Alongside a host of exciting (and weird) , we have a fresh batch of deals to scope out today. The Burton Goods Winter Clearance sale with its wonderful leather Apple accessories is now live but we are also tracking configurations at up to this week as well as the return of Black Friday pricing on the (that’s $17.50 a pop). Those deals join the return of all-time low pricing on , iPhone cases, and a host of charging gear, all waiting down below

Disney and Fubo that they are merging their Hulu + Live TV and Fubo services into a single business. Here’s what that means, including why it will bring the revival of the planned Venu Sports bundle.

Last year, Disney, FOX, and Warner Bros Discovery jointly announced the launch of a new sports bundle service called Venu.

Venu Sports would cost $42.99/month and include sports from all three major streaming players. Venu was essentially a lot like the original Hulu, but for sports

Apple is working on several new smart home products for this year and beyond, including a home doorbell and video camera. Amid the flurry of CES smart home announcements, a common theme has emerged that points to a key reason Apple’s new products may exist in the first place.

Apple has treated the home as a sort of hobby category for years. HomePod and Apple TV 4K aren’t exactly unimportant to Apple, but they clearly don’t constitute a strong commitment to the smart home market.

But

Smart home company Aqara has announced no fewer than nine new products at this year’s consumer electronics show. Most, however, won’t be available in the US until later in the year.

These include a large touch-screen panel which performs multiple duties as a smart light switch, a controller and display for other smart home devices, a Zigbee hub, and a Matter bridge for Aqara Zigbee devices …

The company outlined its new products at CES 2025.

Aqara continues to prioritize user-friendly

Last week, Apple agreed to pay $95 million to settle a lawsuit that alleged “unlawful and intentional recording” of Siri interactions.

Apple’s settlement has led to a wave of conspiracy theories claiming that Siri is listening to you for targeted advertising, but the company says those claims are completely unfounded.

As a refresher, the lawsuit stemmed from a 2019 report in the Guardian that revealed Apple’s use of contractors to “grade” Siri interactions. The whistleblower in the story alleged that those

We may still be mostly waiting for a smarter Siri , but OpenAI CEO Sam Altman thinks the company already knows how to create the holy grail of AI: artificial general intelligence (AGI).

AGI is the term given to an AI system which can match or exceed human cognitive capabilities across a wide range of fields – in other words, AI which is at least as smart as we are …

Altman made the claim in a post on his .

We are now confident we know how to build AGI as we have traditionally

Today at CES 2025 in Las Vegas, Schlage unveiled its new Schlage Sense Pro Smart Deadbolt, marking the company’s first Ultra Wideband-enabled smart lock, complete with support for Matter-over-Thread.

Schlage has consistently been at the forefront of connected home smart locks. In March 2022, it made history as the first company to launch an NFC-assisted Apple Home Keys-enabled smart lock solution, the popular . Now, let’s take a closer look at the

We may be just a few days into 2025, but A p ple thinks it can already tell which upcoming music artists are set to make a breakthrough this year. The company shared its predictions as the Shazam Fast Forward 2025.

Apple looked at the trending artists in the first five days of music Shazammed by users, and had its own music editors review them …

The company said the method has a proven track record, though it’s perhaps hard to separate cause from effect when Apple