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One robot vacuum is trying way too hard to outdo the competition at CES 2025

Robot vacuums are having a very weird year at CES 2025. We’ve seen robot vacs that can scoot over stairs and pick up socks. Now, another robot vacuum maker is showing off robot vacuums that can zoom around with air purifiers, tablet stands, security ca…

Google Pixel 4a’s update kills its battery life on purpose

Google’s Pixel 4a has long been considered a great smartphone for those on a budget, but it just received a software update that calls that into question. The update lowers the reported battery life. This isn’t a side-effect of some new software. This …

Delta changed the game for CES press conferences

The CES keynote will never be the same. 
This is my 12th CES, so there aren't many things that surprise me at this point, at least in terms of press conferences. All of the big companies used to try to one-up each other (celebrity appearances …

Someone please buy me this battery-powered, plug-in induction range from CES

I don’t want or need 99 percent of the stuff on display at CES — don’t get me wrong, most of what we’re seeing this week is impressive in one way or another, but nothing had seemed like a necessary addition to my life until I happened upon the Copper C…

Meta test will bring eBay listings to Facebook Marketplace

Meta is expanding Facebook Marketplace to include eBay listings. A test will launch in the US, France and Germany, allowing users to browse eBay offerings on Marketplace. Sellers on eBay can list products as usual and “as long as your account is in goo…

NASA will decide how to bring soil samples back from Mars in 2026

NASA will analyze and explore two different landing options for its Mars Sample Return program, though it will take almost two years to do so and is expected to announce its decision in late 2026. The agency had to temporarily hit pause on the program …

Sony’s immersive The Last of Us experience at CES 2025 dropped me into a subway filled with zombies

As Engadget’s chief The Last of Us correspondent, I was pretty pumped to find out during Sony’s CES 2025 press conference that season two of the HBO show would come out in April. But Naughty Dog head Neil Druckmann also teased a “location-based experie…

A closer look at the slick Honda 0 SUV and Saloon prototypes at CES 2025

Last year, Honda teased its first two homegrown EVs with the Series 0 Saloon and Space-Hub. But now at CES 2025, those vehicles are getting one step closer to production by graduating from concepts to prototypes while getting updated names along the wa…

This spinning VR chair at CES 2025 somehow didn’t make me feel like throwing up

A spinning VR gaming chair sounds like it would be an at-home vomitron. The virtual reality environment tends to make some people (like me) queasy as it is, so adding synchronized full-body rotation seems like a recipe for disaster. I was kind of prepa…

Former Annapurna Interactive staff are reportedly taking over publisher Private Division’s game portfolio

Ex-employees of Annapurna Interactive who quit en masse last year have reportedly found their next project. According to Bloomberg, the team is taking over the games and franchises of Private Division, a former Take-Two label that published indie games…