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Download - 86: The 2019 CES Draft

86: The 2019 CES Draft

01/10/19 • 62 min

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The Consumer Electronics Show is, as always, a flood of new technology, corporate announcements, products that will never ship, and embarrassing garbage. How better to sum it all up than with a draft? In this episode, we choose the top stories of the week, then move on to pick some vaporware and the worst story of the show. But don't worry, in the end we've got some fuzzy CES puppies to cheer you up. Is that fresh bread I smell?

This episode of Download is sponsored by:
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Guest Starring:

Florence Ion and Mikah Sargent

Links and Show Notes: Every new HomeKit-enabled device announced at CES | iMore Google Assistant Connect makes adding Assistant easier - 9to5Google LG’s groundbreaking roll-up TV is going on sale this year - The Verge CES AirPlay, HomeKit, and Accessory Roundup, Part 1 – MacStories A woman pumped breast milk on the CES show floor. So what? Impossible Burger 2.0 Taste Test: Shockingly Good Intel demonstrates 10nm Ice Lake processor, promises PCs will ship with it later this year - The Verge Bose invented a noise-canceling system for your car - The Verge There Are Not One, But Three Companies That Will Paint Your Cat on Your Fingernail iMore on Instagram: “The ARTPRO NAIL from O'2 Nails is an inkjet printer FOR YOUR FINGERNAILS! 💅🏽💅🏽 #nailart #ces2017” CES 2019: Robotic suitcases back (and ... maybe better?) at this year's show | ZDNet The Craziest Cars and Futuristic Vehicles of CES 2019 - PCMag Bell’s hybrid-electric flying car will be available via Uber by the ‘mid-2020s’ - The Verge This machine will fold your laundry for you | TechRadar Sony's latest project tackles immersive, 3D audio - Android Authority The smart diaper has entered the building at CES 2019 - CNET Royal Flush: Hands-On with Kohler’s $8,000 Alexa Toilet Audi spins out Holoride to put VR in every car | TechCrunch AT&T's Android phones now lie about having 5G AT&T gets burned by rivals over its fake 5G network
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The Consumer Electronics Show is, as always, a flood of new technology, corporate announcements, products that will never ship, and embarrassing garbage. How better to sum it all up than with a draft? In this episode, we choose the top stories of the week, then move on to pick some vaporware and the worst story of the show. But don't worry, in the end we've got some fuzzy CES puppies to cheer you up. Is that fresh bread I smell?

This episode of Download is sponsored by:
  • Linode: High performance SSD Linux servers for all of your infrastructure needs. Get a $20 credit.
  • ButcherBox: Thoughtfully sourced meat delivered directly to your door
Guest Starring:

Florence Ion and Mikah Sargent

Links and Show Notes: Every new HomeKit-enabled device announced at CES | iMore Google Assistant Connect makes adding Assistant easier - 9to5Google LG’s groundbreaking roll-up TV is going on sale this year - The Verge CES AirPlay, HomeKit, and Accessory Roundup, Part 1 – MacStories A woman pumped breast milk on the CES show floor. So what? Impossible Burger 2.0 Taste Test: Shockingly Good Intel demonstrates 10nm Ice Lake processor, promises PCs will ship with it later this year - The Verge Bose invented a noise-canceling system for your car - The Verge There Are Not One, But Three Companies That Will Paint Your Cat on Your Fingernail iMore on Instagram: “The ARTPRO NAIL from O'2 Nails is an inkjet printer FOR YOUR FINGERNAILS! 💅🏽💅🏽 #nailart #ces2017” CES 2019: Robotic suitcases back (and ... maybe better?) at this year's show | ZDNet The Craziest Cars and Futuristic Vehicles of CES 2019 - PCMag Bell’s hybrid-electric flying car will be available via Uber by the ‘mid-2020s’ - The Verge This machine will fold your laundry for you | TechRadar Sony's latest project tackles immersive, 3D audio - Android Authority The smart diaper has entered the building at CES 2019 - CNET Royal Flush: Hands-On with Kohler’s $8,000 Alexa Toilet Audi spins out Holoride to put VR in every car | TechCrunch AT&T's Android phones now lie about having 5G AT&T gets burned by rivals over its fake 5G network

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Links and Show Notes: Daring Fireball: On Apple's $29 iPhone Battery Replacement Program and Its Role in Their Earnings Miss Apple Plans Three New iPhones This Year, Plays Catch-Up on Cameras - WSJ DuckDuckGo will use Apple Maps for local searches on the web - The Verge DuckDuckGo Switches to Apple Maps for Location Searches – MacStories You Deserve Privacy Online. Here’s How You Could Actually Get It | TIME Pandora launches a personalized voice assistant on iOS and Android | TechCrunch A New Publishing Solution for News Organizations — The WordPress.com Blog Doing More to Support Local News - Facebook Samsung shows off a 75-inch 4K 'Wall' TV made with MicroLEDs How AirPlay 2 works on Vizio TVs - The Verge August CEO on the smart home of the future - The Verge Smart Home: It’s Connected Folks, not Magic! – Tech.pinions NVIDIA's RTX GPUs bring ray tracing to laptops - Engadget Netflix raising prices for 58M US subscribers as costs rise - Engadget NBCU Shakes Up Executive Ranks to Prepare for 2020 Streaming Launch – Variety Roku adds Infowars six months after other platforms ban channel - Digiday 'Miracle Puppy' | Austin Animal Center treats dog dropped by a hawk | kvue.com Carolina Milanesi (@caro_milanesi) | Twitter Devindra Hardawar (@Devindra) | Twitter

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