Mat Smith
Articles by Mat Smith
The Morning After: The Nex Playground channels the spirit of Xbox's Kinect
This morning: Samsung Galaxy Unpacked 2026: Everything we think the company will unveil, Mark Zuckerberg says Reality Labs will (eventually) stop losing so much money.
The Morning After: Apple's new louder, high-precision AirTag
The biggest stories: Resident Evil Requiem preview and TikTok's struggles over the weekend.
Resident Evil Requiem gives series fans the best of both action and survival horror
Split into two, both Grace and Leon's segments can be played in either third- or first-person perspective.
The Morning After: Apple might be making its own AirTag-sized AI wearable
Want a thicker AirTag that listens and has cameras?
The Morning After: Elon Musk wants a $134 billion payout from OpenAI and Microsoft
The biggest news stories this morning: ASUS will not release any new smartphones this year, Musk claims Tesla will restart work on its Dojo supercomputer, Microsoft issues emergency fix after update stops some Windows 11 devices from shutting down.
The Morning After: ASUS stops making some NVIDIA GPUs due to memory supply crunch
The biggest news stories this morning: How to claim Verizon’s $20 credit for Wednesday’s service outage, Get one month of the Disney+ and Hulu bundle for only $10, Valerion VisionMaster Max projector review.
The Morning After: Apple will use Gemini to power Siri AI
The biggest news stories this morning: Meta appoints ex-Trump and Bush official as its new president and vice chair, Netflix won 7 awards at the Golden Globes, NASA makes final preparations for its first crewed moon mission in over 50 years.
The Morning After: The best of CES 2026
The biggest news stories this morning: The big winners at CES 2026, CES 2026 proved the PC industry is hosed this year, Razer put a waifu in a bottle.
IXI’s autofocusing lenses are almost ready to replace multifocal glasses
IXI’s autofocusing glasses are designed for age-related farsightedness, a condition that affects many. They combine cameraless eye tracking with liquid crystal lenses that automatically activate when the glasses detect a shift in the user’s focus.
Samsung Display at CES 2026: Playful demos and mysterious prototypes
Take a tour of Samsung Display's future endevors in OLED. Any size. Any shape. Any foldable iPhone?
This game controller has a force feedback steering wheel lodged in the middle
It features a compact steering wheel at the center of an otherwise typical controller design. It’s also got force feedback, tech usually found in (full-sized) steering wheel controllers.
CES 2026: Hyperkin and Gamesir made a modular game controller for your smartphone, tablet and even your Switch
The X5 Alteron may be the world's first fully modular mobile games controller, with swap-out button arrays and sticks.
The Morning After: Sony Honda’s new car, Lego’s first CES press event and more
The biggest news stories this morning: Intel hopes its Core Ultra Series 3 chips are the start of a comeback, Razer’s Project Madison concept chair has reactive lighting, immersive audio and multi-zone haptics, It took guts for Dell to admit its mistake.
CES 2026: Garmin had the nerve to launch a food-tracking feature in Las Vegas
Garmin's CES announcement was not another wearable. It's upgrading its Connect Plus app so you can track your nutrition and calorie intake.
Samsung’s Galaxy Book 6 series launches at CES with Intel’s newest chips and a refined design
The whole Galaxy Book 6 series features new Intel Panther Lake chips, optimized by Samsung for three new laptops: The Galaxy Book 6 Ultra, Galaxy Book 6 Pro and Galaxy Book 6.
Samsung unveiled AI-powered products at CES 2026: Everything announced from the year's first press conference
TVs, speakers, appliances and yes, a whole lot of AI.
Samsung’s Freestyle+ projector hands-on: Much brighter and impressively adaptable
Samsung's Freestyle+ portable projector is nearly twice as bright as the 2022 iteration. But the more impressive part is how it adjusts to different surfaces.
At CES, Belkin launches a new charging case for the Switch 2 with a screen for checking battery life
The Belkin Charging Case Pro for Nintendo Switch 2 is a snazzy charging case with high-end features. It costs $100 and is available right now.
The Morning After: Instagram boss says ‘more practical to fingerprint real media than fake media’
The biggest news stories this morning: What to expect at CES 2026, Netflix releases finale trailer for Stranger Things, How to watch Samsung’s First Look CES 2026 presentation.
The Morning After: What to expect at CES 2026
The biggest news stories this morning: Samsung’s two new speakers will deliver crisp audio while blending into your decor, Xiaomi’s 17 Ultra Leica Edition smartphone has a manual zoom ring, You may soon be able to change your Gmail address.