The Birdbuddy 2 goes for $199. Birdbuddy is introducing two new smart bird feeders: the flagship Birdbuddy 2 and the more compact, cheaper Birdbuddy 2 Mini aimed at first-time users and smaller outdoor spaces. Both models are designed to be faster and easier to use than previous generations, with upgraded cameras that can shoot in portrait or landscape and wake instantly when a bird lands so you're less likely to miss the good stuff.The Birdbuddy 2 costs $199 and features a redesigned circular camera housing that delivers 2K HDR video, slow-motion recording, and a wider 135-degree field of view. The upgraded built-in mic should also better pick up birdsong, which could …Read the full story at The Verge.

As we continue to chug ahead and technology changes, you may find that there is a wider range of 'budget-friendly' laptops on offer which can allow those who don't want to spend a pretty penny to still get a device that suits their needs. However, the reality of the situation is that a premium laptop you bought five years ago would probably outperform most modern, budget laptops with just a few tweaks and changes.

Each model’s housing can be replaced with a different color if you’re not digging black. | Image: HP The next generation of HyperX's Origins wired keyboards debuted at CES 2026, and the company has focused on adding more performance and customization. For example, its new Origins 2 and Origins 2 Pro are both 65-percent options with high-profile keys that boast a PCB with hot-swappable switches that doesn't require soldering to tweak.The Origins 2 features HyperX's pre-lubed linear red switches (this model is compatible with most three- and five-pin mechanical switches), while the Pro model has Hall effect switches (HyperX claims that most two-pin magnetic switches are supported, if you want to hot swap them). The Hall effect switches supp …Read the full story at The Verge.

Wayland is no longer a future-facing experiment. For a growing number of Linux distributions, it is simply the default desktop experience today. Some distros made the switch quietly, while others rebuilt major parts of their identity around it. What unites them is a belief that the Linux desktop is better served by moving forward rather than maintaining long-standing legacy systems.

I've been using the XIAO 7.5-inch ePaper Panel for quite a long time now, and it's sat on my desk in more or less the same form since I purchased it in the middle of last year. It's a great way for me to get my bearings on the day, with it showing the time of my next work-related call, my tasks for the day, and both the current weather conditions and the next few hours. Since receiving the Spectra 6-color E-Ink display, alongside the EE04 driver board, both from Seeed Studio, I've been able to make it some pretty nice improvements.

One of the challenges I face with task apps is dealing with information overload — the amount of things I need to get done feels overwhelming and I struggle to prioritize what's important.

Forget Premium, Pro, and Pro Max — Dell backtracked so hard its new laptops don’t even say Dell on top. Nearly one year ago to the day, Dell killed off its long-standing XPS brand name in favor of milquetoast Premium, Plus, Pro, and Pro Max monikers - but it's back for CES 2026. The new XPS 14 and XPS 16 laptops look to win back fans of the "Extreme Performance System" with Dell's thinnest designs to date, a row of proper function keys, improved battery life, and Intel's new Panther Lake Core Ultra Series 3 processors. Dell even went as far as putting the XPS brand name on the lid, and finally marking the edges of its seamless haptic trackpad with subtle glass etching lines. The XPS 14 and 16 are launching in select configurations on January …Read the full story at The Verge.

OLEDs make everything better. MSI is announcing a revamped Prestige business laptop line for CES 2026 with thinner designs, OLED displays, 2-in-1 options, bigger trackpads, and Intel's new Panther Lake chips. The Prestige 14 AI Plus and Prestige 16 AI Plus are the flagship clamshells of the line, and there are also 2-in-1 versions on offer called the Prestige Flip. Each of them, Flip or non-Flip, comes standard with a 1920 x 1200 OLED display, while the 16-inch models can also be configured with a higher-res 2880 x 1800 / 120Hz OLED.The Flip versions also include an MSI Nano Pen stylus that's stored in a charging slot on the laptop's underside. The tiny stylus has a ti …Read the full story at The Verge.

The days of trying to perfectly jot down everything the speaker says (and accidentally missing a significant chunk of the call) are becoming a thing of the past. Now, most professionals rely on AI-powered meeting assistants like Fireflies AI and Otter, which can join meetings with you, transcribe conversations, and automatically generate summaries.

Thanks to the versatile nature of home labs, you can accommodate everything from consumer-tier PCs and cheap thin clients to bulky enterprise hardware into your experimentation lab. But what about the opposite? Considering that used server components tend to be available at low prices on eBay, Facebook Marketplace, and other retailers, you might be tempted to pick one up for everyday use.

Vex is a stubby little critter that comes in a few different colors. For a long time, tech companies have pitched pet cameras as a way to find out what your furball is up to when you're not home. Vex, a new robot companion launched at CES this week, takes that a step further: it follows your pet around, filming as it goes, and uses AI smarts to stitch together a video from the footage.Vex is a small white sphere that comes with cute, stubby limbs, ears, and accessories in a range of colors. It's compact enough to hold in one hand, so will almost certainly be smaller than whatever pet you want it to film.It's autonomous enough to follow your cat or dog around the house and play with them, and uses visual r …Read the full story at The Verge.

If you're deep in the world of competitive FPS games, there's a good chance you're very conscious about how many kills you get in a game. After all, the venerable kill-death ratio has been a rough gauge for someone's skill for years now, so if you don't want to look bad, you have to start scoring more points than the enemy can score off you.