The Consumer Electronics Show, or CES, is one of the biggest and buzziest tech events of the year, offering a first look at next-generation TVs, laptops, smart home gadgets, cars, and more. In 2026, the event is being held in Las Vegas from January 6–9, and The Verge will be on the ground covering it all. Follow along here for the biggest news from the show floor.
I know everything in Vegas is for sale, but wouldn’t the Sphere be more of an attraction if the structure displayed more incredible 3D art and fewer ads? (This is one of like three we saw repeatedly looped while riding a ferris wheel.)
Also, for a seemingly struggling company, Intel must have spent quite a bit on CES this year — it’s plastered all over the Vegas monorail, too.
There I was, wandering the show floor, when I stumbled upon the Nova X and Nova Pay. The former is a smart ring that has a micro display, while the latter supports NFC payments. I’ve tested several smart rings over the years and seen dozens on the show floor... but it’s been 84 years since I’ve seen these features in a working prototype or product.
The update was announced at CES, according to Media Play News. Samsung and Amazon introduced the standard, a competitor to Dolby Vision, way back in 2017.
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Delta’s CES keynote at the Sphere was truly an experience for all five senses. Wind whipped through my hair as a plane turned on a runway, and at one point, the place filled with the smell of hazelnut coffee as an Uber Eats driver “delivered” drinks to the speakers onstage. This recap doesn’t capture that aroma, but you’ll get an idea of the whole spectacle.
The Hollyland Lark M2S turns the microphone itself into a clip, offering a cleaner look for on-camera recordings.
This is a neat trick, especially after many wireless mics have been criticized for showing off huge logos when clipped on a shirt.
Also, the charging case is now able to fit two receivers and two microphones. These were my two big gripes with the Lark M2!
First announced at last year’s CES, My Arcade says its nostalgia-packed Atari Gamestation Go handheld will be available sometime in Q3 2025 for $149.99. It’s got a seven-inch screen and in addition to standard controls like a D-pad and action buttons, there’s a trackball, rotating paddle, and numeric keypad for authentically playing classic Atari titles like Missile Command and Breakout.
HP calls its ZBook Ultra 14 G1a “the world’s most powerful 14-inch mobile workstation,” because it comes with AMD’s most powerful mobile chip: the Ryzen AI Max Plus 395, aka “Strix Halo,” with up to 128GB of unified memory shared among the CPU, GPU, and AI engines.
I watched it generate an AI image of Las Vegas on a locally loaded large language model.
The AI boom means most of these highly sought-after parts wind up in server farms, so it’s rare to see one ourselves — but AMD and Nvidia showed off a few at CES 2025. Here’s AMD’s MI325X, and then what appears to be Nvidia’s GB200 NVL72, with potentially lots of its new Blackwell AI chips inside.
iFixit has pulled together a panel of experts to call out the least repairable and most insecure, unnecessary, and energy and privacy harvesting gadgets from CES 2025.
And here’s our list of the best.
I was about to complain about the lack of cameras at Nikon’s CES booth when I came across this display. It’s a modified Z9 inside a special thermal blanket, and it will accompany astronauts to the moon as part of the Artemis III mission. The big, simplified buttons will be easier to press with massive gloves on. Super cool!
We do not needs the Ultrahuman Rare. No, no we should not haves it. It is too much that we haves $6,000 worth of smart rings on our hand it is. But... my precious...
In all seriousness, you can see the quality in person and Ultrahuman told me they’re working on a way to swap out the electronic components / have a guaranteed upgrade path so you can keep the value of the precious metals.
The Planck SSD is drop-proof, IP65 water-resistant, and weighs just 10 grams, meaning you’ll barely feel it attached to your smartphone.
With transfer speeds up to 1,050MB/s it’s fast enough to unlock ProRes 4K 60fps recording on the iPhone 15 and 16. ShiftCam will launch the Planck through a Kickstarter in February in 1TB and 2TB capacities, according to 9to5Mac.
They’ve been haunting CES since 2015, and there’s no end in sight.
The Asus ROG Rapture GT-BE19000AI claims to be the first with a built-in NPU for AI-powered ad, tracker, and malicious site blocking, AI-powered noise detection to improve Wi-Fi stability, AI-powered “triple-level game acceleration,” and allegedly, AI power savings, too. Dong Knows Tech says it’ll cost $800.
I showed you the AutoKeybo right after I tried it, but here’s a video that gives you a better idea of how it works!
I think they need to build a proper cyberdeck out of this, something a bit more Ghost in the Shell. Maybe an Angry Miao collab?
The company’s been working on them since 2017, and they’re now beginning to impress — as you’ll see, I witnessed a miniature Las Vegas Sphere bulge from the panel, as well as a tiny virtual shark attack. But I’ll admit the company’s own video is even more impressive.
My video, however, also contains other awesome flexes!
Delta’s about to host a big, splashy CES keynote in Vegas’ biggest, roundest screen. And really, what’s more CES than a big spectacle and a giant screen? We’re going to hear from CEO Ed Bastian, and in the meantime, there are experiences to experience. How very Vegas.
It will have to be Nvidia’s Founder’s Edition model, according to an update to Nvidia’s small form factor PC compatibility list spotted by VideoCardz.
