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Clicks is bringing its physical keyboard products to CES yet again, and these are chock full of nostalgia. The company has also unveiled its first smartphone, aimed at “communication, not consumption,” that it says will function as a second phone used mostly for messaging.The phone is dubbed the Clicks Communicator and features a tactile keyboard, a 4-inch OLED display, a 3.5mm headphone jack and expandable microSD storage up to 2TB. The interface is built on Android 16 and supports hardware-level encryption.Even though Clicks says it wants to leave “content capture” to a users’ primary device, the Communicator still sports a…
Suranjana TewariAsia Business Correspondent, Seoul, South KoreaWatch: Korean skincare is a multi-billion dollar industry – what makes it so great?Who would have thought serums infused with snail mucin – the sticky substance they secrete – would become a part of skincare routines around the world?Well, it’s happened – and the gooey elasticity is key, according to a viral TikTok challenge promoting the serum. It made its manufacturer, the small South Korean label CosRX, go global. It is now owned by Amorepacific, the country’s biggest cosmetics company.The rapid spread of that sticky serum tells you just how wildly successful K-beauty has…
Arsenal are reportedly keen on signing Turkey international Arda Guler from Spanish giants Real Madrid in a potential ‘stratospheric move’. Do Arsenal need to add to their squad? No, not really. Mikel Arteta already has an immensely talented and stacked squad at his disposal, which was bolstered with £250m worth of signings in this summer’s transfer window. The Gunners made a statement with their summer business as they invested £250m to land most of their priority targets, landing Viktor Gyokeres, Noni Madueke, Eberechi Eze and Martin Zubimendi. This leaves Arteta’s side with a near-perfect squad with quality options in every…
The price for a PS4 copy of the relatively obscure Star Wars racing game, Star Wars Racer Revenge, has dramatically increased in the last few days because of the game’s use in the latest PlayStation 5 jailbreak, Eurogamer reports. The PS2 game was originally released in 2002, and was ported to PS4 by Limited Run Games in 2019. Its role as a key ingredient in the jailbreaking process was announced on December 31.Interested jailbreakers need Racer Revenge to jailbreak PS5 12.00 firmware because of a bug in the game’s Hall of Fame feature, according to Eurogamer. The bug makes it…
US President Donald Trump says he is in “perfect” health, takes more aspirin than doctors recommend, uses makeup to cover bruising on his hands, and does not get regular exercise because he finds it “boring”.In a lengthy interview about his health, Trump also told The Wall Street Journal that he underwent a CT scan in October, after incorrectly telling reporters that he had undergone a more detailed MRI scan.Trump, 79, is the oldest president inaugurated in US history and his ageing has come under increased scrutiny. He denied to the Journal that he has struggled to hear or that he…
Manchester United head coach Ruben Amorim has revealed his verdict on whether the Premier League giants will make “changes” in this month’s transfer window. The Red Devils are being heavily linked with several potential targets as they are crying out for upgrades in certain positions. This is despite the Premier League side having a positive summer transfer window, during which they offloaded most of their dead wood and spent around £230m to sign Benjamin Sesko, Bryan Mbeumo, Matheus Cunha and Senne Lammens. This business has boosted Amorim‘s side, but they are lacking in different departments. This is especially the case…
For years, LG has opened CES press day with the first event of the morning — and 2026 will be no exception. The Korea-based corporation is theming this year’s presentation as “Innovation in Tune with You,” and — if past shows are any indication — it will highlight both the consumer electronics and large appliance sides of its mammoth global businesses.As with many tech-focused events nowadays, AI is expected to serve as the unifying thread of LG’s CES 2026 presentation. That said, LG — much like Apple — has its own take on the acronym, referring to it as “Affectionate…
President Claudia Sheinbaum calmly stopped her press conference when the 6.5 magnitude trembler shook the room and set off the country’s earthquake alert system. The quake shook Guerrero, Mexico, early Friday, disrupting Sheinbaum’s first news conference of the year. Some residents rushed into the streets after hearing the Mexican Seismic Alert System, which was put into place following the deadly 1985 earthquake that killed at least 5,000 people. Video shows buildings shaking in Mexico City and cars trembling in Acapulco, Guerrero. The epicenter was near the town of San Marcos, close to the Pacific coast resort of Acapulco, according to…
Liverpool have reportedly agreed a deal to sign a ‘huge talent’ from Austria, with Fabrizio Romano dishing out his trademark ‘here we go’. The Reds are expected to be active in the January transfer window despite spending more than any other club last summer. They broke their transfer record twice, landing Florian Wirtz in July for £100million and Alexander Isak on deadline day for £125m. Liverpool’s January plans Young centre-back and first-team-ready centre-back on the agenda Versatile forward expected to join Harvey Elliott’s Aston Villa loan will surely be terminated Arne Slot’s first signing of the year is not expected…
Smart fridges are a dime a dozen at CES, and LG and Samsung have thoroughly explored what’s possible when you connect your fridge to the internet or slap a touchscreen on the front. The new GE Profile Smart Refrigerator with Kitchen Assistant GE is announcing ahead of CES 2026 doesn’t reinvent the wheel in that regard, but it does include a first: a built-in barcode scanner for adding items to your shopping list.GE’s “Scan-to-List” feature uses the barcode scanner to quickly (and precisely) add items to a shareable shopping list in GE’s SmartHQ app. You can refer to that list…
