Smart rings have progressed rapidly within the past couple of years — in the mass market space as well as research labs. At CES 2025, we saw Circular reveal a smart ring with atrial fibrillation (AFib) detection, while Ultrahuman put smart…
Malaysia wants to leverage its location to become an energy and chip manufacturing hub this year, riding a recent jump in investments and a favourable outlook for the domestic economy, its premier and economic minister said on Thursday.
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Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced a big shift in the company's approach to moderation and speech. Meta will be suspending its fact-checking program and will move to an X-style Community Notes model on Facebook, Instagram and Threads.
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Robot vacuums can make cleaning up a lot more convenient but, depending on your home’s layout, might not work with every floorplan. Chinese appliance maker Dreame is hoping to address that with its X50 robot vacuum that’s able to climb o…
At CES 2025 on Sunday, Samsung unveiled its latest innovations in AI-powered display technologies. Vision AI, as it’s called, is aimed at transforming TVs and other smart devices into interactive, intelligent companions.
The Korean te…
AMD barely touched on its new RDNA 4 graphics cards during its CES 2025 keynote, not even showing the new GPUs during its presentation. Instead, details about the new graphics cards have largely been shared by AMD’s board partners. It’s …
Apple still cannot sell its iPhone 16 in Indonesia despite striking a deal to build a local production facility there, as it has not met domestic content rules, the industry minister said on Wednesday.
Last year, Indonesia banned iPh…
JBL has never met a CES it couldn't dump a bunch of new audio products on, and CES 2025 is no different. The company's new Tour One M3 headphones might be the star of its lineup, but JBL is announcing a total of seven new pairs of wirele…
It’s January, and you know what that means — CES 2025 is revving up. Samsung burst out of the gates tonight by announcing its offerings for the year, including its 2025 Neo QLED and OLED TVs, audio products, and more, all of which are pois…
Withings’ futuristic Omnia mirror will tell you everything you need to know about your health and well-being, and probably some things you’d rather ignore right after the recent festive period, just by standing in front of it. It is aime…
Sansui made a surprise entry back into the U.S. market last fall with the release of its 55-inch OLED — the least expensive OLED on the market. At hundreds less than competitors from LG, Samsung, and Sony, the company made waves when it ca…
Just about a year ago, a startup named DoublePoint launched a gesture control app that lets smartwatch users control phones, tablets, and headsets, among other devices. The Apple Watch has finally received its own version.
In the lead-u…
Just about a year ago, a startup named DoublePoint launched a gesture control app that lets smartwatch users control phones, tablets, and headsets, among other devices. The Apple Watch has finally received its own version.
In the lead-u…
Samsung has new soundbars and updates to an existing model to show off at CES 2025. First, the HW-QS700F is an all-new speaker that's designed to sit on a shelf or TV stand, but it can also be mounted at 90 degrees flat on a wall under a T…
The Espresso 17 Pro is our favorite portable monitor. It delivers great image quality, has a rugged build, boasts built-in speakers and includes a touchscreen function. The only real trouble is that, with a 17-inch screen, it's perhaps not…
DIY-APE has reached an important milestone in developing the back-plug ecosystem for PC DIYers. BTF3.0 (via Uniko's Hardware) is designed so that no cabling is needed between your PSU, motherboard, or graphics card, reducing cable manageme…
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The Samsung Galaxy A16 5G and Galaxy Fit 3 are coming to the U.S. next week, priced at $199.99 and $59.99, respectively.
Samsung is offering six generations of full OS upgrades on the Galaxy …
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Samsung is redesigning Good Lock, the company's first-party launcher known for bringing advanced features to Galaxy phones, with One UI 7.
The app will be available in "all countries" and on …
After a week off I've had to spend the morning catching up on my email, which means deleting 99% of my email. "Utilize AI to engage your website visitors!" Delete. "Which influencers made the most money in 2024?" Delete. "Holiday pics from…
Unity Software's shares rose nearly 10% on Thursday as a cryptic post by "Roaring Kitty" on social media platform X sparked enthusiasm, following a challenging year for the videogame software maker.
Keith Gill, popularly known among tra…
The iPhone SE 4 is the long-awaited next entry in the iPhone SE lineup. Information about the device has been scarce, with only a few bits of information leaking out here and there, but now there’s a newer, more surprising rumor: that the …
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The Samsung Galaxy Fit 3 launches in the U.S. on January 9 for $59.99, nearly a year after its worldwide launch.
It measures heart rate, stress, blood oxygen, snoring, sleep quality, and stre…
On Thursday, Samsung unveiled several new monitors ahead of CES 2025, including what could be one of the most impressive gaming monitors of the year.
With CES just days away, one might expect Samsung to save its biggest announcements fo…
Apple has certainly carved itself a market for selling extremely well-made products at ludicrously high prices. Given an audience willing to fork out eye-watering amounts for its laptops and phones, it’s perhaps not surprising that the com…
The Samsung Galaxy S25 series rumor mill has been turbulent, and that’s putting it lightly. An unbelievable amount of information has emerged about this phone, but one debate that was never settled is whether it would use the Snapdragon …
G.Skill has introduced a pair of new DDR5 memory timing variants featuring the lowest set of primary timings the DRAM manufacturer has released since DDR5 first debuted. G.Skill's Trident Z5 Neo RGB, M5 RGB Neo, and Z5 Royal Neo series can…
Telegram has introduced a new third-party account verification system as part of its latest app update, the company announced in a blog post. The idea is to let public figures or companies that are already verified by Telegram in turn ve…
The Raspberry Pi is an excellent choice for makers who want to tinker with eInk displays. The Raspberry Pi Zero 2W is particularly useful because it consumes little power and provides Wi-Fi access. It is excellent for integrating your eInk…
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The Samsung Galaxy Z Flip FE is predicted to use the same display panel as the Galaxy Z Flip 6.
A database entry earlier this week confirmed the existence of the Galaxy Z Flip FE.
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Today, Hacker News brought an interesting new Minecraft world-generation tool to our attention. Arnis uses free geospatial data from OpenStreetMap to generate detailed Minecraft maps based on a specified real-world location. As the develop…
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The latest software update for Polestar 2, P3.3.16, brings cool upgrades like HD radio and smoother low-speed driving, with wired Android Auto as the main highlight.
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Right before the holiday break, Google made a rather big splash, as it announced Android XR, co-designed with Samsung. However, it might not be long before even more major announcements are made, Gemini will be at the forefront for most of…
The iPhone SE 4 has been a highly anticipated choice for quite a while now, and we expect it to release sometime in the first quarter of 2025. While we know a lot about the iPhone SE 4, we haven’t been able to nail down a solid estimate on…
A relatively new Apple feature makes visual search much more powerful. It also raises privacy concerns, according to developer Jeff Johnson.
Starting with iOS 18 and macOS 15, Apple introduced Enhanced Visual Search (EVS) in the Photos …
Sony has confirmed its portable gaming device PlayStation Portal will continue to expand its features gradually. One of its biggest updates released last month brings cloud streaming to the device.
Sony will make “incremental steps” to …
You'll be able to stream as much of The Morning Show as your body can physically handle this weekend, thanks to a new Apple TV+ promotion. After teasing some kind of Apple TV+ news on social media, Apple has confirmed that from January 3…
China's capital Beijing passed new regulations on Tuesday to encourage autonomous driving technology in the city, with authorities planning to eventually allow driverless public buses and taxis.
Autonomous vehicles that pass road test…
LG’s Gram laptops are back for another round of updates ahead of CES 2025. A decade into the thin and light lineup’s existence in LG’s portfolio, the latest models load up on AI (surprise!) and boost performance while maintaining their tra…
YouTube is testing a new "Play Something" floating action button, borrowing a now-defunct Netflix feature of the same name. It works in much the same way, playing a random video that's likely based on your previous selections, 9to5Google…
Valve's upgraded Steam Deck boasts a vivid OLED display, high-quality design and build, and is competitively priced - but may be a bit too big to be easily portable.
The original Steam Deck performs well and boasts a huge library of gam…
You might have thrown out the wrapping paper and are readying the drinks for the countdown to the new year, but some of us are already getting ready for CES 2025. Shortly after New Year’s Day, many from the Engadget team will be packing ou…
Ahead of CES 2025, LG has announced new extra-large additions to its line of UltraGear GX9 OLED gaming monitors: one being a massive, 45-inch display with a bendable panel, and the other, a 39-inch “smart” gaming monitor with webOS built-i…
Is Microsoft secretly working on the return of its Surface Duo folding smartphone? It’s possible, as a recently filed patent shows it’s still coming up with ideas for hinges that are the key to making foldables work. The unusual design o…
Phone fans are always waxing lyrical about the best phones on the market, with their 4K displays, 200MP cameras, and 10-second charging times. It may seem hard to find recommendations for people whose budgets don't cover those features. Lu…
Next month, Samsung is holding its Galaxy Unpacked event to announce the launch of the Samsung Galaxy S25 series, as well as a few other potential surprises. According to a new report, preorders for Samsung’s newest phones might not go liv…
As we draw closer to January, leaks and speculation around Nvidia’s next-generation RTX 50-series GPUs are echoing all over the internet. The latest scoop comes from renowned leaker Kopite7kimi providing insights into Nvidia’s midrange B…
The Samsung Galaxy S25 is one of the most anticipated phones of 2025, and the good news is that it should also be one of the first new phones of 2025.
While there is no official date for Samsung Galaxy Unpacked 2025 yet, the event is ty…
It won't be an exaggeration to say that Gemini is on track to becoming an integral part of the overall Android ecosystem if it's not so already. Packed with a laundry list of features, Google's AI-powered chatbot can summarize long-form te…
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One UI 7 is bringing big changes to how you handle notifications, with the latest beta introducing the 'Filter Notifications' feature.
This feature helps you sort your notifications into two …
It’s that quiet, end-of-December period for tech news. Still, alongside our usual retrospectives on tech in 2024, the Russian government is cracking down crypto, and final seasons of hit Netflix phenomena are on their way.
First, accord…