The Morning After: Monday October 24th 2016
Happy Monday. Over the weekend, we sampled smart-refrigerated wine, looked back on 15 years of iPod, and asked Amazon’s AI to fact-check politicians for us. Coming up this week: Apple’s MacBook event, some news from Microsoft, and a lot of companies reporting on their quarterly earnings — if you’re all about gross revenue and such.
Plum is the $1,500 smart wine fridge you can’t afford
Engadget editors run the gamut, from whisky connoisseurs to those looking for “whatever’s got the most booze in it.” We like the idea of Plum: a smart fridge aimed at making your wine taste the best it possibly can. It’ll even dispense it for you. (No, it doesn’t take wine boxes.)
It’s been 15 years since the launch of the first iPod, the device that would lead to the iPhone, the iPad, iTunes music, and myriad other ways of taking our money. A lot has changed since then, but we all have a lot to thank Apple’s debut MP3 player for.
The Razer Blade Stealth gaming laptop has a powerful pitch: a portable, powerful notebook that could dip into the power of desktop-class graphics cards, changing it into a gaming powerhouse. Sean Buckley discovers that there are some caveats — most notably the poor battery life when the laptop is away from your desk.
Amazon’s talking speaker can now fact-check your leaders
The new Amazon Echo skill lets you fact-check any politician scrutinized by PolitiFact, FactCheck.org or the Washington Post — if that’s your idea of a fun Monday morning task.
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