2024-12-31

The Morning After: A microwave with a 27-inch touchscreen

We’re wrapping up 2024, so why not do it with some frivolous CES announcements? Like this premium (it has to be premium!) microwave from LG, with a touchscreen bigger than your iPad. I’m not sure [...]

2024-12-31

LG updates its Gram laptop line ahead of CES 2025

LG’s Gram laptops are back for another round of updates ahead of CES 2025. A decade into the thin and light lineup’s existence in LG’s portfolio, the latest models load up on AI (surprise!) and [...]

2024-12-31

The best budget wireless earbuds for 2025

Big-name brands like Apple, Sony, and Bose tend to dominate the headlines when it comes to wireless earbuds, but that doesn’t mean you need to spend a ton to get something good. It’s more than pos [...]

2024-12-30

Forrester on cybersecurity budgeting: 2025 will be the year of CISO fiscal accountability

With 90% of cybersecurity and risk leaders predicting they'll see budget increases in 2025, many are facing a new era of accountability. [...]

2024-12-30

9 new emoji we could get in 2025

Unicode, the emoji design company, released 9 designs that could be approved in 2025. [...]

2024-12-30

The US Treasury Department says it was hacked in a China-linked cyberattack

Documents and workstations at the US Treasury Department were accessed during a cyberattack, The New York Times reports. The attack was linked to a "China state-sponsored Advanced Persistent Thr [...]

2024-12-30

The best Playdate games for 2025

Owning a Playdate comes with the perk of already having access to 24 games at no additional cost from the bundled-in Season One — and some pretty good ones to boot. But there are a ton of great game [...]

2024-12-30

Huge Volkswagen data leak exposed the locations of 460,000 EV drivers

A Volkswagen software subsidiary called Cariad experienced a massive data leak that left 800,000 EV owners exposed, according to reporting by the German publication Spiegel Netzwelt. The leak allowed [...]

2024-12-27

Game industry predictions for 2025 | The DeanBeat

This year’s best prediction for the game industry in 2025 already came from Swen Vincke, CEO of Larian Studios, maker of Baldur’s Gate 3, the Game of the year in 2023. At The Game Awards this year [...]