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Tom Warren

Lenovo brings Windows on Arm to mini desktop PCs

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Qualcomm teased it was about to enter the mini desktop PC space yesterday, and now Lenovo is announcing two mini PCs that cater to consumers and businesses. Both the ThinkCentre neo 50q and IdeaCentre Mini x will include Qualcomm’s Snapdragon X series chips, enabling Copilot Plus PC features in a desktop form factor.

The IdeaCentre Mini x is a 1-liter mini PC that’s designed for creatives who want a desktop that’s quiet and capable of productivity tasks. It comes...

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Umar Shakir

Lenovo’s dual-screen Yoga Book 9i gets bigger displays

Those are 14-inch OLED displays now. | Image: Lenovo

Lenovo is updating its Yoga device lineup to 10th-generation versions, including a new lightweight Yoga Slim 9i, a fresh Yoga Book 9i dual-screen laptop with larger displays, and a Yoga 9i 2-in-1 Aura Edition convertible notebook.

The first is the Yoga Slim 9i, now powered by NPU-packing Intel Core Ultra chips that earn it Windows 11 Copilot Plus PC designation. The laptop also has Lenovo’s AI Core system, which does some AI stuff...

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Victoria Song

Instead of fertility, this femtech wearable zeroes in on perimenopause

Peri is expected to launch in June 2025. | Image: Peri, identifyHer

When it comes to reproductive health tech, wearable makers tend to focus on one of two things: period tracking and fertility windows. But at CES 2025, health startup identifyHer wants to shake up that narrative with Peri, a wearable designed to help people track and manage perimenopause symptoms.

Perimenopause refers to the transitional period before menopause when the ovaries gradually stop working. Hormones like...

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Antonio G. Di Benedetto

Lenovo’s rollable laptop is a concept no more — launching this year for $3,500

Look at this beautiful tall boy.

I can confidently say Lenovo’s ThinkBook Plus Gen 6 stole the show for me at CES. I knew it the second I hit a button on the keyboard and saw the concept-turned-real laptop extend its rollable OLED display upward — motors whirring motors and a dumb smile forming on my face.

Compared to the many new laptops, desktops, gadgets, and handhelds Lenovo is announcing at CES, the ThinkBook may be completely ridiculous in a lot of ways — and it’ll start...

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Sean Hollister

Lenovo Legion Go S official: $499 buys the first authorized third-party SteamOS handheld

The Lenovo Legion Go S, with SteamOS. | Photo by Antonio G. Di Benedetto / The Verge

Lenovo is trying an experiment. In May, it will officially become the very first company outside of Valve to ship a handheld gaming PC with the Steam Deck’s wonderfully pick-up-and-play SteamOS instead of Microsoft Windows. And at $499, it’ll be a true Steam Deck rival, joining it as one of the lower-priced PC handhelds you can buy.

That handheld will be the 1.6-pound Lenovo Legion Go S, a new...

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Adi Robertson

Meta’s fact-checking changes are just what Trump’s FCC head asked for

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I have to commend Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his new policy chief Joel Kaplan on their timing. It’s not hugely surprising that, as the pair announced early today, Meta is giving up on professional third-party fact-checking. The operator of Facebook, Instagram, and Threads has been backing off moderation recently, and fact-checking has always been contentious. But it’s probably smart to do it two weeks before President-elect Donald Trump takes...

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Allison Johnson

OnePlus 13 review: finally, a flagship that can hang

After several attempts, OnePlus made a great high-end phone.

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Wes Davis

GE Cync’s new smart switches look better and work with Matter

The new Cync keypad dimmer looks very 1980s sci-fi control panel, and I’m here for it. | Image: GE

GE unveiled several new smart home products at CES on Monday, including new Matter-compatible Cync smart switches, non-Matter Cync lighting, and upscale smart shades. All of this will be rolling out over the next few months, starting with the new smart switches in March.

GE’s new Cync switches — the Smart Keypad Dimmer ($44.99) and Smart Paddle Dimmer ($25.99) — won’t use the...

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Andrew Liszewski

You only need to charge this E Ink digital poster once a year

PocketBook, E Ink, and Sharp collaborated to create the low-power InkPoster digital display. | Image: PocketBook

E Ink has collaborated with PocketBook and Sharp to create a new low-power digital poster that displays images and artwork on a vivid color electronic paper screen. The InkPoster pairs E Ink’s Spectra 6 screen technology with Wi-Fi and Bluetooth, allowing artwork to be regularly changed and uploaded. And thanks to a large battery, it only needs to be charged about once a...

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Victoria Song

Nanoleaf is jumping into beauty tech with a $150 face mask

The mask costs $150, and features multiple colors for addressing different skincare concerns. | Image: Nanoleaf

Nanoleaf is best known for its colorful smart home lighting. But at CES 2025, it’s expanding into new territory: beauty tech. Specifically, a $149.99 LED face mask.

The Nanoleaf LED Light Therapy Face Mask is made of medical-grade materials and has received FDA Class II device certification. (This doesn’t mean the FDA has given Nanoleaf’s mask a stamp of approval; it...

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Ben Protess and Kate Christobek

Trump Asks Appeals Court to Freeze His New York Criminal Sentencing

President-elect Donald J. Trump is trying to expunge his conviction before he is inaugurated. He would be the first felon elected to the Oval Office.

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James Dator

Mike Vrabel is quickly becoming the hottest coaching commodity in the NFL

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Everyone in the NFL wants Mike Vrabel. Where he’ll land is anyone’s guess.

When the Patriots kicked off firing season by axing Jerod Mayo the assumption was that room was being made for Mike Vrabel. The former franchise legend’s name was already circulating in coaching rumors, and it felt like New England wanted to get a jump on the process. Now, just a few days later, Vrabel is quickly becoming one of the hottest coaching candidates of the...

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Mark Schofield James Dator Joseph Acosta

NFL Black Monday 2025: Every general manager fired

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Keeping track of the NFL general managers fired following the 2024 season

Black Monday has arrived in the NFL.

While 14 teams are preparing for the playoffs, the other 18 are beginning their offseason. For some of those teams, that means starting over. The Monday following the NFL regular season traditionally brings firings of both head coaches and general managers, and we will be tracking the GM moves here.

If you are looking for news on head...

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Steph Curry and the NBA's most confounding paradox

As the Warriors are determined to play him less, they confront a harsh reality: They need him more than ever.

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Andrew Liszewski

It’s 2025 and the Nintendo Wii is getting a new Guitar Hero controller

Hyperkin says the Hyper Strummer features a similar design to older hardware but uses improved internal components. | Image: Hyperkin

Hyperkin opened preorders for a new guitar-shaped controller on New Year’s Day, but it isn’t compatible with Harmonix’s Fortnite Festival music game that debuted on the Switch in late 2023. In fact, the Hyper Strummer isn’t compatible with the Switch at all. It only works with the 18-year-old Nintendo Wii, and the older Guitar Hero and Rock Band...

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Victoria Song

Ultrahuman thinks its 18-karat gold smart ring is worth $1,900

Ultrahuman’s Rare smart ring in dune starts at £1500, roughly $1,900. | Image: Ultrahuman

CES 2025 is officially underway, and the adrenaline of a day of running around Las Vegas is fading fast. Yet I cannot fall asleep. Probably because I’ve been replaying the same three product teaser videos over and over and over. One opens with the familiar frenetic strains of Vivaldi’s Four Seasons violin concerto, panning to a CGI desert, where grains of sand blow in undulating wisps. The...

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Jess Weatherbed

Keychron is putting Hall effect switches into more keyboards

The Keychron Q6 HE (pictured) now supports Hall effect switches. | Image: Keychron

Mechanical keyboard specialist Keychron is adding fancy analog Hall effect switches to more of its lineup. Two of the models announced at CES today are launching immediately: the $169 Lemokey P1 HE QMK, and the $229 Keychron Q6 HE QMK, with three additional keyboards set to be released later this year.

Hall effect switches are notable for providing more customization features and a faster press than...

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Emma Roth

Getty Images and Shutterstock are merging into one stock photo powerhouse

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Getty Images and Shutterstock are joining forces in a merger valued at around $3.7 billion, the companies announced on Tuesday. The merger will allow the companies to expand their stock photo libraries as they face increasing competition from AI-powered image creation tools.

Getty Images CEO Craig Peters will remain the head of the combined companies when the merger closes, while a reworked board of directors will consist of members from both Getty Images and...

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Emma Roth

Discovery Plus is raising its prices

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Discovery Plus is going up in price, with its ad-supported plan going from $4.99 to $5.99 per month, and its ad-free plan increasing from $8.99 to $9.99 per month. The price hike will go into effect immediately for new subscribers, while existing subscribers will see the change during their next billing cycle or after February 7th.

Discovery Plus raised the price of its ad-free plan for the first time in October 2023....

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