Hacker News with Generative AI: Consumer Electronics

Cheap TVs' incessant advertising reaches troubling new lows (arstechnica.com)
TVs offer us an escape from the real world. After a long day, sometimes there’s nothing more relaxing than turning on your TV, tuning into your favorite program, and unplugging from the realities around you.
Consumer Electronics, Advertising, Entertainment
10 points by LinuxBender 4 days ago | 2 comments
After borking my Pixel 4a battery, Google borks me, too (arstechnica.com)
It is an immutable law of nature that when you receive a corporate email with a subject line like "Changes coming to your Pixel 4a," the changes won't be the sort you like. Indeed, a more honest subject line would usually be: "You're about to get hosed."
Consumer Electronics, Google, Customer Service, User Experience
23 points by MBCook 12 days ago | 7 comments
GM blocks dealers from using Apple CarPlay, Android Auto aftermarket kits (dealershipguy.com)
General Motors $GM ( ▲ 1.97% ) has reportedly forced a dealer to pull the plug on an aftermarket kit that retailers could install that restores phone-mirroring systems for Apple CarPlay and Android Auto in its Ultium-platform electric vehicles.
Automotive, Technology, Business, Consumer Electronics
46 points by hnburnsy 12 days ago | 22 comments
Cheap earbuds got damn good (therectangle.substack.com)
There was a time, not that long ago, when cheap wired earbuds were an unbridled assault on my sweet hearing holes.
Audio Equipment, Consumer Electronics, Reviews
10 points by olyellybelly 12 days ago | 5 comments
Monster Cables picked the wrong guy to threaten (2008) (oncontracts.com)
Monster Cables, which makes extremely high-priced stereo cables, has apparently sent a cease-and-desist letter to Blue Jeans Cable, alleging various kinds of infringement. Bad move – the president of Blue Jeans Cable, Kurt Denke, is a former litigator who responded pretty forcefully:
Legal Disputes, Business, Consumer Electronics
565 points by wallflower 15 days ago | 198 comments
U.S. Atari parts store still open after 41 years (tomshardware.com)
Retro Gaming, Business, History, Consumer Electronics
12 points by speckx 19 days ago | 1 comments
Sonos reportedly scraps its long-expected streaming video device (engadget.com)
Sorry to everyone who was waiting for Sonos to release a streaming video device — it seems that's not happening anytime soon.
Consumer Electronics, Streaming, Sonos
5 points by CharlesW 24 days ago | 0 comments
Global smartwatch sales fall for first time (bbc.com)
Global sales of smartwatches have fallen for the first time, new figures indicate, in large part due to a sharp decline in the popularity of market leader, Apple.
Consumer Electronics, Market Trends, Apple
7 points by billybuckwheat 24 days ago | 0 comments
Apple Products Are Struggling (trendlinehq.com)
Apple’s products have been struggling in recent years. Iphone sales have been flattish, while sales for other product lines are declining. Vision Pro hasn’t been as much of a success and Apple has stopped working on cars. They need a new product. Seems like thats’s what they are going on announce on Feb 19.
Apple, Technology, Consumer Electronics, Business, Product Development
15 points by samspenc 24 days ago | 27 comments
The first wi-fi earbuds are here (whathifi.com)
Consumer Electronics, Audio, Technology, Wireless
5 points by geox 25 days ago | 2 comments
Xiaomi First to deliver on Qualcomm's promise of Wi-Fi earbud (theverge.com)
Xiaomi has given a European launch to its Buds 5 Pro, the first earbuds to use Qualcomm’s S7 Pro chip to stream audio over Wi-Fi, in addition to Bluetooth, with no increase in power consumption.
Consumer Electronics, Technology, Xiaomi, Audio Technology, Qualcomm
3 points by ksec 31 days ago | 0 comments
Why China's Xiaomi Can Make an Electric Car and Apple Can't (nytimes.com)
Xiaomi, which produces smartphones and consumer electronics, delivered 135,000 E.V.s last year after tapping China’s robust manufacturing supply chain.
Electric Vehicles, China, Apple, Xiaomi, Consumer Electronics
16 points by bookofjoe 32 days ago | 2 comments
The HP-35: Consumer Electronics, an Origin Story (codex99.com)
Sometime in late 1971, Peter Nelson, from Hewlett-Packard’s Corporate Relations Department in Palo Alto, enlisted Karen Cambria, from the Automatic Measurement Division (conveniently, in the same building), to pose with their new electronic device, a scientific calculator they named the HP-35. Norton Pearl took several photos of Karen with the calculator and it was this photo that ended up in the press kit.
Consumer Electronics, History, Calculators, Hewlett-Packard
79 points by wyclif 40 days ago | 42 comments
Tariffs result in 10% laptop price hike in U.S. says Acer CEO (tomshardware.com)
Tariffs, Laptops, Hardware, Consumer Electronics, Economics
282 points by pseudolus 46 days ago | 516 comments
Huawei launches $3,660 trifold phone (cnbc.com)
Huawei, Smartphones, Technology, Mobile Devices, Consumer Electronics
14 points by belter 46 days ago | 65 comments
Sony FX-300 Jackal: A technological marvel of the late 70s (2021) (swling.com)
I’m a child of the 1970s and I’m glad I never knew about the Sony FX-300 “Jackal 300.” It would have been the ultimate unobtainable machine of my dreams…this, even despite the lack of shortwave.
Technology, History, Consumer Electronics
138 points by cainxinth 47 days ago | 55 comments
An Update on Micro LED (arstechnica.com)
New (and cheaper) Micro LED TVs have been announced.
Micro LED, Televisions, Consumer Electronics, Technology, Display Technology
5 points by LorenDB 52 days ago | 5 comments
Nvidia's RTX 5090 power connectors are melting (theverge.com)
Ah shit, here we go again. Two owners of Nvidia’s new RTX 5090 Founders Edition GPUs have reported melted power connectors and damage to their PSUs.
Hardware, Graphics Cards, Nvidia, Technology, Consumer Electronics
416 points by ambigious7777 54 days ago | 511 comments
New iPhone SE Coming Soon (bloomberg.com)
Apple Inc. plans to unveil a long-anticipated overhaul of the iPhone SE in the coming days, a move that will modernize its lower-cost model in a bid to spur growth and entice consumers to switch from other brands.
Apple, Smartphones, Technology, Mobile Devices, Consumer Electronics
21 points by hedora 58 days ago | 35 comments
Conversational Alexa being unveiled on Feb 26 (9to5mac.com)
A new conversational Alexa is expected to be revealed at an Amazon media event on February 26, with press invitations sent out yesterday.
Amazon, Alexa, Technology, Artificial Intelligence, Consumer Electronics
7 points by o_nate 58 days ago | 1 comments
Sony Kills Recordable Blu-ray and Other Vintage Media (ieee.org)
Physical media fans need not panic yet—you’ll still be able to buy new Blu-Ray movies for your collection. But for those who like to save copies of their own data onto the discs, the remaining options just became more limited: Sony announced last week that it’s ending all production of several recordable media formats—including Blu-Ray discs, MiniDiscs, and MiniDV cassettes—with no successor models.
Physical Media, Consumer Electronics, Technology, Business, Entertainment
16 points by thread_id 61 days ago | 4 comments
Apple Scraps Work on Mac-Connected Augmented Reality Glasses (yahoo.com)
Apple Inc. has canceled a project to build advanced augmented reality glasses that would pair with its devices, marking the latest setback in its effort to create a headset that appeals to typical consumers.
Apple, Augmented Reality, Hardware, Technology, Consumer Electronics
8 points by mgh2 64 days ago | 4 comments
Logitech's peel-and-stick radar sensors (theverge.com)
Logitech sales boomed during the pandemic as people outfitted their home offices, and it’s getting a piece of the hybrid workplace with teleconferencing gear too. But Logitech’s also got a little-known corporate office management solution that could soon expand beyond conference rooms — using a pebble-shaped person detection device called the Logitech Spot.
Hardware, Consumer Electronics, Workplace Technology, Teleconferencing
8 points by AugurCognito 65 days ago | 4 comments
Wi-Fi 7 in 2025: Will this be the year? (networkworld.com)
Wi-Fi 7 gear began to emerge in 2024, but it looks like 2025 will be the big year for rollouts.
Wi-Fi, Technology, Networking, Consumer Electronics, 2025
21 points by ohjeez 67 days ago | 7 comments
We're bringing Pebble back (repebble.com)
Revivals, Smartwatches, Consumer Electronics, Technology
2843 points by erohead 68 days ago | 738 comments
Halliday AR(Not?)/AI Glasses (kguttag.com)
I’m in the process of organizing all the information I collected at CES and want to combine it with things I see at SPIE’s AR/VR/MR next week. Many companies showed AR glasses with AI capability at CES, and many more are in the works. Next Wednesday at 4:05PM, I am going to be on a Panel at SPIE’s AR/VR/MR to discuss the subject.
Augmented Reality, Artificial Intelligence, Consumer Electronics, Technology, Conferences
34 points by LorenDB 69 days ago | 15 comments
Walmart Bought Vizio (theverge.com)
After announcing plans to acquire Vizio in February, Walmart officially owns the company after the $2.3 billion transaction closed on Tuesday.
Acquisitions, Retail, Consumer Electronics
15 points by LorenDB 71 days ago | 1 comments
LEP Flashlights are INSANE [video] (youtube.com)
Flashlights, Videos, Consumer Electronics
3 points by paulkrush 71 days ago | 3 comments
Apple's iPhone Sales in China Plunged 18% in Holiday Quarter (bloomberg.com)
Sales of Apple Inc. iPhones dived 18.2% in China during the December quarter, according to independent research, a major setback for the company in its biggest market after the US.
Apple, China, Sales, Smartphones, Consumer Electronics
8 points by mfiguiere 75 days ago | 0 comments
Laptop (mijndertstuij.nl)
A laptop for just €950 is bound to be crappy, have some issues, and not last very long. Or so you’d think.
Technology, Reviews, Consumer Electronics
16 points by jandeboevrie 80 days ago | 11 comments