Among HP’s many announcements for CES, its biggest overall change is for its gaming division. HP’s Omen line of gaming laptops, monitors, and desktops are dropping the HP name entirely and instead will henceforth be branded as HyperX. The HP Omen 16 Max laptop becomes the HyperX Omen 16 Max. HP Omen monitors will become … Read more
Kate Lowry, a former vice president at Insight Partners, is suing the firm, alleging disability discrimination, gender discrimination, and wrongful termination, according to a suit filed on December 30 in San Mateo County, California, and seen by TechCrunch. Insight Partners did not immediately respond to TechCrunch’s request for comment. Lowry told TechCrunch she filed the suit because she believes “too many … Read more
DAYS Comings and Goings: Conner Floyd’s Debut Date, More Recasts Coming – Soap Opera Digest Use left and right arrow keys to navigate between menu items. Use escape to exit the menu. Sign In Sign InUp with your social account Continue with Google Continue with Amazon Continue with Apple We won’t post to any of … Read more
Signed. Sealed. Delivered. Deadline first told you in November that John Mayer and McG were closing in on buying the famed Jim Henson Studio lot and the Charlie Chaplin Studios at 1416 N. La Brea in Los Angeles. Now comes word that the deal is done. The duo announced today that the historic property will continue “operating as … Read more
Acer is announcing a selection of new laptops for CES 2026: small refreshes across its Swift lines and a few Nitro and Predator gaming laptops. But there’s nothing small about the haptic trackpad on the new Acer Swift 16 AI, which Acer claims is the world’s largest haptic one. Big trackpads are fairly prevalent on … Read more
Lisa Emard of Acer America Corporation told The Verge, “When we announced those products it was just ahead of the tariffs situation. We wound up just focusing on our core products, on laptops, because we needed to find manufacturing options outside of China.” Emard added, “We don’t have any imminent plans to offer them.” The … Read more
Even better? The whimsical (and sort of wacky) outfit that Ryder sports throughout. The star wears a pink silky housecoat, paired with a Beavis & Butt-Head tee, pencil skirt, pink tights, and red gloves—the perfect cheeky companion to Rocky’s own pink hair rollers. It’s a good time to be a Ryder fan; first, we were … Read more
The latest MSI Crosshair gaming laptop announced at CES today doesn’t make any major changes, but does manage to fit improved specs into less space. According to MSI, the Crosshair 16 Max HX is 14.3 percent thinner than its predecessor, a difference of 2mm. The slightly more svelte chassis comes with slightly updated specs, including … Read more
A couple of weeks after Merriam-Webster named “slop” as its word of the year, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella weighed in on what to expect from AI in 2026. In his classic, intellectual style, Nadella wrote on his personal blog that he wants us to stop thinking of AI as “slop” and start thinking of it … Read more
Nvidia released a new stack of robot foundation models, simulation tools, and edge hardware at CES 2026, moves that signal the company’s ambition to become the default platform for generalist robotics, much as Android became the operating system for smartphones. Nvidia’s move into robotics reflects a broader industry shift as AI moves off the cloud … Read more