Aqara came to Vegas with a number of smart home firsts in its rapidly growing portfolio. It’s showcasing an impressive smart lock that unlocks on approach, a thermostat with support for Apple’s Adaptive Temperature and Clean Energy Guidance, a Matter-enabled camera, and a pair of sensors to track human occupants and objects. The Camera Hub … Read more
Razer announced a concept AI wearable at CES that resembles a pair of wireless headphones (or Razer’s Barracuda gaming headsets, to be precise), with two camera lenses built into the ear cups. The current iteration of Project Motoko is powered by an unspecified Qualcomm Snapdragon chip and uses dual first-person-view cameras positioned at eye level … Read more
Amazon’s augmenting its Ring smart doorbells with new features, including new fire alerts, an app store, and a new set of Ring Sensors. The company said the new Ring Sensors can detect motion, openings, glass breakage, and smoke, and can also monitor carbon monoxide levels, leaks, temperature changes, and air quality. They also let you … Read more
Ledger customers woke up on Jan. 5 to an email no one wants to see: their names and contact information had been exposed through a breach at Global-e, a third-party payment processor. The company clarified what hadn’t been compromised: no payment cards, no passwords, and critically, no 24-word recovery phrases. The hardware remained untouched, the … Read more
On Tuesday, A24 unveiled the first trailer for The Death of Robin Hood, a dark reimagining of the Robin Hood myth starring Hugh Jackman as the character, which is slated for release in theaters this year, at a date not yet disclosed. Written and directed by Michael Sarnoski, the filmmaker behind the Nicolas Cage-led Pig … Read more
Sony Honda Mobility isn’t going to build the Vision-S, though. Its first car is called the Afeela 1, and if you live in California and can afford the $89,900 starting price, you can already order one. It’s a little more anonymous to look at than the old Vision-S, and that applies to the new crossover … Read more
Bitcoin feels like a room full of people holding their breath. On paper, the ingredients are there. Spot ETFs are pulling attention back to Bitcoin, big daily flow numbers are again hitting the tape, and macro risk appetite is alive. Yet the chart looks like it is waiting for permission. Bitcoin was around $93,822 on … Read more
Tapo, the smart home brand owned by networking giant TP-Link, is launching an AI assistant at CES this year — because isn’t everyone? Aireal is designed to “bring AI into real life” (geddit?), according to the company, and will help you “understand your home, quickly fix Wi-Fi issues and control your devices using natural language.” … Read more
EXCLUSIVE: Disney+ has a Retirement Plan. The streamer has added John Kelly’s Oscar-shortlisted animated short film to its service in the UK and across Europe. Putting more wind in the film’s sails, Domhnall Gleeson (The Paper), who voices the film, has officially come on as an exec producer. Retirement Plan had a world premiere at … Read more
Update (Jan. 6, 1:20 pm UTC): This article has been updated with a statement from Telegram. Cryptocurrency-friendly messenger Telegram boosted its operating revenue in 2025 as it explores a potential initial public offering (IPO). Telegram’s revenues hit $870 million in the first half of 2025, up 65% from $525 million a year earlier, the Financial … Read more