Consumer technology spending will break records in 2025 if Trump’s tariffs aren’t squashed, CTA predicts
American consumers will spend a record $537 billion on new apps, devices, and gadgets by 2025, according to a new one-year forecast from the Consumer Technology Association. But there is a catch, warned CTA's futurist Brian Comiskey on stage on Friday at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas: Trump's proposed tariff plan, which will raise costs for US...
Sierra Space CEO Tom Vice is stepping down, CNBC reports
Tom Vice, CEO of private space technology company Sierra Space, has left the company, according to a CNBC report. Vice held the position for three and a half years, overseeing a $290 million fundraising for the VC-backed company valued at $5.3 billion in 2023 and securing a military satellite contract in early 2024. Despite some early success, Sierra Space,...
AMD announced new chips for laptops, desktops, and handheld games at CES 2025
At CES 2025 in Las Vegas, AMD announced several new chips aimed at devices ranging from desktops to handheld games. AMD has stepped up at CES this year. The company commanded a 28.7% share of the desktop CPU segment in Q3 2024, up 9.6 percentage points compared to the same quarter a year earlier. In mobile, AMD held 22.3%...
The Robot Vacuum Is Now The Little Butler Of Your Dreams
The list of things that a robot vacuum can do today keeps growing. They can create an accurate map of the house to avoid bumping into things. They can empty themselves and recharge. He can reach under the seat to clean the crud. Many have dual suction functions to wipe away your dog's footprints. Running a robot vacuum can...
Pebble Flow EV Travel Trailer: Glamping Goes Electric
One of the great joys of camping is the solitude. There is nothing worse than going out into the wilderness, away from society, and then hearing a camper start a loud, smelly gas generator. RV is just the thing to bring some quiet to the glamping life.The Pebble Flow is a travel trailer with a big ol' battery on...
HTML is basically a programming language. Against me
To learn any programming language is to learn to debug. But malformed commands in Python usually generate error messages that always code from running, not something that fails brilliantly yet monstrously, outpacing its creator's intent. With HTML, we're all Doctor Frankensteins. One of my favorite websites is the Embroidery Troubleshooting Guide. Today it's only available through the Internet Archive,...
Vasco Translator E1: Real-Time Translating Earbuds
When devices like the Waverly Labs Ambassador Interpreter and the Pocketalk Plus Voice Translator arrived, the world took some of the biggest steps to date toward universal translation technology, all thanks to gadgets that can listen to two people talking and translate audio in real time. , both. The product appeared only four years ago, and the world of...
CES 2025 Live Blog: News, Photos, and Videos From the Big Tech Show
Every January, CES takes over Las Vegas. The giant trade show is a global bazaar where the best and worst tech products of the coming year are showcased to the press, retailers and retailers, and other attendees. The products on display are things you can use, ride, hear, look at, climb inside, hold in your hands, and even put...
The Memecoin Shenanigans Are Just Beginning
For all its goofiness, memecoin fever has been embraced by several corners of the crypto industry. In search of outsize returns, several small hedge funds have invested in memecoins this year. Other investment companies, like Pantera Capital, consider memecoin as a "Trojan horse" that can introduce new people to crypto. The idea, said Robert Le, a crypto analyst at...
7 Best Space Heaters (2025), Tested and Reviewed
Yes, but also definitely not. Space heaters are safer than ever. Modern space heaters are highly regulated, especially in terms of exposed heating elements and automatic shut-off switches to prevent overheating. But all heating devices require caution, and so do all devices that draw a lot of energy over a long period of time. Most home heating fires start...
