At last year’s CES, Eli Health announced the Hormometer – an at-home hormone test for cortisol that utilized saliva and a smartphone. For this year’s show, the company is back and expanding into testosterone and progesterone. Eli Health isn’t changing up how its Hormometer works. You still stick a thin cartridge attached to a wand … Read more
The 75-percent Q1 Ultra is one of six new ZMK mechanical keyboards launching soon. Keychron is announcing new Q Ultra and V Ultra mechanical keyboards at CES 2026. They’re Keychron’s first ZMK mechanical keyboards, an open-source firmware that’s more battery efficient than the popular QMK. Keychron claims its ZMK boards can last up to 660 … Read more
Eureka’s new Z50 robovac comes equipped with a roller mop that it will automatically lift and shield before vacuuming your carpets, preventing them from getting wet. The roller mop cover is similar to the one we saw on the Roomba Max 705 Combo last year, but it’s available for a “tentative” cost of $800 as … Read more
Eureka is adding an even cheaper dock-equipped robovac to its lineup. During CES 2026, Eureka showed off the new E10 Evo Plus, a robovac featuring a mop pad, 10,000Pa of suction, two anti-tangle brushes, and a self-emptying docking station for just $299. It’s an even better deal than the Eureka E10s, a mopping pad-equipped robovac … Read more
The FlowPad will measure follicle-stimulating hormone. | Image: Vivoo Wellness tech companies are increasingly interested in bodily fluids like blood, urine, sweat, and saliva. At CES 2026, it’s time to add menstrual blood to that list, too. Health tech startup Vivoo just announced the FlowPad, a roughly $4 to $5 menstrual pad that doubles as … Read more
Bitcoin’s push to $95,000, supported by bullish options flows, is being tempered by flat open interest and weak spot demand.
Table of Links Abstract and 1. Introduction Related Works 2.1 Traditional Index Selection Approaches 2.2 RL-based Index Selection Approaches Index Selection Problem Methodology 4.1 Formulation of the DRL Problem 4.2 Instance-Aware Deep Reinforcement Learning for Efficient Index Selection System Framework of IA2 5.1 Preprocessing Phase 5.2 RL Training and Application Phase Experiments 6.1 Experimental Setting … Read more
Table of Links Abstract and 1. Introduction Related Works 2.1 Traditional Index Selection Approaches 2.2 RL-based Index Selection Approaches Index Selection Problem Methodology 4.1 Formulation of the DRL Problem 4.2 Instance-Aware Deep Reinforcement Learning for Efficient Index Selection System Framework of IA2 5.1 Preprocessing Phase 5.2 RL Training and Application Phase Experiments 6.1 Experimental Setting … Read more
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Alternatively, you could call it a gooch taser. | Photo by Victoria Song / The Verge Six years ago, I first laid eyes upon the taint bandaid. It was the first night of CES 2020. In a corner of the inaugural CES Unveiled showcase, there was a lonely booth. Upon a sparse table lay a … Read more
Goldman Sachs highlighted crypto firms building infrastructure over trading desks, seeing steady growth in tokenization and prediction markets.
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I’ve spent a lot of time lately listening to people talk about AI retrieval (RAG) systems, and it’s almost always about retrieval quality, whether it’s better embeddings, hybrid search, reranking, graph structures, or agentic reasoning that infers which sources to query. And it makes sense, because retrieval is a hard technical problem. But there’s another … Read more
Major US crypto stocks soared on Monday as the wider crypto market mounted a comeback, with Bitcoin and Ether hitting three-week highs.
Sony and Honda’s joint venture, Sony Honda Mobility (SHM), said it will start customer deliveries of the $90,000 Afeela 1 electric vehicle in in the US in late 2026. The company also showed off an SUV concept that it said would inform a production model in the US for as early as 2028. The new … Read more
Bitcoin mining electricity costs could fall if Venezuelan oil production increases, though it may take several years before the benefits are fully realized, Bitfinex analysts say.
The company has rolled out Alexa.com in early access, extending Alexa+ to browsers with smart-home controls, text, and image generation.
I have spent years watching the gold industry evolve and grow. But the push to digitize gold ownership is one of the most significant shifts I have seen. My name is Marcus Briggs. I work in this space every day, and I can tell you firsthand that the technical challenges are staggering. The concept sounds … Read more
Garmin announced that it’s adding nutrition tracking to the Garmin Connect app as a perk for users with a Garmin Connect Plus subscription. The feature lets users “track their calories and macros (proteins, fats and carbs) and receive Active Intelligence insights to help them achieve their nutrition goals,” according to Garmin. To log foods, you … Read more
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Introduction Today’s global digital platforms are powered by hundreds of microservices that run behind the frontend that users are exposed to. These services all have to operate at scale in conjunction with each other. Hence, the ultimate user experience is determined by the composite availability of these systems, engineered so that the final service continues … Read more
The Deebot Z12 OmniCyclone won’t get your carpets wet. | Image: Ecovacs Ecovacs launched the second generation of its top-of-the-line robot vacuum and mop at CES 2026 this week. The Deebot X12 OmniCyclone is the follow-up to the $1,500 X11, which launched at IFA in September 2025. Yes, just three months ago. The X12 keeps … Read more
Quite the package for fans of Death Stranding or Yoji Shinkawa’s art style. Asus is no stranger to odd yet badass limited editions of its one-of-a-kind gaming tablet, and for CES 2026 it’s collaborating with Kojima Productions on the best-looking one yet. The Asus ROG Flow Z13 x Kojima Productions edition takes last year’s excellent … Read more
Now this is a proper duo. The Asus ROG Zephyrus Duo is back, but for CES 2026 both its screens are going full edge-to-edge – like a Zenbook Duo built for gaming. The original Zephyrus Duo was a quirky keyboard-in-the-front-club member, with a 15.6-inch main display and a 14.1-inch-wide, skinny touchscreen crammed between the hinge … Read more
Xreal is having a big CES. It announced its new 1S AR glasses and the Switch 2-ready Neo dock that’s also a battery – both of which are already available to buy. It’s not done with the announcements yet, as it delivered a peek at an upcoming partnership with Asus that will yield a new … Read more
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Recently, I’ve tackled a new and interesting endeavor in my career – volunteering as a hackathon judge. I always found the hackathon culture inspiring and exciting, and not without a reason – it is a place of creativity, unique fresh angles, and just general fun vibes. Now, obviously, with the AI revolution, there’s been a … Read more