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It honestly feels like the end of an era. Sony, the company that practically invented the modern premium TV market, is effectively handing over the keys to its most iconic hardware division. In a move that would have been unthinkable twenty years ago, Sony is selling a 51% controlling stake in its home entertainment business—yes, that includes the legendary Bravia brand—to Chinese giant TCL. If you needed proof that the global TV landscape has completely flipped, this is it The End of Japanese Dominance: For a long time, “Made in Japan” was the gold standard for TVs. We watched Toshiba,…
Bungie has finally locked in a release date for Marathon, and the wait is almost over. The studio has confirmed that its long-anticipated extraction shooter will launch on March 5, priced at $40. Alongside the release date, Bungie also dropped a new gameplay trailer and shared fresh details about Marathon’s deluxe edition. Pre-orders are now live on Steam, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X and S, with full crossplay support confirmed across all platforms so players can team up regardless of where they play. This is a big moment for Bungie. Marathon is its first completely new game since Destiny…
Laptop deals are usually small discounts on underpowered configs, or big discounts on models that already feel dated. This one is different because it cuts the price on a modern, everyday premium machine in a way that actually changes the decision. The Microsoft Surface Laptop (Copilot+ PC, 13.8-inch touchscreen, Snapdragon X Plus, 16GB RAM, 512GB storage, 7th edition) is $849.99, which is $350 off the $1,199.99 compared value. If you’ve been waiting for a “buy once, use it for years” Windows laptop price to come back down to earth, this is the kind of markdown that makes sense. What you’re…
Most big TVs are basically a black rectangle you tolerate until it’s turned on. The Frame is built for people who don’t want to tolerate it. When you’re not watching, it’s meant to blend into the room with Art Mode, so your living space looks finished instead of “TV-centric.” The Samsung 65-inch LS03FA The Frame (2025) is down to $1,199.99, saving you $600 off the $1,799.99 compared value. If you’ve ever loved the idea of The Frame but hated the price, this discount is the kind that makes it feel realistic. What you’re getting This is a 65-inch QLED 4K…
Nearly 14 years ago, NASA’s Curiosity rover landed on Mars for a mission to explore the red planet and discover if it had an environment capable of supporting microbial life. Over the years, the rover has also been beaming back striking images of its surroundings, including the stunner at the top of this page captured toward the end of last year. It’s actually a composite combining two images — one taken in the morning and the other in the early evening. Originally black and white, color was later added, with blue representing the morning panorama and yellow representing the afternoon…
AI-powered scams are no longer just a nuisance. They are quietly becoming a cost problem that everyday shoppers end up paying for. A new survey by the Identity Theft Resource Center highlights how small businesses are being hit by increasingly sophisticated cyber scams. Many of them powered by artificial intelligence, and the losses incurred by the businesses are now trickling down to customers in the form of higher prices. 4 out of 5 small businesses reported they were hit by a cyberscam or breach in the past year, showing how widespread the problem has become. Of those breached, 41% said…
Over the last month, reports about the iPhone 18 Pro models featuring a punch-hole camera cutout (toward the top left of the screen) have surfaced via multiple industry sources. Most recently, Front Page Tech’s YouTube video even shared renders of the purported iPhones with a punch-hole cutout at the front. However, the Chinese tipster Instant Digital (via @LeakerApple) appears to have refuted the presence of a punch-hole camera on the iPhone 18 Pro models. Per the tipster, the claim “is complete misinformation (translated from Chinese).” The iPhone 18 Pro is now rumoured to have a central pill cut-out as opposed…
Even though Samsung promotes Google’s Gemini AI voice assistant on its latest smartphones, the company has revived Bixby, its in-house voice assistant, with deep web search capabilities powered by Perplexity. The new version will be available with the forthcoming One UI 8.5 software update. The new, revamped Bixby can now understand conversational natural language. In other words, you can speak to the voice assistant as if you’re talking to a person, without taking unnatural pauses or sounding like a robot (via a 9To5Google report). A smarter Bixby that understands you and your phone “We redesigned Bixby to enable more natural…
The ongoing memory crisis has rippled past smartphones and is now affecting laptops. Samsung’s Galaxy Book 6 Pro (16-inch), for instance, starts at KRW 3.51 million (about $2,373) in the company’s home market, which is around 25% higher than the same variant of the Galaxy Book 5 Pro, which was launched at KRW 2.80 million ($1,749 for an equivalent variant). Yes, the company has upgraded the notebook with Intel’s new Panther Lake chipset, but there’s more to it than just increased CPU cores. It is the dramatic rise in the cost of RAM and storage chips that is driving the…
For CES 2026, hearing technology is drawing increased attention, shaped by a mix of demographic change, policy shifts, and steady advances in miniaturized electronics. While it does not command the same spotlight as smartphones or AI-focused PCs, hearing aids are becoming more visible within the broader consumer tech conversation. Around 2.5 billion people worldwide are projected to suffer from some form of hearing loss by 2050, the World Health Organization says, with more than 700 million of those being in need of rehabilitation services, or around one in four people on Earth. Age is a major factor. According to World…