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Victoria Song @ The Verge · 01/06/2025 21:00 EDT

There’s a new contender for budget smartwatch king

The Amazfit Active 2 may only be $100–$130, but it’s a good-lookin’ budget watch. Amazfit may not be a household name, but it’s been crushing it in the budget smartwatch space for a long time. And at CES 2025, the company is trying to outdo itself with the $99 Amazfit Active 2. I was a big fan of the company’s GTR 4 watch — it wasn’t a looker, but it... Read more

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Emma Roth @ The Verge · 01/06/2025 20:40 EDT

Sony’s Xyn is a prototype VR headset for making 3D games and movies

Image: Sony Sony is launching the Xyn (pronounced zin), an “extended reality” headset for creating 3D objects for films, animation, and games. The device, which Sony first teased at CES last year, will come with 4K OLED displays, video passthrough, and support for third-party design, modeling, and production software. Based on the video shared by Sony, it looks like wearers will be able to flip up the headset when they’re... Read more

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Allison Johnson @ The Verge · 01/06/2025 20:26 EDT

This toaster-looking gadget boosts your phone’s battery in seconds

Not an actual toaster. | Photo: Allison Johnson / The Verge I didn’t have “phone toaster” on my CES bingo card, but here we are. Swippitt is a unique solution to the problem of keeping your phone battery charged up, and it promises a life where you basically never have to plug your phone into a charger again. But it’ll cost you. To be clear, there isn’t an actual toaster... Read more

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Andrew J. Hawkins @ The Verge · 01/06/2025 20:20 EDT

Sony and Honda’s Afeela electric car will start at $89,900

Image: Chris Welch / The Verge Afeela is starting to become a little bit more than just a feeling. The electric vehicle that’s a joint venture between Sony and Honda is finally available for preorder. And it only took five years to get here. At its press conference at CES today, Sony Honda Mobility announced pricing and preorder details for Afeela. The vehicle will come in two trims: the $89,900... Read more

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Andrew Liszewski @ The Verge · 01/06/2025 19:15 EDT

The best stuff we’ve seen at CES so far

Photo by Owen Grove / The Verge The show floor of the biggest tech event of the year hasn’t even opened yet, but CES 2025 has already delivered a long list of new gadgets, tech, concepts, and AI-powered devices tempting you to upgrade. It’s a lot to keep up with, so we’ll help you catch up. Below are some of the standout gadgets of the show so far. Of course,... Read more

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Umar Shakir @ The Verge · 01/06/2025 18:26 EDT

Apple says it will ‘clarify’ AI summaries after botching BBC headlines

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge The BBC reports Apple will change how iPhones and other devices display Apple Intelligence-summarized notifications to make it clearer to users when its AI tech has adjusted the words. Not long after the still-in-beta feature launched in the UK in December, the news organization complained about how it rewrote a headline about the UnitedHealthcare shooting suspect, incorrectly suggesting that the BBC reported Luigi... Read more

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Jennifer Pattison Tuohy @ The Verge · 01/06/2025 18:05 EDT

The best robot vacuums

Image: The Verge Floor-sweeping robots are only getting better, with new mopping skills, better navigation chops, and more automation, meaning less work for you. We picked the best bots you can buy right now. Read the full story at The Verge. Read more

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Wes Davis @ The Verge · 01/06/2025 18:00 EDT

Samsung’s next Unpacked event sets a date to reveal the Galaxy S25

Image: Samsung Samsung has announced that it will hold its next Galaxy Unpacked event at 10AM PT / 1PM ET on January 22nd in San Jose, California. Samsung will stream the event on YouTube, its website, and its newsroom page. According to its invitation, the company is preparing to introduce its next Galaxy S devices, along with new Galaxy AI features. Rumors have suggested Samsung’s next phones will include a... Read more

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Jay Peters @ The Verge · 01/06/2025 17:53 EDT

Dana White is joining Meta’s board of directors

Dana White and Mark Zuckerberg attend the UFC 300 event at T-Mobile Arena on April 13, 2024 in Las Vegas, Nevada | Photo by Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images Meta is adding three new people to its board of directors, and one of them is UFC president and CEO Dana White, the company announced on Monday. Zuckerberg is a fan of MMA who has medaled in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu tournaments... Read more

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Charles Pulliam-Moore @ The Verge · 01/06/2025 17:16 EDT

NBC’s Grimm series is being reborn as a Peacock movie

NBC Between Nosferatu and Wolf Man, it feels like Hollywood has come back around on good, old fashioned monster movies. And it seems like Peacock wants in on the action with a feature-length reboot of the long-dead Grimm series. Variety reports that Peacock is moving forward with a new film based on Grimm, Stephen Carpenter, Jim Kouf, and David Greenwalt’s 2011 series about a Portland cop who discovers that he’s... Read more

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Justine Calma @ The Verge · 01/06/2025 17:12 EDT

A new tax credit for hydrogen helps out nuclear energy

Workers outside the hydrogen production facility at the Constellation Nine Mile Point Nuclear Station in Scriba, New York, on Tuesday, May 9th, 2023. | Photo: Getty Images The Biden administration finalized rules meant to boost domestic production of hydrogen fuel through a new tax credit, a move that might also keep struggling nuclear power plants on line for longer. The highly anticipated guidelines stipulate what kinds of hydrogen projects can... Read more

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Andrew J. Hawkins @ The Verge · 01/06/2025 16:30 EDT

Toyota’s futuristic Woven City in Japan is ready for its first residents

Image: Toyota Toyota’s futuristic Woven City, which is being built on the site of a former car factory in Japan, is almost ready for its first residents. At CES this week, the Japanese auto giant updated the public on the progress of the $10 billion project, which is said to be a “living laboratory” where people can live while also testing out futuristic projects. Toyota said it completed “phase 1”... Read more

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Allison Johnson @ The Verge · 01/06/2025 16:19 EDT

The best phone to buy right now

The best screens for screen time. | Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge The bad news: flagship phones cost a small fortune these days. The good news: we can help you pick the right one and get the most for your money. Read the full story at The Verge. Read more

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Emma Roth @ The Verge · 01/06/2025 15:36 EDT

US designates Tencent and CATL as Chinese military companies

Image: Getty The US Department of Defense has added tech giant Tencent and lithium-ion battery maker CATL to its list of Chinese military companies, as reported earlier by Bloomberg. The designation doesn’t impose sanctions or a ban, but it could make it more difficult for the companies to do business in the US. Along with owning the popular messaging app WeChat, Tencent is a major name in the gaming industry,... Read more

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Chris Welch @ The Verge · 01/06/2025 15:30 EDT

Samsung claims its Ballie AI robot will actually be released this year

Is Samsung’s round robot finally ready to roll out of CES demos and into actual homes? Ballie, the rolling robot that reemerged at CES last year, will be shipping to consumers as an actual product sometime in 2025. That’s what Samsung is saying at the moment, anyway. We were first introduced to Ballie at CES five years ago. Since then, the robot has undergone a more practical redesign, so maybe... Read more

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Andrew Liszewski @ The Verge · 01/06/2025 15:20 EDT

Satechi’s M4 Mac Mini hub will launch in February for $99.99

Satechi’s Mac Mini M4 hub adds three front-facing USB-A ports. | Image: Satechi First announced in late November, Satechi has confirmed that its Mac Mini M4 Stand & Hub will be available in limited quantities starting February 17th, 2025 through its online store for $99.99. A wider release will begin sometime in March, according to an announcement by the company at CES 2025 today. The hub, made from aluminum with... Read more

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Jennifer Pattison Tuohy @ The Verge · 01/06/2025 15:00 EDT

This robot vacuum has legs

Dreame’s newest robot vacuum can climb up a step. It’s a start! | Image: Dreame First, they sprouted arms; now, robot vacuums are getting legs. The latest bot from Dreame has two small legs that can push it up and over a step as high as 6cm (about 2.5 inches). The Dreame X50 Ultra robot vacuum uses a system called ProLeap, which the company first demoed at the IFA tech... Read more

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Tom Warren @ The Verge · 01/06/2025 14:45 EDT

HP announces mini PC and all-in-one desktop with Copilot Plus AI features

Image: HP Qualcomm teased Copilot Plus mini PCs earlier today, but HP is already announcing its own Copilot Plus mini PC and all-in-one desktop PCs, and neither will be powered by Qualcomm. HP has opted for AMD’s new Ryzen AI Max chips for its mini PC and Intel’s latest Core Ultra 200V series processors for the all-in-one. The OmniStudio X all-in-one will come in both 31.5-inch and 27-inch variants, with... Read more

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Emma Roth @ The Verge · 01/06/2025 14:45 EDT

Acer brings AMD chips to its Swift Go Copilot Plus laptops

The Acer Swift Go 16 AI. | Image: Acer Acer is putting AMD chips in its ultra-thin Swift Go 16 AI and Swift Go 14 AI Copilot Plus laptops, both of which come with up to an AMD Ryzen AI 7 350 processor. Until now, Acer only offered its Swift Go 14 Copilot Plus laptop with a Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite processor. The AMD Ryzen AI 7 350 processor has... Read more

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Emma Roth @ The Verge · 01/06/2025 14:45 EDT

Dell’s new monitor tracks your head to beam audio to your ears

Image: Antonio G. Di Benedetto / The Verge Dell’s new monitor can beam audio directly toward your ears. The Dell 32 Plus 4K QD-OLED uses a camera beneath its display for AI-powered head tracking, allowing it to adjust the sound coming out of its five 5W speakers based on your position. As it directs audio toward each of your ears, the monitor also blocks sound at the opposite ear using... Read more

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