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CES 2026 pre-show: major brands roll out TVs, AI wearables and smart home devices — Zdnet.com

CES 2026 pre-show: major brands roll out TVs, AI wearables and smart home devices

ZDNET reports a flurry of announcements ahead of CES 2026 in Las Vegas, which opens to industry attendees on January 6, with major consumer electronics names such as Samsung, LG and Hisense among those unveiling new products. Highlights detailed by ZDNET include Xreal's Neo portable charger that doubles

Ars Technica names its 10 best vehicles driven in 2025, led by the Nissan Leaf — Cdn.arstechnica.net

Ars Technica names its 10 best vehicles driven in 2025, led by the Nissan Leaf

Ars Technica published its list of the 10 best vehicles it drove in 2025, placing the third‑generation Nissan Leaf at number one. The roundup appears against a turbulent year for the car industry. The outlet notes a backlash against EV optimism that has prompted some automakers to postpone or

2025 marked a shift as AI moved from prophetic claims to practical tools — Cdn.arstechnica.net

2025 marked a shift as AI moved from prophetic claims to practical tools

In 2025 the narrative around artificial intelligence moved from sweeping predictions of imminent superintelligence to a more pragmatic view of models as useful but fallible tools. The year featured jolting episodes and sobering research: Chinese startup DeepSeek released its R1 model under an MIT license, saying it matched OpenAI’s

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Plaud unveils NotePin S wearable and Plaud Desktop at CES — Zdnet.com

Plaud unveils NotePin S wearable and Plaud Desktop at CES

Plaud.ai introduced the Plaud NotePin S wearable and a new Plaud Desktop app at CES, expanding its lineup of AI note-taking products for in-person and online meetings. The NotePin S keeps the minimalist, elongated pill design of its predecessor and can be worn as a wristband, necklace, pin or

ZDNET’s 2026 process for testing and evaluating smartwatches — Zdnet.com

ZDNET’s 2026 process for testing and evaluating smartwatches

ZDNET outlines how it tests smartwatches in 2026, describing the procedures used to evaluate features such as health tracking, GPS, sensors, companion-app support and advanced functions. Most watches ZDNET evaluates are purchased after public release and are worn continuously for at least a couple of weeks to test battery life,

What travelers should know about U.S. border searches of phones and laptops — Static01.nyt.com

What travelers should know about U.S. border searches of phones and laptops

U.S. Customs and Border Protection conducted 55,318 searches of electronic devices at ports of entry in fiscal year 2025, the agency said, and agents have broad authority to examine phones, laptops and other devices under an exception to the Fourth Amendment. When U.S. border agents turned away

Domed Screens Put Fans ‘Courtside’ at Cosm Venues — Static01.nyt.com

Domed Screens Put Fans ‘Courtside’ at Cosm Venues

Cosm, a company that evolved from planetarium displays, is using giant domed LED screens to give fans immersive, near–courtside and behind‑home‑plate views of live sporting events. The Inglewood location features an 87‑foot domed screen made of magnetized LED panels that can fill viewers’ peripheral vision. Spectators

Hard Fork Hosts Lay Out 2026 Tech Resolutions: Short Videos, Presence and a Stable Productivity Stack — Static01.nyt.com

Hard Fork Hosts Lay Out 2026 Tech Resolutions: Short Videos, Presence and a Stable Productivity Stack

Kevin Roose and Casey Newton opened their first episode of 2026 by reviewing last year’s goals and announcing new tech resolutions for the year ahead. Roose began with a personal travel anecdote: on a cross-country flight his child’s Netflix downloads had expired, but a seatmate showed him that

Paper Billionaires Emerge from A.I. Start-Ups as Valuations Soar — Static01.nyt.com

Paper Billionaires Emerge from A.I. Start-Ups as Valuations Soar

The latest artificial intelligence boom has created a new group of billionaires — mostly on paper — as investors pushed private start-up valuations to unprecedented levels this year. Notable founders who reached nine-figure or billionaire paper wealth include Alexandr Wang and Lucy Guo of Scale AI (which received a $14.3 billion

Tech Leaders Look to Space as a Solution for A.I. Data Center Limits on Earth — Static01.nyt.com

Tech Leaders Look to Space as a Solution for A.I. Data Center Limits on Earth

Some technology and space industry leaders say the growth of artificial intelligence could soon outstrip available land and energy on Earth, and they are proposing data centers in orbit as a solution. Google announced Project Suncatcher in November and plans test launches beginning in 2027. Elon Musk has said space

Global Push to Bring A.I. Chatbots Into Schools Prompts Calls for Caution — Static01.nyt.com

Global Push to Bring A.I. Chatbots Into Schools Prompts Calls for Caution

Governments and tech firms are rapidly rolling out generative A.I. chatbots and training programs in schools and universities around the world, prompting both enthusiasm and concern. Companies and governments cited in recent rollouts include Microsoft providing tools to more than 200,000 students and educators in the United Arab

Seven smart-plug tricks to make your home safer, greener and more convenient — Zdnet.com

Seven smart-plug tricks to make your home safer, greener and more convenient

Smart plugs let you control ordinary devices from an app, voice assistant or a schedule, turning dumb devices into smarter, safer and more energy-efficient ones. 1. Deter would-be intruders — Schedule indoor or outdoor lights to come on when you’re away to create the appearance someone is home. You can

NASA Armstrong builds new subscale aircraft to expand flight research options — Images-assets.nasa.gov

NASA Armstrong builds new subscale aircraft to expand flight research options

NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, is building a new subscale aircraft to support increasingly complex flight research and provide a more flexible, cost-effective alternative to crewed missions. The aircraft is being built by Justin Hall, chief pilot at NASA Armstrong’s Dale Reed Subscale Flight Research

NASA Accelerates Shift to Commercial Satellite Relay Services for Near‑Earth Missions — Nasa.gov

NASA Accelerates Shift to Commercial Satellite Relay Services for Near‑Earth Missions

NASA is rapidly advancing demonstrations of commercial satellite relay services that could replace its Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS) system for near‑Earth science missions. The agency’s Communications Services Project (CSP), managed by the SCaN program and Glenn Research Center, awarded funded Space Act Agreements in 2022 to

Lightweight Browsers Aim to Boost Speed and Focus for Web Work — Blogger.googleusercontent.com

Lightweight Browsers Aim to Boost Speed and Focus for Web Work

As web browsers have grown into all-purpose platforms, many users face slower performance and fragmented workflows caused by feature overload, background services and heavy extensions. Common productivity problems include high CPU and memory usage, excessive tab proliferation, frequent switching between tabs and apps, and reliance on extensions that can hurt

Demand for AI data trainers grows as pay and skill requirements rise — Zdnet.com

Demand for AI data trainers grows as pay and skill requirements rise

AI data trainers—professionals who curate, label and validate datasets used to train models—are in growing demand and can command substantial pay. Two recent studies cited potential annual incomes ranging roughly from $65,000 to $180,000, with higher compensation for subject-matter experts and managers. Research from HireArt notes

Attackers Abuse Google Cloud Email Feature to Deliver Multi-Stage Phishing — Blogger.googleusercontent.com

Attackers Abuse Google Cloud Email Feature to Deliver Multi-Stage Phishing

Security researchers disclosed a phishing campaign that abused Google Cloud's Application Integration service to send messages from a legitimate address (noreply-application-integration@google[.]com), allowing attackers to bypass traditional email security filters. The emails imitated routine Google notifications such as voicemail alerts and file-access or permission requests to appear

Silicon Valley Embraces Unregulated Chinese Peptides Amid Safety Warnings — Static01.nyt.com

Silicon Valley Embraces Unregulated Chinese Peptides Amid Safety Warnings

Gray‑market peptides imported from China have become a growing trend in parts of Silicon Valley, turning up at hacker houses, start‑up offices and themed “peptide raves” where attendees mix and inject drugs bought as “for research use only.” Peptides are short chains of amino acids used to regulate

Researchers Say DarkSpectre Browser-Extension Campaigns Harvest Meeting Data, Impact Millions — Blogger.googleusercontent.com

Researchers Say DarkSpectre Browser-Extension Campaigns Harvest Meeting Data, Impact Millions

Security researchers have linked three malicious browser-extension campaigns — ShadyPanda, GhostPoster and a newly disclosed cluster called DarkSpectre — to a threat actor they assess is Chinese, and say the activity has affected more than 8.8 million users over seven years. DarkSpectre alone has impacted about 2.2 million users of

Critical authentication-bypass flaw found in IBM API Connect — Blogger.googleusercontent.com

Critical authentication-bypass flaw found in IBM API Connect

IBM has disclosed a critical authentication bypass vulnerability in API Connect that could let a remote attacker gain unauthorized access to the application. The issue is tracked as CVE-2025-13915 and carries a CVSS score of 9.8. The flaw affects API Connect versions 10.0.8.0 through 10.0.

NASA and Industry Test AI-Powered Data Fabric for Autonomous Air Mobility — Nasa.gov

NASA and Industry Test AI-Powered Data Fabric for Autonomous Air Mobility

NASA partnered with Autonomy Association International Inc. (AAI) to develop a data and reasoning fabric aimed at supporting autonomous urban air mobility and aeronautic decision-making. In 2022 AAI signed a Space Act Agreement with NASA’s Ames Research Center to help build the Data and Reasoning Fabric project, intended to

When ASM Produces Visibility but Not Clear ROI — Blogger.googleusercontent.com

When ASM Produces Visibility but Not Clear ROI

Attack Surface Management (ASM) tools often deliver more information than demonstrable risk reduction. Teams deploy ASM, inventories grow, alerts flow and dashboards light up—but when leaders ask "Is this reducing incidents?" the answer is frequently unclear. The core ROI problem is that most ASM programs measure inputs—

Amazon’s basic Kindle is reduced to $90 — $20 off — S.yimg.com

Amazon’s basic Kindle is reduced to $90 — $20 off

Amazon's latest entry-level Kindle is on sale for $90, a $20 discount off its regular price. The device made Engadget’s list of best ereaders. It offers a simple, compact design with 16GB of storage and two color options. It lacks color and stylus support, but the build