There is a completely different approach to established tech standards at the Consumer Electronics Show. Displace has a 55-inch TV that runs on batteries and has a pop-out camera that can be attached to most walls and windows. The frames have handles on them. Does this mean the end of wall mounts? It's probably not.

There are multiple vacuum loops on the back. The vacuums kick in when the display shows a surface. Displace TV can be used without a power cord. It's a base station that renders media. There were no wires on the TV.

There are more things that aren't normal. I don't think anyone really likes the erratic method of hand gestures that you'll have to suffer if you don't have a remote. The Displace TV is expensive. The company said shipping will start in December and that only 100 units are available for pre-order. You can make a 112-inch 8K TV with four of them.

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The Afeela EV is a concept car.

The Vision-S 02 is now the Afeela.

Honda and Sony formed a partnership to make a battery-electric SUV. The project was its own entity by June. The Afeela, Sony Honda Mobility's first prototype, was unveiled at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. The upcoming vehicle has 45 exterior cameras and a grille-mounted Media Bar to display information. When the show floor opens later today, we'll be able to see more.

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Roku is finally building its own TVs

The Roku TV Select and Premium Series lines range from 24 to 75 inches.

The company plans to build its own smart TVs. The company put its streaming software into its partners' TVs when it launched its TV program. The TVs will cost between $119 and $999, so don't expect crazy levels of brightness. The reference design for its TV partners was announced by the company. There will be no shortage of options if you want a TV with a Streaming capability.

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Too light to be classified as SUVs and too expensive to qualify as cars.

According to the IRS's guidelines, certain versions of the Model Y may not be eligible for the tax credit. The five-seat Long Range version of the hatchback is not considered an SUV because it is too expensive as a car. The seven-seat variant of the Model Y is the only one that qualifies as an SUV in the $80,000 to $55,000 range. The five-seaters exceed that price so they don't qualify.

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PornHub is already on it.

The Louisiana state law went into effect on January 1st and requires websites to ask users if they're 18 or older. According to the new law, a substantial portion is more than 30% of a website's content. "Reasonable age verification methods" include asking users to present a government-issued ID or a digital form of it. Major sites like PornHub, YouPorn and RedTube ask visitors to prove their age by using their LA wallet app, which is the state's digital wallet app for drivers' licenses.

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Track Ember's heated Travel Mug 2+ in Apple's Find My app

The new model won't cost more than the current version.

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A new version of the Travel Mug is on the way, with an upgrade that will make it appear in Apple's Find My app. If you misplace the Travel Mug, you can use the speaker to make it sound like you've lost something. The Travel Mug 2 can keep beverages hot for up to three hours. The upgraded version will be the one that replaces the Travel Mug 2.

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​​AMD's Ryzen 7000 mobile CPUs feature up to 16 cores and 5.4GHz speeds

Powerful laptops are incoming.

The HX laptop CPUs are called "HX" once again because they are being confronted byAMD. That won't be hard to understand. The company's new chip has 16 cores and 32 threads, as well as speeds between 2.5 GHz and 5.4 GHz. Like Intel's, the HX will run at 55 watt and above, meaning they will focus more on power than battery life. In Cinebench's multithreaded benchmark, the 7945HX is 78 percent faster than the previous top-end Ryzen chip. The 7945HX is 169 percent faster in Handbrake than the 12900HX from last year.

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