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Between high energy prices, power outages, wildfires and the impending hurricane season, portable power stations are an affordable alternative to a backup gas generator and can help keep you powered up when you need it the most. Our Picks Bottom Line CNET Labs Award for Most Efficient Large Unit (1,
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Computer vision projects often force developers to choose between two extremes. Simple microcontroller-based camera boards are inexpensive and power efficient, but they quickly hit a wall when it comes to more advanced image processing. A Raspberry Pi or similar single-board computer offers considerably more processing power, but brings an operating
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AI in education is moving beyond chatbots, but the bigger question is whether it can deliver measurable improvements in learning. In this interview, Advitiya Sharma, Chief Growth Officer, Schoolnet India, discusses AI-driven personalised learning, proprietary student data, AI skills in schools, and where technology still falls short. Many AI learning
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While the Google Pixel event isn’t live until 6 p.m. ET, all of the latest Pixel devices are available for preorder right now. We will be live throughout the day, bringing you the latest preorder information from the different carriers, as well as any new accessories that we
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Save $200: The Acer Nitro V gaming laptop is down to $1,000 at Amazon right now, $200 off its regular price and the best deal we’ve seen on this model in months. A thousand dollars is a lot to spend anywhere but laptops have seen a price increase
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Netflix has the science-fiction TV shows you’re looking for. Sure, the powerhouse streamer is packed with all types of entertainment, but it absolutely does not skimp on the genre goods. In recent years, the platform has acquired syndicated hits originally from other networks, which has helped bolster an already
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The researcher who led Alibaba’s Qwen models has started his own company. Junyang Lin announced Pragmatik Labs on X on Tuesday evening, five months after walking out of Alibaba. The lab is based in Shanghai and works on what Lin calls next-generation agents across digital and physical worlds. Gaorong
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You hear it often: Smartphones have plateaued. A small boost to battery life here, a minor camera upgrade there—our glass slabs don't seem to change all that much from year to year. That's exactly the kind of sentiment Honor wants to counter with the Robot
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The Robot Phone, which launches today in China, doesn’t sound like a good idea — and not only because it’s not actually a robot. Instead it’s a regular Android smartphone with its main camera installed on a compact gimbal arm that unfolds from the phone’s rear. Cramming
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When Chinese phone brand Honor first teased the concept of its Robot Phone last year, I thought it sounded too outlandish to be real and too good to be true. The device it was proposing occupied a perfect center point in the Venn diagram of my interests in robotics and
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First there was the phone. Then there was the iPhone. And now, according to Honor, there is the Robot Phone — a “revolutionary, category-creating device that shatters the physical boundaries of traditional mobile technology.” Now look, I love to call out marketing department hyperbole as much as the next journalist, but
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I dislike lawns. Vast unproductive expanses of grass are great for playing baseball, but I don't want one at my house. I want gardens, orchards, and silvopasture capable of producing food. And yet here I am, having recently purchased 5 acres of property, much of which is lawn,
