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Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced yesterday that the company is swinging away from its efforts to corral its content. Meta is suspending its fact-checking program to move to an X-style Community Notes model on Facebook, Instagram and Threads. We go into detail on the changes Meta promised, but is the company attempting to court the new Trump presidency? Well, alongside donating to Donald Trumps inauguration fund, replacing policy chief Nick Clegg with a former George W. Bush aide and even adding Trumps buddy (and UFC CEO) Dana White to its board yeah. Probably. Meta blocked Trump from using his accounts on its platforms for years after he stoked the flames of the attempted coup of January 6, 2021. At the time, Zuckerberg said, His decision to use his platform to condone rather than condemn the actions of his supporters at the Capitol building has rightly disturbed people in the US and around the world. But who cares about that when you could get some sweet favor with the incoming administration? Zuckerberg, who revealed the change on Fox News, said Trumps election win is part of the reasoning behind Metas policy shift, calling it a cultural tipping point on free speech. He said the company will work with Trump to push back against other governments, including China. He added, Europe has an ever-increasing number of laws institutionalizing censorship and making it difficult to build anything innovative there. Its not innovative to copy everything rival social networks do, Mark. Also, pay your fines, Mark. Alongside Zuckerbergs video, Meta had a blog post More Speech and Fewer Mistakes detailing incoming changes and policy shifts or more lies and fewer consequences. Mat Smith Get this delivered daily direct to your inbox. Subscribe right here! The biggest tech stories you missed Xs Linda Yaccarino on Meta ending fact checking: Welcome to the party Rictors Skyrider X1 is equal parts moped, quadcopter and fantasy NVIDIA announces new RTX 5090 graphics card for $2,000 Everything else NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang announced at CES 2025 Gemini AI smarts are coming to Google Home Making the assistant a better conversationalist. Google is integrating Gemini capabilities into its smart home platform via devices, like the Nest Audio, Nest Hub and Nest Cameras, and at CES we finally got to see them in action. The main takeaway is that conversations with Google Assistant will feel more natural. Possibly the most impressive trick we saw was the case of the missing cookies. The rep asked the Nest Hub what happened to the cookies on the counter, and it pulled footage from a connected Nest Cam, showing a dog walking into a kitchen, swiping a cookie and scampering off. Cheeky. These Gemini-improved smarts will reach Nest Aware subscribers in a public preview later this year. Subscribers? Cheeky. In case you missed it, Gemini is also coming to Google-powered TVs. Continue reading. CES 2025: More solar silliness Put a solar panel on it. Engadget Following Ankers thrilling solar beach umbrella, were moving onto accessories. EcoFlows Solar hat is a floppy number able to charge two devices at a time. EcoFlow says itll output a maximum of 5V / 2.4A, so you can expect it to keep your phone or tablet topped up, if not power anything more substantial. Fashion victims can rejoice: Its already on sale for $129. The Solar hat also marks the start of my favorite part of CES coverage: compromising pictures of our editors looking goofy in tech. Wait until you see Cherlynn Low tomorrow. Continue reading. CES 2025: The robot vacuum that can climb stairs Dont tell the Daleks. Engadget I dont know why this is the year everyones going hard on truly innovating with robot vacuums, but here we are. Dreames new model doesnt have an arm, but it can climb stairs. For just $1,699. Continue reading. The Lenovo Legion Go S is the first third-party SteamOS handheld Theres also a Windows 11 version that will arrive earlier. Ready to supplant the beefy Legion Go, Lenovo is announcing a slightly more portable version called the Legion Go S, supporting two OSes: Windows 11 and SteamOS. The specs on both are nearly identical, with either an AMD Ryzen Z2 Go chip or the Z1 Extreme APU Lenovo used on the previous model, up to 32GB of RAM, 1TB SSD and a 55.5Wh battery. Compared to the original Legion Go, the S features a smaller but still large 8-inch 120 Hz OLED display (down from 8.8 inches) with a 1,920 x 1,200 resolution and VRR instead of 2,560 x 1,600 144Hz panel like on the original. That should translate to a better battery life, but well have to see when we eventually get one to test. Continue reading. This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/general/the-morning-after-engadget-newsletter-121616843.html?src=rss
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Its the second day of CES 2025, and Im sure youve spent the whole day with your eyes pointed to our liveblog containing all the news of the day. But Im sure there are a few folks who might have sneezed, or blinked, and missed something important. Which is why weve made this lovely list of all the biggest news from this day of the show, just for those folks who sneezed. Lenovo blesses us with its presence at CES There was plenty more PC-flavored news broadcast to the world, including Lenovos turn in the spotlight. Most notably, it showed off the ThinkBook Plus, a real version of its flexible OLED laptop from a few years back. At the touch of a button, that 14-inch display will expand to a bit more productivity-friendly 16.7-inches, which might justify the $3,500 starting price. Lenovo also showed off a dummy prototype of its Legion Go 2 gaming handheld, and hints as to what specs itll be carrying. Alongside that, it announced the Legion Go S, the first third-party SteamOS gaming handheld thatll offer a legitimate alternative to the Steam Deck. If youd rather play games in a more traditional way, by which I mean with one leg as an ersatz table while you sit awkwardly on a crowded bus, then you can opt for Lenovos new Legion Pro 7i gaming laptop which can be specced with NVIDIAs RTX 5090 graphics. Of course, Lenovo also released some normal laptops, including the Yoga Slim 9i, the first laptop to launch with an under-display camera. The tweak enables it to boast a 98 percent screen to body ratio, which should get all of your friends and enemies feeling jealous. The ThinkPad X9, meanwhile, will likely break hearts of longstanding ThinkPad fans, since it has no aluminum chassis and no Trackpoint. Yes, we can hardly believe it too. Qualcomm brings new chips, while Maingear, ASUS and Razer bring the PC goodies Qualcomm, with less to prove than Intel right now, has announced its Snapdragon X chips will land in more Windows Copilot + PCs in the near future. A plethora of models are currently in development, with a focus on affordability rather than bells and whistles. Qualcomm and its partners, which include Acer, Dell, HP and Lenovo are targeting a base price of $600. Which should be affordable enough for plenty of entry-level buyers to update their ageing hardware to take advantage of whatever we work out what AI is actually good for. ASUS new ZenBook A14 made its debut in the desert, showing off some pretty lovely industrial design and a spec sheet to match. Engadgets Devindra Hardawar was delighted with the premium materials used in its construction, and the look and feel. The one downside is that its equipped / blighted (delete as appropriate) with Qualcomms X or Elite chips, limiting backwards compatibility with older Windows apps. Maingear, meanwhile, went to town on its fancy-looking water-cooled desktops as it attempts to reassert its dominance in the custom PC space. The range comes with heavy-duty plumbing and a whole bunch of fans and radiators to help keep your planet-burning GPUs cool. One permanent fixture of CES 2025 in Las Vegas, Nevada is gaming company Razer showing off its latest lighting-infused hardware. First up, it debuted its new Blade 16 laptop, which it says is its thinnest gaming laptop ever made. It also showed off Project Arielle, an RGB-clad gaming chair thatll glow red as it warms you up and blue as it cools you down. And, to round things out, the company also showed off a fancypants monitor stand that, surprise surprise, was also RGB. Smart Glasses at CES 2025 Smart glasses have always been something of a technological cul-de-sac, but the signs are that the technology is quickly maturing. Weve seen plenty of specs at this years CES that arent just a faddy gimmick with a too-expensive price tag. For instance, RayNeos new X3 AR Pro frames comes with a built-in camera and the ability to interact with a ChatGPT-powered assistant. Then theres Even Realities, which brought the G1A and G1B to the show, which impressed me no end. Theyre far lower tech than some of the products on offer, but with a more robust feature set that includes real-time translation, teleprompting and turn-by-turn directions. Xreal, too, was able to show off its latest personal cinema-style AR glasses that didnt make me want to throw up the second I put them on. The CES Auto Show: New Honda EVs and BMWs Panoramic iDrive turn heads Honda rocked up in Nevada to talk up prototype models of the concept vehicles it showed off last year. The 0 Series Saloon sedan, which 100% looks like the car Insector Gadget would drive, and the 0 Series SUV, which also looks like a car Inspector Gadget would drive. The auto maker said both models will be available to buy at some point next year, harnessing Hondas brand-spanking new EV architecture. And BMW was also here, showing off its new Panoramic iDrive system thatll come to every new BMW. That includes a display running the width of the dashboard with key statistics on your drive, rather than sticking it in an instrument binnacle like a normal person is used to. Of course, the idea here is to give you so many places to stick useful information its impossible for you to miss whats going on. Unless you spend so much time staring at the raft of digital displays that you forget your eyes should really be pointed toward the road. The rest of the best at CES 2025 Day two of CES is where the focus pivots from the biggest names to everyone else, and there was plenty of interesting stuff on show. For instance, InkPoster uses color e-paper displays as a canvas upon which you can hang digital art on your walls. MCON by OhSnap is a neat magnetic game controller for your smartphone with high-class features like Hall Effect Joysticks. Anker built a solar umbrella that lets you re-juice your gadgets while catching some rays. And, not one to be outdone, EcoFlow showed off a solar hat thatll do the same thing, but goofier.This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/general/the-best-tech-and-gadgets-we-found-on-ces-2025-day-two-110005772.html?src=rss
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It turns out that Roborock isnt the only company that brought a robot vacuum with a mechanical arm to CES 2025. Rival company Dreame, which unveiled its stair-climbing robot vacuum earlier in the week, is also working on a robot vacuum with an arm for picking up objects. The device is still a prototype, according to the company, but the as yet unnamed robo vac was on full display at Dreames CES booth. Considering its still a prototype, the actual arm looked far more substantial compared to the one on Roborocks Saros Z70. It was much thicker and had a bigger claw that looked like it might be able to pick up slightly heavier objects. (Roborock says its vac can pick up object that weigh up to 300 grams.) Plot Twist: Dreame also brought a robo vac with an retractable arm to CES pic.twitter.com/dLPGC135k5 Karissa Bell (@karissabe) January 8, 2025 Unfortunately, Dreame wasnt showing it actually grab anything, but I was able to watch the arm extend and retract several times. It appeared to be on a similar device as the X50 as the prototype vacuum also rocked up onto legs, much like Dreame's stair-stepping X50. A Dreame rep at the booth told me that the company has been working on the prototype for a while, but decided to accelerate its plans for the vacuum at CES. After a quick glance up, I knew exactly what he was referring to: Dreames booth is positioned directly across from Roborock, which was displaying a massive replica of its arm-wielding Saros Z70 on top of its booth. Maybe next year we'll see the two robot vacuum arm wrestle. This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/home/smart-home/more-than-one-company-brought-a-robot-vacuum-with-a-mechanical-arm-to-ces-2025-014056459.html?src=rss
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