This smart home controller is literally a piece of wood
The Mui Board is a minimalist, screen-free interface for controlling tech in your home. One of the fun parts of being a tech journalist for over a decade is that…
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CES 2026: all the news, gadgets, and innovations from the biggest tech show
Hot on the heels of new yearâs celebrations, the annual Consumer Electronics Show will get underway in early January 2026. Once again, Las Vegas will host a sprawling sneak peek…
Researchers spot Saturn-sized planet in the âEinstein desertâ
Most of the exoplanets we’ve discovered have been in relatively tight orbits around their host stars, allowing us to track them as they repeatedly loop around them. But we’ve also…
Grok is undressing anyone, including minors
xAI’s Grok is removing clothing from pictures of people without their consent following this week’s rollout of a feature that allows X users to instantly edit any image using the…
Billion-dollar Bitcoin hacker Ilya Lichtenstein thanks Trump for early prison release
Just over a year after being sentenced to five years in prison for the theft of billions of dollars in Bitcoin, hacker Ilya Lichtenstein is free. Lichtenstein announced his release…
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella is now blogging about AI slop
Now that Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has appointed a new CEO to run Microsoft’s biggest businesses, he has a little more time on his hands for other adventures. Beyond focusing…
Pebbleâs round smartwatch is getting a reboot
The Pebble Round 2 (pictured here in rose gold) ditches the OG Time Roundâs chunky display bezel. It’s time to reboot another OG Pebble smartwatch – specifically, the round-faced Time…
This smart fridge wants to solve the hassle of grocery shopping
This GE Profile fridge has a patented âScan-to-Listâ barcode scanner built in, designed to make it easy to add items to a digital shopping list. Have you always wanted to…
Teslaâs fourth quarter sales fell a lot more than expected
Tesla’s sales fell in the fourth quarter of 2025, as rising competition and the expiration of the federal EV tax credit continued to sap the company’s global ambitions. The numbers…
LG announces the âworldâs lightest 17-inch RTX laptopâ
We should get more information about the upcoming 2026 LG Gram Pro series at CES. LG is teasing the 2026 Gram Pro laptops that will be fully unveiled at CES,…