CES 2018: Google and Amazon assistants heading into a two way race

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

What is evident from this year's International CES (Consumer Electronics Show) is that smart assistants are emerging to be the biggest story from the show. Not only has Amazon's Alexa assistant transcended speakers, thermostats and is now comng to PCs and even cars.

Google and its Google Assistant is omniscient in Las Vegas this year. Not only is Google Assistant coming to various third-party headphones it's ramping up the range of functionality with one million actions, which are like Alexa's Skills or, to put it simply, services and apps that they can link to or processes that you can enable.

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The ability to run 'Pokémon Go' is going away for older iPhones

It's getting tougher to own an older iPhone. If it isn't slowing down because of the necessary battery throttling, it is no longer capable of running the most popular apps and games. This is the case with Pokemon GO which will no longer work on iPhones that don't support iOS 11.

Niantic, who makes Pokemon GO, says that the popular monster hunting and collecting app will not be playable on iPhones from 2013 or earlier. That means iPhone 5 and iPhone 5c (and earlier). Reason for discontinuation is the addition of new features such as enhanced AR (augmented reality) and improvements which the older hardware just can't handle, yikes.

Source: Engadget

CES 2018: LG's OLED Canyon wins CES 2018

As far as attractions and experiences on the show floor, CES is famous for offering sensory overload. From thousands of booths, large pavilions and long lines to demo the latest and greatest tech that may or may not make it to the mainstream. For CES 2018, however, the lasting image will be of LG's audacious and immersive 90- foot long OLED Canyon featuring a staggering array of 246 LG Open Frame OLED displays, in concave and convex configurations, giving tens of thousands of visitors a one-of-a-kind experience of natural wonders.

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CES 2018: Intel unveils most powerful NUC capable of driving VR

Intel had a lot of things to share during its keynote at the International CES 2018. One of the most interesting developments is an Intel NUC that's capable of driving VR experiences. 

The new Intel NUC (formerly code-named Hades Canyon) brings this powerful new processor and graphics solution into an incredibly tiny 1.20-liter system. Great for VR enthusiasts and workload-heavy content creators, it will be Intel’s smallest premium VR-capable system in the market.

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