The morning after – Engadget

After years of neglecting his Harmony product line, Logitech finally confirmed he was stepping out of the universal remote business. A post on the company’s support forums explained that once the current stock runs out, that’s it – they just don’t make the devices anymore.

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Logitech says it will continue to support existing devices and that “we also plan to continue updating the platform and adding devices to our Harmony database.” However, in a world where people have consolidated their living room setup with soundbars controlled by HDMI-CEC, frequently opt for streaming services instead of stand-alone Blu-ray players and have AI assistants from Amazon. , Google or Apple to control everything, the market is more than ever a niche.

Could they have developed a better universal remote that would bring everyone back? Modernization efforts ranged from terrible (remember the Review?) To passable (the way current devices tie into AI technology and your smartphone), but if there’s a better way, Harmony won’t be there to find it.

– Richard Lawler

The Robosen Robotics collector’s item responds to voice commands and can be programmed.

Hasbro teamed up with Robosen Robotics to make this Optimus Prime figure a programmable robot that can actually move: it can automatically transform into a vehicle, and vice versa, walk as a robot and run as a vehicle.

The robot responds to a variety of voice commands which include “go forward”, “deploy”, “move left / right”, “increase / decrease volume”, “stop”, “open fire” and “Attack”, among others. You can also tell her to “say hello” or ask her “who are you?” The actions are accompanied by sound effects and, for some of them, spoken dialogue by original Optimus Prime voice actor Peter Cullen.

The snow available for pre-order on the Hasbro Pulse Fan Fest website for $ 699, with a shipping date listed for October 1, 2021.
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Over 50% off Beats Solo Pro headphones and more.

A bunch of Apple devices went on sale this week on the web. Beats Solo Pro headphones are over 50% off right now and the MacBook Air M1 stays at its lowest price. Selling Fitbit on the Charge 4 trackers slashed their normal prices by $ 50, and just before the weekend started, Best Buy kicked off a new three-day sale, so we scoured the deals to find the best of the bunch. , like this one. $ 900 Surface Laptop 13.

Here are all the best deals of the week that you can still grab today, and don’t forget to follow. @EngadgetDeals on Twitter for more updates.
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Michio Kaku on “The God Equation,” LG is ditching phones.

This week on the Engadget podcast, physicist Dr. Michio Kaku joins Cherlynn and Devindra to discuss his new book, The Equation of God: The Quest for a Theory of Everything. He delves into the problem with the Standard Model of Physics, this week’s startling news about muons and why believes we’ll eventually unite with superintelligent robots and roam the cosmos as beings of pure energy. (Hey, that could happen.) Also, Chris Velazco joins him in standing up in his feelings. about LG dropping out of the mobile market.

Listen on Apple podcasts, Google podcasts, Spotify, Pocket casts or Stitcher.
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If you can’t wait for 6E WiFi routers later this year, that will probably do the trick.

TP-Link introduced the Archer AX5400 (aka Archer AX73), a WiFi 6 box that promises fast access while keeping the price loosely in check. The dual band device combines six antennas with newer technologies (such as HT160 and 1024-QAM) to provide 5.4 Gbps of total bandwidth and 4.8 Gbps with WiFi 6.

The AX5400 is now available on Amazon for $ 200. It’s not the cheapest WiFi 6 router you’ll find (TP-Link’s lineup starts at $ 90), but it arguably strikes a better balance between the modest speeds of the AX3000 and AX6000 without. fresh.
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After that you may never know how Babby is formed.

Yahoo Answers will close on May 4, 2021. The website has been around since 2005, making it one of the oldest question-and-answer platforms on the internet. The shutdown process begins later this month, and the site plans to stop accepting new submissions from April 20. After May 4, you will have until June 30 to download an archive of the content you have posted to the website. Once the dust settles, the Yahoo Answers webpage will eventually be redirected to the Yahoo homepage.
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Rising LCD prices and the low yields of Samsung’s QD-OLED panel could force a change.

A rumor in a South Korean business newspaper claims that electronics giants LG and Samsung are close to closing a deal on OLED panels. While Samsung has so far resisted the use of the technology in televisions, choosing to stick with quantum dot filtered LCD panels, LG has won awards for the quality of its 4K OLEDs. Rumor has it that Samsung could buy panels from LG and make its own OLED TVs as early as next year.
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Supply chain issues will limit its spread to the United States and Japan.

“The Pixel 5a 5G is not canceled. It will be available later this year in the United States and Japan and announced as with the introduction of the A series phone last year, “a Google spokesperson told Engadget in a statement.
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Sony, Bose, Apple, and even Razer have headphones to consider.

When it comes to wireless headphones, the on-ear noise canceling models usually offer the most comprehensive feature set we want. The best options combine stellar sound with powerful Active Noise Cancellation (ANC) and other handy tools to create as complete a package as possible. Billy Steele walks you through the best over-ear options currently available.
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