We used to write things like “Intel leads $21 million investment in Tobii’s eye-tracking system,” but that might become harder: Intel Capital, a division which invested $20B in over 1,800 companies, is spinning out into its own firm later in 2025.
It’s not surprising to see Intel shrink a bit amidst its recent troubles. Here’s Intel Capital’s current portfolio.
Ever wanted to have dinner with The Verge’s staff, shooting the shit about gadgets? Here’s the next best thing: we filmed a roundtable chat over our actual team dinner at CES in Las Vegas; this clip is just a taste.
If you’d rather have more photos and not-quite-details about this prototype, find ‘em here.
The SteamOS and/or Windows-toting Lenovo Legion Go S was the best handheld of CES 2025, but it wasn’t the only Lenovo portable I took for a spin! The third time was the charm for this detachable-controller and kickstand Legion Go 2 prototype, which I found working at the third venue I encountered it.
As proof it’s on track with its next low-power laptop chip — the chip that will itself prove out Intel’s 18A process, which could in turn prove whether the company can regain silicon manufacturing leadership — Intel showed journalists these working samples.
These aren’t laptops you’ll actually buy — they’re demonstrators from Compal, Pegatron, and Wistron, which serve as ODMs to brand-name laptop companies.
Just before Christmas, I told you how the company behind those awesome Popsocket alternatives had rescued the coolest-looking gamepad phone attachment I’ve ever seen.
Here at CES, my colleague Chris Welch got a quick demo that answers the biggest question: can this snappy spring-loaded gadget fling your phone around without yeeting it to the ground?
Wraparound glass is a fancy desktop trend, and so are CPU coolers with built-in screens — sure seems like two great tastes taste great together with the Asus ROG Ryuo IV SLC 360 ARGB!
It has a 6.67-inch 2K curved OLED screen that can display ”stunning naked-eye 3D media or customizable hardware monitoring information,” while also housing a water pump for its 360mm radiator. No price yet, but probably north of $350.
Asus, Samsung, MSI, and Alienware will all have them, so you can safely ignore the “world’s first” marketing baloney for now — but it’s absolutely true that the 32-inch version of these monitors was groundbreaking, and a 27-inch size means you can comfortably fit the entire gorgeous picture in view.
This is the Asus one, the ROG Swift OLED PG27UDCM, here at CES.
The Shroud-supported tactical shooter where you always live twice utterly flopped on PC, with under 200 concurrent players today. Mountaintop tells me it needs thousands to survive, and may run out of funding this year.
But it’s been saving up for one big play: it’ll launch on console this February — PS5 and Xbox — with new content, a sprint button, and fewer places to camp.
