Stories by Austin Blake

Anker’s Soundcore has announced its new AeroFit 2 Pro earbuds at CES 2026, a new model that lets users switch between an open-ear design and active noise cancellation in the same pair of earbuds. Soundcore says the AeroFit 2 Pro is meant for people who move through different environments during the day. Instead of choosing...

Dell is officially bringing back its popular XPS laptop lineup (that didn't take long, eh?), and Canadians can already buy the new models following the company’s announcements at CES 2026. The company has relaunched the XPS brand with two redesigned laptops, the XPS 14 and XPS 16, marking a return to one of its most...

ECOVACS used CES 2026 to show it is pushing well beyond robot vacuums. The company announced new products for pools, lawns, windows, and even a companion-style puppy robot, while also refreshing its core DEEBOT lineup. The theme across all announcements was expanding automation into more parts of the home and reducing hands-on maintenance. One of...

Meta says it is pausing international plans for its new Ray-Ban smart glasses with a built-in display, after demand far exceeded expectations, according to an update shared today at CES 2026. The company said the Meta Ray-Ban Display launched last fall with very limited supply and quickly drew heavy interest. As a result, waitlists for...

NVIDIA has announced a new set of AI tools called Alpamayo, aimed at helping carmakers build more advanced self-driving systems that can actually reason through tricky situations on the road. In simple terms, Alpamayo is not something that runs directly in your car. Instead, it’s a training system. Carmakers and researchers use it to teach...

Anker SOLIX has shown off the early design of a new home backup power system called the SOLIX E10 at CES 2026 in Las Vegas. The company is describing the E10 as a “smart hybrid” whole-home backup system, meaning it is designed to keep an entire house powered during outages while working alongside other power...

Amazon is rolling out a major update to Fire TV, including a faster new interface, a redesigned mobile app, and a new TV called the Amazon Ember Artline that doubles as a digital art display. Some of these updates are confirmed for Canada. Again, this was part of Amazon’s CES 2026 announcements today. Amazon says...

Google has announced new Gemini-powered features coming to Google TV, giving users more ways to interact with their TV using voice, photos, and natural language. The updates were previewed at CES 2026, where Google showed how Gemini will make Google TV more visual and easier to use. The company says the goal is to turn...

A Québec man is taking on Canada’s telecom giants, calling on the CRTC to ban what he describes as a growing wave of “junk fees” and “dark patterns” that he says have taken over the wireless market in 2025. Émile Arsalane filed a formal Part 1 application on December 8, 2025, after seeing major carriers...

Clicks has shared more details about its two upcoming products for 2026, the Clicks Power Keyboard and the Clicks Communicator, including Canadian pricing, shipping timelines, and compatibility. The Clicks Power Keyboard is a portable Bluetooth keyboard that also works as a power bank. It magnetically attaches to the back of a phone and slides out...

OpenAI is reportedly ramping up work on advanced audio AI as it prepares for a future voice-first device, according to new reporting from The Information and Taiwan’s Economic Daily News. A recent paywalled report from The Information says OpenAI is developing a new audio-model architecture designed to support a voice-based companion device. The model is...

SpaceX's Starlink is planning a major change to how its satellites orbit Earth, with the goal of making space safer. Yesterday on New Year’s Day, Michael Nicolls, VP of Starlink Engineering at SpaceX, said the company will begin lowering thousands of satellites to a lower orbit over the course of the year (via Tesla North)....