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Android 16’s first beta version brings iOS-style live notifications
<p>After releasing two developer beta versions last year, Google introduced the first public beta for Android 16 on Thursday. New features include live updates on the lock screen (like Live Activities on iOS), Advanced Professional Video (APV) codec for high-quality video recording, and a framework for developers to make their apps adaptable for different screen […]</p>
Rahul Patil
Jan 232 min read
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Roli releases a 49-key educational keyboard and generative AI play
<p>Roli on Thursday announced its latest educational product at the NAAM audio show in Anaheim. The simply named Roli Piano builds on products like the Roli Airwave and Piano M, more than doubling the latter’s key count to 49. The Piano is much like its predecessor in most ways, with MIDI keys that light up […]</p>
Rahul Patil
Jan 232 min read
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Google buys part of HTC’s XR business for $250M
<p>Google has agreed to acquire part of HTC’s extended-reality (XR) business for $250 million, expanding its push into virtual and augmented reality hardware following the recent launch of its Android XR platform. The deal involves transferring some of the HTC VIVE engineering staff to Google and granting non-exclusive intellectual property rights, according to the Taiwanese […]</p>
Rahul Patil
Jan 231 min read
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Samsung Unpacked: Samsung’s Galaxy S25 will support Content Credentials to identify AI-generated images
<p>Another tidbit just dropped following Wednesday’s Samsung Unpacked event. This one comes courtesy of Adobe, which notes that the new Galaxy S25 line will be the first handsets to support the Content Credentials standard, aimed at labeling AI-generated content as such. The Coalition for Content Provenance and Authenticity (C2PA) group — of which Samsung is […]</p>
Rahul Patil
Jan 221 min read
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Samsung Unpacked 2025: Samsung’s AI-focused Galaxy S25 Ultra ships February 7 for $1,300
<p>Samsung on Wednesday announced the latest additions to its Galaxy S flagship smartphone line at the company’s annual Samsung Unpacked 2025. As suspected, the defining characteristic of the Galaxy S25, S25+, and S25 Ultra is the company’s continued focus on mobile AI — a fact that hardly distinguishes the consumer electronics giant from the rest […]</p>
Rahul Patil
Jan 222 min read
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Samsung Unpacked 2025: Samsung Galaxy S25 line compared
<p>Samsung revealed three new additions to its Galaxy smartphone line at Samsung Unpacked 2025 on Wednesday. The news didn’t bring too many surprises, as the line maintains its usual tiered system with the Galaxy S25, Galaxy S25+, and Galaxy S25 Ultra. The news finds the hardware in line with the rest of the mobile industry […]</p>
Rahul Patil
Jan 222 min read
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Samsung Unpacked 2025: Here’s how to watch and what we expect
<p>The biggest reveal from CES press conference may well have been another press conference. The hardware giant closed out the main event by teasing the company’s upcoming show. The next Samsung Unpacked event is set for today at 10 a.m. PT, 1 p.m. ET. As with all recent Unpacked events, the big show will be […]</p>
Rahul Patil
Jan 222 min read
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DJI Flip is a $439, fully foldable camera drone
<p>Four short months after introducing the truly palm-size Neo, DJI is back with another pint-sized consumer drone. The Flip continues the drone giant’s interest in foldable form factors, with a quartet of propeller guards that essentially stack up, for maximum portability. The new Flip continues to blur the lines in DJI’s existing consumer portfolio, combining […]</p>
Rahul Patil
Jan 141 min read
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DJI Flip is a $439, fully foldable camera drone
<p>Four short months after introducing the truly palm-size Neo, DJI is back with another pint-sized consumer drone. The Flip continues the drone giant’s interest in foldable form factors, with a quartet of propeller guards that essentially stack up, for maximum portability. The new Flip continues to blur the lines in DJI’s existing consumer portfolio, combining […]</p>
Rahul Patil
Jan 141 min read
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Sonos CEO Patrick Spence is leaving following bungled app update
<p>Speaker manufacturer Sonos is seeing some significant changes. Patrick Spence, the company’s chief executive officer (pictured above), is leaving the company after eight years in the job. Tom Conrad, the co-founder of Pandora and a Sonos board member, is stepping in as interim CEO starting today. Last year was complicated for the speaker manufacturer. The […]</p>
Rahul Patil
Jan 132 min read
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Sonos CEO Patrick Spence is leaving following bungled app update
<p>Speaker manufacturer Sonos is seeing some significant changes. Patrick Spence, the company’s chief executive officer (pictured above), is leaving the company after eight years in the job. Tom Conrad, the co-founder of Pandora and a Sonos board member, is stepping in as interim CEO starting today. Last year was complicated for the speaker manufacturer. The […]</p>
Rahul Patil
Jan 132 min read
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Apple may add an iPhone Air to its lineup
<p>Apple’s next major iPhone upgrade will include a new model called the iPhone 17 Air, according to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman. This seems like an obvious way to expand the lineup, given Apple’s success with the Air moniker for thinner MacBooks and iPads (I’m currently typing these words on my MacBook Air), and could be more […]</p>
Rahul Patil
Jan 121 min read
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Apple may add an iPhone Air to its lineup
<p>Apple’s next major iPhone upgrade will include a new model called the iPhone 17 Air, according to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman. This seems like an obvious way to expand the lineup, given Apple’s success with the Air moniker for thinner MacBooks and iPads (I’m currently typing these words on my MacBook Air), and could be more […]</p>
Rahul Patil
Jan 121 min read
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Lenovo’s latest form factors prove PCs can still be fun
<p>Large corporations aren’t known for taking risks. This is as true in the world of consumer hardware as anywhere. Annual updates are largely incremental, with small changes to things like screen resolution or image quality. It’s a phenomenon that Lenovo is more than happy to buck when it showcases the latest updates to its PC […]</p>
Rahul Patil
Jan 102 min read
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Lenovo’s latest form factors prove PCs can still be fun
<p>Large corporations aren’t known for taking risks. This is as true in the world of consumer hardware as anywhere. Annual updates are largely incremental, with small changes to things like screen resolution or image quality. It’s a phenomenon that Lenovo is more than happy to buck when it showcases the latest updates to its PC […]</p>
Rahul Patil
Jan 102 min read
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The new Atari handheld knows its market
<p>CES isn’t much of a gaming show. Every year, however, a few notable products slip through the news deluge. Created in collaboration with My Arcade, Gamestation Go fits the bill. The handheld sports a 7-inch display and comes preloaded with north of 200 titles from various Atari generations. Of course, simply being a portable game […]</p>
Rahul Patil
Jan 102 min read
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The new Atari handheld knows its market
<p>CES isn’t much of a gaming show. Every year, however, a few notable products slip through the news deluge. Created in collaboration with My Arcade, Gamestation Go fits the bill. The handheld sports a 7-inch display and comes preloaded with north of 200 titles from various Atari generations. Of course, simply being a portable game […]</p>
Rahul Patil
Jan 102 min read
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This security system shoots paintballs at intruders
<p>Doorbell cameras are standard fare these days. More and more people have invested in connected security systems, as the technology has become both cheaper and more user friendly. There’s one important thing these system won’t do, however: shoot people and animals with paintballs. That is, however, pretty much the Eve PaintCam’s whole M.O. Carrying the […]</p>
Rahul Patil
Jan 91 min read
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This security system shoots paintballs at intruders
<p>Doorbell cameras are standard fare these days. More and more people have invested in connected security systems, as the technology has become both cheaper and more user friendly. There’s one important thing these system won’t do, however: shoot people and animals with paintballs. That is, however, pretty much the Eve PaintCam’s whole M.O. Carrying the […]</p>
Rahul Patil
Jan 91 min read
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These are CES 2025’s least repairable and sustainable gadgets, according to iFixit
<p>The Razzies, the Darwins — not all awards are good. Sure, CES is a time to celebrate the year’s weirdest and most wonderful consumer electronics, but thankfully we’ve got iFixit around to throw a little cold water on the fair. As we enter the penultimate day of the event, the repair stalwart presents its “Worst […]</p>
Rahul Patil
Jan 91 min read
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