CES, Dell XPS, smart plugs, SIM-swap, PTSD, Zork, Pac-Man, cat door, Buzzy Clicks, Waymo, snails and Bum Farto. There was a flurry of news this week due to CES and a new year getting under way. Check out the long last of headlines below to learn about the latest in tech!

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• The Dell XPS laptop, as we know and love it, is no more
• Dell’s New XPS Laptop Line Has a Fresh but Familiar Look
• Dell unveils new XPS 13, 14 and 16 laptops ahead of CES 2024
• CES 2024 Hands On: New Dell XPS 14 and XPS 16 Modernize Design, Add AI Oomph
• Microsoft’s New AI Key Marks First Windows Keyboard Addition in 30 Years
• Microsoft’s new Copilot key is the first big change to Windows keyboards in 30 years
• The new Razer Blade 16 laptop will have world’s first 16-inch 240Hz OLED display
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• I tested the world’s smallest projector with Google TV, and it blew me away
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• Microsoft-branded accessories – like the Sculpt keyboard – are coming back
• Wyze Video Doorbell v2 Review
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• NVIDIA reveals RTX 40 Super GPUs at CES 2024, including the $999 4080 Super
• Victrola’s latest streaming turntable, the Stream Sapphire, costs an eye-popping $1,499
• The Rabbit R1 is an AI-powered gadget that can use your apps for you
• The best smart plugs in 2024
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• The ASUS Zenbook Duo is a stunning dual-screen laptop with seemingly no compromises
• This $25 magnetic charging cable set simplified my life and decluttered my desk
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• RingConn takes on Oura with its impressive subscription-free smart ring

• 23andMe to Hacking Victims: It’s Not Our Fault You’re Too Lazy to Change Passwords
• LastPass Starts Requiring 12-Character Master Passcodes for All Accounts
• Software Used by Hundreds of Museums Taken Down by Ransomware Attack
• Twitter: SEC’s Account Was Hijacked Through a SIM-Swap Attack
• OpenAI says it’s “impossible” to create useful AI models without copyrighted material
• Hackers can infect network-connected wrenches to install ransomware

• Alphabet’s Isomorphic stacks two new deals with Lilly, Novartis worth nearly $3B ahead of JPM
• Potent psychedelic drug banishes PTSD, small study finds
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• Infocom’s ingenious code-porting tools for Zork and other games have been found
• Apple pulled latest iOS beta after reports that it’s bricking iPhones
• Google appears to be working on an ‘advanced’ version of Bard that you have to pay for
• 1D Pac-Man is the best game I’ve played in 2024 (so far)
• The fall of Firefox: Mozilla’s once-popular web browser slides into irrelevance
• More Authors Sue OpenAI and Microsoft Over ChatGPT Concerns
• 10 Awesome MS-DOS Games You Can Play in Your Browser

• Vectrex reborn: How a chance encounter gave new life to a dead console
• AirTag Helps Track Down Luggage Stolen From Airport’s Baggage Claim
• Philips is bringing ‘touchless’ palm recognition smart lock to US market
• CES 2024: AMD’s Ryzen 8000 G-Series Chips Level Up Integrated Graphics
• CES 2024: Wi-Fi 7 Is Now Official, Promising More Speed, Lower Latency
• Samsung’s New Transparent Micro-LED Boosts Picture Quality of See-Through Screens
• What I learned from using a Raspberry Pi 5 as my main computer for two weeks
• Flurry of firmware updates makes Analogue Pocket an even better retro handheld
• The Flappie AI cat door stops your pet from gifting you dead mice
• CES 2024: Intel Fleshes Out Less-Than-Stellar 14th Gen Desktop Chip Lineup
• Intel’s CPU branding was already confusing, and today’s new CPUs made it worse
• Apple Stole CES Without Being There — Again
• Intel’s 14th-Gen Laptop CPUs Give Gaming a Boost
• CES 2024: Amazon Now Lets You Cast Streaming Content to Fire TVs
• How Microsoft found a potential new battery material using AI
• Nvidia’s G-Sync Pulsar is anti-blur monitor tech aimed squarely at your eyeball
• The EcoFlow Delta Pro Ultra is a home battery that can harvest power from 42 solar panels

• T-Mobile Touts New Top Speeds for the Second-Fastest Flavor of 5G
• iPhone Keyboard Accessory From Clicks Technology Tempts Button Pushers
• I Tried the Buzzy Clicks Keyboard iPhone Case: Typing With Real Buttons On an iPhone
• Phone makers are drooling over this ‘multispectral camera’ that captures colors better than your naked eye
• The Oppo Find X7 Ultra is the first phone with two periscope zoom cameras
• Samsung’s Flip Phone Concept Gives You a Dual-Folding Experience
• iPhone owners get $92 payouts from Apple in phone-throttling settlement
• iPhone survives 16,000-foot fall after door plug blows off Alaska Air flight 1282

• EV Tax Credit Fallout: Ford Jacks Up F-150 Lightning Price, GM Offers Its Own Credit
• Technical headaches put the brakes on GM’s big EV push
• 2024 Will Be the Year We Figure Out EV Charging
• 2024 Genesis Electrified GV70 Review
• First US moon lander since Apollo prepares to blast off on Monday
• CES 2024: This $125K Electric RV Will Be the First With Semi-Autonomous Tech
• CES 2024: Volkswagen to Integrate ChatGPT With Its Cars’ Voice Assistant
• Waymo’s driverless cars are finally ready for the highway
• CES 2024: Honda Previews ‘0 Series’ Concept EVs With 10-Minute Charging
• This EV Battery Tech Could Make Lithium-Ion Obsolete
• Everyone Hates Plowing Snow. The Updated Yarbo Robot Cleans Up While You’re Inside
• Urtopia’s Fusion e-bike has fully integrated ChatGPT
• Tesla’s revamped Model 3 sedan has now gone on sale in the US

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• 11 “Eco-Horror” Movies that Shocked the 1970s

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