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Universal Music Group is partnering with Nvidia to bring a new AI model to one of the world's largest music catalogs. Among other initiatives, Tuesday's announcement touts the extension of Nvidia's music AI model Music Flamingo, which is designed to mimic how humans understand music by recognizing nuanced elements like song structure, harmony, emotional arcs, [...]

If you listen to the CES hype machine this year, you might think that robots are finally ready to take over your domestic duties. To some extent that's true, but take note of the plural: there's no single robot ready to take over all of your household chores yet, but an army of them just [...]

We're not even a full week into 2026 yet, but Nvidia has already announced several products and updates to start the new year. Nvidia's new Vera Rubin architecture was launched earlier than expected at CES, joined by announcements for its own Tesla-rivaling self-driving car technology, and the latest updates coming to DLSS, G-Sync display tech, [...]

Artificial intelligence doesn't always want to optimize your life or steal your job. Sometimes, AI just wants to be your friend. And while robot pets weren't the biggest stars of CES 2026, they've become more than just noise and are signaling how AI is apparently leaving our screens and taking on a physical presence in [...]

Mammotion, the company best known for its line of robot lawnmowers, is launching a robot pool cleaner that can take itself out of the water. As shown during CES 2026, the Spino S1 Pro comes with a robotic arm mounted to a docking station that sits at the edge of your pool. When the bot [...]

There was a time not too long ago when buying a power bank was as easy as choosing the cheapest portable battery that could charge your phone and quickly slip into your pocket, purse, or backpack. The hardest part was deciding whether it was time to ditch USB-A ports. Recently, however, brands have been slathering [...]

Asus' Zenbook A14 that debuted at last year's CES is now getting a bigger sibling for CES 2026. The new Asus Zenbook A16 is a 16-inch counterpart to refreshed Zenbook A14, both packing Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Elite processors. The two Zenbook A models are very similar, both sporting OLED displays, two USB 4 ports, one [...]

The Asus Zenbook Duo is getting a chip upgrade, an overhauled hinge design, and a big battery upgrade for CES 2026. The new dual-screen laptop will get Intel Panther Lake when it launches later in Q1 2026, though its pricing isn't finalized. But the most noticeable change is to its finish and its hinge. The [...]

Asus is announcing a new ProArt PX13 convertible laptop and ProArt PZ14 detachable tablet for CES 2026. The PX13 comes in two versions: a standard model and a GoPro Edition. Both feature a stylus-compatible 13.3-inch 2880 x 1800 OLED display, dial pad control built into the trackpad, and AMD's "Strix Halo" Ryzen AI Max APU [...]

Roborock is finally bringing its bots to yards in the US, several months after expanding into robot lawn mowers last year. The Roborock RockMow X1 LiDAR, announced today at CES, will be launching later this year, featuring autonomous navigation, all-wheel drive, and 360-degree 3D scanning using a combination of LiDAR and Visual Simultaneous Localization and [...]

Roborock's latest robovacs don't need help getting out of tricky situations. At least, that's one of the perks of the improved AdaptiLift Chassis 3.0 on the Roborock Saros 20 and Saros 20 Sonic announced today at CES 2026. The upgraded chassis in Roborock's new flagship robot vacuum cleaners allows the bots to climb over thresholds [...]

Withings isn't done with CES 2026 announcements just yet. The French health tech company just announced a new partnership with Abbott. In the first quarter of the year, Abbott Lingo users will be able to view their glucose data within the Withings app. Lingo is Abbott's over-the-counter continuous glucose monitor (CGM) for nondiabetic people. Withings [...]

The market leader in robot vacuums has been behind in the latest trend - roller mops. But not for much longer. At CES this week, Roborock announced the Qrevo Curv 2 Flow, its first robot vacuum and mop with a motorized self-cleaning roller mop. The Flow features an extra-wide mop that the company says can [...]

Other than some earbuds, Klipsch hasn't made any headphones in a number of years. But the company is teasing a big return for 2026 at CES. Klipsch announced its Atlas series, a family of high-end hi-fi headphones that pick up where its Heritage headphone line left off. The HP-1 are a wireless over-ear model with [...]

LG is launching its dual mode GX7 OLED monitor in the US, with refresh rates up to 720Hz. Based on LG Display's fourth-generation WOLED panel, the 26.5-inch 27GX790B can run at 540Hz in 1440p resolution, or an impressive 720Hz in a not-so-impressive 720p resolution. The dual mode option lets you switch between the 540Hz and [...]

Anker just announced three new chargers at CES 2026, and surprisingly, one of them is already on sale ahead of its launch on January 20th launch. Anker's latest 45W Nano Charger, the company's first Nano Charger to sport a built-in display, is available to preorder from Anker's online storefront in one of several colors for [...]

Meta is giving Ray-Ban Display users an option to text on their glasses without needing their phone or a keyboard, only the Meta Neural Band. The new EMG handwriting feature, announced on Tuesday during CES, allows users to physically write with their hand on any surface, rather than texting. It's currently rolling out as an [...]

This year's Consumer Electronics Show is only just getting into full swing, and we've already seen a deluge of gadget announcements. There are the staples, of course: gigantic TVs, smart home sensors, phone accessories, weirdly elaborate ways to charge your devices. Wouldn't be CES without them. But this year in Las Vegas, there are also [...]

Dell announced at CES 2026 that it'll launch the UltraSharp 32 4K QD-OLED Monitor on February 24th for $2,599.99. Despite having released a productivity-focused 4K QD-OLED of the same size in 2025 that regularly sold for well under $1,000, its new one costs more mainly due to having greater color accuracy for creative professionals. The [...]

Smart whiteboard manufacturer Vibe is expanding further into hybrid work hardware with the Vibe Bot, a physical AI device that can serve as a voice assistant, a smart webcam, and an AI note-taker, designed for office desks and meeting rooms. Despite the name, Vibe Bot is definitely not a robot. In fact it's closer to [...]

Razer is announcing a new Wolverine V3 BT controller at CES 2026 that's designed for TVs. It's the world's first gamepad to use ultra-low latency Bluetooth, allowing it a sub-3ms response time, and the first accessory to launch under LG's "Designed for LG Gaming Portal" program. But since it's been developed in collaboration with LG, [...]

Razer is combining its various gaming chair add-ons of speakers, RGB lighting, and force feedback into one proof of concept: Project Madison. It features dual RGB light strips in the top corners, a pair of THX-certified speakers with spatial audio (which can act as the rear channels in 5.1 or 7.1 audio setups), and six [...]

Ring is introducing a host of new security devices and technologies, including a new line of security cameras and a mobile trailer equipped with a camera that can cover large areas. While these devices were developed mostly for enterprise-level security, they can be purchased and used for home and other uses as well. To begin, [...]

Razer's Project Ava AI game coach from last year's CES is taking a new form for 2026: a tiny holographic anime girl in a capsule you can put on your desk. Anime girls in pods were already a thing at CES 2025, but Razer's take on it is much smaller and desk-friendly. The new Project [...]

Aqara came to Vegas with a number of smart home firsts in its rapidly growing portfolio. It's showcasing an impressive smart lock that unlocks on approach, a thermostat with support for Apple's Adaptive Temperature and Clean Energy Guidance, a Matter-enabled camera, and a pair of sensors to track human occupants and objects. The Camera Hub [...]

Razer announced a concept AI wearable at CES that resembles a pair of wireless headphones (or Razer's Barracuda gaming headsets, to be precise), with two camera lenses built into the ear cups. The current iteration of Project Motoko is powered by an unspecified Qualcomm Snapdragon chip and uses dual first-person-view cameras positioned at eye level [...]

Ugreen announced at CES 2026 that it'll be branching into smart home territory with the launch of its SynCare product line of cameras. The series will consist of two indoor cams, the ID500 Pro and ID500 Plus, the OD600 Pro outdoor cam, and the Video Doorbell DB600 Pro. All of this gear will launch in [...]

Chamberlain is expanding its closed smart home ecosystem with a new lock that doubles as a 2K HDR video doorbell. Announced at CES 2026, the myQ Secure View 3-in-1 Smart Lock costs $279.99 and uses face detection to automatically lock or unlock your door depending on who's approaching. For this to work, you and your [...]

A decade ago, Google Photos changed photo storage for me forever - because I could search for those photos just by typing a few words. But that meant trusting Google cloud servers with my precious memories. Now, a new breed of network-attached storage (NAS) boxes promises to do the same and more with local AI, [...]

Elgato's Stream Deck has come full circle. Almost eight years after the company picked up the pieces of Art Lebedev's ambitious Optimus keyboard and went in a different, cheaper direction with the idea, we're going back to keyboards. Corsair's Galleon 100 SD, announced at CES 2026, is a wired mechanical keyboard that effectively has a [...]

After causing a splash at last year's CES with a pair of high-tech, high-powered e-bikes, Segway returned to the show with a little something more for everyone. The Ninebot-owned brand announced two new e-bikes - the seemingly conventional-looking Myon, and the low-step, short-tail Muxi - as well as a sharp-looking electric dirt bike called the [...]

International customers who had their sights set on Meta's Ray-Ban Display smart glasses will have to wait a little longer. Meta announced that it's pausing plans to launch the glasses in France, Italy, Canada, and the UK by early 2026, due to "unprecedented demand and limited inventory." "Since launching last fall, we've seen an overwhelming [...]

Microsoft has got the internet confused, again. Over the past couple of days posts on Reddit, Hacker News, and X have claimed Microsoft has rebranded Microsoft Office to Microsoft 365 Copilot. As much as Microsoft loves to shove its Copilot branding everywhere, Office hasn't been renamed to "Microsoft 365 Copilot app." The confusion comes from [...]

Samsung Display showcased a new foldable OLED panel at CES that doesn't have a visible crease - something that currently blights every foldable phone on the market. This could be our first look at the panel used in the next generation of Samsung's Galaxy foldables and even the folding iPhone, given that Samsung Display is [...]

Stolen electric bikes built around Bosch motors will be harder to sell, service, and ride at the end of January. That's when Bosch is rolling a new digital theft feature that lets owners mark the bike as stolen in the Bosch Flow app - no subscription required. Bosch rolled out a similar feature for expensive [...]

My biggest gripe about open-ear buds is that they're rotten for loud city commutes. Cue a pedantic audiophile pointing out that the whole premise of open-ear buds is to not block out sound. Yes, yes. But the unfortunate truth is that often means if you want open-ear buds for one situation, you'll have to buy [...]

CES is packed with AI companions and assistant robots this year, but the DeskMate from Loona is a clever take on the idea: it's a desktop charging hub, with three USB-C ports, one USB-A, and a MagSafe pad, that automatically activates an AI companion app when you attach your iPhone to the wireless charger. What's [...]

Nvidia's RTX 5080 rollout for its GeForce Now cloud gaming service is now complete, so it's ready to announce some additional features for subscribers. In the coming months, Nvidia is planning to launch native GeForce Now apps for Linux and Amazon's Fire TV devices, alongside flight control support for its cloud gaming service. The native [...]

Nvidia is bringing a new set of G-Sync Pulsar monitors to the market this week that will automatically adjust brightness and color based on the ambient lighting in a room. Much like a modern laptop, these new monitors have a built-in light sensor that measures the brightness and color temperature of an environment to enable [...]

Nvidia is announcing its next major update to its Deep Learning Super Sampling (DLSS) feature at CES today. DLSS 4.5 includes Nvidia's second-generation Super Resolution transformer model and a new 6x Multi Frame Generation mode for RTX 50-series GPUs that uses AI to generate up to five additional frames for every single rendered one. DLSS [...]

A new line of small appliances and devices from IAI Smart, billed as Emerson Smart products, are now available that will let you operate fans, heaters, smart plugs, and air fryers with your voice - with no apps, Wi-Fi, or smart home connection at all. Using the company's SmartVoice technology, the devices react to wake-up [...]

Dell-owned Alienware is looking to reach a wider swath of gamers, announcing at CES 2026 that it's working on two new laptops: one with a lower, entry-level price and one with an ultra-slim chassis. There aren't many details right now, as Alienware is only sharing some basic renders, and the behind-glass nonworking prototypes I saw [...]

HP is announcing a new mini desktop computer at CES 2026, and the whole thing is housed in a compact keyboard. The Eliteboard G1a looks like a normal office keyboard with either a captive or detachable USB-C cable, but inside it is an AMD Ryzen AI 300-series chip, stereo speakers, RAM, storage, a fan, and [...]

AMD is introducing an improved version of its popular Ryzen 7 9800X3D processor today at CES. The new Ryzen 7 9850X3D offers up the same 8-core / 16-thread CPU as the 9800X3D, running at even faster boost clocks. "We've fine-tuned our best gaming processor in the world and have increased the boost clocks to 5.6GHz," [...]

We were rightly skeptical of AMD's Ryzen AI 300 "Strix Point" laptop chips in 2024. Now they're in some of the very best laptops you can buy, arguably hitting the sweet spot of price, performance, and battery life. Today at CES, AMD is announcing its successor, the Ryzen AI 400 line - but there's nothing [...]

AMD's Strix Halo, aka "Ryzen AI Max," is a hugely expensive chip that includes some of the most powerful integrated graphics ever made. Though AMD initially marketed it more to AI workloads with its tremendous complement of up to 128GB of RAM, it's also inspired some unprecedented gaming designs - by far the most powerful [...]

Eureka's new Z50 robovac comes equipped with a roller mop that it will automatically lift and shield before vacuuming your carpets, preventing them from getting wet. The roller mop cover is similar to the one we saw on the Roomba Max 705 Combo last year, but it's available for a "tentative" cost of $800 as [...]

Keychron is announcing new Q Ultra and V Ultra mechanical keyboards at CES 2026. They're Keychron's first ZMK mechanical keyboards, an open-source firmware that's more battery efficient than the popular QMK. Keychron claims its ZMK boards can last up to 660 hours in 2.4G wireless mode with a high-speed 8,000Hz polling rate - matching wired [...]

At last year's CES, Eli Health announced the Hormometer - an at-home hormone test for cortisol that utilized saliva and a smartphone. For this year's show, the company is back and expanding into testosterone and progesterone. Eli Health isn't changing up how its Hormometer works. You still stick a thin cartridge attached to a wand [...]