<p>AI is leading US consumers towards a tech spending bonanza this year if tariffs don&#8217;t materialize, new research from the Consumer Technology Association finds.</p>

<p>In a bid to streamline, Dell is dropping some of its most iconic laptop brands. At CES 2025 on Monday, the PC company announced that XPS, Inspiron, and Latitude are moving to a farm upstate. In their stead come Dell, Dell Pro, and Dell Pro Max. The move is a bid to create “unified branding” [&hellip;]</p>

<p>In a bid to streamline, Dell is dropping some of its most iconic laptop brands. At CES 2025 on Monday, the PC company announced that XPS, Inspiron, and Latitude are moving to a farm upstate. In their stead come Dell, Dell Pro, and Dell Pro Max. The move is a bid to create “unified branding” [&hellip;]</p>

<p>At CES 2025 in Las Vegas, AMD unveiled a slew of new chips destined for devices ranging from desktops to gaming handhelds. AMD is riding high coming into this year&#8217;s CES. The company commanded a 28.7% share of the desktop CPU segment in Q3 2024, up 9.6 percentage points compared to the same quarter the [&hellip;]</p>

<p>At CES 2025 in Las Vegas, AMD unveiled a slew of new chips destined for devices ranging from desktops to gaming handhelds. AMD is riding high coming into this year&#8217;s CES. The company commanded a 28.7% share of the desktop CPU segment in Q3 2024, up 9.6 percentage points compared to the same quarter the [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Will.i.am’s history with consumer tech has been — let’s just say “spotty.” The musician/entrepreneur loves gadgets, this much we can say for certain. For his latest trick, the Black Eyed Pea is returning as LG’s &#8220;Experiential Architect” in conjunction with CES 2025. What does such a role entail? Suggesting ideas for Bluetooth speakers and headphones, [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Will.i.am’s history with consumer tech has been — let’s just say “spotty.” The musician/entrepreneur loves gadgets, this much we can say for certain. For his latest trick, the Black Eyed Pea is returning as LG’s &#8220;Experiential Architect” in conjunction with CES 2025. What does such a role entail? Suggesting ideas for Bluetooth speakers and headphones, [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Therabody, the maker of popular massage guns and other wellness devices, announced at CES 2025 that it&#8217;s launching a new AI-powered digital recovery platform called Coach. The new platform is launching in beta inside Therabody&#8217;s app. While the app currently gives users easy-to-follow proprietary routines, Coach takes recovery and wellness a step further by using [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Therabody, the maker of popular massage guns and other wellness devices, announced at CES 2025 that it&#8217;s launching a new AI-powered digital recovery platform called Coach. The new platform is launching in beta inside Therabody&#8217;s app. While the app currently gives users easy-to-follow proprietary routines, Coach takes recovery and wellness a step further by using [&hellip;]</p>

<p>“These are the kind of jobs that we shouldn&#8217;t need people to do anymore,&#8221; founder Leo Ma said about dangerous factory jobs. </p>

<p>“These are the kind of jobs that we shouldn&#8217;t need people to do anymore,&#8221; founder Leo Ma said about dangerous factory jobs. </p>

<p>Qualcomm is making a move for the mid-range PC market with a new system-on-chip. At the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Qualcomm unveiled Snapdragon X, the latest chip in its Snapdragon X Series of PC processors. The company claims that the chip, built on a 4nm fabrication process, delivers up to &#8220;multi-day&#8221; battery life [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Qualcomm is making a move for the mid-range PC market with a new system-on-chip. At the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Qualcomm unveiled Snapdragon X, the latest chip in its Snapdragon X Series of PC processors. The company claims that the chip, built on a 4nm fabrication process, delivers up to &#8220;multi-day&#8221; battery life [&hellip;]</p>

<p>CES 2025 kicks off January 7, but many of the biggest events and reveals actually begin today through a series of live streams and press conferences. The annual Las Vegas event sets the tone for the year’s consumer electronics and automotive industries. As always, TechCrunch will be there, sniffing out stories from the most exciting [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Bird Buddy’s smart bird feeders are a perfect confluence of different consumer technologies. Breakthroughs in security cameras, AI, and solar charging have converged into a terrific little product that has captured public imagination. At CES 2025, the startup’s creators announced an expansion into another wing of the animal kingdom. Wonder is a new sub-brand bringing [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Amazon announced a partnership with Kidde at CES 2025 on Monday that brings its Ring technology to the home safety stalwart’s smoke alarms. There will be multiple versions of the hybrid smoke and CO2 detectors, ranging in price from $55 to $75. As a longtime owner of a Nest Protect, I can confidently say that [&hellip;]</p>

<p>For the past several years, the halls of the Las Vegas Convention Center have been lousy with AR/VR/XR smart glasses. While some of the biggest names in tech, like Apple and Google, have struggled to gain traction in the category, accessible tech remains relatively unexplored. There’s a lot of work to be done in terms [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Samsung’s CES presser is always an odd duck. The Korean electronics giant generally keeps its powder dry when it comes to consumer electronics. After all, it’s expected to announce its latest flagship handset — the Galaxy S25 — toward the end of January. CES 2025 is going to continue the company’s tradition of TVs and [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Elvie, a female-founded hardware startup, has unveiled a new app-controlled smart bouncer that gently transforms into a bassinet — while the baby is still in it. With the new Elvie Rise, announced at CES 2025 on Monday, parents and caregivers don&#8217;t have to move their baby between soothing, sleep, and play products.&nbsp; The startup is [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Elvie, a female-founded hardware startup, has unveiled a new app-controlled smart bouncer that gently transforms into a bassinet — while the baby is still in it. With the new Elvie Rise, announced at CES 2025 on Monday, parents and caregivers don&#8217;t have to move their baby between soothing, sleep, and play products.&nbsp; The startup is [&hellip;]</p>