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Jay Peters

Acer made an enormous 11-inch gaming handheld

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Acer is announcing two new Nitro Blaze gaming handhelds at CES 2025, and one of them, the Nitro Blaze 11, is truly giant with a massive 10.95-inch screen.

Seriously, it’s huge — just look at this photo of a person holding it! It’s absurd!

Image: Acer

In addition to that enormous screen — which is a 144 Hz WQXGA touch display that can top out at 500 nits of brightness — the Nitro Blaze 11 is equipped with an AMD Ryzen 8040HS processor, 16GB of LPDDR5X RAM, and...

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Tom Warren

AMD’s Ryzen 9 9950X3D is ‘the world’s best processor for gamers and creators’

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AMD is unveiling its latest flagship desktop CPU, the Ryzen 9 9950X3D, today at CES. After the 9800X3D wowed us with its gaming performance, we’ve been waiting to see what AMD’s second generation of 3D V-Cache technology could do with more cores and higher boost frequencies. AMD is now claiming the 9950X3D will be “the world’s best processor for gamers and creators.”

The 9950X3D includes 16 Zen 5 CPU cores (32 threads), a max boost frequency of 5.7GHz, and 144MB...

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Tom Warren

AMD announces next-gen Radeon RX 9070-series GPUs with AI-powered FSR 4 upscaling

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AMD is previewing its next generation of GPUs at CES today, based on its latest RDNA 4 architecture that includes AI-powered FidelityFX Super Resolution 4 (FSR 4) upscaling. The Radeon RX 9070 XT and Radeon RX 9070 will both be available in Q1 from a variety of video card manufacturers, but AMD isn’t detailing specifications, pricing, or exact release dates just yet.

The announcement is light on concrete information. AMD says it has built this architecture from the ground...

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Jay Peters

Acer’s latest all-in-one and mini PCs are getting Copilot Plus AI features

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Acer is revealing new all-in-one and mini PCs at CES 2025, and they’re among the first non-laptop computers to get Copilot Plus AI features.

The new Acer Aspire S AI all-in-ones, offered in a “minimalist white profile,” come in two sizes, according to a press release. The Aspire S24 AI has a 23.8-inch 1080p screen, and the Aspire S27 AI has a 27-inch panel in 1080p or 4K. You can get both with touchscreens, too. They’re equipped with “up to” Intel Core Ultra...

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Jess Weatherbed

Everyone’s favorite office monitor is getting even better

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Dell has made its latest UltraSharp 4K monitors more attractive to PC gamers by doubling the previous generation’s 60Hz refresh rate. The 27-inch and 32-inch 4K UltraSharp Thunderbolt displays announced at CES have been updated with new IPS panels that provide 120Hz refresh rates alongside features designed to enhance visual comfort.

The UltraSharp line is a popular choice for working professionals who need a no-frills 4K monitor that supports Windows, macOS, and...

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Sean Hollister

AMD announces ‘Fire Range’ and Ryzen AI Max, its most potent laptop chips yet

Strix Halo is here. | Image: AMD

AMD promised eventual “mobile gaming dominance” back in 2022, and it feels like we’re getting closer every day. Today, the company is announcing not one, not two, but three different families of chips designed to take it there, including final confirmation of the long-rumored “Strix Halo” and “Fire Range” laptop chips.

The former is now known as the Ryzen AI Max and Ryzen AI Max Plus, boasting the most powerful graphics AMD’s ever put...

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Sean Hollister

AMD’s Z2 handheld gaming chips are official — and not coming to a Steam Deck near you

AMD has just officially announced its full lineup of Ryzen Z2 chips for handheld gaming PCs like the Steam Deck, after a brief tease this fall — but as of today, it’s pretty muddy who they’re for or what they’re going to do for handheld PC gaming.

First off, although AMD told journalists in a pre-recorded briefing that Valve’s Steam Deck, Lenovo Legion Go, and Asus ROG Ally lineups would all feature the new chips, it’s not clear that’s actually true.

While we’re...

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Jennifer Pattison Tuohy

This robot vacuum has legs

Dreame’s newest robot vacuum can climb up a step. It’s a start! | Image: Dreame

First, they sprouted arms; now, robot vacuums are getting legs. The latest bot from Dreame has two small legs that can push it up and over a step as high as 6cm (about 2.5 inches).

The Dreame X50 Ultra robot vacuum uses a system called ProLeap, which the company first demoed at the IFA tech show in Berlin, Germany, last year. Dreame calls the device’s appendage a “motorized swing arm” that...

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Andrew Liszewski

Satechi’s M4 Mac Mini hub will launch in February for $99.99

Satechi’s Mac Mini M4 hub adds three front-facing USB-A ports. | Image: Satechi

First announced in late November, Satechi has confirmed that its Mac Mini M4 Stand & Hub will be available in limited quantities starting February 17th, 2025 through its online store for $99.99. A wider release will begin sometime in March, according to an announcement by the company at CES 2025 today.

The hub, made from aluminum with a soft-touch silicone coating, is designed to expand the functionality...

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Chris Welch

Samsung claims its Ballie AI robot will actually be released this year

Is Samsung’s round robot finally ready to roll out of CES demos and into actual homes?

Ballie, the rolling robot that reemerged at CES last year, will be shipping to consumers as an actual product sometime in 2025. That’s what Samsung is saying at the moment, anyway. We were first introduced to Ballie at CES five years ago. Since then, the robot has undergone a more practical redesign, so maybe it’s really going to happen — but I’m still more skeptical than not.

Am I the...

Mashable

Apple users are frustrated with the Enhanced Visual Search opt-in — heres how to change that

Users aren't particularly happy with Apple's Enhanced Visual Search opt-in.

Enhanced Visual Search is a tool Apple uses to match users' photos with landmarks and points of interest. The feature is similar to visual lookup and is intended to make it easier for users to find specific photos. It is automatically enabled on Apple Photos on iPhones using iOS 18 and Macs using macOS Sequoia.

Users appear to be concerned not with Enhanced Visual Search itself — which has been a feature for some...

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Noa Dalzell

Atlanta Dream coaching hires demonstrate the value of WNBA experience

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The Dream hired two assistant coaches with significant WNBA coaching experience — LaToya Sanders and Brandi Poole — to bolster their coaching staff.

With WNBA free agency beginning later this month, teams across the league are continuing to finalize their 2025 coaching staff and front office members. On Monday afternoon, the Atlanta Dream announced several new hires; the organization will bring in LaToya Sanders and Brandi Poole as...

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Andrew J. Hawkins

John Deere says its self-driving tractors and trucks will help address labor shortages

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The next time you pass a farm tractor tilling a field, check to make sure there’s somebody in the cab. Chances are, there won’t be.

Today at CES, John Deere announced a host of new fully autonomous vehicles that it says will revolutionize farming, landscaping, and construction. Among the new vehicles the company will have to show off are an autonomous tractor, a robot lawn mower, a crewless dump truck, and another driverless tractor, but this one designed...

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Ash Parrish

Marvel Rivals is adding The Fantastic Four with its first season update

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With the Marvel Rivals train firmly on its way, it’s time to start the game’s first official season. In a short trailer, Marvel Rivals developer Net Ease has announced that season 1 begins later this week on January 10th.

According to the trailer, season 1 features the arrival of Dracula who plunges New York City into eternal night by *checks notes* teaming up with Dr. Doom to tamper with the moon’s orbit. (Hey, it’s a comic book game, weird nonsensical...

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Allison Johnson

‘Max Ink Mode’ makes TCL’s screens even inkier

Regular smartphone by day, e-reader by night. | Image: TCL

Look, I haven’t picked up the TCL 60 XE, but I can already tell you the name of its best feature: Max Ink Mode. The 60 XE is the latest of TCL’s phones to use its Nxtpaper display technology, aimed to go easy on the eyes with reduced glare and an E Ink-like monochrome mode.

The phone has a full-color 6.8-inch display by default, but if you flip a slider on the side of the device, you enter Max Ink Mode. In addition to...

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Chris Welch

TCL’s first Mini LED TV of 2025 offers impressive specs at a tempting price

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Rather than roll out a whole series of new TVs here at CES, TCL has decided to take a staggered approach in 2025. So it came to Las Vegas with just one model to show off: the QM6K Mini LED. The company is claiming that this TV, the first of a new Precise Dimming series, “offers a level of picture quality that has never been offered in its price band before.” TCL has found itself in a fierce battle with Hisense in the Mini LED category; both brands have delivered...

Mashable

This Peloton deal doesnt just build stamina, it also saves you $250

GET $250 OFF: Dec. 6th, the Peloton Tread is currently on sale for 8% off. Get it now for $2,745 and save $250.

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Mashable

Samsung and LG TVs add AI with Microsoft Copilot

In case there was any doubt, "put AI in everything" continues to be the tech world's rallying cry in 2025 — and Samsung and LG are here to prove it.

At CES 2025, Samsung and LG both announced Microsoft Copilot integration for their respective TV lineups, bringing generative AI to smart TVs for various tasks.

Long gone are the days when a TV was just a screen on which to watch stuff. Every year, our largest home screens are tricked out with more features like personalization and integration...

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