You can unlock SwitchBot’s first deadbolt smart lock with your face
You can unlock SwitchBot’s first deadbolt smart lock with your face

SwitchBot has announced a new deadbolt smart lock that can be unlocked with a glance. Like the Keypad Vision that SwitchBot launched last year, the new Lock Vision series unveiled at CES uses 3D facial recognition technology to enable “near-instant unlocking” after scanning your face. The Lock Vision is the first smart lock from SwitchBot […]

SwitchBot says its humanoid household robot can do your laundry
SwitchBot says its humanoid household robot can do your laundry

SwitchBot is bringing a new household robot to CES 2026. The smart home company is launching the Onero H1, which it calls “the most accessible AI household robot.” The announcement follows last year’s debut of its multitasking household bot – a robot vacuum mounted to a mobile platform. SwitchBot says the Onero is a general-use […]

Motorola’s first book-style foldable leaks
Motorola’s first book-style foldable leaks

The Motorola Razr Fold is reportedly coming soon, according to prolific leaker Evan Blass. Details are scant at the moment. All the info we have is based on a single slide from a marketing deck that talks up the Fold’s camera system and displays, and squeezes in a mention of AI for good measure before […]

I’m a huge board games fan — here are the 7 best ones to help you survive January 2026

Here’s 7 more games to help you survive January without always needing your tech.

The wild, intense rise and fall of Flappy Bird
The wild, intense rise and fall of Flappy Bird

Flappy Bird was almost preposterously simple. If you ever played the game, even once, you surely remember how it worked, but here’s a summary just in case. You were a bird. Your job was to fly, left to right, for as long as possible without crashing into the green Mario-ish pipes coming from both the […]

Xreal’s Neo is the best-looking mobile dock for AR glasses
Xreal’s Neo is the best-looking mobile dock for AR glasses

When the Nintendo Switch 2 launched in June, AR glasses brand Viture beat Xreal to the punch with its own multi-port battery pack that doubles as a portable video dock for the new console. After several months, Xreal answered with the Neo, a 10,000mAh (38.7Wh) battery pack with DisplayPort Alt video-out. It sure is one […]

This startup brought WALL-E to life and will also sell you WALL-E’s weird cousin
This startup brought WALL-E to life and will also sell you WALL-E’s weird cousin

An AI robotics startup called Zeroth is turning WALL-E into a real-life robot companion. Though the WALL-E version with the Disney-licensed design is currently only on sale in China, Zeroth is launching what looks like an off-brand version of the beloved bot in the US for $5,599. The bot, called the W1, doesn’t feature WALL-E’s […]

Xreal’s entry-level AR glasses get a spec bump and 3D conversion
Xreal’s entry-level AR glasses get a spec bump and 3D conversion

At CES 2026, Xreal announced an upgraded, slightly more affordable version of its entry-level AR glasses: the $449 Xreal 1S. And this time, you can also convert 2D videos to 3D without any extra apps, software, or proprietary players. At a glance, the Xreal 1S don’t look much different from the Xreal One or One […]

Baseus’ new desktop dock includes a Qi2 25W charger
Baseus’ new desktop dock includes a Qi2 25W charger

Chinese accessory brand Baseus has launched a new desktop dock for CES 2026 with an exhaustive array of ports and power options, including a magnetic Qi2 25W charging pad that flips up from the dock’s top. Baseus calls the Spacemate RD1 Pro a 15-in-1 docking station, though there might be some double counting to get […]

Narwal’s Flow 2 robovac might help you find that earring you lost
Narwal’s Flow 2 robovac might help you find that earring you lost

Narwal’s successor to its edge-mopping Flow robovac is here, and it sports a refreshed design along with a new cleaning mode that can scan your floor to tag valuables that you may have dropped, like jewelry, your phone, a key, wallet, and more. When the Flow 2 detects one of these items, the robovac will […]