Like many other things, Engadget’s annual trip to Las Vegas will skip a year as the CES 2021 in-person item is canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic. As CTA chief Gary Shapiro said in a statement: “It is not possible to safely convene tens of thousands of people in Las Vegas in early January.”
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Now, CES will be presented as an experience that we live from home. Unfortunately, some things just won’t be the same. Events like unexpected Android appearances and disinterested movie directors changing their lines are moments when you have to be there, and Zoom can’t help it. We’ll see if the organizers have something up their sleeve to bring the Las Vegas Convention Center feel to home, minus all the annual flu-like germs and symptoms. The CTA made the correct call.
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‘The Mandalorian’ earns a nomination for Best Emmy Drama for Disney +
Quibi somehow got ten nominations.
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Disney + picked up 19 overall nominations, including a surprise in the Best Dramatic Series category with the live-action show Star Wars The Mandalorian It seems that Emmy voters loved Baby Yoda as much as the rest of us. Netflix racked up 160 nominations, the most from any network or platform. The Crown, Ozark, Stranger Things, Dead To Me, The Kominsky Method, Incredible and Heterodox all received the nominations for the best series in their categories.
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Gigabyte Aero 17 HDR review: a brilliant and big content creation machine
A beautiful HDR display coupled with strong performance and battery life.
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Steve Dent tests the Aero 17 HDR XB, another strong model in Gigabyte’s powerful line of hybrid laptops. The key feature is a very bright and colorful 17.3-inch 4K HDR screen. It has a discreet design that hides great specs, including Intel’s 8-core i7-10875H CPU and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Super Max-Q graphics. That helps it fly for both video editing and gaming. Interested? Read about the full review.
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Gogoro’s Eeyo 1s is so light you almost forgot it’s an electric bike
A practical but expensive solution for city dwellers.
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Gogoro, better known for his scooters than bicycles, surprised us with a light and practical electric bike that is (above all) a joy to drive. Complementing its carbon frame and fork with an alloy seatpost, handlebars and rims, the regular Gogoro Eeyo 1 costs $ 3,899. The lightest Eeyo 1s, almost entirely carbon, will set you back $ 4,599. That’s not crazy for a carbon fiber bike, but it’s a lot more than you would pay for a heavier electric bike option. Nick Summers takes it for a test drive.
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