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At the Nvidia keynote at CES 2025, CEO Jensen Huang didn't waste anytime showing off the new GeForce RTX 50 Series. Huang walked onstage carrying the graphics card to a round of applause. This was the most anticipated moment of the Nvidia event, but not the only big announcement. The AI computing company integral to the rise of generative AI had many more cards to play at the Las Vegas tech conference. Nvidia is now building its own AI models, fueling robotics and autonomous vehicle development,

Image: Tonal Tonal on Wednesday launched the Tonal 2, an upgraded version of its smart in-home strength trainer.
Launched in 2018, the Tonal is a wall-mounted strength training machine with electromagnetically adjustable resistance and a touchscreen display. It can monitor lifting form, offer virtual coaching, predict and set the optimal weight for each exercise, and responsively adjust as you lift for a personalized workout. The company also offers on-demand workouts.
Along with sporting a new

Photo: Wes “Fish” Chan / Games Done Quick Awesome Games Done Quick, the annual charity speedrunning marathon is in full swing, already amassing over $500,000 for the Prevent Cancer Foundation. With three more days to go, there’s a great many runs of popular games coming up. But relying on the schedule or your own preferences to determine when to tune in is a surefire way to miss the best AGDQ has to offer.Take today, for example. I’ve never played Batman Forever: The Arca

Photo by Antonio G. Di Benedetto / The Verge Nintendo isn’t officially at CES, but it might have stolen the show anyway: accessories-maker Genki brought a 3D-printed mockup of what it says is Nintendo’s Switch successor, and we got to hold it and take some high-resolution pictures.Based on the mockup of what we’ll call the Switch 2, Nintendo’s next console appears to be wider than the original, with slightly larger Joy-Con controllers that seem like they’ll be more

LG has always commanded an audience at CES with their latest televisions and displays. Last year, they stole the show with their transparent TV screens. (The transparent TVs are back this year too, by the way).This year, LG cemented itself as the king of CES by having so much to show, they didn't even bring one of their new most-anticipated products, the LG UltraGear GX9 series bendable OLED gaming monitor, to the public show floor.The LG 45GX990A, better known as the world's first 5K2K bendable

The OnePlus 13 is an excellent alternative to phones from Samsung and Google. | Photo: Allison Johnson / The Verge Samsung’s Galaxy S25 might be just around the corner, but if you’re looking for a solid Android alternative, OnePlus is already offering the new OnePlus 13 with a free storage upgrade, dropping the price of the 512GB model with 16GB of RAM to $899 ($100 off). It’s also throwing in a OnePlus Watch 2R (a $229.99 value) or a free pair of the OnePlus Buds Pro 3 (normal

Image: Alex Parkin / The Verge As I write this, there are a lot of social network users who are wondering if they should look for a new home. Over at X, Elon Musk has essentially become part of the incoming Trump administration, while various changes have made the formerly popular social network a dark and forbidding forest for many of its former inhabitants.Meanwhile, Meta’s announcement that it was abandoning third-party fact-checkers and moving its trust and safety teams from California

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Illustration: The Verge It’s been nearly a year since Instagram and Threads defaulted to blocking recommendations of “political” content from accounts you don’t already follow, but now Instagram boss Adam Mosseri says, “...we’re going to be adding political content to recommendations” on both platforms.That’s a sharp turn from his statements in 2023 laying out the goal of a “less angry place for conversations” that wouldn’t do any

SensorySoothe just might be the ultimate anti-"sad beige baby" tech.Launched this week at CES 2025 in Las Vegas, SensorySoothe is the latest offering from the children's products company Evenflo. It's a first-of-its-kind car seat handle with built-in speakers and a color-changing light bar, and it's supposed to distract and calm infants on the go when Mom or Dad are busy driving. It's also plugged as a new alternative to traditional car seat toys, which can turn into dangerous projectiles in the

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman was served with a lawsuit this week from his sister, Ann Altman, alleging he sexually abused her beginning when she was 3.The suit was filed in Missouri, the site of the Altmans' childhood home where the alleged abuse took place from 1997 to 2006. Ann Altman says the alleged conduct began when her brother was 12 years old and he inappropriately touched her. She says he later sexually abused and raped her. Ann Altman says the abuse continued while her brother was a legal adu

Two Apex 300 units with several expansion batteries. | Image: Bluetti Bluetti just took the wraps off its EnergyPro 6K and Apex 300 energy storage systems. The EnergyPro 6K is a fixed whole-home backup solution, while the modular Apex 300 is designed to provide portable power when at home, at an off-grid cabin, at a job site, or during an RV trip. Both systems can scale in capacity and power to support your individual needs.
The launch is all part of Bluetti’s rebranding around three serie

Not everything at CES has to be some complicated technological marvel. Sometimes, there's a low tech device that figures out a new way to do something even better than what has come before it.Take the Intake, for example.Mashable came across Intake, which bills itself as the "only magnetic nasal dilator" at CES' Showstoppers event, where startups pitch their brand-new products. How did we find out about Intake? Well, because roughly half the attendees at the event were walking around wearing a l

Rights organizations are warning users of the threats posed by Meta's decision to lift prohibitions against common discriminatory and hateful rhetoric on its platforms — a move that may ingratiate the tech giant with the incoming presidential administration, some claim.Backtracking on years of digital safety work, the new policy no longer restricts users from language that would formally have been flagged as dehumanizing and pejorative, including likening protected characteristics —

As the Mashable team scampers around the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas this week, there's one question that's top of mind every time we visit a booth or attend a demo: "That's cool, but when can I buy it?"A lot of times, the answer is never. Many gadgets exhibited at the annual tech industry trade show are just concepts and prototypes that don't make it to market. (That Withings OMNIA smart mirror for at-home health screenings, for instance? Yeah, there's a good chance it'll never

You already have your daily news briefing podcasts, but Google is taking things a step further by providing personalized AI-generated audio recaps of news based on your Search data.On Wednesday, Google announced Daily Listen, an experiment in its AI-testing ground Search Labs. Daily Listen lives at the top of the homepage in the Google app on Android and iOS. By clicking on the feature, you get a 5-minute or less audio recap of topics you're interested in, generated by AI. SEE ALSO:Goo

Photo by Sean Hollister / The Verge One of the biggest announcements in Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang’s CES keynote was the small “Project Digits” AI supercomputer, and if you want to get an idea of just how tiny the $3,000 machine is in real life, we snapped a couple photos of the device under glass today at the show.
Take a look: we’ve captured the front of a Digits computer in the photo at the top of this post, and below this paragraph is a photo of the back featuring the co

Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge, Getty Images Meta is ending its third-party fact checks and making sweeping changes to its content moderation policies. Meta is making sweeping changes to its content moderation policies, including abandoning third-party fact checks in favor of crowd-sourced “Community Notes” and loosening restrictions on topics like immigration and gender identity. Under the updated Hateful Conduct policy, for example, calling gay and trans people “mentally il

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Welcome back to the incredible week of tech announcements at CES. We now have a robot vacuum with an arm to clean up your stray socks and a laptop with a rollable screen.But in the wonderful world of gaming, we're all eyes on Lenovo which just dropped two exciting announcements about the new Legion Go S handheld, which will start shipping out later this month. However, some models aren't slated to ship until May.Here's everything we know so far.The standout detailsThe Legion Go S is an updated v

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Meta might start letting users browse listings from eBay on Facebook Marketplace soon.The company said on Wednesday that it's launching a test in Germany, France, and the U.S. that, according to Bloomberg, will let users find eBay posts on Marketplace. When they decide to place a bid, it will open in another tab on eBay's website.SEE ALSO:Meta ditches fact-checking for community notes ahead of second Trump term
This comes two months after the European Commission fined Meta €798 million

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Photo by PATRICK T. FALLON / AFP via Getty Images Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang made a bold claim onstage at CES earlier this week when he was introducing the next-generation RTX 50-series GPUs. “The RTX 5070, 4090 performance at $549,” said Huang. It’s a claim that’s been echoed on YouTube, TikTok, and social media networks and has generated a debate over the RTX 50 series and DLSS 4’s Multi Frame Generation.So, can a $549 RTX 5070 really deliver the same level of perfor

Seriously: would you wear something like this on your face if it could really read your mind? | Image: Omi Nik Shevchenko closes his eyes and starts to focus intently. He’s spent the last half hour or so telling me about his new product, an $89 wearable called Omi that can listen to, summarize, and get information out of your conversations. Now he wants to show me the future. So his eyes are closed, and he’s focusing all his attention on the round white puck stuck to his left temple

Samsung announced its first Galaxy Unpacked event of 2025, which it’s historically used to introduce the latest flagship Galaxy smartphones. That would be the Galaxy S25 family if our count is right, including the base model, the expected Galaxy S25 Ultra, and whatever else falls between. We’ll know for sure before too long with an unveiling scheduled for January 22nd.But before the company even confirms what we’re getting, you can already place a reservation to preorder the d

Mythic Quest’s third season ended on a hopeful note as the Playpen team hunkered down to start developing an all-new expansion, but all that hard work looks like it’s just going to lead to more headaches judging from the show’s latest season 4 trailer.
While Mythic Quest’s new season will find Dana (Imani Hakim), Jo (Jessie Ennis), and Brad (Dani Pudi) basking in the success of their Cozy Galaxy project, things are going to be a bit tougher for Ian (Rob McElhenney) and P

Illustration: Nick Barclay / The Verge Meta is testing eBay listings on Facebook Marketplace in the US, Germany, and France. The company said in a post on Wednesday that it’s making the change to comply with last year’s antitrust order by the European Union, though it continues to appeal the decision.
With the test, Facebook Marketplace users can browse eBay listings on Facebook Marketplace and then check out on eBay. Meta said it could “benefit” both platforms, as it exp

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Illustration: The Verge AT&T has announced a new “AT&T Guarantee” program promising better communication around outages and compensation that includes bill credits for a day’s service when the outage meets certain thresholds, reports Reuters. The new automatic-credit program covers both AT&T fiber and wireless services.
AT&T promises to email or text customers when there’s an outage and credit them for a full day’s worth of service if the outage meet

AppleTV+'s workplace comedy Mythic Quest returns for its fourth season this Jan., and from the looks of the trailer, more glorious video game-centric chaos is on the way.SEE ALSO:2025 TV preview: All the TV shows you need to know, and where to stream them
Ian (Rob McElhenney) and Poppy (Charlotte Nicdao) are finally reunited in their work on Mythic Quest, but there are some new complications to contend with, from undercooked AI assistants to Congressional hearings. The trailer also teases some g

TL;DR: Live stream Los Angeles Clippers vs. Denver Nuggets in the NBA with FuboTV, Sling TV, or YouTube TV.The Los Angeles Clippers head to the Ball Arena to face the Denver Nuggets in a Western Conference matchup. The Clippers are 20-16, which puts them in seventh place. The Nuggets are 20-14, which puts them in fourth place. The Clippers have lost three of their last five games, and are coming off a loss to the Minnesota Timberwolves. The Nuggets have won four of their last five games, and are

TL;DR: Live stream Toronto Raptors vs. New York Knicks in the NBA with FuboTV, Sling TV, or YouTube TV.The Toronto Raptors head to Madison Square Garden to face the New York Knicks in an Eastern Conference matchup. The Raptors are 8-28, which puts them in 13th place. The Knicks are 24-13, which puts them in third place.The Raptors have lost four of their last five games and are coming off back-to-back losses to the Milwaukee Bucks and Orlando Magic. The Knicks are on a three-game skid, which inc

TL;DR: Live stream Washington Wizards vs. Philadelphia 76ers in the NBA with FuboTV, Sling TV, or YouTube TV.The Washington Wizards head to Wells Fargo Center to face the Philadelphia 76ers in an Eastern Conference matchup. The Wizards are 6-27, which puts them in dead last in the conference. The Sixers are 14-20, which puts them in 11th place. The Wizards have lost four of their last five games, and are coming off back-to-back losses to the New Orleans Pelicans. The 76ers have lost three of the

TL;DR: Live stream Chicago Bulls vs. Indiana Pacers in the NBA with FuboTV, Sling TV, or YouTube TV.The Chicago Bulls head to the Gainbridge Fieldhouse to face the Indiana Pacers in an Eastern Conference matchup. The Bulls are 17-19, which puts them in 10th place. The Pacers are 19-18, which puts them in sixth place.The Bulls have won three of their last five games, and are coming off a win over the New York Knicks. The Pacers have also won three of their last five games, and are coming off back

TL;DR: Live stream Oklahoma City Thunder vs. Cleveland Cavaliers in the NBA with FuboTV, Sling TV, or YouTube TV.The Oklahoma City Thunder head to the Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse to face the Cleveland Cavaliers in a non-conference matchup between the top two teams in the NBA. The Thunder are 30-5 overall, and 13-3 on the road, at the top of the Western Conference. The Cavs are 31-4 overall, and 18-1 at home, at the top of the Eastern Conference. The Thunder have won 10 consecutive games, beating

Garmin smartwatches took a tumble on Wednesday morning.According to Down Detector, a mass of users reported issues with the Garmin Connect online service that holds all of Garmin's online smartwatch features together. The outage appeared to peak around 7 a.m. ET, meaning people wanting to get a morning run in on the east coast might have been out of luck, at least in terms of digitally planning a route and tracking their progress.SEE ALSO:Garmin Instinct 3 accidentally leaked: 3 things we know a