It’s time to finally upgrade your gaming setup with a gorgeous monitor. The Samsung Odyssey G50D is currently 42% off on Amazon, bringing its price down to a super affordable $250 (was $430). Not bad for a monitor of this size and specs. Keep reading to see why! View this Amazon deal The 32-inch Samsung Odyssey G50D has a fast IPS panel that delivers sharp and detailed visuals, a great overall performance, great contrast, and fantastic colors. With its 2560×1440 resolution, images will be crisp and clear no matter if you’re playing games, streaming Netflix and YouTube, working through spreadsheets, or browsing the web. Gamers will love this monitor knowing that it can hit a speedy 180Hz refresh rate with a 1ms response time. Overall, this will ensure lag-free gameplay and a smooth experience when gaming with a modestly powerful machine. This display also features AMD FreeSync and Nvidia G-Sync compatibility for minimal screen tearing. Snag this 32-inch Samsung Odyssey G50D for $130 off before the deal runs out. This isn’t the lowest price we’ve seen for this model, but it’s super close! So don’t miss this chance. Save $130 on this 32-inch Samsung 1440p gaming monitorBuy now at Amazon Read...

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Better known for its smart TVs than its smart home products, TCL has nonetheless impressed us with its highly affordable smart locks. At CES today, the company announced an upgraded version of its TCL D2 Pro Palm Vein Smart Lock and the entirely new TCL D2L Fingerprint Lever Lock. Both locks feature Matter-over-Thread support and ANSI/BHMA Grade 3 certification (those are the upgrades to the D2 Pro). TCL D2 Pro Palm Vein Smart Lock TCL When we reviewed the first-generation TCL D2 Pro Palm Vein Smart Lock in September 2025, we praised its ease of installation and the speed with which it unlocked upon recognition of enrolled palms. TCL says this second-generation model is even faster, thanks to local AI learning that also improves the palm vein scanner’s accuracy. Meanwhile, the new lock’s support for Matter-over-Thread should both increase its smart home ecosystem support and increase its battery life compared to the Wi-Fi radio in the original model. On that note, TCL says the D2 Pro will operate for up to 8 months on a single charge. TCL didn’t publish ANSI or BHMA certifications for its earlier lock, but it says this new model is certified BHMA Grade 3. That actually means it’s rated ANSI Grade 3, and while that’s the lowest of the three ANSI grades, that standard is for commercial locks (BHMA certification is for residential locks). So, the new D2 Pro should prove to be very durable. TCL D2L Fingerprint Lever Lock TCL If your door uses a lever lock instead of—or in addition to—a deadbolt, the TCL D2L Fingerprint Lock features an integrated fingerprint reader that’s positioned so you can grip the handle with your thumb on the scanner, and then lift up or down to open the door. TCL says its biometric technology can recognize an authorized fingerprint in just 0.3 seconds. Matter-over-Thread support endows TCL’s new lever lock with even better battery life than its new smart deadbolt: up to 12 months on a charge. The TCL D2L Fingerprint Lever Lock is likewise certified BHMA Grade 3, and it features Matter-over-Thread support for broad compatibility with smart home ecosystems, including Amazon Alexa, Apple Home, Google Home, and Samsung SmartThings. TCL has not yet published prices for either the D2 Pro Palm Vein Smart Lock and D2L Fingerprint Lever Lock, but says both smart locks should be available for purchase in the second quarter of 2026. This news story is part of TechHive’s ind-depth coverage of the best smart locks. Read...

Advanced pool robots can easily top $1,500, and the most advanced models are now priced at a whopping $4,000 or more. Finding value in the robotic pool cleaner space is difficult, which is why market leader Beatbot is introducing a new collection of robots, the Beatbot Sora series at CES 2026. The Sora 70 is the first model in the new series (which bears no relation to the popular AI generator app), and to the casual eye it looks a lot like Beatbot’s existing AquaSense robot models. It’s a tall unit mounted on small treads, featuring suction power of 6,800 gallons per hour, and an oversized six-liter debris filter basket. An optional secondary filter allows the unit to capture grit and sand as small as 3 microns. The internal 10,000mAh battery provides up to 5 hours of floor cleaning. (The bot also supports wall and waterline cleaning.) The Beatbot Sora robotic pool cleaner can also float on top of the water to perform as a skimmer.Beatbot Like the AquaSense 2 Ultra we reviewed in October, 2025, the Sora 70 can also clean the surface of the pool, using dual water jets to scoot along the surface. In this mode, the battery can provide up to 7 hours of uninterrupted cleaning time. And unlike that model, the new Sora series is capable of cleaning in shallow water, with as little as 8 inches of coverage. This allows the unit to reach steps and shelves that are off-limits to most other robots, although Maytronics also released a similar feature with its new Dolphin Eon series, announced here at CES on January 4. Like Beatbot’s AquaSense robots–the company announced a new high-end model in that series, the , the AquaSense X–just yesterday, the Sora 70 parks on the surface of the pool at the end of a cleaning cycle, eliminating the need for using a pole or a remote control to bring the robot up from the bottom of the pool. This feature is, for the time being, unique to Beatbot—and it’s a major convenience that streamlines and improves the clean-up process, especially in the off-season when pool water is very cold. The catch: Pricing on the Sora 70 has not yet been set, so we’ll have to take Beatbot’s claims of affordability on faith for the moment. The unit will go on sale beginning in the Spring of 2026. This news story is part of TechHive’s in-depth coverage of the best robotic pool cleaners. Read...

If you’re into the Mac mini aesthetic, Satechi has something for you: a new Thunderbolt 5 dock with the same dimensions as Apple’s mini computer. The Satechi Thunderbolt 5 CubeDock with SSD Enclosure isn’t cheap. It will retail for $399.99 and ship during the first quarter of 2026, the company said here at CES 2025. Satechi is pairing it with its own $39.99 Thunderbolt 5 Pro cable, which will connect the dock to your laptop. As the name suggests, the CubeDock includes an M.2 slot for inserting an SSD. (Dock makers have said that this was part of the original Thunderbolt 5 reference design Intel circulated, the reason why many other dock makers have gone this route.) It can be a real plus, however, as inserting an SSD (which you’ll have to supply) into the slot can offer I/O speeds that an external USB SSD can’t match. (In this case, PCIe 4×4 with up to 8TB of capacity at 6000 MB/s.) Of course, SSD prices continue to head up sharply from where they were in the last weeks of 2025, so it’s not clear whether that SSD will be an investment you’re willing to make. The other question is whether Thunderbolt 5 will be a viable option, given that it’s not natively supported in the upcoming Intel “Panther Lake” mobile platform or Qualcomm’s Snapdragon X2 Elite. AMD, expected to announce its next “Gorgon Point” processor platform for laptops, hasn’t said either. Satechi’s Thunderbolt 5 CubeDock with SSD Enclosure just has that Mac mini vibe.Satechi This would be the second year that Thunderbolt 5 would be left as an additional option for PC laptop makers to add rather than being built in. Thunderbolt 5 takes the 40Gbps of Thunderbolt 3/4 and ups it to 80Gbps, with an option to go to 120Gbps in a single direction under certain circumstances. It’s the future of Thunderbolt laptop docking stations, though Thunderbolt 4 is the key PC technology for now. Instead, Thunderbolt 5 has been built into the Mac mini and MacBook Pro powered by Apple’s M4 chip, making Satechi’s choice a smart one, aesthetically. Photos of the dock supplied by Satechi show the new CubeDock with roughly the same dimensions as the Mac mini, and with the same silvery color scheme. Ports sprout from the front and back of Satechi’s dock. On the front are a 10Gbps USB-A port and a 10Gbps USB-C port, along with UHS-II SD/microSD slots, a headphone jack, and a power button. On the rear are 2.5Gbps Ethernet, a 10Gbps USB-A port, another 10Gbps USB-C port, three Thunderbolt 5 ports, and a fourth Thunderbolt 5 port connect to your laptop. The rear also includes a Kensington lock and the power port, which accepts 180W and delivers 140W to your notebook and 30W to attached peripherals like smartphones. Satechi’s Thunderbolt 5 CubeDock with SSD Enclosure has a USB-C and USB-A ports on the front…Satechi Each Thunderbolt 5 port (which will require a dongle or adapter if your displays don’t support USB-C or Thunderbolt) can drive three 8K60 displays or three 4K displays at 144Hz. The bottom of the dock pops off to allow you to insert the SSD. There’s grillwork on the sides and rear of the aluminum chassis to allow for airflow, which is pushed through with an active cooling system. The Satechi Thunderbolt 5 CubeDock with SSD Enclosure also includes support for three 4K displays at high refresh rates.Satechi Satechi’s dock isn’t cheap, but Mac vibes rarely are. Read...

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