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1 of 4 Next The annual Consumer Electronics Show (CES) is one of the world’s largest — and most sprawling — trade shows. With over 2 million square feet of official exhibits in over a dozen venues, plus hundreds of unofficial vendor suites and hotel rooms, CES spans most of Las Vegas. A cab ride from one end to the ...

At CES 2014, if you see past the usual slew of new TVs and laptops, there is one big trend that’s received hardly any coverage: Smartphone add-ons. While the last few years have seen no shortage of smartphone cases and plug-in gadgets that provide additional functionality, it appears that 2014 will take smartphone add-ons to the next level. At CES ...

Over the years I’ve been wowed by plenty of high-end TV sets at CES. Two years ago, when the first jumbo 4K (UHD) sets were unveiled they were eye-popping. Now that UHD sets are commonplace in vendors’ booths, I was expecting to be fairly ho-hum about this year’s models. Last night though, Sony showed that there is more to UHD ...

Eric Gay/AP Amanda Leigh Pulte, 22, and boyfriend Matthew Gage, 29, with their daughter Zoey at their home in Austin. The couple lives together but isn’t married. WASHINGTON — No longer taboo, living together has become a more common arrangement for America’s couples who become pregnant while dating. Soon-to-be-released government figures show a major cultural shift since the days of ...

According to SugarDVD, the Netflix of porn, PS4 owners are watching three times as much porn as Xbox One owners. This massive discrepancy isn’t caused by the PS4 outselling the Xbox One, either: The latest figures put the PS4 at 3.4 million units sold, versus 2.4 million for the Xbox One. In short, it really does seem that PS4 owners ...

Michael P. Farrell/Albany Times Union Food prices are expected to rise by 2.5% to 3.5% in 2014, according to the USDA Consumer Price Index. Seems like everything is so expensive already and guess what. Prices in certain categories will be even higher in 2014. Jeanette Pavini, consumer savings expert for Coupons.com, gave us her top five categories that are ripe ...

Silvina Salinas/AP A man is treated after he was bit by a palometa, a type of piranha, while wading on Christmas in the Parana River in Rosario, Argentina. A swarm of biting fish injured more than 70 people who were bathing at a popular beach in Argentina on Christmas, a medical official said on Thursday. A 7-year-old girl had her ...

MARIO ANZUONI/REUTERS Garth Brooks will begin touring again next year after a more than 10-year hiatus. ‘It sure feels good to get to throw your hat back in the ring,’ he said. American country singer Garth Brooks, the top-selling recording artist of the last 20 years, on Monday said he would return to touring after more than a decade off ...

John Konstantaras/AP Images for Kmart In Chicago, Luis Torres and his daughter Stephanie search for more deals after picking up a 50 inch television during the doorbuster sales at Kmart Thursday morning after the store opened at 6 a.m. Macy’s Inc and a slew of other U.S. retailers opened on Thanksgiving for the first time ever in a bare-knuckled brawl ...

If you bought an Xbox One for $ 500, rest assured that you got a good deal: It cost Microsoft $ 471 to make the Xbox One, new Kinect, and everything else in the box. After the retailers’ cut, Microsoft loses money on every Xbox One sold. At $ 471, the Xbox One costs about $ 90 more than the ...