Best of Computex 2025: The most intriguing and innovative PC hardware

This year’s Computex – the premiere PC industry event of the year, where manufacturers reveal the hardware you’ll be able to buy during this year’s back to school and holiday shopping seasons – felt more muted than any in recent memory. It’s no surprise. US tariffs on Chinese goods have frozen the PC industry, and

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Hisense taps new Google Home APIs to expand smart home integration

Google issued 100 announcements during its Google I/O developers conference this week, none of which involved the smart home. That apparent lack of enthusiasm for a topic close to our heart didn’t dissuade TV and smart-appliance manufacturer Hisense from announcing plans to integrate new Google Home APIs into its own ConnectLife app, so that third-party

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Roborock Saros Z70 review: a great robot vacuum with a sometimes helpful arm

I suspect my dog does not like the Roborock Saros Z70. Unlike the dozens of other robot vacuums that Gus happily lets clean around him while he sleeps, the Z70 keeps stealing his treasures. Not his dog toys — although that could be a future feature — but my family’s socks that he loves to

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