There's a huge emphasis on PC gaming at CES, and that's understandable; gaming is the primary market keeping the PC alive as a platform. Still, people need PCs for both work and play, so MSI is launching a new family of PC products that are designed specifically for multi-tasking, image processing, remote collaboration, and "data-driven workloads."

SanDisk is bidding farewell to its WD Black and WD Blue storage brands and replacing them with its new Optimus line, which it has broken down into three performance tiers: Optimus, Optimus GX, and Optimus GX Pro. A bolder design accompanies the rebrand, but what this really indicates for consumers is that SanDisk is keeping the storage party

Okay, we know — you're tired of hearing about a hypothetical "Big Battlemage" GPU and just want Intel to launch the darn thing already. Hey, so do we! We can only report the news that comes to us, though, so until Intel pulls the trigger, we're gonna keep posting proof that the new parts exist. This latest one is arguably the most concrete

Qualcomm is expanding its latest-generation Snapdragon chip line for Windows laptops with the Snapdragon X2 Plus, and with the new addition comes the promise of a "legendary leap in performance." It slots underneath the existing Snapdragon X2 Elite that was unveiled several weeks ago and fleshes out Qualcomm's arsenal for its continued Arm-based

HP is trotting out a bunch of new laptop and desktop designs (among other things) at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas this week, one of which is its sleek OmniBook Ultra 14 powered by Qualcomm's Snapdragon X2 Elite chip. According to HP, it's 52% lighter than the previous generation, and 5% thinner than a 2025 MacBook Air 13 (M4). It

Zeroth Robotics has officially stormed CES 2026 with a fleet of five AI-powered mechanical companions designed to infiltrate our homes, workplaces, Christmas wish lists, and Pixar fever dreams. Quite undisputedly, the star of the show is the $5.600 W1 WALL-E lookalike, which brings everyone’s favorite trash-compacting romantic into the

LG has revealed the OLED evo W6 at CES 2026, which is its latest take on the wallpaper TV niche. This wafer-thin, reflection-free TV (or is it an electronic wallpaper?) is meant to be flush-mounted to your wall and even boasts nearly four times the brightness of standard OLEDs. Measuring in at an impressive 9mm thick (versus roughly 12.7mm

As is customary at most Consumer Electronic Show (CES) events for a long while now, there is much ballyhooing on the latest TV technologies and product offerings. This year is no exception, and one of the more interesting announcements is TCL's new flagship X11L series, which looks to rival OLED and take on a rash of new RGB LED models with

Shure has officially brought its most iconic MV88 mobile microphone into the modern era at CES 2026, ditching the Lightning connector for a more universal USB-C setup that finally bridges the gap between iPhone and Android creators. The original MV88, first released in 2015, became a staple for iPhone users who valued high-fidelity stereo

After collaborating with Microsoft on the ROG Xbox Ally X and Ally, ASUS is now teaming up with XREAL to launch a pair of AR glasses that seamlessly connects with the handheld with "zero setup" to deliver a massive floating display. The new ROG XREAL R1 glasses also come with the promise of easy syncing with PCs and handhelds in general, as

Today at CES, Qualcomm signaled its dominance in the burgeoning world of Physical AI by unveiling a massive expansion of its industrial and robotics portfolios. This expansion ought to put the company in position to be a comprehensive provider of edge computing technology for everything from tiny smart cameras to full-size humanoid robots. Central

Kioxia is expanding its range of client solid state drives with its new BG7 series. Most of the new SSDs feature the company's 8th generation BiCS Flash 3D featuring CMOS directly Bonded to Array (CBA) technology. The only exception is the smallest 256GB capacity model, which employs BiCS Flash generation 6 chips. The big takeaway here

Following reports that NVIDIA discontinued production of its two-generations old GeForce RTX 3060 in August 2024 and, more recently, chatter that supplies of the mid-range GPU in the retail channel were running out, a fresh rumor has emerged indicating that the Ampere part will be resurrected for another production round this quarter. That's

Computer cooling primarily happens with regular old fans blowing air through a fixed heatsink assembly. This has various complexities; fans need a relatively large amount of space, and they make a lot of noise due to the mechanical action by which they move air. YPlasma thinks it has a better way: micro-plasma actuators moving ionic wind that

Microsoft has seemingly disabled phone call activation for Windows 11, and perhaps older versions as well, making it impossible to activate Windows without an Internet connection. This is an unwelcome development for users that want to airgap their systems and enthusiasts who want to activate older versions of Windows on retro hardware.

The chorus of analysts and leakers crooning about a lower-cost MacBook coming to town is growing louder. Joining the fray is a fresh report by TrendForce, in which the market research firm outlined several reasons why it's downward adjusting its notebook shipment forecast for 2026. Those same reasons could compel to Apple to offer a cheaper

Are you ready to rock out to a brand new year? You could be if you take advantage of some deep discounts on several Bose audio products. We took a look around and found a whole bunch of Bose audio devices on sale, including portable Bluetooth speakers, popular headsets with active noise cancellation, and earbuds. Let's get into it... Bose

UPDATE: Corsair has tweeted about this story, with an explanation and a promise to make the customer whole. Check out the company's response below: This is a perfectly reasonable explanation, as we expected there would be. Corsair isn't some fly-by-night operation, and it did seem absurd on the face of things. Kudos to Corsair for making

In a poignant reminder that some of a game's biggest fans are the people who actually work on them, Deus Ex: Human Revolution and Mankind Divided voice actor Elias Toufexis sounded off about the lack of a Deus Ex sequel, after teasing some upcoming projects coming this year. Elias Toufexis, known best as the voice actor for the Deus Ex main

Security firm Koi has been busy lately. Its researchers have not only uncovered a sprawling spyware campaign, but they're also keeping tabs on the ever-evolving malware dubbed GlassWorm. In its latest form, GlassWorm has shifted from exclusively targeting Windows users to targeting macOS users as well, and it has a dangerous new trick up its

Astronomers have detected a massive, lonely world drifting through the darkness without a star to call home. This Saturn-sized rogue planet was discovered by an international team of scientists using the gravitational microlensing technique. Free-floating planet gravitationally microlensing a distant star in the Galactic center. (Credit:

Reflecting back on a year of gaming, Steam's final hardware and software survey of 2025 indicates a couple of interesting trends as 2026 gets underway. One of this is AMD's ability to continue chipping away at Intel's lead, and on the software side, Windows 11 is adding even more distance between itself and Windows 10, at least among Steam

China has completed construction of the world’s most powerful hypergravity machine, a device designed to compress space and time to simulate extreme events like dam and earthquake disasters. The machine, officially known as CHIEF1900, was delivered to Zhejiang University on December 22. Built by the Shanghai Electric Nuclear Power Group,

LG is getting ready to launch an updated line of lightweight Gram laptops at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) next week, and the upcoming models will debut a new Aerominum material that promises to meld ultra-light construction with premium aesthetics and military-grade durability. This paves the the way for what LG claims is the world's