Intel wasted no time during its CES 2018 keynote in addressing the Meltdown and Spectre bugs potentially threatening all its processors. The company’s CEO Brian Krzanich used the opening moments of the keynote to promise that the company would patch 90% of affected processors made in the past five years by the end of this week. From there, the following 10% of vulnerable processors will see fixes by the end of the month. Krzanich also stated that Intel has found no evidence to suggest that eithe

The Nokia Steel HR will soon be released in rose gold when previously you could only buy it with a silver body. With the silver body you had the choice of either a black or white watch face and you’ve still got that choice with the rose gold variant. There’s aren’t any new features here – it’s a different color and it’s not the first time we’ve seen a rose gold version of the Nokia Steel either. The full color range for the Nokia Steel HRWe’ve yet to hear word whether the company will release a

The Samsung Galaxy S9 is poised to make its official debut as soon as February, though Samsung decided against to teasing the new smartphone today. There was no subtle outline of what the Samsung Galaxy S9 will look like at the very end of this Las Vegas conference. There are already plenty of Galaxy S9 rumors breaking today. Samsung Galaxy S9 rumorsSamsung Galaxy S9 won’t look too different from the Galaxy S8, according to all of the rumors we’ve heard so far. There’s a lot to get excited about

While some had hoped we might see a D5S at CES, Nikon has taken the wraps of a new professional level FX-format lens – the AF-S 180-400mm f/4E TC1.4 FL ED VR super-telephoto zoom lens. Replacing the AF-S 200-400mm f/4G ED VR II, the new optic borrows an idea from Canon’s EF 200-400mm f/4 L IS USM lens and sports a built-in 1.4x teleconverter and allows photographers to seamlessly swap to a 252-560mm (FX-format) focal range. If you’re intending to pair the AF-S 180-400mm f/4E TC1.4 FL ED VR with

Enter Optoma, which TechRadar said rewrote the rules on 4K projectors with the inexpensive Optoma UHD60 last year. This 4K, UHD projector can display 2,400 lumens with a 500K:1 contrast ratio, and delivers an HDR10 -quality spread of colors. Along with Alexa Smart Home, it comes equipped with a 4K UHD media player, an Android OS and two HDMI 2.0 slots that support 60fps gaming. In addition, Optoma has announced several projectors that lack Alexa support, but compensate with power or mobility. Th

Lenovo has revealed a trio of refreshed ThinkPad X1 notebooks at CES 2018, with new Carbon, Tablet and Yoga variants, along with an updated ThinkVision X1 monitor. Carbon copyMoving onto the refreshed ThinkPad X1 Carbon (the sixth-generation of this variant), Lenovo claims that this is the world’s lightest 14-inch business laptop. Furthermore, the ThinkPad X1 Carbon boasts far-field 360-degree microphones to allow for voice control from up to four meters away (Amazon’s Alexa is also supported he

Sony has had an odd relationship with Ultra HD Blu-ray over the past couple of years. While the likes of Samsung and Panasonic dived headlong into supporting the new 4K disc standard, Sony held back, a decision made a little surprising given its history with physical media. Announced at CES 2018, it’s an Ultra HD Blu-ray player that now includes support for Dolby’s 12-bit, scene-by-scene mastered, HDR tour-de-force. The HDR10+ problemThere’s just one problem though, and that’s that while Sony ha

The JBL Link View is the first such smart speaker that’s been announced. The JBL Link View is the first screen-equipped Google Assistant smart speaker that’s been announced. Keeping up with the JonesesThe news shows the competition to become the dominant voice assistant is showing no signs of cooling off. Recently headphones have also started being equipped with either voice assistant, and televisions are also following suit. The ace up Google’s sleeve is of course Android, which has come equipp

Smart home control is headed to your wrist then, as the company has just announced at CES 2018 that it’s squeezing its SmartThings smart home management app onto its wearable devices. If you’ve got a Samsung Gear S3 or Gear Sport, you’ll be able to use the app to control all of Samsung’s connected devices around your home, getting at-a-glance views of your thermostat, controlling music, tweaking ambient light and more. “We’ve been leading the wearables journey for four years,” said Samsung’s Ala

Back when offices first started using computers there was the idea that the office of the future would eventually go fully ‘paperless’, as screens completely took over. Look at any modern office and you’ll see dozens of notepads, and walls and whiteboards literally covered in Post-it notes. But Samsung’s Flip wants to keep the paperless dream alive, with its combination of a large screen, and seamless integration with phones and laptops. If every phone, tablet and laptop can beam to the board, t

I hate true wireless earbuds. This seemingly wouldn’t be a massive chip designed to push the boundaries of what over-ear headphones can do. Instead it’s a chip aimed towards true wireless earbuds. Let’s start with what it wants to achieve for true wireless earbuds. Forcing headphones to work on tiny amounts of battery means that over-ear headphones could conceivably see their battery life skyrocket, as well as integrating the same enhanced noise cancellation technology allowed by the new tech.

CES 2018 has marked another significant step forward in car technology, with a number of manufacturers revealing the latest tech for their vehicles, and three firms have partnered with chipset maker Qualcomm to make their cars smarter, safer and more entertaining. From the march towards 5G and smart cities, to entertainment for front and rear passengers, your next car could be packing some serious technology. British firm Jaguar Land Rover has confirmed it will be using Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 820

We’ve already seen a flood of new Alexa speakers hit the market – including most notably the Sonos One – but Qualcomm’s new platform wants to ensure that the flow doesn’t slow down anytime soon. The chip manufacturers new ‘Smart Audio Platform’ is an end-to-end solution for anyone looking to build a smart speaker of their own, including a six microphone array and far field voice processing technology. Although this particular platform will offer support for Amazon’s Alexa ecosystem, Qualcomm is

At CES 2018 it felt like almost every single new TV announced featured some form of voice assistant integration. Keen to get in on the act, Samsung has announced that its 2018 Smart TVs are getting voice assistant integration…but it’s probably not the voice assistant you want. While other manufacturers have embraced Alexa and Google Assistant, Samsung has – perhaps unsurprisingly – opted to include its own voice assistant, Bixby. Own-brand voice controlWe shouldn’t be surprised since Samsung h

HTC has unveiled a new Wireless Adapter for the HTC Vive virtual reality headset as well as the just-announced HTC Vive Pro. HTC says the adapter will be the first to market in offering a truly wireless VR headset solution for both of its headsets. Intel killed off some of its WiGig products late last year, shifting its focus to enabling wireless VR. This would suggest that while the HTC Vive and Vive Pro are free from wires, you can’t go wondering anywhere with them and still expect the connect

The company’s other two released 4K models, the UB420 and UB330, only support HDR10+ and HDR10, respectively. In fact, none of Panasonic’s TVs actually support Dolby yet. But it’s unclear for now what kind of Blu-ray discs Panasonic owners will be buying for their players. As of yet, there aren’t any HDR10+ discs on sale; you’ll only find HDR10+ videos via streaming sites like Amazon. Industry experts say that Blu-Ray discs can’t support Dolby and HDR10+ format simultaneously due to their size,

An upgrade to HTC’s existing Vive headsetAn upgrade to HTC’s existing Vive headset When is it out? #SteamDevDays #Vive #VR pic.twitter.com/o99QHPZvvDOctober 12, 2016HTC Vive Pro featuresWe don’t know too much about what features the new HTC Vive Pro might end up sporting, but some recent developments give us some interesting clues about the direction HTC is taking the hardware in. We hope that this ends up being something that’s included as standard with the HTC Vive Pro. As a final point, Sony’

Image credit: PowermatApple was more than a little late to the wireless charging party, but that doesn’t mean you should disregard its massive influence. Today Powermat, which is the only true rival to the prevailing Qi wireless charging format, conceded that Qi had essentially won the war thanks to Apple’s adoption of the format for the iPhone X , the iPhone 8 and the iPhone 8 Plus . Powermat also officially joined the Wireless Power Consortium (WPC), which is the group that’s primarily respons

Wireless gaming peripherals, once bemoaned for adding latency, are now the prized by all PC gamers for the mobility they add. Last year, we saw one of the first wireless gaming keyboards from Logitech, and now Corsair is getting into the game with the Corsair K63 Wireless at CES 2018. The Corsair K63 Wireless releases today priced at $109 (about £80, AU$140), and the company is launching a new wireless Lapboard for $59 (about £40, AU$75). Image 1 of 4 The Corsair K63 Wireless looks spectacular I

From supercharging the tech in your car to making sure you’ve got journey-saving devices to hand, this is your one-stop list to get yourself up and running in no time. Whether you’ve got a new car with it built in, or a third-party retrofitted unit, you can do some really interesting stuff with Google’s platform. From what it actually is to how to use the service, you can get started with Android Auto with our starter’s manual. You can even challenge each other to beat scores when the driving re