The $1,999 Huion Kamvas Pro 27 positions itself as a more affordable alternative to the $3,500 Wacom Cintiq Pro 27. | Image: Huion Huion has showcased the two latest additions to its Kamvas Pro range of display drawing tablets at CES, targeting budget-conscious creatives with professional features like high color accuracy and touchscreen support. The
Read MoreSpotify Wrapped is a fun way to review your musical consumption for the year, with bright graphics and personalized data revealing what your listening personality is. It’s an extremely popular feature that temporarily broke Spotify servers when it launched, but as long as you meet the requirements you should be able to see it now.
Read MoreIt’s often said that the best science experiments are the ones which do not require any special devices or ingredients, which makes the use of what naturally comes out of one’s body clearly one of the winners. It’s also the beginning of yet another [Hyperspace Pirate] chemistry video that’s both fascinating and unforgettable — this
Read MoreHisense is splitting its Mini LED TV lineup into ULED X premium TVs and ULED TVs. The ULED X lineup includes 110UX and 98UX, with some crazy specifications for their local dimming zones and brightness. The more practical ULED lineup includes U8N, U7N, and U6N, with screen sizes ranging from 55-inches to 85-inches. Hisense is
Read MoreAn in-development DuchesS, whose design might change before it’s eventually released. | Image: Hyperkin Accessory maker Hyperkin is bringing back Microsoft’s original Xbox Controller S as a modern gamepad, complete with Hall effect joysticks and triggers. The original Controller S came with the Japanese version of the console, while other markets got the massive “Duke”
Read MoreSapna Maheshwari / New York Times: TikTok restricts Creative Center, used by advertisers to track hashtags, after it was used by critics to scrutinize content on the Israel-Hamas war and more — People and groups had harnessed the tool to scrutinize content on the site related to the Israel-Hamas war and other topics.
Read MoreJane Zhang / Bloomberg: Filing: JD-backed Dada Nexus is investigating “suspicious practices”, including a ~$140M overstatement of revenue and costs in 2023, triggering a 46% stock dive — – Dada discloses it may have overstated both revenue and cost — The company is one of JD’s faster-growing subsidiaries
Read MoreCredit: Samsung Display Samsung’s In&Out Flip is a foldable phone concept that takes the idea of the Galaxy Z Flip to the next level. It makes do with a single foldable screen that folds inside and out. The device eliminates the need for an additional cover screen. As always, Samsung has a sizeable presence at
Read MoreFinancial Times: A look at the rising subscription prices of dating apps as competition intensifies and growth slows down; data.ai: consumers spent $5B+ on dating apps in 2023 — Get ahead in 2024 — Have January on us — Pay $39 $35 per month. — January saving based on a 12-month subscription.
Read MoreEveryone interested in electronics should build at least one Tesla coil. But be careful. Sure, the high voltage can be dangerous, but the urge to build lots of coils is even worse. [Learnelectronics] shows how to build a slayer exciter using a 3D-printed core, and lots of wire of course. You can see the coil,
Read MoreASUS has launched the ROG Phone 8 smartphone, and it’s a significant change from previous models. The phone drops a cooling vent and stereotypical gaming phone aesthetic in favor of a slimmer design and IP68 rating. Expect the phone to have a recommended price of $1,099.99, with a pre-order offer of $999.99. The ASUS ROG
Read MoreCredit: Robert Triggs / Android Authority Samsung has announced a collaboration with Microsoft to integrate Microsoft Copilot on the Galaxy Book 4. You can use Microsoft Copilot to summarize text messages by connecting your Galaxy smartphone to the Galaxy Book 4 via the Link to Windows and Microsoft Phone Link apps. Copilot can also automatically
Read MoreCristina Criddle / Financial Times: Ofcom creates a new team of nearly 350 people, including hires from Meta, Google, and Microsoft, dedicated to online safety and plans to hire 100 more in 2024 — UK regulator hires executives from Meta, Microsoft and Google as it gains powers from Online Safety Act
Read MoreJBL The JBL Clip 5 that’s launching at CES 2024 adds a slightly wider carabiner to clip onto more items and an updated sound system that makes it up to 15 percent louder with 10 percent more bass compared to the previous model. This lightweight, portable speaker will go on sale this year for $79.95
Read MoreThree of Anker’s new Qi2 chargers: A folding power bank, 8-in-1 charging orb, and 3-in-1 folding charger. Anker was one of the first companies to announce Qi2 chargers, in August 2023, and while everyone in the world seems to be launching them now, Anker’s are the first I’ve gotten my hands on. For iPhone users,
Read MoreCharge your EV at 6,000W/240V for a dozen or so extra miles of range in an emergency — or more with expansion packs. | Image: Anker Anker’s flagship power station, the Solix F3800, is now shipping after raising almost $6 million on Kickstarter. It can be used independently to power a weekend away or scaled
Read MoreWe can think of all kinds of reasons you’d want to display a picture that only you and the family can see, and we don’t even have to work blue to do it. Whether as a joke, or as a serious way to hide a special image, this magical picture frame by [Placitech] is just
Read MoreJosh Ye / Reuters: ByteDance says it is in talks with multiple prospective buyers, including Tencent, to sell its Nuverse gaming unit as part of a plan to exit the gaming industry — TikTok owner ByteDance said on Tuesday it is in talks with multiple prospective buyers of its gaming assets …
Read MoreLauren Thomas / Wall Street Journal: Sources: Elliott Management has built a ~$1B stake in Match Group and plans to push the online dating company to take steps to boost its languishing stock — Activist has roughly $1 billion stake and intends to meet with Match to discuss ways to improve online dating company’s performance
Read MoreStephen Nellis / Reuters: The Mayo Clinic partners with Cerebras to use Cerebras’ computing chips and systems to develop its own AI models based on anonymized medical records and data — The Mayo Clinic, a nonprofit medical center based in Rochester, Minnesota, on Monday said it will partner with Silicon Valley …
Read MoreEmma Roth / The Verge: Sony teases a “spatial” VR headset designed for 3D content creation with 4K OLED microdisplays and powered by Snapdragon XR2+ Gen 2, available later in 2024 — The company showed off the headset along with a unique pair of controllers today during a presentation at CES 2024.
Read MoreAxios: Carta has decided to close its liquidity services business, which matched buyers and sellers of private company stock — Carta has decided to close its liquidity services business, which matched buyers and sellers of private company stock, Axios has learned. … – Carta was most recently valued at $8.5 billion.
Read MoreThe Aether Monitor Light Bar is a desk lamp and RGB bias light in one. And it supports Matter, for some reason. | Image: Razer Razer has already announced a bunch of stuff at CES 2024, including spec upgrades to its Blade gaming laptops, a USB-C dock, an upgraded gaming chair, and so forth. Very
Read MoreScreenshot by Emma Roth / The Verge Sony is previewing a new “spatial content creation” system designed to let users edit and shape 3D models while wearing a virtual reality headset. The company showed off the headset along with a unique pair of controllers today during a presentation at CES 2024. The headset, which is
Read MoreImage: Apple Apple just released the first ad for its Vision Pro headset, and if you’re a longtime follower of Apple, you might notice that it has some similarities to the original commercial for the iPhone. The Vision Pro ad, titled “Get Ready,” features a bunch of clips from movies and TV shows of characters
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