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Strix Halo is here. | Image: AMD AMD promised eventual “mobile gaming dominance” back in 2022, and it feels like we’re getting closer every day. Today, the company is announcing not one, not two, but three different families of chips designed to take it there, including final confirmation of the long-rumored “Strix Halo” and “Fire […]

AMD has just officially announced its full lineup of Ryzen Z2 chips for handheld gaming PCs like the Steam Deck, after a brief tease this fall — but as of today, it’s pretty muddy who they’re for or what they’re going to do for handheld PC gaming. First off, although AMD told journalists in a

Dreame’s newest robot vacuum can climb up a step. It’s a start! | Image: Dreame First, they sprouted arms; now, robot vacuums are getting legs. The latest bot from Dreame has two small legs that can push it up and over a step as high as 6cm (about 2.5 inches). The Dreame X50 Ultra robot

Satechi’s Mac Mini M4 hub adds three front-facing USB-A ports. | Image: Satechi First announced in late November, Satechi has confirmed that its Mac Mini M4 Stand & Hub will be available in limited quantities starting February 17th, 2025 through its online store for $99.99. A wider release will begin sometime in March, according to

Is Samsung’s round robot finally ready to roll out of CES demos and into actual homes? Ballie, the rolling robot that reemerged at CES last year, will be shipping to consumers as an actual product sometime in 2025. That’s what Samsung is saying at the moment, anyway. We were first introduced to Ballie at CES

Image: Getty The US Department of Defense has added tech giant Tencent and lithium-ion battery maker CATL to its list of Chinese military companies, as reported earlier by Bloomberg. The designation doesn’t impose sanctions or a ban, but it could make it more difficult for the companies to do business in the US. Along with

Image: Net Ease Games With 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

Regular smartphone by day, e-reader by night. | Image: TCL Look, 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

Image: TCL Rather 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

Photo by Jennifer Pattison Tuohy / The Verge Google 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