ByteDance Plans $23B AI Spending to Match US Rivals
📋 Key Facts ✓ ByteDance, TikTok's Chinese owner, plans a $23 billion AI spending initiative. ✓ The expenditure aims to build AI inf...
Dec 23Financial TimesTechnology
📋 Key Facts ✓ ByteDance, TikTok's Chinese owner, plans a $23 billion AI spending initiative. ✓ The expenditure aims to build AI inf...
Chamberlain is expanding its closed smart home ecosystem with a new lock that doubles as a 2K HDR video doorbell. Announced at CES 2026, the myQ Secure View 3-in-1 Smart Lock costs $279.99 and uses fa...
Microsoft's annual Xbox Developer Direct event is taking place on January 22nd this year. The fourth Developer Direct will provide a closer look at two of Microsoft's biggest Xbox games this year, For...
Crimson Desert is an open-world action-adventure game set on the continent of Pywel. But how big is the open world, exactly? It’s “absolutely massive,” its developer has said, bigger even than that of...
There is a mysterious countdown timer on Amazon’s official website for its Fallout TV series that is set to unlock when the Season 2 finale comes out — but fans think it might also signal the shadowdr...
The Freestyle Plus still looks like the original 1080p Freestyle projector. | Image: Samsung The Freestyle Plus all-in-one portable projector features 430 ISO Lumens, or "nearly twice the brightness o...
📋 Key Facts ✓ Birdfy announced two camera-equipped smart bird feeders ahead of CES 2026. ✓ The Hum Bloom uses a nectar bulb to attract ...
NetEase and developer Everstone Studio have outlined its January roadmap for the open-world action-RPG, Where Winds Meet , which includes new modes, campaign missions, quests, puzzles, and bosses. The...
📋 Key Facts ✓ Instacart is ending all item price tests effective immediately. ✓ Retailers can no longer use Eversight technology for pr...
The Light Straight maxes out at 320 degrees Fahrenheit. | Photo by Victoria Song / The Verge Hair gadgets have become increasingly popular over the last decade. Hair dryers, curlers, steamers - you na...
The SmartVoice Air Fryer responds to over 1,000 voice commands. | Image: IAI Smart A new line of small appliances and devices from IAI Smart, billed as Emerson Smart products , are now available that ...
Asus and Xreal have announced the Asus ROG Xreal R1, a new set of XR glasses aimed squarely at gamers. They're PCVR glasses with a 57-degree field of view, auto-tinting lenses and Bose sound built int...
📋 Key Facts ✓ Slate's base electric truck is priced in the mid-$20,000s and lacks screens, stereos, and power windows. ✓ The startu...
Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt and his wife, Wendy, could help make history with a new project unveiled on Wednesday, the Lazuli Space Observatory. As reported by Science , the telescope was announced...
It's once again time for the annual CES trade show to shine a spotlight on the latest tech that companies plan to offer in 2026. AI was at the top of the agenda, with many companies displaying AI-powe...
📋 Key Facts ✓ Alphabet is set to pay $4.75 billion in cash, plus debt, for Intersect Power. ✓ Intersect Power is a data center and clea...
Uncanny valley meets Bichon Frisé. Artificial intelligence doesn't always want to optimize your life or steal your job. Sometimes, AI just wants to be your friend. And while robot pets weren't the big...
If you have an iPhone, the Apple Watch is the best smartwatch for you. But there was only one Apple Watch when the smartwatch launched in 2015. A decade later, you’ve got three flavors to choose from:...
GameSir is no stranger to experimenting with unique controller features - its Tarantula Pro can automatically swap its face button labels to accommodate alternate layouts, and its Pocket 1 clamps Game...
Meta Platforms’ multibillion-dollar acquisition of Manus, a Chinese-founded artificial intelligence agent start-up, has set off a mix of excitement and unease in China’s tech circles, opening what som...