Nvidia is announcing its next major update to its Deep Learning Super Sampling (DLSS) feature at CES today. DLSS 4.5 includes Nvidia's second-generation Super Resolution transformer model and a new 6x Multi Frame Generation mode for RTX 50-series GPUs that uses AI to generate up to five additional frames for every single rendered one.DLSS 4.5 will be available for all RTX GPUs today, but will run the fastest on Nvidia's latest RTX 40- and 50-series cards. The latest transformer model is designed to improve image quality overall and reduce some of the artifacting that we saw with DLSS 4."This second-generation model is our most sophistica …Read the full story at The Verge.

The SmartVoice Air Fryer responds to over 1,000 voice commands. | Image: IAI Smart A new line of small appliances and devices from IAI Smart, billed as Emerson Smart products, are now available that will let you operate fans, heaters, smart plugs, and air fryers with your voice - with no apps, Wi-Fi, or smart home connection at all.Using the company's SmartVoice technology, the devices react to wake-up words for verbal commands, using built-in microphones. Most of the appliances will also offer a built-in speaker so that they can react audibly to the commands. IAI Smart emphasizes the ease of use that this offers. "Our guiding principle is simple: make smart home technology easier for everyone," said Jason Jiang, CEO of …Read the full story at The Verge.

Most "all-in-one" PCs are just a mini PC inside of a screen. Well, get ready for the HP EliteBoard G1a, which is PC guts tucked inside of a keyboard. Among various other things, the company announced it at CES 2026. If you've grown tired of being attached to a monitor while choosing a keyboard, now it can be the other way around.

CES 2026 is almost here, and Asus has many announcements of its own to share with the world. It starts with the Asus ROG brand, which has a slew of new gaming products with some interesting features and designs.

Power in a slim and lightweight package is what most people look for in a laptop. Unfortunately, when you put the two together, you'll often get a price that's hard to afford. And while it'll be worth the price, we always recommend buying something like this when it's on sale.

Note-taking can be messy, which is why we use folders to keep them "organized." However, I've started finding myself falling victim to folder fatigue. I create a folder for work, but then a meeting note contains ideas that also belong in a folder for projects. So where does the note go? And this happens over and over again, leaving me with an absolute clutter of a digital workspace.

These renders of the ultra-slim (left) and entry-level (right) models are our only glimpse of Alienware’s unnamed laptops. Dell-owned Alienware is looking to reach a wider swath of gamers, announcing at CES 2026 that it's working on two new laptops: one with a lower, entry-level price and one with an ultra-slim chassis. There aren't many details right now, as Alienware is only sharing some basic renders, and the behind-glass nonworking prototypes I saw for myself were barred from being photographed.But the basics are that the ultra-slim model will come in 14- and 16-inch versions and be around 17mm thin, and while its performance will be limited, it'll feature discrete Nvidia graphics. Alienware is sharing even fewer details about its upcoming entry-level mode …Read the full story at The Verge.

Xreal is having a big CES. It announced its new 1S AR glasses and the Switch 2-ready Neo dock that's also a battery - both of which are already available to buy. It's not done with the announcements yet, as it delivered a peek at an upcoming partnership with Asus that will yield a new set of ROG AR glasses made specifically for gamers.In the one and only image that was shared with The Verge, the ROG Xreal R1 gaming glasses look like cyberpunk aviators. There's an LED strip on the stem to indicate… something. Perhaps battery life, or something previously unquantifiable, like leetness. Either way, the stems seem quite a bit thicker than thos …Read the full story at The Verge.

I'm not sure about you, but personally, I love a gaming laptop. There's just something about companies packing powerful hardware into a thin but durable shell that turns them into a real marvel of engineering. Plus, laptops are a lot easier to carry around, which is always a bonus.

In order to make laptops thinner and more efficient to build, port selection has become a bit scarce on most models. Now, this can be a good or bad thing depending on your use, but for the most part, you can easily get around the restriction by grabbing a USB hub.

AMD has been busy working on ways to get more from its AM5 platform for gamers, and CES 2026 is proving to be the launchpad for its new world's fastest gaming CPU, replacing the already brilliant Ryzen 7 9800X3D. Meet the AMD Ryzen 7 9850X3D, and as the SKU implies, this is a slightly uprated 9800X3D with some beefier specs to better handle more demanding games. As well as the new gaming chip, AMD rolled out an entire stack of AI-focused CPUs.

Having high-speed internet is all well and good until a video won't load on your phone, even though you're just one room away from your Wi-Fi router. You might find yourself running an internet speed test and, despite paying for 1Gbps fiber, you're getting just 50Mbps, leading to you blaming your internet service provider or the cheap router they sent you.