L'Oréal’s CES 2026 beauty devices include a skin-like flexible LED mask

Over the last ten or so years, L'Oréal has brought a taste of beauty tech to the masses at CES 2026. This time, it has three devices to show off: the “Light Straight + Multi-styler” as well [...]

Inflection AI returns to consumer market with Pi Journeys after Microsoft upheaval

Inflection AI, the Palo Alto startup that two years ago became Silicon Valley's most famous cautionary tale about the brutal economics of frontier AI, announced Tuesday that it is returning to th [...]

The 4 best lip balms of 2026, ranked by Consumer Reports

Lip balm prices range from $3 sticks to $24 viral tubes. Consumer Reports tested 8 with a team of evaluators to find the 4 that actually hydrate [...]

All the tech and gadgets announced at CES 2026

It's the first week of a new year and there's no time for the tech world to slowly ease back into things following the holidays. That's because CES 2026 is in full swing, with all manne [...]

Meta's AI voice translation feature rolls out globally

On Tuesday, Meta rolled out its new voice dubbing feature globally. The Reels feature uses generative AI to translate your voice, with optional lip-syncing. Mark Zuckerberg first previewed the feature [...]

New AI model generates 45-minute lip-synced video from one photo and runs in real time

A single image becomes a talking character: LPM 1.0 generates real-time video with lip sync, facial expressions, and emotional reactions. For now, it remains a research project.<br /> The articl [...]

Intel names Lip-Bu Tan its new CEO

Intel has a new leader at the helm, hoping to change course after a challenging period for the chipmaker. The company announced today that Lip-Bu Tan will serve as its new CEO effective March 18. He a [...]

The best VPN service for 2025

Virtual private networks (VPNs) promise the potential to stream any content, from anywhere. They unlock content from abroad across nearly any streaming service you use regularly, which can come in han [...]

HunyuanCustom Brings Single-Image Video Deepfakes, With Audio and Lip Sync

This article discusses a new release of a multimodal Hunyuan Video world model called ‘HunyuanCustom'. The new paper's breadth of coverage, combined with several issues in many of the supp [...]