Xreal's New $299 Display Glasses Might Be My Budget Favorites, but I Miss the Extras The X by Xreal A01 Plus edge out the TCL RayNeo Air 4 Pro in my early tests, and are lighter, too. Scott Stein Editor at Large I started with CNET reviewing laptops in 2009. Now I explore wearable tech, VR/AR, tablets, gaming and future/emerging trends in our changing world. Other obsessions...

Drizzle on top: a new high-end dog food brand is coming for the 1% The pet food aisle has never been more crowded, which is exactly why Hillary Coles says she was skeptical when Atomic Labs came calling. “I had the same reaction you did,” Coles told me on a call Monday afternoon, a day before her new company, Golden Child, opened for business. “Surely that can’t be what people need.”...

We’re giving away a Prime Day grab bag loaded with over $800 of free techFollow the rules to enter for a chance to win a Nomatic Travel Pack full of tech from our closet.Follow the rules to enter for a chance to win a Nomatic Travel Pack full of tech from our closet.by Cameron FaulknerJun 4, 2026, 2:00 PM UTCCameron Faulkner is an editor covering deals and gaming hardware. He joined in 2018,...

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South Korean tech giants commit over $550B to ease ‘ RAMageddon’ The world’s two largest memory chip companies plan to invest $518 billion (~800 trillion won) to build four new memory fabs in southwestern South Korea, a region that has historically attracted little semiconductor investment. The announcement is part of the country’s sweeping national investment plan spanning semiconductors, AI...