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Apple discontinued the Beats Pill Plus speaker which was their only portable Bluetooth speaker. The removal of the Beats Pill Plus speaker from Apple and Beats online store was first reported by 9to5Mac. It’s unclear why Apple discontinued the product, but it makes sense since it was last updated back in 2015 and released under Apple after Apple acquired Beats in 2014. The Beats Pill Plus lost it’s popularity due to the HomePod which was discontinued and HomePod mini which is the only speaker Apple sells right now for $99. Unlike the Beats Pill Pro, the HomePod mini isn’t portable.

Image: Ian Zelbo The iPhone 14 Pro has been rumored multiple times for having a hole punch camera design instead of a notch, but recent rumors have switched to it having a pill shaped cutout instead of a circular one. Now, a new rumor from Ross Young who is a 100% accurate claims that the iPhone 14 will have both a hole punch camera design and a pill shaped cutout on the top of the display. The hole punch cutout will house the front facing camera and the pill shaped cutout is rumored to house all of the Face ID sensors. ShrimpApplePro leaked an image showing what appears to be the rumored display for the iPhone 14 Pro back in September. The new rumors about the pill shaped cutout also eliminate rumors of Apple possibly putting Face ID under the display. The new hole punch camera design and pill shaped cutout will only be available on the Pro models. The regular iPhone 14 models will still have the same notch from the iPhone 13 lineup.

Intel claims its latest Core i9 processor is faster than the latest Apple M1 Max chip which has impressive benchmarks for a mobile processor. Intel at their CES 2022 keynote had a lot of things to say about their new Core i9-12900HK processor and even gave it the title of being the fastest mobile processor ever. The company showed the chips performance compared to other chips in a chart at their keynote which did in fact confirm Intel’s comments about the Core i9 being faster than the M1 Max chip, but the chart also showed the M1 Max being able to deliver better performance at much lower wattages. Apple’s M1 Max chip is able to deliver better performance and use less power at the same time. It’s more efficient than any other laptop chip in the market. The new Core i9 has a 14-core CPU with 6 performance cores and 8 efficiency cores. The Apple M1 Max chip has a 10-core CPU with 8 performance cores and 2 efficiency cores. Intel claims its new Core i9 processor will start shipping with laptops starting next month. We still can’t determine if the Core i9 processor will be better than the M1 Max until we get our hands on a device powered by the latest processor.

LG showed off its new self driving car concept which is basically a home on wheels. You can change the interior and customize it based on what you need. The LG Omnipod consists of peoples personal space like a living area in a car. It has fridges and retractable furniture inside the cabin. There’s also a large screens which can display anything a passenger wants it to. LG also included a virtual concierge service which will be waiting for you when you board the vehicle and assist you with some of the features like the temperature, speed, and lights. The LG Omnipod will also be able to order food which will be delivered directly to the vehicle on the road. LG showed off the Omnipod with in a form of a office which then got converted to a cinema. So you can do just about everything with the Omnipod. The LG Omnipod is just one of the things LG plans to bring in the future.

LG Electronics unveiled a new food delivery robot which can move indoors and outdoors and can drive autonomously. The robot is designed to make less human contact when receiving an item due to the ongoing pandemic. LG has already made a bunch of new robots like their CLOi robot designed to assist people. LG hopes to make more robots in the future which can make people‘s lives easier.

Samsung finally unveiled the new Galaxy S21 FE for a low price of $699. The Galaxy S21 FE has a 6.4 inch display and a 1080p OLED screen with a 120Hz. The new Galaxy S21 FE has the Snapdragon 888 chip. There’s also 5G support. It comes standard with a 128GB of storage and 8GB of RAM. It is very similar in design to the S21 with the same camera bump design in the rear and it also sharing the same features as the S21. The Galaxy S21 FE has a 12 megapixel f/1.8 rear camera with optical stabilization like on the S21. The Galaxy S21 FE also has a better battery than the S21. The S21 FE has a 4500mAh battery compared to a 4000mAh on the S21. It also has an IP68 water and dust resistance rating. The Galaxy S21 FE offers a lot more features for its price compared to the regular Galaxy S21.

Samsung launched their new 55 inch curved gaming monitor called Odyssey Ark which can rotate and be placed vertically. The display is extremely thin and can be placed in either landscape or portrait mode. Samsung claims that the vertical mode for the display will give gamers a new gaming experience. The 55 inch Odyssey Ark also has 4K resolution. That’s the only information we got about the display from Samsung. Samsung claimed that it will provide a wireless controller with the Odyssey Ark to navigate through the display and access the OSD.

Samsung announced a new portable projector called The Freestyle at CES 2022 which has a built in smart TV. The Freestyle can project content to any surface from 30 to a 100 inches. It has most of the features you get on a Samsung smart TV and also has a 1080p resolution with auto focus and auto leveling. It can also play audio and provides 360 degree sound. Samsung will also sell accessories alongside The Freestyle which includes a waterproof case for outdoor use, a lens cap for mood lighting, a base that will allow you to mount the projector to a light bulb socket, and a portable battery which will eliminate the need for an outlet. The Freestyle will give you access to Samsung‘s Smart TV software and will allow you to stream your favorite movies from Netflix and everything else you would do on a traditional Smart TV. The Freestyle will be available to purchase for $899.

PlayStation President and CEO, Jim Ryan took to the stage during Sony’s CES 2022 keynote to unveil the new name for their next generation VR headset. The next generation VR headset will be called PlayStation VR2 and will be compatible with the PS5. Sony also announced that the controllers will be called Sense controllers. Sony said the VR headset will feature haptic feedback, 4K HDR, eye tracking, up to 120Hz frame rates, and a 110 degrees field view. The PlayStation VR2 will connect to the PS5 via a USB C cable. Sony also announced the first exclusive game title for PlayStation VR2 which will be Horizon Call of the Mountain.

Intel announced a variety of new CPUs and GPUs for desktop and mobile devices. For laptops, Intel announced their 12th generation Alder Lake mobility CPUs and updated both their high end Alder Lake-P CPUs as well as their low end Alder Lake-M CPUs. Intel also announced their Non-K 12th generation GPU for the desktop with a ton of new mainstream 600 series chipsets like the B660 and H670 motherboards. They also launched the Intel Core i9-12900KS with 16 cores. Intel ended their keynote by announcing an update which will be coming to their ARC Alchemist GPU family in the early half of 2022.

Today Nvidia announced a bunch of new products at CES 2022 including new desktop GPUs and mobile GPUs. Nvidia started the keynote by announcing their new GeForce RTX 3050 graphics card which will be available for $249. They also their flagship GeForce RTX 3090 Ti graphics card which will have an Ampere architecture for their desktop users. They also announced new graphics cards for laptops which include two new GPUs from their RTX 30 Ti lineup. These include the new RTX 3080 Ti and RTX 3070 Ti. Nvidia claims that these new graphics cards will be available on many new high end laptops. Nvidia also launched a bunch of new RTX and DLSS game titles alongside the new graphics cards.

AMD started CES 2022 with their keynote where they announced new products from their Ryzen and Radeon lineup. For their Ryzen lineup, AMD announced their new Ryzen 6000 APUs which is powered by the 6nm Zen 3+ CPU alongside RDNA 2 GPU cores. AMD’s keynote focused a lot on their new APUs for notebooks and they also launched 13 new APUs with better performance and efficiency. AMD says it’s new APUs will be available in a variety of different notebooks starting in February of this year. AMD also launched a few new desktop CPUs which include their new Ryzen 3D V-Cache chip which has 8 Zen 3 cores and also has 96MB of L3 cache. They also showed off the Ryzen 5000 with Zen 3D. They also teased their new Ryzen 7000 CPUs with Zen 4. AMD also announced new GPUs which comes in the form of the new 6nm and 7nm RDNA 2 GPUs. AMD announced the new Radeon RX 6500 XT and Radeon RX 6400 for desktop. They also announced the Radeon RX 6000M XT and Radeon RX 6000S for mobile devices. Alongside their new GPUs AMD also announced new software updates which include the Radeon Super Resolution Technology and AMD SmartShift Max, SmartShift Eco, SmartAccess Memory, and SmartAccess Graphics.