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Hisense has unveiled its latest laser TV, the L9Q. It includes streaming TV onboard as well as a Dolby Atmos soundsystem. It uses Hisense’s proprietary TriChroma triple-laser light engine, which the company says can exceed the BT.2020 color space, has 5,000 lumens and a 5,000:1 contrast ratio. You’ll have a choice of five screen sizes, between 100 inches and 150 inches. It’s been a couple of years since Hisense refreshed its Laser TV ultra short throw projector offerings (although last year we did get new UST projectors in the Laser Cinema line). At CES 2025, though, we’re getting a new…
NASA astronaut Don Pettit has started 2025 with a stunning Earth photo that he described as a “New Year’s light show.” Pettit captured the amazing image from the International Space Station (ISS), where he’s been living and working since September in his fourth trip to space. It captures a stunning aurora over Earth, with parts of the orbital outpost also in the frame. Auroras are actually a fairly common phenomenon for astronauts aboard the space station, with increases in solar activity upping the chances of catching sight of one. Auroras happen when particles from solar storms clash with gases in…
While questions still surround Xbox’s multiplatform strategy as we head into 2025, we know it at least has a healthy number of first-party exclusives on the way. Classic series like Doom and Fable will be coming back with new games, while Obsidian Entertainment will deliver two choice-driven RPGs before the year ends. As we’re in a bit of a lull when it comes to new Xbox Game Pass games right now, I’ll recommend that subscribers to Microsoft’s gaming subscription service check out games related to Xbox’s biggest 2025 games this weekend. Doom Eternal Doom: The Dark Ages will be released…
While 2025 has just begun, we already know about some of the biggest games coming to the PlayStation 5 this year. Ghost of Yotei, Death Stranding 2: On the Beach, and Grand Theft Auto VI, in particular, stand out as potential defining PS5 releases for 2025 right now. Luckily for those of us who subscribed to PlayStation Plus Extra, the predecessors to all three of those games are available to play as part of the Sony game subscription service’s catalog. As such, those games make up my list of recommendations for new PS Plus Extra games to play to kick…
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has fined accessiBe, a startup that claims to make websites more compatible with the screen readers blind people rely on to access the internet, for false advertising and compensating reviewers without disclosing that it sponsored the reviews. In a proposed order, the FTC would require accessiBe to pay $1 million that may be used to refund the company’s customers and prohibit accessiBe from overstating the capabilities of its tools. The order would also mandate that accessiBe “clearly and conspicuously” highlight connections to endorsers of its services. “Companies looking for help making their websites [accessibility] compliant…
Two individuals rented cars from Turo, a peer-to-peer car-sharing platform, and used them to perform acts of violence earlier this week. First, a military veteran driving a Ford F-150 Lightning drove into a crowd of people, killing at least 15. Then, an active-duty Green Beret rented a Tesla Cybertruck, parked it in front of the Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas, and allegedly blew it up. The driver died by suicide. On Friday, Turo’s chief executive, Andre Haddad, said in a statement that he is “outraged” thinking about “how egregiously the two individuals who perpetrated these heinous crimes abused our…
We’ve seen a handful of AirPod-charging iPhone battery cases come and go over the years. Artronic’s new earbuds take a different approach, with a slim charging case that snaps directly to the back of MagSafe-compatible phones. The Komutr buds were announced on Friday, a few days ahead of their CES 2025 debut. In a sea of fully wireless earbuds, the 0.47-inch charge case is the true standout feature. Unlike other takes on the category, these buds won’t actually charge the phone — it’s more about the convenience of having them with your phone at all times. The case sports a…
Apple is allowing anyone to access its Apple TV+ streaming service for free from Friday through Sunday. The company announced the weekend of free streaming earlier this week alongside a short video featuring its most popular TV shows, including “Severance,” “Slow Horses,” “Shrinking,” and more. It’s worth noting that this is the first time that Apple has offered something like this. The announcement came a few days after Apple TV+ began teasing that it was planning to open up its content to non-subscribers. A weekend is enough time to binge-watch some of Apple’s most popular shows, especially “Severance,” which is…
Getting out ahead of the madness of CES 2025, LG has hit the ground running today by announcing two new lifestyle projectors — the first an odd, but stylish-looking HD projector that’s also a standing lamp and a Bluetooth speaker in one, and the other a new 4K ultra short throw (UST) number that the company says is its smallest ever. LG is calling its 3-in-1 PF600U projector a “lifestyle companion for everyday spaces” that the company hopes will “transport living spaces with its multifunctionality,” an LG press release says. One of the biggest pain points that customers face with…
