The news of the week (#2 2025)

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By Rita Ora

CES is back in style and with all kinds of new features. Nvidia has left us with the GeForce RTX 50 along with DLSS 4, AMD has presented new processors gaming and offered a look at the Radeon RX 9070 with RDNA 4 and FSR 4, while Intel expands its catalog with the Core Ultra 200HX series for laptops. For its part, Qualcomm adds the Snapdragon X processor to its repertoire to bring Copilot+ to affordable devices. We have also talked about the HDMI 2.2 specification with 96 Gbps of bandwidth and new cable.

For those interested in buying a new television, we have the 2025 ranges from Samsung and LG, which coincide in betting on OLED technology and AI. As a tip, Samsung has shown a prototype of an LCD television with RGB MicroLED lighting. CES 2025 has also been the stage where Lenovo has presented Legion Go S, the first laptop third-party with SteamOS, as well as a laptop with a rollable screen. SteamOS will soon offer support for other devices. And there's even more, in the halls of the event a peripheral manufacturer showed a replica of the Nintendo Switch 2, a console that has yet to be presented.

In technology, life beyond CES 2025 has included the presentation of the Poco X7 and Redmi Note 14 series by Xiaomi. On the other hand, in games we have the news that Assassin's Creed Shadows is delayed again, the launch of Freedom Wars Remastered, generous footage of Atomfall and Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii, and the arrival of the Rewards program to PC Game Pass . In addition, Microsoft has scheduled us for January 23 at 7:00 p.m., the date on which it will broadcast a new edition of the Xbox Developer Direct event.

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  • The best of 2024.
  • Samsung and Google challenge Dolby Atmos with Eclipsa Audio, an open source 3D audio format.
  • Samsung is betting on AI in its range of televisions by 2025.
  • The Sonic film franchise, the movie has grossed more than $1 billion.
  • Intel introduces the Core Ultra 200HX series processors for gaming laptops.
  • Qualcomm discovers the Snapdragon X, a chip to bring Windows on ARM and Copilot+ to affordable laptops.
  • The HDMI 2.2 specification comes with 96 Gbps of bandwidth and a new cable.
  • HiSense launches its first Micro LED TV and announces a Mini LED model with locally dimmable RGB lighting.
  • LG unveils its new OLED televisions for 2025, which reach 165 Hz and debut the VESA ClearMR 10000 certification.
  • Acer renews the Nitro Blaze laptops with 9 and 11-inch panels.
  • AMD almost out of the blue announces the new Radeon RX 9070 graphics cards, based on RDNA 4 and with FSR 4 scaling.
  • AMD announces its new desktop gaming processors and new APUs for high-performance laptops.
  • Nvidia unveils the new GeForce RTX 50 graphics cards, which double the FPS performance of the previous generation.
  • Nvidia introduces DLSS 4 with multi-frame generation.
  • Meta will replace news checkers with X-style community notes, starting with the United States.
  • Razer unveils prototype heated and cooled chair and AI co-pilot for gaming.
  • Lenovo presents Legion Go S, the first third-party laptop with SteamOS.
  • Asus renews the ROG Flow Z13 gaming tablet with the Ryzen AI Max+ 395 processor.
  • Lenovo unveils the world's first laptop with a rollable screen at CES.
  • Xiaomi presents the Poco X7 and X7 Pro, two phones to conquer the mid-range from 299.99 euros.
  • AMD claims that the «horrible» Intel Arrow Lake is causing shortages of the Ryzen 7 9800X3D.
  • Xiaomi reveals the Redmi Note 14 series, led by a model with Snapdragon 7s Gen 3.