Toyota’s futuristic Woven City in Japan is ready for its first residents Image: ToyotaToyota’s futuristic Woven City, which is being built on the site of a former car factory in Japan, is almost ready for its first residents. At CES this week, the Japanese auto giant updated the public on the progress of the $10 billion project, which is said to be a “living laboratory” where people can live while also testing out fu…

A new tax credit for hydrogen helps out nuclear energy Workers outside the hydrogen production facility at the Constellation Nine Mile Point Nuclear Station in Scriba, New York, on Tuesday, May 9th, 2023. | Photo: Getty ImagesThe Biden administration finalized rules meant to boost domestic production of hydrogen fuel through a new tax credit, a move that might also keep struggling nuclear power plan…

NBC’s Grimm series is being reborn as a Peacock movie NBCBetween Nosferatu and Wolf Man, it feels like Hollywood has come back around on good, old fashioned monster movies. And it seems like Peacock wants in on the action with a feature-length reboot of the long-dead Grimm series. Variety reports that Peacock is moving forward with a new film based on Grimm, Stephen Carpenter, Jim Kouf, and David G…

Marvel Rivals is adding The Fantastic Four with its first season update Image: Net Ease GamesWith the Marvel Rivals train firmly on its way, it’s time to start the game’s first official season. In a short trailer, Marvel Rivals developer Net Ease has announced that season 1 begins later this week on January 10th. According to the trailer, season 1 features the arrival of Dracula who plunges New York City into etern…

TCL’s first Mini LED TV of 2025 offers impressive specs at a tempting price Image: TCLRather than roll out a whole series of new TVs here at CES, TCL has decided to take a staggered approach in 2025. So it came to Las Vegas with just one model to show off: the QM6K Mini LED. The company is claiming that this TV, the first of a new Precise Dimming series, “offers a level of picture quality that has never been offered in …

‘Max Ink Mode’ makes TCL’s screens even inkier Regular smartphone by day, e-reader by night. | Image: TCLLook, I haven’t picked up the TCL 60 XE, but I can already tell you the name of its best feature: Max Ink Mode. The 60 XE is the latest of TCL’s phones to use its Nxtpaper display technology, aimed to go easy on the eyes with reduced glare and an E Ink-like monochrome mode. The phone has…

Oh yeah, that’s a smart dog door with custom RGB lighting Pawport’s indoor smart door with a wood finish. | Image: PawportThe Pawport might be the most elaborate way to let your dog enter and exit your home. The smart dog door connects to a Bluetooth tag that straps to your dog’s collar. When your dog approaches, its double doors swing open to let your pet in or out of the house. Naturally, there’s als…

Intel won’t kill off its graphics card business Image: IntelDespite comments made by former Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger, who got ousted from the company last month, Intel will not kill off its discrete graphics business. “We are very committed to the discrete graphics market and will continue to make strategic investments in this direction,” Intel’s new co-CEO Michelle Johnston Holthaus just told…

LG TVs are getting Xbox Cloud Gaming Image: MicrosoftXbox Cloud Gaming is coming to some LG TVs “later this year,” Microsoft and LG announced at CES 2025. When the feature is available, if you have an Xbox Game Pass Ultimate subscription, you’ll be able to stream games from the Xbox Game Pass library and select titles that you already own from the LG Gaming Portal. LG says you’ll b…

Google will use more mics and Gemini AI to get you to talk to your TV Photo by Jennifer Pattison Tuohy / The VergeGoogle TV is getting a Gemini integration that’s supposed to make interacting with your TV “more intuitive and helpful,” the company announced at CES on Monday. With the update, which is set to arrive later this year, you’ll be able to search for content and ask questions without starting with “Hey Goo…

Hisense’s TriChroma TV could be the middle ground between Mini LED and MicroLED Image: HisenseCES is always a showcase of giant-sized TVs, and true to form, Hisense has brought two enormous new models to Las Vegas this year: the 136-inch MicroLED 136MX, and the 116-inch TriChroma LED TV. It seems like, for five or six years now, we’ve been hearing how MicroLED will usher in the next era of home theater and leapfrog OLED in …

More Android phones with Qi2 wireless charging will finally show up in 2025 Photo by Antonio G. Di Benedetto / The VergeThe Wireless Power Consortium announced at CES on Monday that more Android devices will use the MagSafe-based Qi2 charging standard in 2025. That doesn’t necessarily mean they’ll all have magnets, though; the WPC says it now has a “Qi2 Ready” certification for phones that need a case to add the magneti…

John Deere says its self-driving tractors and trucks will help address labor shortages Image: John DeereThe next time you pass a farm tractor tilling a field, check to make sure there’s somebody in the cab. Chances are, there won’t be. Today at CES, John Deere announced a host of new fully autonomous vehicles that it says will revolutionize farming, landscaping, and construction. Among the new vehicles the company will have to sho…

Disney strikes deal to merge Fubo with Hulu + Live TV Hulu and sports-forward streamer Fubo are settling aside some legal differences and teaming up in order to launch yet another new platform for you to subscribe to. Last year, Fubo filed a lawsuit against Disney (which co-owns Hulu), Fox, and Warner Bros. Discovery last year on grounds that the studios’ plan for Venu Sports, a new sports streamin…

Meta stops selling the Quest Pro Poor little guy. | Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The VergeMeta has stopped selling the Quest Pro, UploadVR spotted. The news comes just over two months since the company discontinued the high-end VR headset. Meta wrote then that it would keep selling the headset until year’s end or until it ran out of stock, whichever came first. I guess it …

Ecobee launches an even cheaper smart thermostat Image: EcobeeEcobee is launching a new entry-level smart thermostat that costs $129.99. The Smart Thermostat Essential comes with a full-color touchscreen and supports Amazon Alexa, Apple Home, and Google Assistant. Just like Ecobee’s other smart thermostats, the Essential adjusts the temperature of your home based on the schedule you set, allow…

Qualcomm’s new Snapdragon X chips bring Windows on Arm to cheaper laptops Image: QualcommQualcomm is introducing another Arm laptop chip to its Snapdragon X series today, lowering the cost of Copilot Plus PCs to around $600. The new Snapdragon X joins the existing Snapdragon X Plus and X Elite and will be available in a variety of devices from Acer, Asus, Dell, HP, and Lenovo in the coming months. The Snapdragon X is …

HDMI 2.2 cranks the bandwidth to 96Gbps and aims to eliminate audio sync issues forever Image: HDMI ForumThe HDMI Forum is using CES — the annual showcase of all things home theater — to announce the new HDMI 2.2 specification. In a press release this morning, the trade association confirmed that the new spec will up total bandwidth significantly to a new high of 96Gbps. And yes, that means the introduction of an “Ultra96” HDMI cab…

Samsung’s Galaxy Book 5 laptops get an Arrow Lake CPU upgrade Samsung Galaxy Book 5 Pro. | Image: SamsungSamsung has announced new Galaxy Book 5 Pro and 360 laptops featuring the NPU-packing (but not CoPilot Plus-qualifying) Arrow Lake Core Ultra processors Intel announced earlier today as an upgrade to the Lunar Lake-powered devices Samsung launched in September. Samsung says the new Book 5 Pro and 360 co…

JBL’s Tour One M3 headphones wirelessly connect to older devices using a touchscreen transmitter The JBL Tour One M3 can be connected to almost any audio source using an optional wireless transmitter. | Image: JBLJBL announced a pair of premium headphones at CES today that can be purchased with an optional transmitter that allows the Tour One M3 to be used wirelessly with audio sources like a plane’s in-flight entertainment system. The head…