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The latest generation of smartglasses can create huge virtual screens without the need to lug around giant monitors are a real boon to frequent travelers. However, their specs aren’t often tailored to the needs of gamers, so at CES 2026, ASUS and XREAL partnered to make a pair with two very important features you don’t normally get from rivals.The new ROG XREAL R1 AR glasses are based on the existing XREAL One Pro, so naturally they share a lot of the same components and specs including dual micro-OLED displays with a per-eye resolution of 1,920 x 1,080, three degrees of…

Quarterbacks are the most important position in football. The NFL’s contracts hammer home this point: these players are the most critical component in every franchise’s chase for Super Bowl glory. That’s why the coming postseason will be reduced at times to quarterback legacy discussions for those who wish to analyze the position on a more surface-level basis.Here, we’ll take stock of the 2025 playoffs’ 14 starting quarterbacks and rank them by their capability to be the driving factor in a potential Super Bowl run for their respective squads this season.In a vacuum, Aaron Rodgers would rank No. 1 because he’s…

Ubisoft is closing a Canadian studio just over two weeks after it unionized. In a dizzying claim, the company told GamesIndustry.biz that the closure of Ubisoft Halifax was part of “company-wide actions to streamline operations” and unrelated to the unionization.On December 22, Ubisoft Halifax announced that 61 of its workers had joined the Game & Media Workers Guild of Canada. At the time, the studio’s lead programmer, Jon Huffman, told CTV News that 73.8 percent of employees voted in favor of unionizing. Ominously in hindsight, he had described the decision as a “huge relief.” The studio was working on mobile…

Spend enough time in wellness circles (online or off), and you’ll probably hear people raving about Nama. Founded in 2018, the kitchen appliance brand has built an incredibly loyal following, and it’s easy to see why. Nama’s small handful of focused appliances are durable, intuitive, and designed to make your life easier.You can tell Nama is intentional about design the moment you open your appliance’s package. Every part is neatly packaged and labeled in its own box with a canvas sleeve to keep it safe from scratches or dust. As for the machines themselves, they’re sleek, quiet, and deliver on…

In 2026 Daisuke Obana is hoping to reorganize his life so as to separate and maximize his job and downtime. However, when it comes to the designer’s N.Hoolywood Test Product Exchange Service (TPES) line, the focus is squarely on w-o-r-k, as the idea is to translate U.S. military gear for urban wear.The setting for the spring lookbook shoot was “an anechoic and reverberation chamber, facilities typically reserved for testing specialized speakers and acoustic performance.” Obana explained that it was a choice informed by “archival U.S. military documents [that] revealed a process in which test samples underwent extensive examinations—fire resistance, durability,…

On average, the typical American contracts two to three colds per year between September and May, at an estimated cost of around $40 billion to the economy. Effective forms of treating or preventing colds have proven hard to come by, with the majority of over-the-counter medicines yielding modest results; it’s hard to devise a drug that tackles the vast array of viral pathogens that cause them. The need for better respiratory protection during the winter months is clear. It might be found in a practice that dates back thousands of years.The concept of saline nasal irrigation, or bathing the nasal…

The Chicago Cubs are finalizing a trade to acquire pitcher Edward Cabrera from the Miami Marlins, sources confirmed to ESPN’s Jesse Rogers.It was not clear what Miami would receive in the trade, which was first reported Wednesday by Bleacher Report.Cabrera would improve a Chicago rotation that includes veterans Matthew Boyd, Jameson Taillon and Shota Imanaga.Editor’s PicksCubs president of baseball operations Jed Hoyer said last month that the organization was “in the market” to acquire pitching help — both in the rotation and the bullpen.The hard-throwing Cabrera is coming off the best season of his career in 2025, when he went…

News coming out of CES 2026 might be slowing down, but as of Wednesday we still have writers on the ground, zipping around from hotel suite to Las Vegas convention center to try everything that matters. We’ve published well over 100 articles, and there’s plenty of more content to come, including reviews of stuff we got to see at the show.As expected, most of the product announcements we’ve covered don’t launch for at least a few months, but some of the products are already available, or will be soon. So, in case you want to get your hands on the…

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, next to U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, speaks to the media on the day of a briefing for the House of Representatives on the situation in Venezuela, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., Jan. 7, 2026Evelyn Hockstein | ReutersSecretary of State Marco Rubio said Wednesday that he will meet with officials from Denmark next week about Greenland.Rubio’s comments on Capitol Hill came as the Trump administration has amped up its rhetoric about taking over Greenland, which is a self-governing territory of Denmark.He was asked why the administration had not accepted Denmark’s request for…

I hate when friends and family ask me which LED face mask to buy.That’s because LED face masks are another prime example of the wild wellness west. There’s compelling science behind using red and infrared light therapy to address skin concerns, particularly wrinkles. However, wellness influencers have taken that concept and absolutely ran away with it.While it’s a legitimate treatment you can get from a dermatologist, you’ll also see at-home masks touted on TikTok, in wellness spas, and even gyms as a cure-all for this and that ailment. Every year at CES, I see plenty of companies jumping in on…