Destination

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 [...]

Destination

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 [...]

Destination

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 [...]

Destination

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 [...]

Destination

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. [...]

Destination

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. [...]

Destination

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 [...]

cnet

2025-01-05

Mortgage Predictions for Week of Jan. 5-11, 2025

Experts say mortgage rates aren't likely to make any dramatic shifts just yet. [...]

cnet

2025-01-05

Today's NYT Mini Crossword Answers for Sunday, Jan. 5

Here are the answers for The New York Times Mini Crossword for Jan. 5. [...]