CES 2025, the annual consumer technology conference held in Las Vegas, is here. TechCrunch reporters were on the ground providing the latest announcements and reveals from the event. Today is Press Day, which features keynotes from the biggest players, including Samsung, Nvidia, Toyota, Sony, and others. Below, you’ll find a list of the biggest announcements from the CES 2025 press day. Nvidia brings the crowd and AI announcements Founder and CEO Jensen Huang ended CES Press Day with what else but a series of AI-filled announcements and highlights. One of the most interesting is Project Digits, a “personal AI supercomputer” that makes the company’s Grace Blackwell Superchip more accessible through a smaller form factor. But we’re not talking about widespread accessibility yet; An unspecified Digits device will be launched in May for $3,000, with more details coming later in the year. Nvidia also said that it is working on a world model, which is an AI model that is influenced by the way humans develop their own mental models of the world. The company also announced the Cosmos World Foundation Model, which will initially focus on “physics-based simulation and synthetic data generation.” The finer points of the model are too detailed to reveal in this post, so we have all the details available here. And on the robotics front, with Nvidia’s new Blueprint modality, individuals can teach robots how to perform tests and behave by showing them in the capacity of Apple Vision Pro. There’s a lot more to Huang’s address, which you can watch in full below. Sony put a price on Afeela and explained the anime for CES Sony’s press conference is not filled with hardware, if anything, they focus more on the entertainment side of the business. They bring the Afeela EV, built in partnership with Honda, closer to the market with a starting price of $89,900, with preorders also launched during the event. But many of these exhibitions focus on creator-oriented technologies, such as the XYN spatial content creation tool, making open about projects in the works at Sony or with other studios, such as the films Horizon Zero Dawn and Helldivers, or detailed run-throughs. of the upcoming Demon Slayer anime film and the Ghosts of Tsushima anime for Crunchyroll, the streaming service Sony is acquiring in 2021. You can watch the full press conference via the embed below. CTA is bullish on 2025, with the caveat The Consumer Technology Association is the organization behind CES, and presents a bright picture of the spending habits of American consumers on technology in 2025, predicting a record $537 billion will be spent. But there’s a big catch: that number could drop by about $90-$143 billion if President-elect Donald Trump’s proposed tariffs go into effect and hit the purchasing power of US consumers. Anker takes portable power to the beach Anker seems to have made chargers of all shapes and sizes, but they may have found a new form factor: the beach umbrella. This solar-powered umbrella can charge devices via USB-C with 80 watts of power, and is expected to launch this summer. Image Credit: Anker Samsung sets the stage for its next event As has been the case in recent years, Samsung is saving major mobile hardware for its own events, ending the CES 2025 event by announcing that the next Samsung Unpacked, along with the Galaxy S25 showcase, will take place on January 22 . Samsung can finally release the home robot, Ballie Image Credits:Samsung Samsung’s home robot Ballie has been kicking around the CES circuit for half a decade, but now we have a rough timeline for its launch. Samsung has confirmed that the Ballie will hit the market at some point in 2025, although it still has a long way to go. Samsung describes the ball-shaped robot as a “personal home assistant, automatically driving around the house to complete various tasks,” and connecting to your home appliances. Amazing gadgets and robots from Yukai Engineering Image Credits:Yukai Engineering Who doesn’t need a super cute robot friend? Yukai Engineering introduced Mirumi, a fuzzy and expressive robot that attaches to a wallet and is “designed to recreate the pleasurable experience of humans when they try to interact with them.” The company also announced Nekojita FuFu, a small robot cat that blows on a cup of tea or a bowl of soup to cool it for you. LG’s ‘Affectionate Intelligence’ Image Credit:LG / Cody Corrall LG is showing off a way to interact with your home through an AI system the company has dubbed “Affectionate Intelligence.” LG showed how its AI agent, LG FURON, can be personalized for the user and the home, such as detecting the temperature control or notifying you that you should bring an umbrella before leaving the house. The company also announced a strategic partnership with Microsoft in home, mobility, and commercial offerings, as well as an expanded virtual gaming experience for Xbox. AMD unveils new chips Image Credit: AMD AMD announced a lineup of new chips for laptops, desktops, and gaming handhelds. The company says that its gaming-focused 9950X3D is an average of 8% faster in popular games compared to AMD’s 7950X3D. The company also launched updated processors to power the next generation of Copilot+ PCs: the Ryzen AI 300 series and the Ryzen AI Max series, as well as new processors in the Ryzen Z2 series for a lightweight, gaming-focused form factor. A robot lawnmower from John Deere Image Credits: John Deere John Deere revealed an electric robotic lawnmower meant for commercial landscaping, which the company says can operate up to 10 hours and see in 360 degrees. While mowers are quieter than their gas-powered predecessors, the question of whether mowers will ever come to human jobs is raised. The company also announced an autonomous 5ML garden tractor that can spray crops, a larger 9RX tractor for working in fields, and an autonomous articulated garbage truck built for mining operations. Toyota says it’s ‘exploring rockets’ Image Credit: Toyota Toyota gave an update on its ambitious Woven City project, the automaker’s planned community at the base of Mount Fuji that was first announced at CES 2020. CEO Akio Toyoda showed how the company is teaching robot arms to join T- Japanese style shirts to demonstrate its dexterity. Toyoda also announced that the automaker is “exploring rockets.” The chairman did not provide any details explaining what he meant, although he did show a rendering of a rocket designed by Japanese spaceflight company Interstellar Technologies. Get recipes for the food you see on your TV Image Credit: Mint Images / Getty Images Samsung announced Samsung Food on Sunday, a new feature on its 2025 TV that uses AI to identify the foods you “see” on your screen and create recipes. that. In addition to recommending recipes, the feature can show the progress of your grocery deliveries and the deliveries you make through the Samsung Food mobile app.
