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A Piece Of Furniture Exploded Overnight In This Woman's House, And If You Have Any Glass Homewares, You Need To Hear This

"Why was this glass popping like popcorn in the middle of the night?"

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Emma Roth

US designates Tencent and CATL as Chinese military companies

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The US Department of Defense has added tech giant Tencent and lithium-ion battery maker CATL to its list of Chinese military companies, as reported earlier by Bloomberg. The designation doesn’t impose sanctions or a ban, but it could make it more difficult for the companies to do business in the US.

Along with owning the popular messaging app WeChat, Tencent is a major name in the gaming industry, as it owns League of Legends developer Riot Games and has invested in...

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Andrew J. Hawkins

Toyota’s futuristic Woven City in Japan is ready for its first residents

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Toyota’s futuristic Woven City, which is being built on the site of a former car factory in Japan, is almost ready for its first residents.

At CES this week, the Japanese auto giant updated the public on the progress of the $10 billion project, which is said to be a “living laboratory” where people can live while also testing out futuristic projects. Toyota said it completed “phase 1” of the construction, with the official launch planned for 2025.

“Woven City...

Mashable

Dell is refreshing and rebranding all of its PCs: What all the new names mean

"Dude, you're getting a Dell" is about to be more apt than ever.

Dell announced a sweeping overhaul of its AI-powered PC portfolio at CES 2025 Monday. More than just a next-generation refresh, the company's upcoming fleet of laptops and desktops will feature new hardware, new designs, and new names under the same all-encompassing brand.

Dell PCs now fall into three categories called Dell, Dell Pro, and Dell Pro Max, each representing a different use case: everyday tasks, business, or demanding...

Mashable

Acers new Nitro Blaze handheld gaming devices have bigger screens than before

Acer's got a couple of fancy new handheld gaming PCs coming to market, but they aren't cheap.

The tech giant announced on Monday that it is expanding upon the Nitro Blaze handheld gaming PC device it launched last year. There will be two new models in 2025: The Nitro Blaze 8 and Nitro Blaze 11. Starting at $899 and $1,099 USD respectively, these two handheld machines promise high quality displays and powerful performance at greater financial expense than something like a Steam Deck.

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We have a vague release window and price for the Roborock with an arm from CES 2025

It's unlikely that many people had a robot vacuum with a whole-ass arm on their CES 2025 bingo card. But alas, Roborock gave us one: the Roborock Saros Z70. While it hasn't been tagged with an official price just yet, word on the street is that the Roborock Saros Z70 will go for around $2,000. That's steep but expected, considering the current high-end Roborocks with no robotic limbs go for over $1,500-ish (a few hundred less if they're on sale).

Where can you buy the Roborock Z70?

If you're...

Mashable

CES 2025 highlights: What weve seen so far

Mashable is on the ground at CES 2025, covering the latest consumer tech has to offer. The team is expecting big announcements for EVs, TVs, gaming upgrades, smart home devices, and lots and lots of AI-powered gadgets.

Check here for the most noteworthy highlights updated regularly, from the wacky to the "wow" and everything in between.

TVs with AI are popular at CES 2025

Two major themes collide for CES 2025: AI and TVs. Samsung's Neo QLED, OLED and QLED, and The Frame models and LG's...

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5 new gadgets from CES 2025 that you can actually buy right now

As the Mashable team scampers around the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas this week, there's one question that's top of mind every time we visit a booth or attend a demo: "That's cool, but when can I buy it?"

A lot of times, the answer is never. Many gadgets exhibited at the annual tech industry trade show are just concepts and prototypes that don't make it to market. (That Withings OMNIA smart mirror for at-home health screenings, for instance? Yeah, there's a good chance it'll...

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Stefanos Chen

Rudy Giuliani Is Held in Contempt of Court in Defamation Case

Rudy Giuliani, the former mayor of New York City, has failed to turn over his assets to two Georgia poll workers who won a defamation lawsuit against him.

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Matina Stevis-Gridneff, Ian Austen and Ephrat Livni

A Timeline of Justin Trudeau’s Rise and Fall

The Canadian prime minister, who said on Monday he would step down, has spent a quarter-century in the political spotlight.

SBNation.com

Jack Milko

Tiger Woods’ TGL explained; everything you need to know

Tiger Woods at the SoFi Center during a TGL rehearsal. | TGL

TGL begins on Tuesday night on ESPN. Here’s everything you need to know about golf’s newest venture.

The launch of golf’s newest league is finally here.

Originally scheduled to debut in 2024, TGL postponed its starting date to Tuesday, January 7, 2025.

Why?

Well, the SoFi Center, the arena slated to host the league’s competitions in Southeast Florida, collapsed on itself in November 2023. TGL then unveiled plans to...

SBNation.com

Mark Schofield

Jalen Hurts injury status: Eagles QB remains in concussion protocol ahead of NFL playoffs

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The Eagles are in the playoffs but their starting QB remains in concussion protocol

The Philadelphia Eagles begin their postseason journey on Sunday, when they host the Green Bay Packers on Wild Card Weekend. The game is a rematch of the season opener for both teams, won by the Eagles in the first NFL game ever played in Brazil.

In that game Philadelphia quarterback Jalen Hurts completed 20-of-34 passes for 278 yards and two touchdowns, along with a pair of...

SBNation.com

Jack Milko

Scottie Scheffler out of The Amex, continues to rehab Christmas injury

Scottie Scheffler during the final round of the 2024 Tour Championship. | Photo by Ben Jared/PGA Tour via Getty Images

Scottie Scheffler’s hand injury continues to be an issue, so he will play it safe and skip The American Express.

Scottie Scheffler announced that he has withdrawn from The American Express due to the injury he sustained on Christmas.

While preparing dinner for his family, Scheffler sustained a puncture wound in the palm of his right hand, per his agent, Blake Smith....

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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!

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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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