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Californians are getting a new, supercharged way to stop data brokers from hoarding and selling their personal information, as a recently enacted law that’s among the strictest in the nation took effect at the beginning of the year. According to the California Privacy Protection Agency, more than 500 companies actively scour all sorts of sources for scraps of information about individuals, then package and store it to sell to marketers, private investigators, and others. The nonprofit Consumer Watchdog said in 2024 that brokers trawl automakers, tech companies, junk-food restaurants, device makers, and others for financial info, purchases, family situations, eating,…

Smartglasses company Rokid has introduced new display-free AI glasses at CES 2026. Dubbed “Style”, the glasses are intended for all-day use and are compatible with users’ corrective prescriptions.Style supports multiple AI engines, including ChatGPT and DeepSeek, instead of being locked to any LLM. The glasses can also work with Google Maps and Microsoft AI translation.Style is powered by a dual-chip setup, with an NXP RT600 handling low-power, always-on tasks and a Qualcomm AR1 taking on heavier AI and imaging workloads. Rokid claims this architecture helps it reach up to 12 hours of battery life under typical use.A 12MP camera with…

Using new observations from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope and ground-based observatories, astronomers tracked the influence of a recently discovered companion star, Siwarha, on the gas around Betelgeuse. The research, from scientists at the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian (CfA), reveals a trail of dense gas swirling through Betelgeuse’s vast, extended atmosphere, shedding light on why the giant star’s brightness and atmosphere have changed in strange and unusual ways. The results of the new study were presented Monday at a news conference at the 247th meeting of the American Astronomical Society in Phoenix and are accepted for publication in…

Realme has officially confirmed that the Realme Neo 8 will arrive later this month in China. Apart from confirming the moniker, the brand has also revealed the chipset’s name that will drive this phone. Here’s a look at what to expect from it. Realme Neo 8 confirmed with Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 chipset The Realme Neo 8 will be powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 platform. This chip also powers the upcoming iQOO Z11 Turbo and the OnePlus Ace 6T, which is already available in China. The performance figures shared by the brand show that the Realme Neo…

Lego announced a big step forward in how kids will play with the company’s popular plastic bricks. Well, it’s actually really small. In fact, Lego’s new Smart Brick is the size of a standard 4×2 Lego brick, but it contains much of the same tech found in modern phones. And Lego is promising some cool features that will be powered by this new, tiny tech. On January 5, during the 2026 Consumer Electronics Show, Lego unveiled Smart Play, a new smart system of Lego pieces that will work with all pre-existing Lego bricks. The main star of Smart Play is…

Under anti-vaccine Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., federal health officials on Monday announced a sweeping and unprecedented overhaul of federal vaccine recommendations, abruptly paring down recommended immunizations for children from 17 to 11. Officials claimed the rationale for the change was to align US vaccine recommendations more closely with those of other high-income countries, namely Denmark, a small, far less diverse country of around 6 million people (smaller than the population of New York City) that has universal health care. The officials also claim the change is necessary to address the decline in public trust in vaccinations, which has…

“Relaxing” isn’t a word anyone is likely to associate with CES. If anything, it is the antithesis of CES, an exhausting and wildly overstimulating marathon event that takes place in the already exhausting and wildly overstimulating Las Vegas. But a demo of Ambient’s bedside device, Dreamie, ahead of its appearance at CES-adjacent Pepcom had me properly lulled and ready to go right back to bed. Dreamie is a smart sunrise alarm clock and nighttime wind-down device that has a built-in podcast player, a catalog of green, pink and brown noise sound masks, guided breathing programs, contactless motion sensors to provide…

Jupiter is at its biggest and brightest all year, the Moon and Saturn pair up, and the Beehive Cluster buzzes into view. Jan. 10: Jupiter at opposition Jan. 23: Saturn and Moon conjunction Jan. (throughout): Beehive Cluster Jupiter is at its biggest and brightest The Moon and Saturn share the sky  And the beehive cluster makes an appearance  That’s what’s up, this January January 10, Jupiter will be at its most brilliant of the entire year!  This night, Jupiter will be at what’s called “opposition,” meaning that Earth will be directly between Jupiter and the Sun.  In this alignment, Jupiter…

A recent leak revealed that the Oppo Find X9 Ultra will debut as the world’s first smartphone equipped with dual 200-megapixel cameras. So far, it is expected that one of them will be the recently unveiled Sony LYT-901 sensor powering the primary camera. However, the details of the other 200-megapixel sensor were not known. Now, a new leak reveals that it will be powered by a new OmniVision camera sensor. Oppo Find X9 Ultra camera specifications (rumored) Oppo Find X9 Ultra camera specifications leaked According to a Chinese tech blogger, the Oppo Find X9 Ultra’s primary camera uses a 23mm…

Jack Black is in a lot of movies these days, including that not-very-good Minecraft film and perennial favorites like School of Rock. But he could have been in one more movie, The Incredibles. Alas, he ended up not getting the role as the film’s villain because he asked for a rewrite and was, in his own words, “difficult.” In a recent interview with Capital FM, while promoting that strange Anaconda meta sequel he’s co-starring in alongside Paul Rudd, actor and musician Jack Black was asked about roles he regrets turning down. According to Black, Pixar offered him the role of…