Techmeme: Comcast makes xFi Advanced Security, its $5.99/month network security service, free for all 18M customers who lease its new xFi Gateway router/modem device (Nathan Ingraham/Engadget)

Andrew E. Freedman / Tom's Hardware:

Lenovo unveils ThinkBook Plus, a 13.3-inch laptop with a 10.8-inch, touch-sensitive E-Ink display on the lid and built-in Alexa, available in March for $1,199 — It works even when the laptop's closed. — Lenovo's latest take on the small business laptop has an interesting surprise: a 10.8-inch E ink display on the lid.

More: Lenovo StoryHub, CNET, LaptopMag, Daring Fireball, Liliputing, Mashable, Engadget, Windows Central, PCWorld, and The Verge

Sam Byford / The Verge:

Lenovo announces the ThinkPad X1 Fold, a $2,499 PC running Windows 10 Pro that has a folding 13.3-inch 4:3 OLED screen, shipping mid-2020

More: The Verge, LaptopMag, Windows Central, Gizmodo, Tom's Hardware, Mashable, AnandTech, Thurrott, Engadget, VentureBeat, XDA Developers, PCWorld, IGN, CNBC, and Ars Technica

Tweets: @tomwarren, @stevekovach, @markgurman, @mcwm, and @pierce

Dan Primack / Axios:

Sources: SoftBank Vision Fund has walked away from investing in several startups, months after submitting term sheets and saying closing delays were temporary — SoftBank Vision Fund has walked away from investing in several startups, months after submitting term sheets worth hundreds …

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Julia Alexander / The Verge:

YouTube officially rolls out changes to children's content on its main site following FTC settlement and also begins running promotions for YouTube Kids — ‘These changes will have significant impact’ — YouTube executives have warned creators over the last few months that changes …

More: YouTube Blog, Ars Technica, SiliconANGLE, Yahoo Finance, Bloomberg, Business Insider, The Hill, Android Central, 9to5Google, Engadget, and Input

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Dieter Bohn / The Verge:

Samsung debuts Galaxy Chromebook with a 13.3-inch 4K AMOLED display that rotates 360-degrees, 10th-gen i5 CPU, and S-Pen, available in Q1 starting at $999 — At $999, it's expensive for a Chromebook, anyway — The Samsung Galaxy Chromebook is one of the nicest pieces of laptop hardware I've touched in a very long time.

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Tweets: @reckless, @jeffjarvis, @charlesarthur, and @tomwarren

Nathan Ingraham / Engadget:

Comcast makes xFi Advanced Security, its $5.99/month network security service, free for all 18M customers who lease its new xFi Gateway router/modem device — At CES last year, Comcast announced a feature for its Xfinity internet customers called Advanced Security.

More: The Verge, MacRumors, VentureBeat, TechHive, PCWorld, The Verge, CNET, Ars Technica, ZDNet, CNET, and Tom's Guide

Joshua Goldman / CNET:

Lenovo unveils the Yoga 5G, a $1,499 2-in-1 with the Snapdragon 8cx chipset and a claimed 24-hour battery life, coming spring, to be called Flex 5G in the US — Last May, Lenovo announced Project Limitless, its plan to make the first 5G laptop. That plan is now a reality with the Yoga 5G …

More: VentureBeat, Digital Trends, The Verge, Windows Central, PYMNTS.com, MSPoweruser, Engadget, PCWorld, AnandTech, and Tom's Hardware

Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat:

Amazon expands Fire TV Edition to soundbars, car infotainment systems, set-top boxes, and more, and says Fire TV platform now has over 40M MAUs — It was only a few months ago that Amazon took the wraps off over 20 new Fire TV devices to fill out its growing portfolio, including a refreshed Fire TV Cube …

More: The Amazon Blog, TechCrunch, The Verge, VentureBeat, CNBC, TechCrunch, Android Headlines, SiliconANGLE, Digital Trends, Android Police, iPhone in Canada Blog, and TechHive. Tweets: @jeffersongraham

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Jeremy Horwitz / VentureBeat:

Qualcomm unveils Snapdragon Drive Pilot, an end-to-end autonomous driving platform, and Car-to-Cloud, to let car makers offer on-demand services to customers — Following Qualcomm's promise last December of a major and unexpected automotive announcement at CES, the company today revealed …

More: Reuters, CNET, Telegraph, SiliconANGLE, Nikkei Asian Review, Android Central, TheStreet, MarketWatch, Barron's Online, Forbes, Yahoo Finance, Reuters, Android Central, CNBC, SlashGear, and ZDNet

Dan Seifert / The Verge:

Ring adds a privacy dashboard to its app to let owners manage third-party services and whether local police can make requests to access video from their cameras — One place to manage security and privacy features — Ring has announced that it is adding a new privacy dashboard …

More: TechCrunch, CNN, VentureBeat, Fight for the Future, The Ring Blog, Business Wire, Android Police, Digital Trends, GeekWire, CNET, CNET, IT Management, The Daily Dot, and iPhone in Canada Blog

Tweets: @jason_koebler, @ipvanish, @carolineha_, @dcseifert, @josephfcox, @matthewkeyslive, and @samfbiddle

Dr. Ian Cutress / AnandTech:

AMD unveils 64-core AMD Threadripper 3990X CPU, a consumer variant of its 64-core EPYC 7702P currently for sale in the server market, available Feb. 7 for $3990 — At the tail end of last year, one of the key launches in the creator/workstation processor market was AMD's latest 3rd Generation …

More: CNET, PCWorld, TechRadar.com, Wccftech, and PCWorld

Tweets: @iancutress and @ryansmithat. Thanks:@anandtech

Matt O'brien / Associated Press:

CES is all-in on surveillance technology, from face scanners for checking in some attendees to showcasing devices that can that see, hear, and track people — From the face scanner that will check in some attendees to the cameras-everywhere array of digital products, the CES gadget show …

Tweets: @apbusiness

Matt Egan / CNN:

Exxon and Amazon partner to allow voice-activated fuel purchases in vehicles with built-in Alexa and from Alexa-enabled devices, coming to US stations in April — New York (CNN Business)Drivers can already ask Amazon's Alexa to turn off the lights at home, buy movie tickets and dish out restaurant recommendations.

More: TechCrunch, Engadget, The Amazon Blog, Mashable, GeekWire, WebProNews, and Seeking Alpha

Chaim Gartenberg / The Verge:

AMD announces new Ryzen 4000 series of laptop chips based on the company's 7nm Zen 2 architecture — Bringing the Zen 2 architecture to laptops — AMD's third-generation Ryzen processors for laptops have officially arrived at CES 2020, with the announcement of the new Ryzen 4000 series …

More: BetaNews, Digital Trends, AnandTech, GeekWire, SiliconANGLE, Engadget, Yahoo Finance, PCWorld, Windows Central, Tom's Hardware, PC Gamer, VentureBeat, LaptopMag, and IGN

Tweets: @dcseifert, @austinnotduncan, @tomwarren, @verge, and @markhachman

Chaim Gartenberg / The Verge:

ASUS unveils the 14-inch ROG Zephyrus G14 gaming laptop with an optional LED dot-matrix display in the lid to show GIFs, the time, and more, available in April — Plus, AMD's newest Ryzen 4000 H-series chips — Asus has a new gaming laptop at CES 2020: the 14-inch ROG Zephyrus G14.

More: PC Gamer, Gizmodo, Android Authority, Android Authority, Digital Trends, Yahoo Finance, Engadget, Rock, Paper, Shotgun, and Wccftech

Tweets: @dcseifert and @cgartenberg

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