A second US Sphere could come to Maryland
A second US Sphere could come to Maryland

Sphere Entertainment, the company behind the eye-catching interactive venue in Las Vegas, has announced its “intent to develop” another Sphere in Maryland that will be located 15 minutes south of Washington, DC. A timeline and exact location haven’t been finalized, but the Maryland Sphere would be the company’s second venue in the US, following plans […]

Gamers love AI in game dev — they just don’t know it yet, says Razer’s CEO
Gamers love AI in game dev — they just don’t know it yet, says Razer’s CEO

We’re back to start the year off with a very special live interview with Razer CEO Min-Liang Tan, which we taped in front of a terrific audience at Brooklyn Bowl in Las Vegas during CES.  Razer is obviously best known for making mice, keyboards, and gaming PCs in its signature black and bright green, with […]

This 5-foot lamp is a supersized tribute to the world’s most iconic pen
This 5-foot lamp is a supersized tribute to the world’s most iconic pen

Seletti, an Italian design brand known for everything from furniture to tableware, has debuted an unusual tribute to an icon of design: the Bic Cristal pen. To celebrate its 75th anniversary, Seletti has supersized the pen and replaced its ink cartridge with a long LED-filled tube to illuminate your living room, office, or that closet […]

Asus may have made its last phone
Asus may have made its last phone

Asus chairman Jonney Shih told Taiwan’s Inside that the company is done making phones for now, marking the end of its Zenfone and ROG Phone lines. “Asus will no longer add new mobile phone models in the future,” Shih reportedly said (translated with Google Translate). He didn’t entirely rule out a return though, instead saying […]

AI Therapy: Emotional Sanctuary Or Digital Abandonment?

Convenience and accessibility are drawing users to AI therapy, but can these tools truly support mental health or do they risk leaving vulnerable users behind?

Threads overtakes X on mobile, but still lags far behind
Threads overtakes X on mobile, but still lags far behind

After launching almost three years ago, Meta’s Threads is now reportedly attracting more daily mobile users than rival platform X. According to Similarweb data shared by TechCrunch, Threads has 141.5 million daily active iOS and Android global app users as of January 7th, compared to 125 million users for Elon Musk’s mobile platform. Similarweb reports […]

Microsoft’s first Windows 11 update of 2026 stopped some computers from shutting down
Microsoft’s first Windows 11 update of 2026 stopped some computers from shutting down

Microsoft released its first security update of 2026 for Windows 11 on January 13th. Just four days later, it was forced to release an emergency out-of-band update to fix some pretty serious bugs, the first one introduced. The security patch was stopping some systems from shutting down or hibernating properly, and also preventing some users […]

Here are the 10 deals worth grabbing from Best Buy’s winter sales event
Here are the 10 deals worth grabbing from Best Buy’s winter sales event

Good deals are often hard to come by at the beginning of the year — which is precisely what makes Best Buy’s Winter Sale worth checking out. The ongoing sales event features discounts on everything from big-ticket OLED TVs to smaller electronics, including fitness trackers that can help you achieve your New Year’s resolutions. There […]

Kaoss Pad V is the first major upgrade to Korg’s touch-based effects in 13 years
Kaoss Pad V is the first major upgrade to Korg’s touch-based effects in 13 years

The Kaoss Pad has seen many different iterations, but the mainline effect unit and sampler hasn’t received an update since the launch of the KP3+ in 2013. Korg has finally given it the attention it deserves with the release of the Kaoss Pad V. Rather than a dramatic reimagining of what a Kaoss Pad is, […]

Why Coinbase derailed the crypto industry’s political future
Why Coinbase derailed the crypto industry’s political future

January was going to be a landmark month for the crypto industry. The Senate would start negotiating the finer details of the CLARITY Act, a major law that would finally enshrine the fundamental structure of how the crypto market could legally operate in the United States: what digital assets counted as a security versus a […]