Our favorite (mostly weird) robots of CES 2025
Robots are everywhere at CES 2025. We’ve been waved at by a robot stool, watched a droid do our laundry, hugged an adorable furry monster bot, and fact-checked a robot who claims to be able to climb stairs while vacuuming. Here’s some of the highlights from the consumer tech show floor, where Mashable has walked […]
Will Trumps tariffs make costs explode for this years most anticipated products?
Tech lovers: Bigger price tags may be on the horizon. The incoming Trump administration has proposed a sweeping economic agenda that includes controversially high tariffs on imported goods, and while the plan has reportedly fluctuated over the last month, the President-elect argues increased tariffs on imports is the best way to pay for sweeping tax […]
The Plantaform smart indoor garden uses NASA tech to grow plants with fog
I promise that headline isn’t a Mad Libs. The Canadian company Plantaform introduced its eponymous smart indoor garden powered by “fogponics” at CES 2025 in Las Vegas, marking its hard launch in the U.S. CEO Alberto Aguilar plugs it as a “Nespresso for your vegetables” that uses an ultra-fine vapor to hydrate plants, resulting in […]
I bent LGs new 5K2K bendable gaming monitor at CES 2025
LG has always commanded an audience at CES with their latest televisions and displays. Last year, they stole the show with their transparent TV screens. (The transparent TVs are back this year too, by the way). This year, LG cemented itself as the king of CES by having so much to show, they didn’t even […]
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CES 2025: Evenflos SensorySoothe smart car seat is a calming backseat baby rave
SensorySoothe just might be the ultimate anti-“sad beige baby” tech. Launched this week at CES 2025 in Las Vegas, SensorySoothe is the latest offering from the children’s products company Evenflo. It’s a first-of-its-kind car seat handle with built-in speakers and a color-changing light bar, and it’s supposed to distract and calm infants on the go […]
OpenAIs Sam Altman sued by sister, alleging years of sexual abuse
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman was served with a lawsuit this week from his sister, Ann Altman, alleging he sexually abused her beginning when she was 3. The suit was filed in Missouri, the site of the Altmans’ childhood home where the alleged abuse took place from 1997 to 2006. Ann Altman says the alleged conduct […]
CES 2025: This little magnetic band will help you breathe better
Not everything at CES has to be some complicated technological marvel. Sometimes, there’s a low tech device that figures out a new way to do something even better than what has come before it. Take the Intake, for example. Mashable came across Intake, which bills itself as the “only magnetic nasal dilator” at CES’ Showstoppers […]
Fury over Metas relaxed hate speech policies: “I really think this is a precursor for genocide”
Rights organizations are warning users of the threats posed by Meta’s decision to lift prohibitions against common discriminatory and hateful rhetoric on its platforms — a move that may ingratiate the tech giant with the incoming presidential administration, some claim. Backtracking on years of digital safety work, the new policy no longer restricts users from […]
Googles Daily Listen AI generates customized mini podcasts
You already have your daily news briefing podcasts, but Google is taking things a step further by providing personalized AI-generated audio recaps of news based on your Search data. On Wednesday, Google announced Daily Listen, an experiment in its AI-testing ground Search Labs. Daily Listen lives at the top of the homepage in the Google app on […]