37: Robot, Hold My Beer

It's CES week, so there's a lot to talk about in the world of voice assistants, robots that may not be robots, cars, impractical televisions, smart bathrooms, and more.

It's CES week, so there's a lot to talk about in the world of voice assistants, robots that may not be robots, cars, impractical televisions, smart bathrooms, and more.

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Guest Starring:

Mikah Sargent and Leah Becerra

Links and Show Notes Toyota and Lexus vehicles will add Amazon Alexa this year - The Verge Watch out Cortana: Direct Amazon Alexa integration coming to a PC near you soon - MSPoweruser Lenovo and Google have created their own Echo Show that supports YouTube - The Verge LG Display’s 88-inch 8K TV turns pixels into beauty - The Verge This 65-inch OLED TV rolls up like a giant newspaper - The Verge Razer Put a Phone in a Laptop and I Don't Hate It - Gizmodo FoldiMate, a nonfunctional laundry-folding robot, is the most CES thing ever - Slate Aeolus is the beer-from-fridge bot we’ve all been waiting for - The Verge Robot or Not? - a Podcast from The Incomparable OMRON's updated ping pong robot can serve and take smashes - Engadget 90Fun’s Puppy 1 auto-following suitcase won’t stop falling over - The Verge NVIDIA unveils its powerful Xavier SOC for self-driving cars - Engadget Fisker’s ‘autonomous’ EMotion electric car promises 400 miles of range - The Verge GoPro quits the drone business - The Verge GoPro has hired JP Morgan to put itself up for sale - CNBC Numi Intelligent toilet with KOHLER Konnect Sony Aibo first impressions: old robot dog, new tricks - Engadget Leah Becerra (@LeahBecerra) - Twitter Mikah Sargent (@mikahsargent) - Twitter