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Need a Christmas movie break? 3 action-packed thrillers are new on Netflix this week

By: What HIFI?

3 new Netflix movies that land this week – and can’t be missed

Honda teases reveal of two new Honda Zero EV prototypes

By: The Verge

Honda teases reveal of two new Honda Zero EV prototypes / The automaker is showing off a pair of prototypes at CES 2025. By Andrew J. Hawkins, transportation editor with 10+ years of experience who covers EVs, public transportation, and aviation. His work has appeared in The New York Daily News and City & State…. Read more

Intel outlines the performance fixes for Arrow Lake CPUs

By: The Verge

Intel’s new Arrow Lake CPUs came out in October promising high performance at lower power levels, but reviews, including ours, noted surprisingly lackluster gaming performance. Tom Warren said of the Core Ultra 9 285K, “…in many titles, it provides worse performance than the 14th Gen chips it was designed to replace.” Now, the troubled chipmaker… Read more

Here’s everything we don’t know about New Jersey’s drone mystery

By: The Verge

2024’s drone hysteria has gone on for weeks across the East Coast, and we still have far more questions than answers. The sightings may have started in New Jersey, but reports of possible drone sightings have continued to spread. The usual authorities haven’t helped much, with bland statements like “There continues to be no known… Read more

BenQ GV50

By: What HIFI?

Sound+Image Verdict A generally impressive result for a compact and versatile projector, though its Google TV interface favours 60Hz nations over those with local streaming content at 25/50 frames per second. Pros + Compact & battery-powered… + …yet impressive 2K bigscreen video + Google TV with Netflix + Built-in sound and Bluetooth out Cons –… Read more

The Nintendo Switch 2 and its dock, as described by the mystery Reddit leaker

By: The Verge

Last Friday, we brought you leaked dimensions of the next Nintendo Switch from the most likely source yet: a “3D scan of the actual hardware” obtained by case manufacturer Dbrand. But case manufacturers aren’t the only source of leaks. A Redditor named “NextHandheld” claims to have seen and touched an actual final retail unit of… Read more

This waterproof coffin gives your AirTag 10 years of battery life

By: The Verge

Elevation Lab’s new TimeCapsule is a protective case for an Apple AirTag that turns it into a waterproof, dustproof tracker with a ten-year battery life. It’s available now for $19.99, but you can also get a pair for $29.99, or a heavily-discounted four-pack for $39.99. The TimeCapsule is a candy bar-sized enclosure that replaces an… Read more

Wrapped 2024: the annual app recaps are here

By: The Verge

It’s not just Spotify anymore — the Wrapped phenomenon has taken over. From music and podcasts to gaming (Xbox, PlayStation, Nintendo, and Steam are all accounted for) and beyond, the data breakdowns of what you’ve been doing are a reminder that with so many connected devices, someone is always watching. Once Dunkin and Shake Shack… Read more

The Ram 1500 Rev is now delayed to 2026

By: The Verge

The Ram 1500 Rev is now delayed to 2026 / The gas-extended electric Ramcharger will launch next year, while Ram’s all-electric multi-ton pickup keeps waiting. By Umar Shakir, a news writer fond of the electric vehicle lifestyle and things that plug in via USB-C. He spent over 15 years in IT support before joining The… Read more

Dangbei Atom ALPD Laser Projector Review

By: Tech Power Up

Introduction I would like to thank Dangbei for supplying the sample. The Dangbei Atom projector manages to combine a few very interesting and core features into a compact enclosure which includes an ALPD Laser source, a fully integrated Google TV experience and plenty of smarts to make setup of the unit easy. While it is… Read more

Apple reportedly won’t launch an iPhone subscription service

By: The Verge

Apple reportedly won’t launch an iPhone subscription service / Apple is no longer developing the service due to software issues and regulatory concerns, Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman reports. By Jay Peters, a news editor who writes about technology, video games, and virtual worlds. He’s submitted several accepted emoji proposals to the Unicode Consortium. Dec 18, 2024,… Read more

Threads will let you reshare pictures without the original post

By: The Verge

Threads is rolling out a new feature that lets you share someone’s photos and videos without including the original post. You’ll be able to add your own text alongside the reshared media, which will include a credit to the creator, according to Instagram head Adam Mosseri. “This is a quick, easy way to add your… Read more

Amazon’s bringing meaningful accessibility improvements to Fire TV

By: The Verge

Amazon today announced that its Dual Audio feature for Fire TV, which lets viewers listen through a hearing aid while others in the room experience standard sound from a TV’s speakers, will be rolling out in the next several weeks. It’ll be available first on the company’s latest Fire TV Omni Mini LED. Dual Audio… Read more

Why is every picture of the New Jersey drones so bad?

By: The Verge

Phone cameras are incredible little machines, capable of way more than their tiny lenses and sensors would lead you to believe. They can capture core memories at the beach and northern lights in the sky. But even with all of their computational smarts, they have their limits, including one that’s particularly obvious at the moment…. Read more

Intel’s Arrow Lake performance fix is now available — another update coming next month

By: Tom's Hardware

Intel announced that its first wave of updates to address the gaming performance issues plaguing the Arrow Lake processors is now available. Intel says the updates available today will deliver “signficant performance upside” and restore the “complete and intended functionality” of the Core Ultra 200S Arrow Lake processors. We’re currently testing the fixes and have… Read more