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JABRA ELITE ACTIVE 75T
BEST HEADPHONES
The new, sportier edition of Jabra’s
excellent workout earbuds are
amazingly comfortable and have
some of the best sound we’ve ever
heard from wirefree earbuds. But
maybe the coolest thing about
them is the warranty. Jabra guar-
antees the Elite Active 75t against
water-related damage for two
years, which means you’ll never
have to worry about sweating
through your $200 investment. You
can even wear them in the shower.
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INSTA360 ONE R
BEST CAMERA
If GoPro set the standard for
action cameras, Insta360 upends
it. The One R has a modular design
that lets you swap out lenses and
sensors. Lens options include a
360-degree module, a wide angle,
and, thanks to a partnership with
Leica, another wide angle paired
with a 1-inch sensor capable of
capturing 5K video. The editing
software is smart too: Dump your
360-degree footage onto a com-
puter, then reframe the shot using
the AI-powered object-tracking
algorithm to keep your stupid
human tricks front and center. $550
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AMD SMARTSHIFT
BEST IN GAMING
Rather than just announce some
updates to its videogame-focused
graphics processors, chipmaker
AMD unveiled something that ben-
efits both gamers and the rest of
us. Its new SmartShift tech lets the
two core drivers of a computer’s
performance—the GPU and CPU—
share power depending on need.
If a game has intensive graphics,
SmartShift borrows power from
the CPU to feed the GPU and make
the graphics smoother. Likewise, if
a CPU is crunching away at a large
Photoshop file, SmartShift shunts
power over from the GPU to help it
finish the job faster.
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PHYN SMART WATER
ASSISTANT
BEST IN SMART HOME
The first Phyn impressed us. The
water-monitoring device tracked
usage per fixture, detected small
changes in H 2 O pressure through-
out the house, and used algorithms
to pinpoint leaks or frozen pipes.
Unfortunately it was huge and cost
$850. Now, Phyn has debuted a
great-looking slimmed-down ver-
sion. At $299, it’s within reach of
non-gajillionaires. And unlike so
many smart home gadgets, this
thing doesn’t have a camera.
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ORCAM HEAR
BEST IN ACCESSIBILITY
Israeli startup OrCam has a new
take on the hearing aid. Its Hear
device, worn around the neck, uses
cameras and machine intelligence
to tell which person in a crowded
room is talking to you. It pairs with
your existing hearing aid or head-
phones, sending just the voice of
your conversation partner to your
ears. This solves a problem with tra-
ditional aids, which have a hard time
filtering background chatter from
direct conversation—the so-called
cocktail party effect. Price TBD
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4MOMS MAMAROO SLEEP
BASSINET
BEST IN PARENTING
The wonderful and terrible thing
about babies is that many of them
demand to be held and soothed.
All. The. Time. The original Mama-
Roo bouncy seat saved the arms
of many new parents, and this
year, 4Moms introduced a sleep
bassinet. The device follows the
American Academy of Pediatrics’
safe-sleep guidelines and has five
rocking, swaying, and vibrating
motions. If you’re an exhausted
parent who’s been eyeing Snoo’s
$1,300 robo-bassinet, this rival will
keep baby happy at a quarter of
the price.
Contributors: Brian Barrett,
Michael Calore, Julian Chokkattu,
Scott Gilbertson, Jess Grey, Parker
Hall, Adrienne So, Louryn Strampe
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