From Tom's Hardware: Last year, we previewed Silicon Motion's SM2508 controller with a 1TB SSD. It looks ready to deliver compelling performance and give Phison a run for the money, but we've been waiting to see retail availability for four months now. The wait may finally be coming to an end, and...

From The Verge: Venu, the live sports streaming service from ESPN, Fox, and Warner Bros. Discovery, isn’t happening. In a joint statement on Friday, the three companies announced the decision “not to move forward with the contemplated joint venture:”

After careful consideration, we have...

From PC World: How much RAM do you need? It’s a common question, but one that doesn’t always have a straightforward answer. The Raspberry Pi, a cheap all-in-one system-on-a-chip for hobbyists, typically makes do with less RAM than conventional PCs, but a new 16GB version of the Pi 5 has come to give...

From The Verge: The popular open-source VLC video player was demonstrated on the floor of CES 2025 with automatic AI subtitling and translation, generated locally and offline in real time. Parent organization VideoLAN shared a video on Tuesday in which president Jean-Baptiste Kempf shows off the new...

From PC Mag: Instagram and Threads will start recommending political content to users in the US.

The news comes after Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced that the company would ditch its formal fact-checking program in favor of a Community Notes approach. And Meta tipped a more “personalized...

From PC World: For more than three decades, the TrackPoint’s iconic red rubbery nub has been a staple of IBM and Lenovo ThinkPad laptops. But now, no longer. Lenovo has removed its famous TrackPoint from its latest ThinkPad laptops, calling it time for a change.

Does that mean the TrackPoint is...

From Corsair Press Release: Fanatec, a subsidiary of CORSAIR® (NASDAQ: CRSR), is thrilled to unveil the ClubSport GT Cockpit, an innovative and robust racing chassis that delivers a highly immersive sim racing experience. Built for both seasoned professionals and enthusiastic newcomers, the...

From Thermaltake Press Release: Thermaltake proudly unveils today at CES 2025 the revolutionary MAGFloe 360/420 Ultra ARGB Sync and MAGCurve 360 Ultra ARGB Sync AIO liquid coolers. These state-of-the-art cooling solutions redefine all-in-one liquid cooling, blending cutting-edge performance with...

From PC Mag: OnePlus is back with its latest lineup of affordable flagship phones. The company announced the global release of the OnePlus 13 and OnePlus 13R at CES on Tuesday. The phones, which have been on sale in China since October, come with improved processors, AI enhancements, and a large, 6...

From PC World: How fast do you need your PC’s storage to be? If the answer is always “faster” (even if you don’t actually need that speed for gaming), you might want to check out Crucial’s latest PCIE 5 drive. The P510 that just debuted at CES is claiming read speeds of up to 11,000 megabytes per...