The demand building out AI infrastructure has placed on PC component makers has already led to the death of one consumer-facing RAM brand, but a new report from the International Data Corporation (IDC) suggests it could have an even worse impact on the PC industry at large. In its worst-case-scenario model, the IDC predicts PC … Read more
OneXPlayer is quickly establishing itself as a company that isn’t afraid to get weird as hell. (Take, for example, its transforming dual-screen gaming portable.) Its latest venture is another retro gaming handheld that, at first glance, looks like a standard dual-screen model. But the Android-powered OneXSugar Wallet uses a single foldable screen instead. The device … Read more
Samsung will have two new inexpensive mobile devices arriving on the US market next month. The Galaxy A17 5G starts at $199 and will be available on January 7. Arriving on January 8, the Galaxy Tab A11+ will retail for $250. The Galaxy A17 5G has a 6.7” FHD+ Super AMOLED display and is powered … Read more
Xinhua News Agency via Getty Images Hisense is perhaps best known for its budget-friendly electronics and appliances, like TVs and refrigerators. But at CES 2025, the China-based company showed its high-end chops with a massive 136-inch micro LED TV, which recently became available for a whopping $100,000. So what’s on deck for this year’s show? … Read more
Tomorrow’s the big day, and I don’t just mean New Year’s Eve. The series finale of Stranger Things airs tomorrow, and Netflix has released a trailer for the last episode. We’re given only flashes of the final episode, along with a voiceover of an emotional Jim Hopper telling Eleven he needs her to fight one … Read more
Diggs has been charged with felony strangulation or suffocation and misdemeanor assault and battery. Here’s what we know about the allegations so far. Diggs has been charged with felony strangulation or suffocation and misdemeanor assault and battery. Here’s what we know about the allegations so far.
Hot on the tail of Amazon’s Kindle Scribe Colorosoft, TCL is introducing its own take on a distraction-free note-taking and reading device. Unlike the new Scribe, however, it doesn’t use E Ink. The TCL Note A1 NXTPAPER is the company’s latest device to use NXTPAPER, TCL’s custom paper-like LCD screen, which offers some of the … Read more
Meta has acquired an AI startup called Manus — known for its custom research and website-building agents — in a deal valued at more than $2 billion, according toThe Wall Street Journal. It’s reportedly one of the largest acquisitions yet involving a startup nurtured in China’s AI ecosystem. Manus arrived in March 2025, shortly after … Read more
We’re not seeing Ilya and Shane soon, but we are getting a reunion between Hudson and Connor in a new enemies-to-lovers story! Here’s how you can tune into their new audio series ‘Ember & Ice.’ We’re not seeing Ilya and Shane soon, but we are getting a reunion between Hudson and Connor in a new … Read more
CFOTO via Getty Images At CES 2025, NVIDIA spent the bulk of its presentation touting (what else) its leading position in the artificial intelligence arena. But it also spent time talking up new hardware, including its RTX 5000-series GPUs and Project Digits desktop supercomputer (later redubbed Spark). This year, the company’s website says it’s “lighting … Read more