CES 2025: The best tech and gadgets we saw in Las Vegas
Presenting our 12 finalists, plus the winner of our best in show award.
Meta admits it deleted links to decentralized Instagram competitor Pixelfed
Sharing the Instagram alternative was briefly considered "spam."
Celebs and tech luminaries including Mark Ruffalo want to create a fully open social...
This is an attempt to save platforms "from billionaire capture.”
Sonos CEO Patrick Spence falls on his sword after horrible app launch
A former Quibi and Pandora executive will fill in for now.
Apple's iPad mini 7 is $100 off right now
The tablet has dipped to $399, which is a record-low price.
What to expect at Samsung’s Galaxy S25 Unpacked event
The S25 series — and perhaps some other goodies — are on the way.
The robots we saw at CES 2025: The good, the bad and the completely unhinged
Cute emotional support robots, terrifying humanoids and everything in between.
Sony's Afeela 1 feels like a PlayStation 4 in the PS5 era
Like bringing a tired old gaming system to a next-gen console war.
Nintendo Switch 2: Everything we know about the upcoming console
And why Nintendo put the kibosh on that CES "leak."
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Chinese social media app RedNote is the number one app as TikTok ban looms
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Threads is starting to test community notes
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Nintendo's goofy alarm clock will be available to everyone in March
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Meta admits it deleted links to decentralized Instagram competitor Pixelfed
Meta accidentally deleted links to Instagram-competitor Pixelfed on Facebook, which is at least a little suspicious coming after Meta's recent moderation changes.
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Samsung introduces new sleep-tracking metrics that take advantage of SmartThings enabled devices
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Will Shanklin16 hours ago
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Lawrence Bonk17 hours ago
Mastodon will soon be owned by a nonprofit entity
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UK to fast-track data center approvals as part of AI action plan
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Igor Bonifacic18 hours ago
Sonos CEO Patrick Spence falls on his sword after horrible app launch
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Lawrence Bonk18 hours ago
Apple's iPad mini 7 is $100 off right now
The iPad mini 7 is the best compact iPad you can buy. Best of all, it's on sale for a record low price of $399.
Kris Holt18 hours ago
The 256GB Meta Quest 3S is down to its lowest price yet
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Jeremy Gan19 hours ago
Biden proposes new export controls on GPUs targeting China
Biden wants to implement new export controls on GPUs and prevent China and its allies from getting their hands on the technology.
Jeremy Gan20 hours ago
Samsung's 2024 Smart M8 monitor is on sale for just $399
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Steve Dent21 hours ago
The best smart speakers for 2025
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Nathan Ingraham01.13.2025
Blue Origin’s inaugural New Glenn launch set for today was scrubbed
The flight will carry a prototype of the company’s Blue Ring Pathfinder. It will take place no earlier than Monday, January 13, in a launch window beginning at 1AM ET.
Will Shanklin01.13.2025
Awesome Games Done Quick raises another $2.5 million for a cancer nonprofit
Awesome Games Done Quick 2025 raised a total of $2,556,305 for Prevent Cancer Foundation.
Cheyenne MacDonald01.12.2025
This year could bring the iPhone Air and an entry-level iPad with Apple Intelligence
Mark Gurman writes in the Power On newsletter that Apple's thinnest iPhone yet could be called the iPhone 17 Air.
Cheyenne MacDonald01.12.2025
Amazon Prime will no longer let clothes shoppers 'try before you buy' after this month
Prime Try Before You Buy let customers pick a few items to be sent, and only pay for what they decided to keep.
Cheyenne MacDonald01.11.2025
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