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Samsung The Frame Pro at CES 2025: A big upgrade for the art TV

There’s no denying the staying power, and influence, of Samsung’s The Frame art TV lineup. The company struck gold in 2017 when it debuted the TV that doesn’t just look like a black box when you’re not using it, but rather blends in with your home deco…

Sam Altman’s sister is suing the OpenAI CEO alleging sexual abuse

Annie Altman, the sister of OpenAI founder and CEO Sam Altman, has sued her brother accusing him of sexually assaulting her when she was a minor. In a complaint filed this week with a Missouri federal court, Annie Altman alleges her older brother commi…

All the laptops that piqued our interest at CES 2025

CES is filled with wild and wacky curios, to be sure, but there are also plenty of good old-fashioned laptops. Every year the big chipmakers announce new products and the big computer manufacturers unveil new laptops that take advantage of updated CPUs…

The AC Future drivable, self-sustaining home transforms to be larger than your first apartment

The “AC” in AC Future stands for Amy and Cindy, founder Arthur Qin’s two daughters. That’s just one of the bits of info I gained at the company’s CES event in which we got a first look at the new AC Future Ai-TH transformable home. This is yet another …

Sony’s Afeela 1 feels like a PlayStation 4 in the PS5 era

While there's plenty of automotive news to go around at CES 2025, far and away, the talk of the show is the Afeela 1. Again. For five years now, Sony has been showing off some variation on this same theme, first as the Vision-S in 2020, then the Vi…

Target Darts is bringing tech smarts to the game

If there’s one thing that sucks the fun out of darts, it’s the mandatory math you have to do in order to work out how well you’re doing. That’s the malady British manufacturer Target Darts, making its first trip to CES, is solving with its Omni automat…

The WeWalk Smart Cane 2 could be one of AI’s few good use cases at CES 2025

WeWalk introduced a new version of its smart cane for people with visual impairments at CES 2025, bringing a redesign that addresses many of the first model’s shortcomings and adds AI features and more advanced sensors from TDK. It’s positioned as an a…

Former MoviePass head pleads guilty to securities fraud

“A Florida man pleaded guilty today,” began a Department of Justice press release published on Tuesday. In this case, the ever-infamous Florida Man is none other than Ted Farnsworth, the former CEO of MoviePass’ parent company. His plea comes fewer tha…

I want Urtopia’s Titanium Zero concept e-bike

Broadly speaking, there are two types of e-bikes: Ones with a motor in one of the wheels, and ones with the motor mounted between the pedals. Those in the former group, known as hub motors, are cheap and bountiful, but lack the oomph required to cover …

AirStudio One is a portable microphone that’s full of surprises

This isn’t just any retro-styled microphone, but an all-in-one tool for music creators looking to record vocals when on the go. It’s the creation of Hisong, a startup looking to build a more elegant alternative to toting around a microphone, mixer and …