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Evie Grace writes a piece for us upon the release of her new book The Lace Maiden.

A decade has elapsed since Meryl Streep's Golden Globe win for "Julie and Julia" (and the ensuing bizarre acceptance speech). Will she take home the gold again on Sunday?

1. L'Oreal's New Doodad Sounds Like the Supersmart Skincare Gadget I Need  Gizmodo
2. Introducing Perso, a 3-in-1 at-home personalized beauty device by L'Oréal  L’Oréal USA
3. L’Oréal’s latest gadget mixes lipstick based on what your favorite influencers wear  The Verge
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Every night, I go to bed after popping a melatonin gummy and blasting the "Baby Sleep Aid: Rain Sounds" playlist on Spotify. 

Image: Oral-B

CES means there’s no shortage of “smart” connected gadgets, and toothbrushes are no exception. Oral-B and Colgate are launching new smart toothbrushes this year: the Oral-B iO and the Colgate Plaqless Pro Toothbrush.

Left to right: the Baci, Osé, and Onda. | Image: Lora DiCarlo

Lora DiCarlo is unveiling two new sex toys at CES today, a year after the company was kicked out of the show. The two products, the Onda and Baci, are the company’s second and third robotic massagers, and both have been given CES innovation awards.

Image: Jabra

Jabra is launching two new products at CES 2020. Just as it did with their predecessors, the company is following up on the well-received Elite 75t true wireless earbuds with a fitness-focused “Active” version. Coming in February, the Elite Active 75t will feature “a durable coating for dust and sweat resistance” and bump up the water / sweat resistance to IP57. (The standard Elite 75t earbuds have a rating of IP55, making them fine for occasional rain and light workouts, but they’re... Читать дальше...

For its newest smart watch, the ScanWatch, Withings pieced together two health monitoring technologies: one that detects the heart condition atrial fibrillation, and one that measures blood oxygen levels during sleep.

Last year, HP overhauled the 13-inch Spectre x360 convertible laptop with some much-needed improvements: a slimmed-down design, reduced bezels, and a functional trackpad. At CES 2020, the company is bringing those same improvements to the larger 15-inch model, too.

An NFC Key being inserted into Netatmo’s Smart Door Lock. | Image: Netatmo

Netatmo just added a door lock to its portfolio of smart home gear. The creatively named Netatmo Smart Door Lock and Keys is compatible with Apple’s HomeKit standard, and it ships with three physical keys that use NFC to instantly and securely unlock the door mechanism when inserted into the lock. If you find yourself without one of the pre-paired keys, you can still unlock the door through the Netatmo Security app... Читать дальше...

Kay Coles James

Politics, Americas

Can you guess where China lands?

As we head into the new year and the kickoff to the Roaring Twenties 2.0 (and they will roar), policymakers will be faced with some incredibly important decisions.

Several issues will take center stage, ones with the potential to significantly shape our future, from immigration reform to college-loan debt.

Certainly, one of the biggest will be the Senate impeachment trial of President Donald Trump. Читать дальше...

Gordon checks out the new HP Spectre x360 15t now with a 6-core Intel Comet Lake option, smaller bezels, and an anti-reflective coating option.

The Elite Dragonfly is the first to integrate Tile technology, so you don't have to tape a tag to the display or try other tacky workarounds.

HP’s Envy 32 AiO claims the title of being the first with an HDR600 4K display, the first with Geforce RTX graphics, and for those who want the noise: the world’s loudest speakers on an AiO, too. Announced Sunday at CES in Las Vegas, it’s also arguably the first all-in-one PC that’s bad-ass instead of boring. 

Creative cheapskates, rejoice: Nvidia says it will give three free months of Adobe Creative Cloud to people who buy qualifying new RTX Studio PCs.

HP's Spectre x360 15t gives you a bigger screen in a smaller laptop, and it somehow manages to make that screen 4K without killing your battery. Announced Sunday at CES in Las Vegas, this powerhouse system will be available in the spring, with prices yet to be specified.

HP’s Elite Dragonfly is already flying high among corporate laptops, proving that you can have a thin, light, and beautiful machine that still offers all the durability and security that IT departments require. Now the Elite Dragonfly is adding more surprises by offering an integrated Tile option. 

1. HP’s updated Elite Dragonfly G2 is the first laptop with a built-in Tile tracker  The Verge
2. HP updates Elite Dragonfly laptop with 10th-gen Intel processors, Tile integration  Ars Technica
3. HP Elite Dragonfly G2 2-in-1 makes sure you don't lose it or your wireless connection  CNET
4. HP updates its Elite Dragonfly laptop with 5G and Tile tracking  Engadget
5. HP's Elite Dragonfly Laptops Will Get Tile Trackers Starting in Early 2020  Digital Trends
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Three years at CES 2017 Moen revealed a smart shower system that could be preheated from your smartphone without having to climb out of bed in the morning. This year the company is bringing that technology to the kitchen with a new smart faucet that delivers some surprisingly practical features.

Skincare is a $148 million dollar industry, and you best believe that I stress about moisturizing as I drag my increasingly decrepit ass to the dry Nevada desert for CES every year. Scouting skincare tech at the show every year has become a not-so-secret hobby of mine, and on that front, L’Oreal usually brings the…

Last year, Withings wowed at CES with a hybrid smartwatch that could also take your ECG. That was no small feat, considering it came just months after Apple made waves with the same feature on the Series 4. This year, it’s doubling down on ‘medical-grade’ hybrid smartwatches with the ScanWatch, which can take ECGs and…

Fully autonomous vehicles are already being tested on roads across the country, but there’s one feature in every car that feels like it hasn’t been upgraded in a century: the sun visor. So a group of engineers from Bosch set out to update this antiquated feature so that it blocks the sun without also blocking a…

It's been three years since a smart breast pump stole the show at CES 2017. Since then, Willow has been doing what any tech company would do after it has its first hit: iterate, iterate, iterate. Over the past few years, Willow has made its wearable...

Moen, one of the biggest faucet companies in the US, was last spotted at CES showing off its shower "concierge," but now it's turning its attention to more traditional sink fixtures. This year, it announced the U by Moen Smart Faucet -- a voice-activ...

Muse first launched its brain-sensing headband back in 2013. Designed to take the guesswork out of meditation by providing real-time feedback on your brain and body's activity, the device has seen a couple of iterations over the years, and now its ba...