• Xreal updates its entry-level personal cinema glasses at CES

    January 4, 2026

    If you’ve been on the fence about trying the sort of “AR glasses” that, until recently, were called “personal cinemas,” then check this out. Xreal has turned up to CES 2026 with an updated version of its entry level Xreal One glasses, first launched at the end of 2024. The new model, dubbed the 1S (yes, with a numeral rather than the word) gets marginally better specs and $50 knocked from the asking price. If you’re unfamiliar, One is a wearable spatial display that connects over USB-C to any compatible device including smartphones, tablets, laptops and consoles. It has two…

  • 2026 Kia EV3 review | CarExpert

    January 4, 2026

    The Kia EV3 is an award-winning electric vehicle (EV), and for good reason. This compact and likeable little EV is a real looker. It has presence and style, and there’s a heap of features and comfort on offer inside, as well as surprisingly good practicality. But I’m not convinced that the value-for-money equation stacks up quite as well as it could in this top-spec small electric SUV – especially considering some of the competitors in the EV space today. How much does the Kia EV3 cost? The Kia EV3 is relatively affordable… if you’re not considering the top-spec flagship. This…

  • How to watch the Intel CES 2026 launch event

    January 4, 2026

    We’re just hours away from the start of CES 2026, and with that comes Intel’s launch event. The chip giant is expected to provide more details on its AI PC initiative and the new processors powering it: The Core Ultra Series 3 CPUs (aka Panther Lake) are made using an 18A process — that’s 18 angstroms, or just under 2nm — and designed for high-end laptops and gaming devices. For Intel, the stakes at CES are higher than ever. In the past 12 months, both NVIDIA and the US government acquired ownership stakes in the company, helping nearly double the…

  • Subtle releases ear buds with its noise cancelation models

    January 4, 2026

    Voice AI startup Subtle, which creates voice isolation models to have computers understand you better in loud environments, today launched a new pair of wireless earbuds that help users sound clear in calls and get clear transcription for notes. The company unveiled these earbuds ahead of the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas and said that it plans to ship them in the U.S. in the next few months. The buds cost $199 and will come with a year-long subscription to the iOS and Mac app. The app will let users take voice notes or chat with AI without…

  • DeepSeek Researchers Apply a 1967 Matrix Normalization Algorithm to Fix Instability in Hyper Connections

    January 4, 2026

    DeepSeek researchers are trying to solve a precise issue in large language model training. Residual connections made very deep networks trainable, hyper connections widened that residual stream, and training then became unstable at scale. The new method mHC, Manifold Constrained Hyper Connections, keeps the richer topology of hyper connections but locks the mixing behavior on a well defined manifold so that signals remain numerically stable in very deep stacks. https://www.arxiv.org/pdf/2512.24880 From Residual Connections To Hyper Connections Standard residual connections, as in ResNets and Transformers, propagate activations with xl+1​=xl​+F(xl​,Wl​)The identity path preserves magnitude and keeps gradients usable even when you stack…

  • Minimal phone pioneer Punkt is back with a new privacy-focused model at CES

    January 4, 2026

    The Swiss minimal phone pioneer Punkt is back with another model, the MC03. The new handset continues Punkt’s focus on privacy, security and digital minimalism. If you’ve never seen Punkt’s MP01 and MP02, the company’s gorgeously minimal dumb phone line, they’re something to behold. (The MP01 is quite literally a museum piece, in New York’s Museum of Modern Art.) Meanwhile, this new MC03 is the company’s second stab at a more practical touchscreen smartphone, following 2023’s MC02. What you lose in physical beauty and tactile buttons, you gain in flexibility. As before, the smartphone runs the privacy- and security-focused AphyOS,…

  • How to watch Lenovo’s Tech World event at CES 2026

    January 4, 2026

    It’s been known for months now that technology giant Lenovo is hosting its Tech World event at Sphere in Las Vegas during . Like many other tech conglomerates, the world’s largest PC manufacturer by units shipped will put its main focus on AI. it’s a “Tech World experience unlike anything CES has seen before.” We’ll tell you where to livestream the event and what to expect so far. How to watch the Lenovo CES 2026 event live Lenovo CEO Yuanqing Yang will host the event on Tuesday, January 6 at 8PM ET. You can follow along to the once the…

  • Rotary engine set to return, but not in a Mazda

    January 4, 2026

    The rotary engine will make a comeback, but it won’t be coming from the brand most recognised for using it in high-performance cars, Mazda, instead emerging from a Chinese manufacturer. According to Carscoops, China’s Changan Automobile Group, which developed the Mazda 6e due in Australia in mid-2026 through its joint venture with the Japanese brand, has confirmed it will produce a single-rotor internal combustion engine from 2027. It won’t be in a road car, however, with the 53kW rotary planned for a low-altitude aircraft, and a more potent twin-rotor version under development offering more than twice the power. Changan will…

  • Elon Musk’s Grok AI posted CSAM image following safeguard ‘lapses’

    January 4, 2026

    Elon Musk’s Grok AI has been allowing users to transform photographs of woman and children into sexualized and compromising images, Bloomberg reported. The issue has created an uproar among users on X and prompted an “apology” from the bot itself. “I deeply regret an incident on Dec. 28, 2025, where I generated and shared an AI image of two young girls (estimated ages 12-16) in sexualized attire based on a user’s prompt,” Grok said in a post. An X representative has yet to comment on the matter. According to the Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network, CSAM includes “AI-generated content…

  • Tech billionaires cashed out $16 billion in 2025 as stocks soared

    January 4, 2026

    While tech stocks were busy setting records in 2025, the executives behind those companies were equally busy turning their paper fortunes into actual cash — more than $16 billion worth, according to Bloomberg’s analysis of insider trading data. Jeff Bezos led the way. The Amazon founder sold 25 million shares for $5.7 billion in June and July, right around the time he was getting hitched to Lauren Sanchez in Venice. Oracle’s former CEO Safra Catz wasn’t far behind at $2.5 billion, followed by Michael Dell at $2.2 billion. Nvidia’s Jensen Huang watched his company become the world’s first $5 trillion…