Keychron is putting Hall effect switches into more keyboards The Keychron Q6 HE (pictured) now supports Hall effect switches. | Image: KeychronMechanical keyboard specialist Keychron is adding fancy analog Hall effect switches to more of its lineup. Two of the models announced at CES today are launching immediately: the $169 Lemokey P1 HE QMK, and the $229 Keychron Q6 HE QMK, with three additional keyboar…

Ultrahuman thinks its 18-karat gold smart ring is worth $1,900 Ultrahuman’s Rare smart ring in dune starts at £1500, roughly $1,900. | Image: UltrahumanCES 2025 is officially underway, and the adrenaline of a day of running around Las Vegas is fading fast. Yet I cannot fall asleep. Probably because I’ve been replaying the same three product teaser videos over and over and over. One opens with the familiar f…

Getty Images and Shutterstock are merging into one stock photo powerhouse Image: The VergeGetty Images and Shutterstock are joining forces in a merger valued at around $3.7 billion, the companies announced on Tuesday. The merger will allow the companies to expand their stock photo libraries as they face increasing competition from AI-powered image creation tools. Getty Images CEO Craig Peters will remain the head of t…

Netgear’s new Wi-Fi 7 Orbi mesh system is a solid bump with plenty of ports The Netgear Orbi 870 three-pack in black. | Image: NetgearNetgear just announced the Orbi 870, a new Wi-Fi 7 mesh system that joins its now-three-tier lineup of Wi-Fi 7 mesh routers. It’s pricey like the others, but at $1,299.99 for a three-pack, it’s a full thousand dollars cheaper than the next kit up, the quad-band Orbi 970. Netgear says a th…

Audio-Technica’s latest earbuds have marathon battery life and a useful trick Image: Audio-TechnicaAudio-Technica’s wireless earbuds don’t always receive the same amount of buzz that larger brands get, but they’re consistently good performers that deliver on all the most important criteria. Here at CES 2025, the company is introducing the new ATH-CKS50TW2. These buds feature Audio-Technica’s usual tuning and sound quality…

Razer Project Ava: would you pay an AI to help you get good at games? Photo by Antonio G. Di Benedetto / The VergeGaming hardware manufacturer Razer is introducing what might be its most controversial “project” yet — an “AI gaming copilot” designed to help you get better at video games. With your permission, it takes thousands of pictures of your screen, then tells you how to play a game, optimally in real time, a…

Withings is making a cardiologist checkup part of its health subscription The BPM Vision is another way to track your heart health — and there’s a new way to make sense of the data, too. | Image: WithingsIf you’re a Withings device owner and a Withings Plus subscriber, there’s a new feature coming to your health tracking system. It’s a telemedicine service called Cardio Check-Up, designed to make it easy to check in o…

Razer’s RGB dock turns gaming handhelds and phones into TV consoles Photo by Antonio G. Di Benedetto / The VergeRazer has announced some new handheld gaming goodies, including remote PC streaming capabilities for the Kishi Ultra mobile controller and a folding multiplatform RGB dock for the Steam Deck, Nintendo Switch, and more. Razer says its Handheld Dock Chroma is a “6-in-1” docking station that transforms ph…

Razer’s prototype gaming chair blasts you with hot or cold air Image: RazerIt’s becoming a tradition for Razer to show off some pretty wild prototypes at CES, but the concept gaming chair with integrated heating and cooling it just unveiled actually sounds downright practical. Project Arielle is a mesh gaming chair that features a bladeless fan system that’s designed to keep you at a comfortable temperature…

Severance season 2 somehow gets even weirder, wilder, and darker Image: AppleI’m not going to spoil anything because the new season of Severance doesn’t premiere for 10 days. But I want to be clear — the first season of the sci-fi thriller wasn’t a fluke. The Apple TV Plus series burst onto the scene in 2022 with a story about tech workers who were forced to live in purgatory thanks to an experimental procedu…

Sony is giving the PS5’s accessories an all-black makeover Image: SonyYou can finally make your PS5 gaming set up all black everything. Sony has announced that it will soon release the rest of the PS5 suite of accessories in the midnight black colorway. Sony’s offering the Dual Sense Edge Controller, the Pulse wireless headphones and earbuds, and the PlayStation Portal in sleek and sexy midnight black t…

Google is building its own ‘world modeling’ AI team for games and robot training Image: The VergeGoogle DeepMind is assembling a new team of artificial intelligence researchers to develop “world models” that can simulate physical environments. The initiative will be led by Tim Brooks, a former co-lead for OpenAI’s Sora project who joined DeepMind in October to work on Google’s video generation and world simulators. World mod…

Philips Hue is getting an AI-powered lighting assistant The Philips Hue app already offers a lot of customizable lighting effects, but soon you’ll be able to created personalized ones with the help of AI. | Image: SignifyPhilips Hue users will soon be able to create their own AI-powered lighting scenes, the company announced on Tuesday. Philips Hue’s new generative AI lighting assistant lets users cr…

Nvidia is bringing a native GeForce Now app to Steam Deck Photo by The VergeNvidia plans to release a native GeForce Now app for Steam Deck “later this year,” according to a blog post. It’s already relatively straightforward to get Nvidia’s cloud gaming service set up on Steam Deck thanks to a special script from Nvidia, but a native app should be easier to install and will support up to 4K resolution …

Alienware’s flagship desktop finally ditches proprietary parts The new Alienware Area-51 desktop. | Photo by Antonio G. Di Benedetto / The VergeAlienware has built some of the easiest-to-open toolless gaming PCs around — but for years, the Dell-owned brand has stifled their upgrade potential by limiting them to Dell’s own proprietary power supplies and motherboards. But the 2025 Alienware Area-51, an 80-lit…

Alienware’s 27-inch 4K 240Hz OLED monitor is only a couple months away Image: DellAlienware is joining Asus, Samsung, and MSI in making a silly “world’s first” claim — all four of them are now set to launch a genuinely exciting new wave of 27-inch 4K QD-OLED gaming monitors with an excellent 240Hz refresh rate. Remember when I called Alienware’s 32-inch version the best monitor of CES last year because it finally o…

Get ready for virtual AI cohosts that chat with Twitch stars and control their streams Image: Inworld AI, Streamlabs, and NvidiaInworld AI, Streamlabs, and Nvidia are partnering on a new AI assistant for streamers that can provide technical support for streams in real time and even act as a quippy cohost. As a cohost, the “Intelligent Streaming Assistant” can understand what’s happening in games like Fortnite and offer “contextual…

Nvidia announces $3,000 personal AI supercomputer called Digits Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang holding the Project Digits computer on stage at Nvidia’s CES 2025 press conference. | Image: NvidiaIf you were looking for your own personal AI supercomputer, Nvidia has you covered. The chipmaker announced at CES it’s launching a personal AI supercomputer called Project Digits in May. The heart of Project Digits is the n…

The ROG Strix Scar 16 and 18 come with a lid that lights up and more RGB Plenty of lights to go around. | Photo by Antonio G. Di Benedetto / The VergeFollowing a teaser last month, Asus’ latest ROG Strix Scar gaming laptops have arrived and they’re leaning all the way into the gamer aesthetic. The 2025 Scar 16 and 18 come with RGB lights all the way around the bottom of the chassis as well as a user-programmable LED …

Asus just announced the world’s first Thunderbolt 5 eGPU The 2025 Asus XG Mobile, now with standard Thunderbolt 5 instead of a proprietary connector. | Photo by Antonio G. Di Benedetto / The VergeThis smoky black translucent box isn’t a gaming PC — instead, it might be the most powerful single-cable portable docking station ever conceived. When you plug your laptop or handheld into the just-announced …