The best smart rings we saw at CES 2024

It’s been a long time coming, but smart rings are slowly yet surely gaining mainstream popularity and interest. Take the rings unveiled at this year’s CES, the tech industry’s largest consumer technology convention of the year: We saw rings that track your menstrual cycle and use AI to offer relevant health insights, rings that hone … Read more

CES 2024: TVs Get Bigger, Brighter, More Transparent

First, Samsung dazzled attendees of its First Look event with its transparent MicroLED TV, showcasing vibrant images dancing across a slab of thin, glowing glass. Samsung has been teasing MicroLED tech for years now, which promises the same contrast and perfect black levels as OLED thanks to pixel-level image control, but in a brighter and … Read more

Smart pepper spray startup 444 is back at CES with a major partnership deal

A year ago, at CES, I broke out the snark-hammer at 444, a startup that was trying to make a ‘smart’ pepper spray device. I came across the same company again at CES this year. To my surprise, it had landed a significant partnership, co-development, and co-branding deal with Mace, one of the biggest names … Read more

Mind-Blowing CES 2024 Tech Concepts We Can Hardly Wait For

Transparent OLED and even LCD-based screens have been around for a while, but Samsung says its micro-LED display technology produces brighter, clearer images and is more transparent than the going tech. That means you should be able to see through it more easily to objects on the other side.  One intriguing use: One day, you could be in … Read more

I saw Samsung’s Ballie robot assistant at CES, and it actually seems helpful

Sabrina Ortiz/ZDNET Seeing Ballie’s demo live at CES felt like watching your favorite artist in concert with general admission seats, with a huddle of people crowding around the stage to see the circular robot in action. After seeing Ballie take the stage, I am glad I was one of those people.  Samsung initially unveiled its … Read more

CES 2024: This countertop ice cream maker actually makes good soft-serve

I’m not usually a fan of tech products that claim to be able to make homemade versions of customers’ favorite store-bought foods. Sorry to companies like SodaStream, but the end products just never come out tasting right. But then I came across ColdSnap at CES 2024. ColdSnap, the countertop ice cream maker at CES 2024. … Read more