Saratoga Spring Water is making a major brand pivot. They’re moving beyond Michelin-starred chefs to pop-ups in 7-Eleven and partnerships with athletes, all leading to a new ad campaign launching January 5.
TCL is launching a new flagship TV that aims to leapfrog the RGB LED tech dominating CES. The X11L uses new quantum dots and a special filter to hit 100% of major color gamuts without crosstalk. It’s also incredibly bright and supports future Dolby Vision 2.
Enterprise adoption of Wi-Fi 7 is now accelerating rapidly after a slow start. This comes as the industry roadmap points to a Wi-Fi 8 standard arriving around 2026, with a focus on reliability over raw speed.
Samsung’s SmartThings platform has surged to over 430 million users globally as of December 2025. The company also revealed a partnership with Hartford Steam Boiler to help users save on insurance premiums.
The coiner of the term “vibe coding,” Andrej Karpathy, admits the AI tools he helped pioneer are now moving faster than he can keep up with. It’s a sentiment many programmers are grappling with as AI assistants become central to their workflow.
The studio behind 2025’s award-winning Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is charting its own course for its next project. Despite the new pressure, the team says it will trust its own creative instincts over trying to please everyone.
In response to the fallout from U.S. airstrikes and the capture of Nicolas Maduro, Starlink is proactively providing free broadband service in Venezuela. The company is adding credits to accounts as it monitors the evolving situation, though formal service there is still listed as “coming soon.”
The battered lithium market might finally be turning a corner. A surge in demand for battery energy storage systems, especially from China’s power sector and data centers, is creating a new, massive outlet for the metal. Analysts now predict the market could swing from surplus to deficit next year.
The era of whirring laptop fans could be ending. A startup called YPlasma plans to show off a revolutionary cooling system using plasma actuators at CES 2026. This tech promises silent operation and could enable a new wave of hyper-thin, high-performance laptops.
OpenAI’s new ChatGPT features let you build Spotify playlists directly through the chatbot. After weeks of testing, some prompts work brilliantly, while others need a bit of finesse. It’s a powerful, if sometimes quirky, tool for music discovery.
