Another driver to leave was that his work with world models and AMI was also proving to have potential uses that were not interesting to Meta, such as jet engines and heavy industry. And LeCun had no trouble finding investors who were willing to bet on the next generation of AI technologies. In his next … Read more
Since almost day one, Spotify has offered the ability to creep on your friends’ listening habits — but you could mostly only uncover those guilty pleasures on the desktop app. The company experimented with a community feature on the mobile app back in 2022, but it never officially launched. Now the company is finally bringing … Read more
The bidding war for Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) and its extensive library of hit TV shows and films like “Harry Potter,” “Game of Thrones” and the DC Comics titles, is dragging on. The studio on Wednesday said its board had unanimously rejected Paramount Skydance’s revised $108.4 billion bid, calling the proposal a “leveraged buyout” that … Read more
Stranger Things has finally come to an end and left us with some big complicated feels about how it all went down. Both of us (Jennifer and Beth) are bona fide fans who have seen prior seasons multiple times, and we had remarkably similar reactions to the fifth season, especially the series finale. So we … Read more
But CES always manages to sneak in a few surprises, whether with what has been announced, what hasn’t made an appearance, and trends that no one saw coming. We’ve rounded up the biggest CES 2026 curveballs so far. Motorola has really gotten into a groove with its clamshell-style flip phones over the past few years. … Read more
After debuting 21 new Matter-compatible smart home devices last November, Ikea is expanding Matter support to some of its existing home furnishings starting with two upgraded lamps at CES 2026. The Varmblixt donut lamp is getting a small redesign to complement its new color-changing smart home capabilities, while the new Varmblixt pendant lamp will let … Read more
Also of note: Stranger Things isn’t quite done yet. A behind-the-scenes documentary on the fifth and final season will stream on January 12th, and the animated spinoff Tales From ‘85 is also due out in 2026. Things are a little quieter when it comes to the film slate, which is highlighted by Peaky Blinders: The … Read more
Ikea’s new cute, colorful Kallsup Bluetooth speakers cost just $10 (€5 in Europe) each and feature instant Bluetooth pairing. Pair one to your phone, then, with a two-button sequence, another Kallsup can join the party. You can theoretically pair up to 100. The team I chatted with at CES — where Ikea is making its … Read more
Spotify is lowering its eligibility criteria for podcasters to monetize their videos on the platform, dropping the minimum episode requirement to three, minimum consumption hours to 2,000, and engaged audience member threshold to 1,000 over the last 30 days. When the company introduced its partner program to monetize video content last year, creators needed to … Read more
There’s never a shortage of exciting and innovative tech at CES. A superthin TV and tri-folding phone are cool and all, but sometimes the weirdest gadgets are the ones that make us go “huh.” Luckily, there was plenty of wacky stuff on the show floor this year, and we’ve rounded up some of the most … Read more