided turnabout is fair play. Fitbit is launching its first full-fledged watch. The Fitbit Blaze is a $200 watch with a color touchscreen LCD display, support for […]

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Asus unveils 13.3 inch and 15.6 inch VivoBook Flip convertible laptops

Asus is expanding its VivoBook Fip line of convertible laptops with new models sporting Intel Skylake processors, USB Type-C ports, optional NVIDIA graphics, and 13.3 inch and 15.6 inch displays. The Asus VivoBook Flip TP301 is the new 13.3 inch model, and the VivoBook Flip TP501 has a 15.6 inch screen. They join the smaller, […]

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Toyota has 1,400 self-driving car patents—twice as many as any other company

Of course, number of patents doesn’t directly correlate to success in the market.

According to a report put together by Thompson Reuters’ Intellectual Property and Science Division, Toyota spent the last couple of years filing hundreds of patents related to autonomous driving. The report said that Toyota’s 1,400 patents outstripped any other automaker or tech company by a factor of two.

The report also noted that automakers in general have more patents related to autonomous vehicles than Silicon Valley companies like Alphabet Inc.’s Google do. While that might be surprising considering Google has appeared to lead the charge on self-driving cars, nearly all the major automakers in the US have some sort of autonomous vehicle division or lab at this point, whether they’re working on making fully self-driving cars or just moving to implement automatic braking in newer vehicles. Alphabet, Reuters says, ranks just 26^th on the list of companies with the most patents related to self-driving vehicles.

Still, the number of patents a company has does not necessarily mean that that company will have success in the autonomous driving market. "Non-US companies tend to be more aggressive in filing patent applications than American companies,” Reuters wrote. "The quality of patents is also important, since not all are created equal.”

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Samsung launches super-light Notebook 9 Series laptops

As expected, Samsung is updating its line of thin-and-light laptops… but what’s a little unexpected is the company’s new naming scheme for these laptops. In years past, the company called these laptops the Samsung Series 9 or Samsung Ativ Book 9. Now the company is launching new models featuring compact cases, Intel Skylake processors, and […]

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Touchscreen und Tizen: Mit Samsungs neuem Kühlschrank kann eingekauft werden

Samsung installiert sein Betriebssystem Tizen nicht nur auf Smartwatches und Fernsehern, sondern jetzt auch auf dem Kühlschrank. Der auf der CES gezeigte smarte Kühlschrank besitzt nämlich ein 21,5 Zoll großen Touchscreen, auf dem dank einer neuen App Lebensmittel eingekauft werden können. (CES 2016, Display)

Samsung Galaxy TabPro S is a 12 inch 2-in-1 Windows tablet

Samsung is adding a new model to its Galaxy Tab S line of premium tablets… but this time the company is launching a Windows tablet rather than an Android model. The Samsung Galaxy TabPro S is a 12 inch Windows 2-in-1 tablet with a thin and light design and a detachable keyboard dock. It has a […]

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Hypnosis replaces anesthetic in brain surgery—and there’s video

Patients under “hypnosedation” go to their happy place while skull is opened.

(credit: Daniel Lee/Flickr)

Just imagine that the whirring noise—from drills and saws cutting into your skull—is the gentle engine-hum of a motorboat, gliding past your canoe as you float in a tranquil lake.

Those may be some of the instructions a cancer patient might hear while in a hypnotic trance during brain surgery.

The technique, which replaces general anesthetics, was used on 37 patients undergoing surgery to remove brain tumors, researchers report in the journal Neurosurgery. Though there's been little science to back up hypnotherapy, the authors conclude that their small study's success suggests hypnosis could be a viable tool to help sedate patients during delicate brain surgery.

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