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More from CES 2025: all the news, gadgets, and surprises

Jacob Kastrenakes
Jacob Kastrenakes
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Andrew J. Hawkins
Andrew J. Hawkins
Toyota’s CES press conference is about to start.

The company is expected to update its progress on Woven City, its “living laboratory” in Japan for future mobility projects. Tune in here.

Andrew Liszewski
Andrew Liszewski
TCL revealed a concept companion robot called Ai Me.

The company describes Ai Me (Amy) as the “world’s first modular AI companion robot” but didn’t go into details about its full capabilities. A camera on its head can record videos or recognize objects using AI, and while the bot’s movements are limited to tiny flapping arms and blinking animated eyes, it pairs with a small motorized chair to autonomously navigate a home.

A close-up of the face of TLC’s Ai Me concept robot.
A close up of TCL’s Ai Me robot’s forehead camera.
TCL’s Ai Me robot perched in its rolling motorized chair on a wooden floor in a home.
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Ai Me features animated eyes that can blink and two stubby arms that can move up and down.
Screenshot: YouTube
Samsung claims its Ballie AI robot will actually be released this year

Is Samsung’s round robot finally ready to roll out of CES demos and into actual homes?

Chris Welch
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Sean Hollister
Sean Hollister
Dell’s new USB-C ports use screws instead of solder so you can fix them yourself.

Dell just killed off XPS, but its new “Pro” laptops pull a neat trick: most USB-C ports and batteries are now officially user-replaceable.

“This is the first time that we’ve had a screwed-on, non-soldered modular USB-C port,” Dell PM Katie Green tells us. She says Dell also plans to bring this to consumers “when it makes sense.” No word on Framework-like modularity yet.

<em>The new modular USB-C port.</em>
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The new modular USB-C port.
Images: Dell
Emma Roth
Emma Roth
HP put wood on its new desktop PC.

Its new line of OmniDesk PCs features a sleek wood panel (in either brown or gray) on the front of the case, making HP the latest company to hop on the trend.

The “AI” version of its OmniDesk PC features an Intel Core Ultra 200F-series processor or AMD Ryzen 7 8700G chip and up to an Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060.

Image: HP
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