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Hello! And I’m back, having shuffled halls to make it over to Hisense to see what’s happening. You can watch it live from Hisense’s website, which means you get to see all the moving images and sounds yourself, but you don’t want to do that, do you? No, you’d surely rather watch a very jetlagged man try to pick through what’s actually being said onstage and why. Yeah, stick with me for that. Oooh, it’s starting! LiveLast updated January 05, 2026 10:43 AMThe liveblog has ended.No liveblog updates yet.Load more

If you’ve been curious about the Kindle Scribe but didn’t want to pay full price, this is the kind of discount that makes the decision easy. The Amazon Kindle Scribe (64GB) is down to $309.99 (was $449.99), saving you $140 at 31% off. It’s also worth noting that deals like this often show up when a newer model is available, which can make the previous version a much better value if you don’t need the absolute latest hardware. What you’re getting The Kindle Scribe is all about the bigger canvas. You get a large-screen Kindle experience that’s great for long…

Falcon H1R 7B Packs Advanced Reasoning into a Compact 7 Billion Parameter Model Optimized for Speed and Efficiency TII’s Latest AI Model Outperforms Larger Rivals from Microsoft, Alibaba, and NVIDIA on Key Benchmarks Abu Dhabi, UAE – 5 January 2026: The Technology Innovation Institute (TII), the applied research pillar of Abu Dhabi’s Advanced Technology Research Council (ATRC), has announced the release of Falcon H1R 7B, a next-generation AI model that takes a significant step toward making advanced AI more accessible than ever, by delivering world-class reasoning performance in a compact, efficient, and openly available format. With just 7 billion parameters,…

If you’ve been tempted by a “big screen at home” setup but you don’t want to mount a projector to the ceiling or run cables across the room, this is the kind of price cut that makes an ultra short-throw model feel realistic. The Epson Lifestudio Grand 4K PRO-UHD ultra short throw smart laser projector is $2,199.99 (was $2,699.99), saving you $500. This isn’t a cheap impulse buy, but it is a meaningful discount on a premium projector designed to sit close to the wall and still deliver a huge image. What you’re getting This is an ultra short-throw laser…

Dubai, UAE – 05 January 2026 –Kabrita Goat Milk has expanded its reach among UAE families through a data-driven Retail Media campaign with Yango Ads, the ad tech division of Yango Group, reaching over 208,000 high-intent shoppers and generating more than 847,000 brand-safe impressions across Landmark Group’s Centrepoint, Babyshop, and Home Centre platforms. Daily online shopping has surged dramatically, with a 139% increase in daily shopping activity since 2020 in the MENA region. Families in the UAE increasingly turn to digital channels for essential purchases. Against this backdrop, Kabrita aimed to build awareness and trust for its Dutch-made goat-milk-based baby…

Xreal is back at CES 2026 with an updated take on its entry-level AR glasses. The new Xreal 1S builds on last year’s Xreal One with a handful of notable upgrades and a $50 price cut. Although the Xreal 1S looks largely unchanged on the outside, Xreal has bumped the resolution from 1080p to 1200p and increased the brightness from 600 to 700 nits. The field of view (FoV) and aspect ratio have also been upgraded, going from 50-degrees and 16:9 on last year’s model to 52-degrees and 16:10. The refresh rate is still capped at 120Hz, but Xreal has…

Dubai, UAE; 5 January 2026: Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC), the leading global financial centre in the Middle East, Africa and South Asia (MEASA) region, has reaffirmed its commitment to family-related entities by establishing a Strategic Advisory Committee for the DIFC Family Wealth Centre. The commitment coincides with the UAE’s official designation of 2026 as the ‘Year of the Family’ and the National Family Growth Agenda 2031 that recognises the vital role of families and forms a strategic, comprehensive framework to ensure their stability and prosperity. As the UAE’s largest family ecosystem, DIFC has more than 1250 family-related entities. They receive…

CES always brings a flood of futuristic tech, and this year, robot butlers are stealing the spotlight. LG has already teased its CLOiD robot, and SwitchBot is joining the fray with its first humanoid robot built to handle household chores. SwitchBot says the onero H1 is a completely automatic and collaborative robot that can help users with a wide range of domestic tasks. The robot features two fully articulating arms with 22 degrees of freedom, giving it near-human dexterity. The onero H1 scans its surroundings using multiple Intel RealSense cameras in its head, arms, hands, and abdomen, and processes the…

Program to Advance Production-Grade AI at Scale  January 5, 2026, Riyadh, KSA: Magna AI, a global full-value-chain AI Transformation Leader established through a partnership between Trend Micro and Wistron, today announced that it has joined the elite ranks of global AI organizations delivering production-scale intelligence as part of the NVIDIA Inception program. Magna AI’s participation reflects deep technical alignment with NVIDIA’s AI platforms as part of its ongoing work designing, building, and operating large-scale AI systems that deliver operational intelligence and measurable outcomes for enterprises and governments. The Inception program provides a structured framework for advanced collaboration across compute architectures, software…

When Flappy Bird was pulled from app stores back in 2014, both the Google Play Store and Apple App Store were quickly flooded with clones mimicking its gameplay and art style. Even though the game made an official comeback last year, developers haven’t given up on releasing their own takes on the classic. The latest one, called Foldy Bird, adds a unique twist that might just end up breaking your phone. Foldy Bird is a browser-based Flappy Bird remake designed specifically for foldable phones. The game turns the device’s hinge into a controller, requiring players to physically fold and unfold…