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Even though Samsung promotes Google’s Gemini AI voice assistant on its latest smartphones, the company has revived Bixby, its in-house voice assistant, with deep web search capabilities powered by Perplexity. The new version will be available with the forthcoming One UI 8.5 software update. The new, revamped Bixby can now understand conversational natural language. In other words, you can speak to the voice assistant as if you’re talking to a person, without taking unnatural pauses or sounding like a robot (via a 9To5Google report). A smarter Bixby that understands you and your phone “We redesigned Bixby to enable more natural…

The ongoing memory crisis has rippled past smartphones and is now affecting laptops. Samsung’s Galaxy Book 6 Pro (16-inch), for instance, starts at KRW 3.51 million (about $2,373) in the company’s home market, which is around 25% higher than the same variant of the Galaxy Book 5 Pro, which was launched at KRW 2.80 million ($1,749 for an equivalent variant). Yes, the company has upgraded the notebook with Intel’s new Panther Lake chipset, but there’s more to it than just increased CPU cores. It is the dramatic rise in the cost of RAM and storage chips that is driving the…

For CES 2026, hearing technology is drawing increased attention, shaped by a mix of demographic change, policy shifts, and steady advances in miniaturized electronics. While it does not command the same spotlight as smartphones or AI-focused PCs, hearing aids are becoming more visible within the broader consumer tech conversation. Around 2.5 billion people worldwide are projected to suffer from some form of hearing loss by 2050, the World Health Organization says, with more than 700 million of those being in need of rehabilitation services, or around one in four people on Earth. Age is a major factor. According to World…

Spotify is testing a new feature called Page Match that could allow listeners to sync audiobooks with physical books, making it easier to switch between reading on paper and listening without losing their place. According to Android Authority, Page Match is designed to sync progress across paper books, ebooks, and audiobooks. If you are reading a physical book and want to switch to audio, you could scan the page you are on using your phone’s camera. The feature uses optical character recognition (OCR) to identify the text and jump the audiobookto the corresponding section. What’s impressive is that Spotify’s code…

The smartphone industry has been under the rubble of rising DRAM and NAND flash prices, and the impact is slowly (but steadily) making its way to the top players. Brands like Apple and Google, which launched their latest flagships a couple of months ago, seem to have temporarily escaped the situation, but it’s the company with the highest market share that’s currently stuck in the crosshairs: Samsung. The Korean tech giant is prepping its international supply chain and retail network to start selling the Galaxy S26 series in less than two months. However, thanks to the launch’s timing, it seems…

After teasing the next Life is Strange game last week, a special livestream revealed the next entry is called Life is Strange: Reunion. Max Caulfield returns yet again, alongside her original BFF and fan favorite character, Chloe Price.Developed by Deck Nine, Reunion is a direct follow-up to 2024’s Life is Strange: Double Exposure. Set once again in Caledon University, the school has been mysteriously set ablaze. Although Max manages to escape the fire thanks to her time rewind power (which makes its full return), all of her friends, the students, and the faculty are killed.Max avoids this fate by jumping…

Earbuds are one of those purchases where the wrong pair annoys you every single day—bad fit, flaky connection, weak call quality, or sound that feels thin. That’s why price matters, but so does buying from a brand that actually cares about audio. The Sennheiser ACCENTUM True Wireless earbuds are $119.99, saving you $100 off the $219.99 compared value. If you’ve been waiting for a price that makes a legit upgrade feel sensible, this is it. What you’re getting These are true wireless earbuds built for everyday use: commuting, workouts, calls, and long listening sessions. The main appeal is that Sennheiser…

James Bond is poised to make his grand return to video games for the first time in over a decade through IO Interactive’s 007 First Light, and we’re excited to feature the world famous superspy’s latest adventure on our next cover. We traveled to Copenhagen, Denmark, to get the behind-the-scenes story of how the studio best known for the Hitman series developed another kind of globetrotting agent adventure. Game Informer Magazine – Issue 375 (February 2026) 007 First Light is an origin story for Bond, telling how he became the agent he is in most media in which we see…

At CES 2026, the robotics conversation has quietly shifted. Fewer people are asking whether robots can move faster or lift heavier objects. More are asking something harder: why are robots still struggling outside controlled demos — and what’s missing to make them reliable in the real world? For many in the industry, the answer is data. Not synthetic data or scripted motions, but real interaction data that captures how objects behave when they are touched, pushed, squeezed, or moved. That’s the problem Daimon Robotics is trying to address with the DM-EXton2, a teleoperation-based data acquisition system unveiled at CES this…

Last year, Doug Bowser, one of the most ironically named people of all time, announced his impending retirement from Nintendo. Initially taking the role in April of 2019, he served as the chief operating officer and president of Nintendo of America for nearly seven years. Thanks to his regular appearances at public events, during Nintendo Directs, and in interviews, he was also one of the faces of the company, so his departure was big news. However, despite leaving his position just a few weeks ago on December 31, Bowser has already found a new gig – serving on the board…