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Arguably, drive-thru servers have seen you at your absolute worst. You might be suffering through a hangover, show up to the window in full goblin mode, or find yourself acting inexplicably hangry. But for TikToker Olivia Takau (@oliviatakau17), there's something worse than all of this: Ordering a medicine ball at Starbucks.

The decades-long effort to push elite colleges to be more diverse has failed. Here’s a better strategy: demand more support for the underfunded colleges that already graduate most Black and Hispanic students, and plenty of white students as well.

Doublepoint has released its WowMouse app for Apple Watch, which you can use to control your Mac devices with gestures.

Lymow said the Lymow One is the world's first smart robotic mower with mulching blades and tracked threads.

This is how smart your smartphone is getting. Now it will be able to analyze your saliva and do a real-time hormone test.

Timekettle has unveiled the Babel OS, its first-ever operating system designed to redefine its language translation earbuds.

Halliday has come up with eyewear we didn't know we needed: smart glasses with no lenses. Welcome to the age of AI smart glasses.

1. Circular unveils its next gen Ring 2 with ECG functionality and AFib detection at CES 2025  TechCrunch
2. The Circular Ring 2 is here and it beats the Oura Ring in two big ways  Tom's Guide
3. Circular's New Smart Ring Can Detect AFib From Your Finger  CNET
4. One of the worst smart rings we reviewed in 2024 is getting a successor  Digital Trends
5. My least favorite smart ring has a shot at redeeming itself  The Verge

1. Ugreen’s new desk charger can power five laptops at once  The Verge
2. UGREEN’s adorable new Uno 4-Port 100W robot charger with changing expressions at return $48 low (Reg. $60)  9to5Toys
3. Deal | Latest Ugreen Nexode Pro 160 W 4-port GaN fast charger drops to lowest-ever price for Prime members  Notebookcheck.net
4. UGREEN’s New Multi-Device Charger Pushes 500W of Power  How-To Geek
5. UGREEN's 500W desktop charger is strong enough to power up your e-bike  Android Authority

1. These smart glasses have a tiny little screen hidden in the frame  The Verge
2. Halliday unveils AI smart glasses with lens-free AR viewing  VentureBeat
3. Halliday promises its smart wayfarers have a ‘proactive’ AI assistant inside  Engadget
4. Halliday’s fact-checking smart glasses have a screen and a crazy control system  Yahoo! Voices
5. Hands-on: Halliday smart glasses project a display on your eye, and they look good [Gallery]  9to5Google

This is Marcos’s weakest link. The Philippines cannot afford to be at war with itself.

Mirror, mirror at CES, what’s my resting heart rate trend? | Image: Withings

Withings is back at CES with another futuristic health tech concept called Omnia. It’s a smart mirror that can measure and display your health metrics, offer feedback from an AI voice assistant, and then potentially set you up for a telehealth consultation with a doctor.

SwitchBot’s new video doorbell and monitor. | Image: SwitchBot

SwitchBot has taken the wraps off a new video doorbell that comes with a monitor you can put inside your home. The 4.3-inch monitor serves as a “gateway” for SwitchBot products, as you can use it to see who’s at your door, talk to your visitors, and manage your door lock.

The Nexode Desktop Charger 500W can deliver up to 240W of power through a single USB-C port. | Image: Ugreen

Ugreen has announced a new version of its Nexode desktop GaN charger, boosting the total power output from 300W to 500W, with up to 240W from a single USB-C port. It features five USB-C ports and a single USB-A port, so you can charge five laptops at the same time without the need for a power strip overstuffed with chonky adapters.

SwitchBot’s new multitasking robot combines a robot vacuum with an adaptable platform that can support multiple gadgets. | Image: SwitchBot

SwitchBot, the company behind the ingenious robot finger that presses buttons for you, just debuted the closest thing yet to a real Rosie the Robot.

Image: Halliday

Halliday Glasses have boarded the smart spectacles hype train, featuring “proactive” AI assistance and a near-eye display that shows information directly in the user’s field of view. Wearable technology startup Halliday says its flagship eyewear will be available sometime after CES. Shipping is expected to start “by the end of Q1 2025,” and pricing will be set somewhere between $399 and $499 — pricier than display-free competitors like the $299 Meta Ray-Bans and Solos AirGo Vision. Читать дальше...

Image: Current Backyard

There’s a hot new smart pizza oven in town that’ll let you cook a 12-inch pizza in your apartment in two minutes. The $599 Current Backyard Model P electric pizza oven works both indoors and out, can customize cook time based on pizza construction, and has both Bluetooth and Wi-Fi for remote monitoring.

The IrriSense smart sprinkler can be installed in 15 minutes with a garden hose and power cable. | Image: Aiper

Aiper has announced a new smart watering solution at CES 2025 that could be as easy to set up as a traditional lawn sprinkler. The IrriSense Smart Irrigation Sprinkler doesn’t require any pipes to be buried under a yard, and as an all-in-one device, it doesn’t need additional hardware to be installed on a faucet. Its targeted approach to watering also limits overspray, reducing water usage. Читать дальше...

The Hormometer is meant to be a one-step at-home test for cortisol and progesterone levels. | Image: Eli Health

If you’re health-conscious, chances are your feed for the past year has been flooded with influencers evangelizing hormone balancing as a hack for easy weight loss, lowering stress levels, and even reversing symptoms of hormonal conditions like polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS). So it’s not at all surprising to see Eli Health announce Hormometer, an at-home hormone-testing system... Читать дальше...

Removable Bosch batteries like the ones on this Gazelle Eclipse would be rendered useless if stolen. | Image: Gazelle

Electric bikes built around Bosch’s smart drive systems will be getting a new digital Battery Lock function this summer that would make stolen batteries worthless to thieves looking to make a quick buck. Great idea — if only Bosch wasn’t being so greedy with the rollout.

Zoe Saldaña and Jean Smart were among early acting winners at the 82nd annual award ceremony

The supernatural horror series returns to AMC with a shortened second season 

Aiper is demonstrating the all-new Scuba X1 Pro Max robotic pool cleaner at CES. It’s the top dog in the company’s Scuba X series that promises to deliver performance a notch above the Scuba S1 Pro we reviewed—and very much liked—in July 2024.

Lutron Electronics announced on Monday the incorporation of DIY smart window shade products into its Caséta smart lighting brand. Drawn from Lutron’s Serena smart shade product line, the window coverings have long been controlled by Lutron’s Caséta smart hub, apps, and remote controls.

Leon Bailey scored Aston Villa's winner against Leicester as he finally got off the mark for the current campaign, but he insists there's a good reason why it took him so long to score