The document discusses several new products and announcements from CES 2019, including: 1) Acer's new Swift 7 laptop, which claims to be the thinnest in the world at under 9mm thick. 2) Belkin's new WeMo smart switches and Phyn Plus Smart Water Assistant, both aimed at expanding the smart home ecosystem. 3) Jabra's new Elite 85h headphones and Evolve 65t wireless earbuds for business and personal use. 4) BlackBerry's digital cockpit platform unveiled at CES, powered by QNX and designed for in-vehicle infotainment systems.

1. Palo Alto Networks gets to the ‘root’ of
cloud security problems in new report
Moving to the cloud has pretty much become an imperative for
organizations of all sizes, yet the elephant in the room is cloud security.
While in many ways the cloud is more secure than on-premises
environments, recent headlines about cloud data exposure underline the
fact that companies still don’t entirely understand the differences between
securing a legacy environment and protecting a cloud.
Lynn Greiner
January
14th, 2019

2. Winston wants to protect your digital
privacy – All Hands on Tech at CES
2019
Digital privacy has been a growing concern for pretty much anyone that
uses the internet. Facebook’s Cambridge Analytica scandal has opened a
lot of eyes, and more people want to know how they can protect their data.
But that’s easier said than done. A Chicago startup is trying to tackle this
problem with a plug and play device that connects to your cable modem and
wireless router and keeps you from being hacked and tracked.

3. Recap of Intel’s CPU announcements at CES 2019 –
10nm Cascade Lake, Ice Lake, and Nervana AI chip
Brian
Jackson
January
16th, 2019
At CES 2019, Intel returned to make a slew of announcements about “
CPUs”.
Intel’s marketing message these days is that it’s no longer a PC-centric
firm, but a data-centric firm. But that doesn’t mean it’s giving up on its
legacy of pushing the edge on processor technology. Far from it.

4. Acer Swift 7 claims title of world’s thinnest
laptop – All Hands on Tech at CES 2019
Brian
Jackson
January
10th, 2019
It’s CES 2019 and that means a bonanza for new laptop
announcements. Each one has something just a little bit different to
stand out from the pack. For the Acer Swift 7, it’s claiming to be the
world’s thinnest laptop.
The Acer Swift 7 is an Ultrabook that’s a hair under 9 mm thick. It’s
targeted at professionals that really value portability, a long battery life,
and staying connected.

5. All Hands on Tech – iPhone XS
review
Shruti
Shekar
December
14th, 2018
It may be the best iPhone that Apple has ever made, with significant
advances to the processor and the camera, and a design that’s classic.
But with so much good competition on the market now from Android
manufacturers, the higher price point and a strange decision to include a
low-wattage charger with the device, the iPhone may be losing its luster.

6. Belkin’s new WeMo smart switches and Phyn Plus
Smart Water Assistant – All Hands on Tech at CES
2019
Smart home tech is a huge category at CES 2019 with thousands of new
products being introduced to the market.
Among them is Belkin and Phyn, both brands owned by Foxconn Interconnect
Technology.
You can’t have a smart home if it’s not connected. And for that you need a
router.
LinkSys has this new Mesh WiFi router, the Max Stream Ac2200 Tri-band
router. It acts as a base station and you can expand upon it by adding new
nodes.
This router is available in February and it will retail for $279 Canadian, or $199
US.

7. Jabra’s new Elite 85h headphones & Evolve
65t wireless earbuds – All Hands on Tech at
CES 2019
Jabra is back at CES this year and it’s got some new headsets to show off.
Among them are a couple targeting business users.
We’ll start with a new pair of ear buds for the enterprise, then we’ll move on
to more of a prosumer model.
Over the last couple of years Jabra has made sure that its enterprise
headsets are both great for holding conversations and for listening to music.

8. BlackBerry QNX digital cockpit platform
unveiled – All Hands on Tech at CES
2019
Alex
Coop
January
9th, 2019
Installed in a 2019 Karma Revero concept car at BlackBerry’s booth at CES
2019, the digital cockpit was fully loaded with everything from a multi-
functional rearview mirror to voice-activated temperature control powered by
IBM Watson.
BlackBerry’s QNX Platform for Digital Cockpits is made possible thanks to a
partnership with Tata Elxsi which provides customizations and support for
Android.

9. All Hands on Tech – Amazon DeepRacer
League encourages developers to train self-
driving cars
At Amazon Web Services re:Invent in Las Vegas this year, Amazon launched
an autonomous model car racing league and hosted the first race.
Meant as a way to engage developers to train reinforcement learning models,
Amazon says it will host more races at its summits next year and invites
anyone to enter. Watch the video above to start your engines.