CES 2026: The Lenovo ThinkBook Plus Gen 7 Auto Twist won't let you out of it sight I'm still not convinced I need all this tech for just video calls though At CES 2026, Lenovo introduced a new laptop called that ThinkBook Plus Gen 7 Auto Twist featuring a camera and a motorized display that can follow you as you move around. A couple years ago Lenovo showed off a concept laptop stand that used cameras and AI to follow you around. But now at CES 2026, the company has taken that idea and turned it into a full-fledged system that it's actually going to sell. Dubbed the ThinkBook Plus Gen 7 Auto Twist, instead of a laptop stand, Lenovo created a standalone notebook with the same functionality, plus a little more. The impressive thing is that despite having a built-in motor that lets its display follow you around, the laptop's design doesn't look all that outlandish. And after playing around with it a bit, I discovered a handful of other tricks it can do.

It used to be just a sci-fi nightmare scenario, but today, AI phishing is real, and it's costing companies millions. We've already touched upon this one, but the Hong Kong phishing scam that targeted an employee at Arup deserves a deeper dive. The employee was tricked by deepfake versions of her CFO and colleagues into transferring HK 200 million across 15 transactions. The case has been widely reported and confirmed by the Hong Kong police. Every face and voice was AI-generated.

As more and more age tech hits the market, I've been testing the most innovative gadgets for older folks and caregivers. Age tech is a rapidly growing category focused on remote caregiving, improving quality of life, and enabling older folks to stay in their own homes for longer. The US Census Bureau says around 16 million elders (over 65) live alone. While the majority are healthy, with family and friends nearby, many lack support and may be battling physical and mental decline. Whether you're getting older or trying to help an aging loved one, there's an increasingly diverse range of gadgetry to choose from, but as a nascent category, it's tricky to know what will help.

Mark Zuckerberg wears artificial intelligence-powered glasses as he speaks at the Meta's Connect developers conference on 17 September in Menlo Park, California. Mark Zuckerberg wears artificial intelligence-powered glasses as he speaks at the Meta's Connect developers conference on 17 September in Menlo Park, California. As humanity inches closer to an AI apocalypse, a sliver of hope remains: the robots might not work. Such was the case last week, as Mark Zuckerberg attempted to demonstrate his company's new AI-enabled smart glasses. "I don't know what to tell you guys," Zuckerberg told a crowd of Meta enthusiasts as he tried, and failed, for roughly the fourth time to hold a video call with his colleague via the glasses.

The CyberGuy explains steps you can take to protect yourself from scams. Google kicked off its Made by Google event last week with blockbuster energy. Jimmy Fallon played host, bringing humor and star presence. Steph Curry highlighted how the Pixel 10 empowers creators and athletes to capture and share their stories. Lando Norris, fresh from the F1 circuit, showed off how Pixel's speed and AI enhancements fit into fast-paced lives. And the Jonas Brothers premiered a music video filmed entirely on the new Pixel 10 Pro, proving the phone's camera is ready for professional-grade production. From the first moment, Google made it clear: this was no ordinary reveal.

It has always been a rather tough task to communicate with someone possessing a hearing impairment. One of the most tested ways to establish such a communication is through the use of sign based languages. However, not many people are aware of the smaller intricacies involved with sign language. Sign language recognition using computer vision aims at eliminating the communication barrier between deaf-mute and ordinary people so that they can properly communicate with others. Recently the pandemic has left the whole world shaken up and has transformed the way we communicate. Video meetings have become essential for everyone, even people with a hearing disability. In recent studies, it has been found that people with hearing disabilities prefer to sign over typing during these video calls. In this paper, we are proposing a browser extension that will automatically translate sign language to subtitles for everyone else in the video call. The Large-scale dataset which contains more than 2000 Word-Level ASL videos, which were performed by over 100 signers will be used.

AI's rapidly expanding capabilities include convincing impersonations--that is, audio and video that sounds and looks like you. Sometimes these deepfakes can be harmless, part of a joke or meme that involves a celebrity, politician, or other public figure. But as you might guess, scammers also use them to steal money from the unsuspecting. Most of the time, this style of scheme–often called a "grandparent scam"–catches people off-guard. Because they don't realize how easy and sophisticated this technology has become.

We are witnessing a surge in the use of artificial intelligence (AI) systems across various work environments, a trend likely to intensify in the coming years. As algorithmic predictive capabilities advance and digitization and data collection efforts expand, new opportunities are emerging to observe how professionals make decisions with the assistance of these tools. Machine learning algorithms are eclipsing experts in many areas, including bail judges predicting pretrial misconduct (Kleinberg et al. 2018), radiologists predicting pneumonia from chest X-rays (Rajpurkar et al. 2017; Topol 2019), and workforce professionals predicting productivity for hiring and promotion (Chalfin et al. 2016). While AI has the potential to outperform many human professionals, there is hope that human-AI collaboration can yield even better results by leveraging the unique strengths of each. AI excels at processing large volumes of data and remains free from emotional biases, while humans may possess private information or be better equipped to handle edge cases. One of the most popular decision-making frameworks involves humans making choices based on AI recommendations, a structure that preserves decision-making authority in human hands.

The easy access that scammers have to sophisticated AI tools means everything from emails to video calls can’t be trusted.

On a recent commute to work, I texted my distant family about our fantasy baseball league, which was nice because I felt connected to them for a second. Then I switched apps and became enraged by a stupid opinion I saw on X, which I shouldn't be using anymore due to its advanced toxicity and mind-numbing inanity. Many minutes passed before I was able to stop reading the stupid replies to the stupid original post and relax the muscles of my face. This is the duality of the phone: It connects me to my loved ones, and sometimes I think it's ruining my life. I need it and I want it, but sometimes I hate it and I fear it.