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2025-01-06

LG xboom speakers hands-on: Built with the help of will.i.am and a dash of AI

Before CES 2025 began, LG appointed will.i.am as its "Experiential Architect," working with the rapper and singer on the "development, design and brand marketing" of its xboom audio line. Today, the company revealed the first results of the collaboration with [...]

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2025-01-06

Disney to merge Hulu + Live TV with Fubo, challenging YouTube TV

Disney and Fubo have reached an agreement to merge Hulu + Live TV with FuboTV, the companies announced via a press release. This will create a new entity that Disney owns 70 percent of, with Fubo taking up the remaining 30 percent. Once combined, the service will boast over six m [...]

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2025-01-06

Ecobee’s Smart Thermostat Essential is packed with features but still affordable

Ecobee introduced a new smart thermostat at CES 2025 and it looks pretty nifty. The Smart Thermostat Essential is packed with most of the features found with the $250 premium model, only with a price tag of $130. <br /> There’s a full-color touchscreen for making adjustme [...]

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2025-01-06

JLab debuts its first adaptive active noise cancellation headphones at CES 2025

Audio brand JLab has unveiled its first headphones with adaptive active noise cancellation at CES 2025. The company's Epic Lux Lab Edition Wireless Headphones will cost $199. Pre-orders begin today and shipments are expected to go out starting January 30.<br /> The Epi [...]

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2025-01-06

Halliday promises its smart wayfarers have a ‘proactive’ AI assistant inside

Smart glasses tend to be devices that overpromise and underdeliver, especially when being shown off for the first time at an event like CES. There’s always a steady stream of companies promising we’re on the cusp of having our very own Gary-from-Veep attached to our faces bef [...]

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2025-01-06

LG CES 2025 press conference and liveblog: See new OLED TVs and more as they're unveiled

LG<br /> The LG press conference is kick off CES press day, and you can watch it here live (scroll down for the livestream), as well as read our liveblog commentary. <br /> Look for the Korea-based company to expand on some of its early announcements, including:<b [...]

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2025-01-05

The Video Game Industry Is Finally Getting Serious About Player Safety

Harassment, hate, and other social harms feel like an online inevitability, but developers are finally addressing their impact in a meaningful way. [...]

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2025-01-05

AI Hardware Is in Its ‘Put Up or Shut Up’ Era

This week at CES, companies of all sizes will show off all their new AI-enabled gadgets. Here’s hoping they don’t all just do stuff your phone already excels at. [...]

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2025-01-05

Samsung CES 2025 press conference: Watch it here Monday at 5PM ET

Samsung's CES 2025 theme is "AI for all."Samsung<br /> Samsung is the 800-pound gorilla of CES, a global electronics giant that produces mobile devices, TVs and home theater products and kitchen appliances — just to name a few. It's traditionally used [...]