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T-Mobile teaming with Drone Racing League to help emerging sport develop 5G-enabled tech

GeekWire

based wireless carrier the exclusive 5G partner for the organization, the companies announced Monday. The Drone Racing League was founded in 2015 and involves skilled pilots flying custom drones through live and virtual locations around the globe, including sports stadiums.

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CES 2024: Here are the Washington state companies taking tech innovation to Las Vegas

GeekWire

based Bluetooth SIG is responsible for the global standard for simple, secure wireless communication and positioning. Dr.Tail Photo) Dr.Tail Seattle-based Dr.Tail provides vet consultations and comprehensive medical record management via a virtual platform. based wireless carrier will have booths in a variety of locations at CES.

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From gadgets to GPUs, all the product announcements from this week

The Verge

We’ve got a gadget-heavy episode of The Vergecast this week, with the announcements of Intel’s new 11th Gen Tiger Lake CPU’s, Nvidia’s Geoforce RTX 3080 and 3090 , and a whole bunch of stuff coming out of the virtual version of IFA’s 2020 showcase. Super Mario 3D World and other classic Mario games are coming to the Switch.

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3G must die so 5G can live

Vox

Wireless providers will shut down 3G throughout the year, leaving an unknown number of devices without service. It’s time to say goodbye to 3G, the wireless technology that gave our phones near-instantaneous access to the web and helped make everything from the Apple App Store to Uber an everyday part of our lives.

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The $1,500 ticket to Mark Zuckerberg’s metaverse

Vox

Meta, the company formerly known as Facebook, released its long-awaited new virtual reality headset on Tuesday during Meta Connect, its annual developer conference. Many of these professionals use 3D modeling in their day-to-day jobs that could justify the headset’s cost. Courtesy of Meta. It will cost you.

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Private 5G test beds arise to help CIOs vet use cases

CIO Business Intelligence

Cisco, for example, is not only working with enterprise customers, large wireless carriers, and service providers but also building out private 5G testbeds with Texas A&M University, as well as labs with Clair Global, Colt Technology Services, The Schaeffler Group, and Zebra Technologies, the company reports. Getting 5G right.

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Polk crammed Dolby Atmos and a ton of features into this 15-inch soundbar

The Verge

In addition to the very compact soundbar, Polk is also including a wireless subwoofer for that price. So like Sonos does with the second-generation Beam, Polk is virtualizing those Dolby Atmos height surround sound effects. There’s also a 3D audio mode that “transforms stereo audio to 360-degree surround sound.” inches wide.

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