Sometimes I just go back to make sure things that happened at CES actually happened and Afeela definitely happened.
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Who hasn’t looked at a nosehair trimmer and a toothbrush and thought they should be combined?
Roku hasn’t said who is building the new TVs it just announced at CES, but it’s fascinating they have ex-TCL exec Chris Larson running things. A little badge engineering goes a long way, I suppose.
We have a full piece on how to turn off motion smoothing if you need it. Happy Holidays, friends. Do this service for your family.
Most people watch the NFL RedZone channel hosted by Scott Hanson, but DirecTV has run its own popular Sunday Ticket RedZone channel hosted by Andrew Siciliano for years now. That’s about to change: YouTube chief product officer Neal Mohan tells me that Hanson’s channel will be part of Sunday Ticket when it jumps to the streamer next year, and the DirecTV version is not part of the deal. Hanson: victorious.
The fake Nilay Twitter account created by Verge managing editor Alex Cranz — that was “verified” and recommended to many during Elon’s messy first attempt at a $7.99 Twitter Blue subscription — has met its end.
Despite only existing for a little more than a month, we’ll remember @recklesspatel for continuing on after the real Nilay Patel decided to take a break from posting to his real Twitter account (@reckless).
You can still find Nilay’s posts here, on TheVerge.com.

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