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In this bonus episode, Cherlynn and Devindra discuss the latest innovations in robot vacuums, new AI PC hardware from AMD and Intel, and Dell’s decision to nuke its PC brands in favor of Apple-esque “Dell Pro” and “Dell Pro Max” branding. (Note: We recorded this episode before NVIDIA announced its new RTX 5000 GPUs, but we’ll have more to say on that soon!)Listen below or subscribe on your podcast app of choice. If you’ve got suggestions or topics you’d like covered on the show, be sure to email us or drop a note in the comments! And be sure to…
CES 2025 has begun. This means that a whole fleet of new gadgets has been unleashed on the world. As always, Team Engadget is here to bring you all the print-friendly news you need to fight jet lag, sleep deprivation, and the dreaded casino carpet static.But if you’re too busy to keep your browser connected to the site (or our handy dandy live blog), here’s a quick recap. This may not be everything we cover, but it is a compilation of the biggest, most important and generally interesting news.The biggest names in the PC space put on strong displays, with…
The original ROG Flow Z13 was always a bit of an odd machine. It felt like a strange lovechild between a Surface Pro and a traditional gaming laptop. But at CES 2025, ASUS gave the tablet some much-needed refreshes, including a big performance boost thanks to the company’s updated XG Mobile graphics dock.One of the biggest differences from previous models is that this time around, ASUS is going with an all-AMD configuration, rather than relying on Intel and NVIDIA CPU/GPU solutions. ROG Flow Z13 features up to Ryzen AI Max+ 395 APU with up to 128GB of unified memory (though…
On the same day that NVIDIA briefly became the world’s most valuable company, CEO Jensen Huang took to the stage at CES 2025 to announce the company’s long-awaited new Blackwell graphics card family. The first mass launch of RTX 50-series GPUs is expected to arrive in January, with prices starting at $549 for the RTX 5070 and topping out at an astonishing $1,999 for the flagship RTX 5090. In between them is the $749 RTX 5070 Ti and the $999 RTX 5080. A laptop version of the desktop GPU will follow in March, with prices starting at . $1,299 for…
If you’re a PlayStation fan, Sony’s CES 2025 press conference was a big hit in terms of entertainment. In a series of rapid-fire announcements, the company announced that it will be producing an anime based on the acclaimed game’s cooperative multiplayer mode, Ghost of Tsushima Legends. This was followed by news that Columbia Pictures is in the early stages of developing a movie based on the post-apocalyptic PlayStation game Horizon Zero Dawn. Finally, Naughty Dog’s Neil Druckmann jumped out and announced that Season 2 of The Last of Us will air on HBO in April.We already know quite a bit…
Sony has been discussing its EV ambitions for five years, but now the company is ready to sell the car. You can reserve your vehicle now through Sony Honda Mobility for a $200 fee. The cars that were once the Vision-S and Vision-S 02 will now be available for purchase. The EV, now known as Afeela 1, comes with a number of useful updates, including an in-car assistant and an updated interior design.There are two models: Afeela 1 Origin and Afeela 1 Signature, priced at $89,900 and $109,900, respectively. Initially, pre-orders will only be available to customers in California, but…
sonyThe Sony CES 2025 keynote is just around the corner. You can watch and follow the live coverage here. The Afeela electric vehicle dominated Sony’s 2023 and 2024 CES press conferences, and that trend looks set to continue this year, with an appearance at Sony’s event (and subsequent press conference) already confirmed. . This represents a change for Sony, a mainstay at CES. The company has been in the consumer electronics space for decades, best known for the next-generation PlayStation console and Alpha camera, as well as Walkman portables and Trinitron TVs.What to expect at Sony’s CES 2025 press conferenceAfeela…
UFC CEO Dana White will join Meta’s board of directors, the company announced today. The mixed martial arts impresario’s addition not only aligns with Mehta CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s well-documented UFC fan base, but also with the support Mehta seems to be using in the run-up to Trump’s second term. It also influences the larger strategy of moving in the right direction.But that doesn’t mean White’s board seat is typical. Most of Meta’s current board members work in the technology industry. The two members Mehta is adding in addition to White, John Elkann and Charlie Songhurst, fit the usual requirements for…
Apple will soon update the Apple Intelligence notification summaries to make it more clear that they are generated by AI. (The feature currently uses small AI-generated icons to indicate status.) The BBC has issued a warning to the company after discovering several fake summaries that distorted the content of some of its headlines. I filed a complaint. On Monday, Apple told Engadget that the update is expected to arrive “in the coming weeks.””Apple Intelligence is designed to help users perform everyday tasks faster and easier,” an Apple spokesperson said in a statement to Engadget. “This includes optional notification summaries that…
Following up on its impressive Ryzen Z1 chip that powered the original ASUS ROG Ally, AMD will announce the Ryzen Z2 at CES 2025. You can pretty much guess what that will offer: more power and potentially longer battery life, although Valve might release a Steam Deck with Z2 if you’re willing to wait. Don’t get your hopes up. In response to AMD’s announcement, a Valve employee said, “There is no Z2 Steam Deck, and there will never be one.”Leading the Ryzen Z2 family is the Z2 Extreme with eight cores, a maximum clock speed of 5GHz, and 16 RDNA…