/Top Stories/ Last Updated: Mon, Jan 6th, 2025 @ 10:00pm EST

BuzzFeed - Latest

This Or That: Starbucks Vs. Dunkin'

You either love or hate Starbucks. There's no in-between

View Entire Post ›

The Verge

Victoria Song

There’s a new contender for budget smartwatch king

The Amazfit Active 2 may only be $100–$130, but it’s a good-lookin’ budget watch.

Amazfit may not be a household name, but it’s been crushing it in the budget smartwatch space for a long time. And at CES 2025, the company is trying to outdo itself with the $99 Amazfit Active 2.

I was a big fan of the company’s GTR 4 watch — it wasn’t a looker, but it packed in an incredible amount of value for $200. I liked it so much that it’s sat comfortably as the top overall pick...

The Verge

Jacob Kastrenakes

The Last of Us season 2 will premiere in April

The Last of Us will return to HBO and Max this April. Series creative director, Neil Druckmann, announced the premiere of the show’s second season onstage at CES this evening alongside a short teaser for the new season. A specific premiere date wasn’t given.

The show’s first season wrapped up in March 2023, so it’ll be more than two years between seasons by the time the new one debuts. The Last of Us’ first season was very well-received — particularly for a video game...

The Verge

Richard Lawler

Sony is working on Horizon Zero Dawn and Helldivers 2 movies

Image: Chris Welch / The Verge

During its CES 2025 keynote, PlayStation Productions head Asad Qizilbash and Screen Gems president Ashley Brucks explained how Sony plans to keep expanding its IP after adaptations of The Last of Us, Gran Turismo, Twisted Metal, and Uncharted.

They announced that Sony Pictures is working on a film adaptation of last year’s hit Helldivers 2, while Columbia Pictures and PlayStation Productions are in “early stages” of developing a Horizon Zero Dawn...

BuzzFeed - Latest

Reviewers Think These 37 Products Are Pretty Much The Cream Of The Crop

"I don't know what wizardry the wand has, but I swear it gives me lashes that aren't even there." —reviewer of an *under-$5* mascara

View Entire Post ›

BuzzFeed - Latest

41 Pieces Of Furniture And Decor That Will Make Your House A Home

Give your home the makeover it deserves.

View Entire Post ›

BuzzFeed - Latest

Celebs Were Unhinged At The Golden Globes, So Here Are 21 Of The Wildest Reactions Of The Night

Absolutely obsessed with Margaret Qualley's complete lack of a poker face.

View Entire Post ›

BuzzFeed - Latest

"Emilia Pérez" Is Receiving A Lot Of Mixed Reactions From Critics, Filmmakers, And General Audiences

"So you are telling me that the voting body for the Golden Globes thought Emilia Perez was a better musical than Wicked?" —@sunshine0nme

View Entire Post ›

BuzzFeed - Latest

Life Could Actually Be A Bit Easier If You Let These 38 Products Do The Work For You

Cleaning out your garbage disposal seems like a fun task for you to ignore and leave to this cool foaming blue cleaner instead.

View Entire Post ›

The Verge

Andrew J. Hawkins

Sony and Honda’s Afeela electric car will start at $89,900

Image: Chris Welch / The Verge

Afeela is starting to become a little bit more than just a feeling. The electric vehicle that’s a joint venture between Sony and Honda is finally available for preorder. And it only took five years to get here.

At its press conference at CES today, Sony Honda Mobility announced pricing and preorder details for Afeela 1. The vehicle will come in two trims: the $89,900 Afeela 1 Origin and the $102,900 Afeela 1 Signature. Both prices include a...

The Verge

Allison Johnson

This toaster-looking gadget boosts your phone’s battery in seconds

Not an actual toaster.

I didn’t have “phone toaster” on my CES bingo card, but here we are. Swippitt is a unique solution to the problem of keeping your phone battery charged up, and it promises a life where you basically never have to plug your phone into a charger again. But it’ll cost you.

To be clear, there isn’t an actual toaster involved. Swippitt — which rhymes with “whip it,” and I’m sorry you have that song stuck in your head now — includes a system of...

The Verge

Emma Roth

Sony’s Xyn is a prototype VR headset for making 3D games and movies

Image: Sony

Sony is launching the Xyn (pronounced zin), an “extended reality” headset for creating 3D objects for films, animation, and games. The device, which Sony first teased at CES last year, will come with 4K OLED displays, video passthrough, and support for third-party design, modeling, and production software.

Based on the video shared by Sony, it looks like wearers will be able to flip up the headset when they’re not using it. It doesn’t appear to come with the ring...

Mashable

CES 2025: Dreames X50 Ultra is not the robot vacuum that can climb stairs

CES 2025 is filled with weird, new robot vacuum innovations. Dreame, a Chinese tech company, has unveiled its new X50 Ultra, a "stair-climbing" robot vacuum. But before you start dreaming (pun intended) of a bot that can clean your steps, here’s the reality: the X50 Ultra doesn’t actually climb stairs.

SEE ALSO: Samsung at CES 2025: You can't escape the smart house

Well, not exactly.

The X50 Ultra can "climb" only if your stairs are about...

BuzzFeed - Latest

Just 17 Wholesome Moments From The 2025 Golden Globes

Obsessed with Quinta Brunson's Abbott Elementary and Amy Adams selfie.

View Entire Post ›

The Verge

Andrew Liszewski

The best stuff we’ve seen at CES so far

Photo by Owen Grove / The Verge

The show floor of the biggest tech event of the year hasn’t even opened yet, but CES 2025 has already delivered a long list of new gadgets, tech, concepts, and AI-powered devices tempting you to upgrade.

It’s a lot to keep up with, so we’ll help you catch up. Below are some of the standout gadgets of the show so far. Of course, there’s still a lot more out there and a lot more to go. You can catch up on all of The Verge’s coverage of the show...

Fast Company

Reuters

Dockworkers resume labor talks, focusing on automation at ports

The International Longshoremen’s Association wants to eliminate past labor-contract concessions on automation, arguing they pose a threat to jobs.

Contract talks covering 45,000 dockworkers on the U.S. East and Gulf Coasts are set to restart on Tuesday in a labor dispute that will help set the pace of automation at ports stretching from Maine to Texas.

Fast Company

Mark Sullivan

Sam Altman offers clues about where OpenAI is headed

In his latest blog post, Sam Altman gave his take on what’s been happening behind the scenes at OpenAI—and what’s next for its technology.

On Sunday OpenAI cofounder and CEO Sam Altman published a blog post titled Reflections about his company’s progress—and the speed bumps along the way—during its first nine years. Altman’s words are important because OpenAI has a very good chance of being first to reach AGI, or artificial general intelligence (machines that are generally as...

ESPN.com

Sources: Reds acquire infielder Lux from Dodgers

The Cincinnati Reds on Monday acquired veteran infielder Gavin Lux, 27, from the World Series champion Los Angeles Dodgers, sources told ESPN's Jeff Passan, in exchange for a Competitive Balance Round A pick and outfielder prospect Mike Sirota.

BuzzFeed - Latest

25 Beauty Products To Help You Get Ready Quicker If You’re A Chronic “Fashionably Late” Kinda Gal

Getting your hair and makeup done faster so you have more time to pick out your outfit is simple girl math.

View Entire Post ›

The Verge

Jay Peters

Dana White is joining Meta’s board of directors

Dana White and Mark Zuckerberg attend the UFC 300 event at T-Mobile Arena on April 13, 2024 in Las Vegas, Nevada | Photo by Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images

Meta is adding three new people to its board of directors, and one of them is UFC president and CEO Dana White, the company announced on Monday. Zuckerberg is a fan of MMA who has medaled in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu tournaments and tore his ACL in a sparring session a little over a year ago.

As shown above, the Meta CEO has...

The selection and placement of stories on this page were determined automatically by a computer program.
The time or date displayed (including in the Timeline of Articles feature) reflects when an article was added to or updated in LooksNeat.