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The OneXSugar Wallet is an upcoming retro handheld with a 4:3 foldable screen

OneXPlayer is quickly establishing itself as a company that isn’t afraid to get weird as hell. (Take, for example, its transforming dual-screen gaming portable.) Its latest venture is another retro gaming handheld that, at first glance, looks like a standard dual-screen model. But the Android-powered OneXSugar Wallet uses a single foldable screen instead.The device was […]

IDC warns of major PC market downturn due to memory crunch

The demand building out AI infrastructure has placed on PC component makers has already led to the death of one consumer-facing RAM brand, but a new report from the International Data Corporation (IDC) suggests it could have an even worse impact on the PC industry at large. In its worst-case-scenario model, the IDC predicts PC […]

How to watch the Hisense CES 2026 presentation live

Xinhua News Agency via Getty Images Hisense is perhaps best known for its budget-friendly electronics and appliances, like TVs and refrigerators. But at CES 2025, the China-based company showed its high-end chops with a massive 136-inch micro LED TV, which recently became available for a whopping $100,000. So what’s on deck for this year’s show? […]

Samsung unveils its new $200 Galaxy A17 5G smartphone, arriving in January

Samsung will have two new inexpensive mobile devices arriving on the US market next month. The Galaxy A17 5G starts at $199 and will be available on January 7. Arriving on January 8, the Galaxy Tab A11+ will retail for $250. The Galaxy A17 5G has a 6.7” FHD+ Super AMOLED display and is powered by […]

Netflix has released a trailer for the Stranger Things finale

Tomorrow’s the big day, and I don’t just mean New Year’s Eve. The series finale of Stranger Things airs tomorrow, and Netflix has released a trailer for the last episode. We’re given only flashes of the final episode, along with a voiceover of an emotional Jim Hopper telling Eleven he needs her to fight one […]

1Password deal: Last chance to save 50 percent on our favorite password manager

If cleaning up your digital life is on your New Year’s resolution list, we’ve got good news: 1Password is offering half off its subscription plans (both the Individual and Families plans). That brings the price of the Individual plan down to $24 for a year and the Families plan down to $36 for a year.  […]

Meta buys startup known for its AI task automation agents

Meta has acquired an AI startup called Manus — known for its custom research and website-building agents — in a deal valued at more than $2 billion, according toThe Wall Street Journal. It’s reportedly one of the largest acquisitions yet involving a startup nurtured in China’s AI ecosystem.  Manus arrived in March 2025, shortly after […]

TCL introduces its own take on a color Kindle Scribe

Hot on the tail of Amazon’s Kindle Scribe Colorosoft, TCL is introducing its own take on a distraction-free note-taking and reading device. Unlike the new Scribe, however, it doesn’t use E Ink. The TCL Note A1 NXTPAPER is the company’s latest device to use NXTPAPER, TCL’s custom paper-like LCD screen, which offers some of the […]

How to watch the NVIDIA CES 2026 presentation live

CFOTO via Getty Images At CES 2025, NVIDIA spent the bulk of its presentation touting (what else) its leading position in the artificial intelligence arena. But it also spent time talking up new hardware, including its RTX 5000-series GPUs and Project Digits desktop supercomputer (later redubbed Spark). This year, the company’s website says it’s “lighting […]

The Morning After: What to expect at CES 2026

CES 2026 is right around the corner, and the pre-show hype cycle/ early reveals suggest, yes, there’s going to be an awful lot of AI-powered insert-product-category-here alongside, thankfully, some major announcements from the likes of Intel, Sony and NVIDIA. Intel is finally unveiling its Panther Lake (Core Ultra Series 3) chips. The first chips built […]