Sony wants you guessing with its cryptic audio teaser
Sony has teased an upcoming audio announcement with the promise of a “new form of listening,” offering few details but plenty of intrigue ahead of its scheduled January reveal.
This chip can make future phones thinner and faster through tiny ‘earthquakes’
A chip that produces microscopic “earthquakes” could change smartphone design, allowing manufacturers to shrink internal components while boosting signal handling and data speeds using surface acoustic wave technology.
Google Meet now uses ultrasound to get you into meetings faster
Google Meet is rolling out a smart mobile feature that uses silent ultrasound signals to detect when you enter a conference room, automatically prompting your phone to join the right meeting in Companion mode.
You can now choose the kind of content you see on Instagram Reels
Instagram has rolled out Your Algorithm, a new feature that lets users control the kind of content they see on Reels by adding or removing topics, giving people more say over what shows up in their feed.
Nothing CEO explains how and why you’ll pay more for your phones this year
Nothing CEO Carl Pei says the era of cheaper smartphones is ending, with memory shortages and AI demand pushing costs so high that brands have little choice but to raise prices or rethink what phones offer.
Apple will finally bring encrypted RCS messages for iPhone to Android chats
Apple may be preparing to add end-to-end encryption to RCS messages, with new clues spotted in the iOS 26.3 beta pointing to more secure cross-platform chats between iPhone and Android users.
You can now build smarter Google Home routines without extra work
Google Home has added new starters, conditions, and actions that let your automations respond to real activity like media playback and appliance status, making routines more flexible and far more useful than simple schedules.
This artificial skin could give ‘human-like’ sensitivity to robots
A new artificial skin unveiled at CES 2026 could give robots human-like sensitivity, helping machines better understand pressure and texture to handle objects, adapt their grip, and interact with people and environments more naturally.
This tasty lollipop plays music in your head when you bite it
Lollipop Star is an edible candy that doubles as a speaker, using bone-conduction vibrations through your jaw to play music while you bite, blending flavor and sound into one unusual listening experience.
Twelve South’s wireless charging pad looks like a luxurious leather tabletop accessory
Twelve South’s new Valet wireless charger hides modern charging tech inside a premium leather catchall tray, turning an everyday charging pad into a design-forward tabletop accessory meant to stay on display.
Disney+ will soon feel like doomscrolling social media on your phone
Disney+ plans to introduce vertical videos this year, blending streaming with social-style scrolling as it looks to keep users engaged daily and compete with platforms that already dominate phone-first viewing habits.
Apple is planning a massive iPhone camera upgrade, but it’s years away
Apple may eventually bring a 200MP camera to the iPhone, but fresh reports indicate the ambitious upgrade is still far off, with the earliest arrival expected toward the end of the decade.
Gemini will let you change Google TV settings with voice commands
Gemini is getting a bigger role on Google TV, bringing visual-rich answers, photo remix tools, and simple voice commands for adjusting settings without digging through menus.
Amazon revamps Fire TV and its mobile app to help you find shows faster
Amazon is giving Fire TV and its mobile app a major refresh to make it quicker to find movies, shows, live content, and manage your watchlist from both TV and phone.
Clicks is bringing a BlackBerry-style phone and a pocket keyboard to CES 2026
Clicks is heading to CES 2026 with its first smartphone built around communication, alongside a new Power Keyboard that adds physical typing and extra battery life to modern screens.
Ted Lasso season 4 has a release window, but the wait is long
Ted Lasso season 4 is officially back in production, with a mid-2026 release window now in sight. The problem is that it means waiting through an entire football season to get there.