In September 2024, Beats took the unusual step of announcing that it was working on the much-anticipated second-gen of its Powerbeats Pro wireless earbuds and that we could expect to see them launch in 2025. If some new leaked photos are any indication, our wait may soon be over. A prodigious leaker on X known … Read more
Here’s one of my dirty little secrets: I love a good troll character in a fighting game While I play plenty of meta-friendly characters in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, my personal favorite is R.O.B. thanks to his truly annoying move set. Rather than getting up in my foes’ face, I’m just as happy to piss … Read more
Smart glasses are increasingly being pushed as the future of personal computing. But so far, an overwhelming majority have focused on aspects like social media sharing, pulling up AI agents, or media consumption. Soliddd wants to push smart glasses into a challenging niche of medical science. At CES 2025, the New York City-based company introduced … Read more
NASA astronaut Don Pettit has started 2025 as he means to go on, with a stunning Earth photo that he described as a “New Year’s light show.” Pettit captured the amazing image from the International Space Station (ISS), where he’s been living and working since September in his fourth trip to space. It captures a … Read more
Flash back almost exactly a year to the day. I was sitting in a half-built demo area playing on a Samsung prototype gaming monitor. The company had loaded up Lies of P — one of my favorite games of last year — and I was proceeding through a midgame Mad Clown Puppet mini-boss. It wasn’t just … Read more
On the 10th of its “12 Days of OpenAI” media event, the company announced that it has set up an 800 number (1-800-ChatGPT, of course) where anyone in the U.S. with a phone line can dial in and speak with the AI via Advanced Voice Mode. Because why not. “[The goal of] OpenAI is to … Read more