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CNET staffers have touched down in Berlin and are on the floor at IFA 2026, one of the world’s largest tech events where the future is on full display. From a camera-equipped dishwasher and Dyson’s largest air purifier yet to a repairable laptop and a speaker designed to soothe you…
The next flagship generation of ChatGPT is here. OpenAI announced on Thursday that it’s beginning to roll out GPT-6-Astra, which the company’s president, Greg Brockman, called a “generational leap in capability” that brings the frontier fully into the “AGI era.” According to evaluations released by OpenAI, Astra performed better than…
Dyson makes some fantastic cordless vacuums, and many of its models have earned top spots in our lab-tested picks. Our lab testing history for Dyson’s robot vacuums is a bit of a mixed bag, with the older models we’ve tested not always offering the cleaning performance of top competitors like…
Roborock, one of the flashiest home robot makers, is taking the plunge. The Beijing-based brand, known for its super-smart robot vacuums, including models with robotic grabbing arms and stair-climbing capabilities, has launched its first-ever robotic pool cleaner. We saw it first at IFA Berlin. On a crowded showroom floor, we…
I love Xiaomi’s phones and gave the recent Leitzphone — made in collaboration with photography icon Leica — an Editors’ Choice award. But the company has fingers in pies far beyond mobile phones; You’ll find the Xiaomi name on everything from cars, fans, air fryers and robot vacuums, and the…
London’s first public robotaxi service is now live. Starting today, UK riders can hail a self-driving vehicle via the Uber app, through a partnership with autonomous driving company Wayve – though a safety operator will initially remain in the driver’s seat. At launch, the rides will take place aboard the…
Players are barking about the Connections puzzle, for good reason. Oscar Wong/Getty Images Long ago, the New York Times Connections puzzle replaced Wordle as my favorite online puzzle. But the Connections puzzle for Wednesday is a real dog fight to solve. Spoilers ahead, so if you haven’t played Connections yet,…
If you’re part of the growing majority of Americans who oppose AI data centers, the US government and Big Tech have a message for you: Get over it. The backlash against these massive AI server farms — notorious for guzzling energy and water — has been countered in recent days by…
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe is seemingly the game that Nintendo refuses to move on from. The racing game, originally released on the Wii U back in 2014 and then updated for the Nintendo Switch in 2017, has received what might be the greatest update for the game that could get…
Players are barking about the Connections puzzle, for good reason. Oscar Wong/Getty Images Long ago, the New York Times Connections puzzle replaced Wordle as my favorite online puzzle. But the Connections puzzle for Wednesday is a real dog fight to solve. Spoilers ahead, so if you haven’t played Connections yet,…
If you use your smartwatch for activity and sleep tracking, that’s great, but if your main goal is to track calories burned during those activities, you may want to find a new method. According to a new Florida International University study, smartwatches overestimate how many calories people are actually burning,…
September is off to a rough start for Xbox Game Pass. Microsoft announced on Tuesday, Sept. 1, that it’s removing Cyberpunk 2077, as well as other awesome games, from the service on Sept. 15. Microsoft also announced that Game Pass was getting a few games, like Call of Duty: Cold…
Despite 1.3 million women entering menopause each year, this stage in a woman’s life remains stigmatized and understudied. But a rise in femtech centered on menopause could help change that. In June, Apple announced that its Health app now supports cycle tracking for both menopause — when a woman’s menstrual period permanently…
Players are barking about the Connections puzzle, for good reason. Oscar Wong/Getty Images Long ago, the New York Times Connections puzzle replaced Wordle as my favorite online puzzle. But the Connections puzzle for Wednesday is a real dog fight to solve. Spoilers ahead, so if you haven’t played Connections yet,…
Dell seemingly isn’t content with taking on Apple’s MacBook Neo with just the XPS 13 for student dollars and attention. On Wednesday the company brought in budget laptop reinforcements with new lower-end, more colorful versions of its mainstream Dell 14S laptop. Dell is playing coy and won’t reveal pricing until we…
Sony caused a stir among gamers in July when it announced the phase-out of physical PlayStation game discs starting in 2028. In California, a group of gamers sued the company over its practice of selling digital games on its storefront. However, this isn’t the landmark case some are hoping for…
Apple’s iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max are expected to be unveiled at the company’s Sept. 9 launch event, and a new rumor appears to be firming up the three-color lineup for these phones. According to leaker Fixed Focus Digital on Weibo (h/t MacRumors), the iPhone 18 Pro is now…
Players are barking about the Connections puzzle, for good reason. Oscar Wong/Getty Images Long ago, the New York Times Connections puzzle replaced Wordle as my favorite online puzzle. But the Connections puzzle for Wednesday is a real dog fight to solve. Spoilers ahead, so if you haven’t played Connections yet,…
Sonos has a new soundbar in its streaming-centric lineup: the Dolby Atmos-capable Beam Ultra. It falls between the existing Beam and the flagship Arc Ultra. The Beam Ultra is the Dolby Atmos upgrade of the Beam Gen 2 — which remains in the lineup– and adds physical, upfiring drivers and…
John Ternus took over as Apple CEO on Tuesday, succeeding Tim Cook after serving as the company’s senior vice president of hardware engineering. His first day comes just over a week before the annual iPhone launch event on Sept. 9. Under Cook, Apple became a $4 trillion company with an…
Effective immediately — at least in theory — Instagram is requiring profiles of fake influencers to carry an “AI-generated profile” badge directly beneath the handle and display name in the account’s main bio header. In a blog post titled Bringing More Transparency to AI-Generated Profiles on Instagram, the Meta-owned social…
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