commercials for smartwatches are everywhere . watches of all shapes, sizes and prices offer to count your steps, check your heart rate, and display all your notifications conveniently on your wrist. and of course they tell time, too. consumer reports has rated more than a dozen watches, putting them through a variety of tests. the lab checks the durability of the cover glass by scratching it with picks of increasing hardness. heart-rate accuracy by comparing watches to its highest-rated heart-rate monitor. and testers assess water resistance by putting watches in this pressurized tank. the 175- dollar sony smartwatch 3 failed this test and landed at the bottom of consumer reports ) ratings. at the top of the ratings - the apple watch, which starts at 550 dollars. chyron: kerry allen consumer reports sot: kerry allen "the face doesn t scratch very easily. and apple watch has caught up with android wear and pebble to allow apps to be developed by third parties." v/o that means plenty of options like fantastical, a calendar app, and

we now have luxury fashion brands like swatch, tag hoyer, gucci, and ssil jumping into the smartwatch space.***number 3: : meerkat ananperiscope. when meerkat march,h,t was an overnight sensation. live broadcast video from your phone and share it on twitter and gain fans from around the world was suddendly so easy, and because the videos disappeared, it played off our fears of missing out, so you had to watch that moment. twitter quickly declawed meerkat and launched the the more popular choice these days.***number 2 - google's google: 01:36:57 - in may google revealed it's prototype for a self-driving car it built from scratch that has no steering wheel, accelerator or brake pedals. but it's not just google that is accelerating in this space. tesla rolled out a software update to give some of its cars the power of auto pilot*** start of the year,r,ource: microsoft: 01:55:13 - 02:06:00) microsoft surprised everyone headset with transparent lenses. this augmented reality tech kicked off a year of everyone seriously believing in the future of virtual reality.with oculus rift, playstatio

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viruses as well, including the first headless worms which is malicious code targeting things like smartwatches and medical hardware. >>> a lot of consumers have and a lot of autodealers will tell you today's date is a driving force for auto sales. new year's day means an average of almost 90% off sticker prices of new vehicles. that's from truecar.com. the deep discount is due to auto makers counting today as part of a long weekend and throwing in end of the year incentives. nearly 8% on saturday and a little more than 7% on sunday. but it's a good time to buy a new one if that's when you're looking for. >>> could the secret to healthier eating be a mirror? they asked adults to choose chocolate cake or salad to eat in front of a mirror. they say seeing ourselves eating unhealthy foods can make us feel uncomfortable, even if that was led by the university of central florida and published in the journalism of consumer research. you think i could be happy eating cake in front of a mirror or not. [ laughter ] >> doesn't matter. i'm eating cake. >> i'm just going to eat it over here. >> i may be ha

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. >> reporter: we've got smartphones, smarthomes, smartwatches and your atm is getting smarter, too. >> we view this as much broader than a cash dispenser. >> reporter: jpmorgan chase, the country's largest bank, is overhauling its 18,000 atms and soon you won't need a card to use them. at the e-atm launching later this year it won't matter if you left your wallet at home. log into the chase app, find the seven-digit code and type it into any chase atm in your vicinity. it's one of hundreds of features brainstormed at the bank innovation center in columbus, ohio. some ideas like a fingerprint scanner got left on the cutting room floor. others are getting put into practice, the ability to withdraw three times more money and more denominations. customers can take out up to $3,000 in one dollar bills if they like. the end of next year they'll be able to pay mortgage and credit card bills standing at one of these machines, too. >> we do all this because our customers are asking for this. they want to bank where they want, when they want and how they want. this machine is allowing us the

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." > that was abc's gio benitez reporting- now, one high-end smartwatch is easier to get. the hermes apple watch collection is now available on apple's and the hermes website. but it'll cost you at least a thousand bucks to get! more news coming up at 11-30, including a viral video from right here in las vegas. it's done by a local comedian. he takes us into a gun shop to show just how easy it is to buy a gun. the result may surprise you! live look at chicago o'hare international airport, where a united airlines plane has skid off the runway, and is now where a united airlines plane has skid off the runway, and is do you think when you are president you'll be paid as much as if you were a man-male...? this is one of the jobs where they have to pay you the same. but there are so many examples where that doesn't happen. i'm going to do everything i can to make sure every woman ...as the men who are doing that job. i'm hillary clinton ? _v/and it's the latest case of crime in the area. now, neighbors have had enough. new outrage boiling over about those solar energy rate hike

. >>> fitbit has a first smartwatch. they call it fitbit blaze.besides the fact it looks great, the smartwatch has a deep focus on tracking fitness activities with all the same features of other fitbit devices. the blaze also integrates with an app and gives users instructions on how to finish up various workouts. it will be released in march. it will cost about 200 bucks. they are taking preorders right now. >>> kia says it's developing self-driving car technology which it will unveil at the las vegas consumer electronic show this week. ford has announced it's tripling its test fleet of self-driving ford fusions to 30 cars. >>> bmw also has a new concept car coming out in vegas. it's a mirrorless car. it has three rearview cameras. they send images to a screen where the central rearview mirror usually sits. the computer takes those images, puts them into a continuous shot. it gives the driver a warning if there is a car in the blind spot. >>> the question we have been asking you all morning. what would you do if you won the $450 million powerball

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it has a round smartwatch design and along with fitness tracking, gives you some missed message notifications from your phone - it's not heavy on apps.** the withings go is $70 dollars and has an e-ink screen so it's always on, and the battery lasts 8 months. it just shows you daily fitness progress. click on the screen and you also get the time. it can be worn on a band or put t it on a clip, and you can alal take it swimming.there are also some new fashion designs. the misfit ray does the same tracking stuff as misfit's but the ray looks like a simple jewelry rod you can pop on a necklace or your wrist - and that's neat if you already wear a normal watch and don't want to wear two circle watch things on one wrist. it starts at $100.and if you rather not wear anything on your wrist, we're seeing more tech for the feet. under armour has these smart sneakers that do all the tracking for you during a run and look at your stride. these cost $150, coming next month. or you can put all the smarts in your pants with the lumo run shorts. a sensor tucks into the shorts to measure not just how fast an

. >> reporter: and since it's also connected to your smartwatch it can simply park with the flick of a risk. >> it's very easy, just doing a forehand into the parking space. technologies all promising to make your household run a little more smoothly. for most of us the biggest challenge will be learning how these devices work and actually getting the software to talk to the existing products in your home but everybody here promises me everything is actually getting easier to use, and i can say it was actually quite a breeze just parking that beamer. >> that is cool. olivia, thank you very much. appreciate it. >> all good until you have to reboot your home. >> don't call them hal, whatever you did. >> just did the creeping line from that movie. >> no, i can't do that, dave. >> just ahead -- >> i thought you had a truce on "pop start." >> the new war that ellen when you're on vacation, it's time to play. so at hilton we say play hooky from your regular monday. and while you're at it, play hooky from the ordinary. the uninspired. the routine. but mostly, just play. at any one of hilton

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