Google pulls out of an in-person CES 2022 appearance

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After company's like Intel, Lenovo, Amazon, and more pulled out of the Consumer Electronics Show, Google is the latest tech brand that announced it won't have an on-site presence at CES 2022. "After careful consideration we have decided to withhold from having a presence on the show floor of CES 2022. We've been closely monitoring the development of the omicron variant, and have decided that this is the best choice for the health and safety of our teams," the company told TechCrunch. 

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This XPG concept mouse can store games in a built-in SSD 

This XPG concept mouse can store games in a built-in SSD

Source: XPG

Gaming accessory company XPG is exploring the idea of turning a gaming mouse into something more than that. The XPG Vault Gaming Mouse is a wired USB-C mouse equipped with a high-speed SSD drive to offer you a "gaming library in the palm of your hand." This concept mouse supports up to 1TB of memory that can run at a speedy 985 MB/s. XPG's Prime Software Ecosystem app controls this storage.

While it looks like your typical, unassuming mouse, it would need a stout, sturdy USB-C cable to run. But as Engadget pointed out, this high-speed storage frees up a USB slot usually taken up by a wired mouse. XPG didn't share anything else about the mouse's specs. But it is a prototype, so we aren't too surprised about that.

Simon Kronenfeld: Top 5 Luxury Cars in 2021

With every new year, hundreds of new models of luxury cars are introduced into the global market. Some leave impressions of greatness, while some fade from collective memory; a handful go down in history for all the wrong reasons. The best luxury cars on the market stand out through their exceptional qualities of style, performance, comfort, safety, and fuel economy, according to Simon Kronenfeld.

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