Every CES is a glimpse into the future of technology. Well, for us tech writers and reviewers, it’s also a lot of walking around, leaning over throngs of people to take a glimpse of a laptop, and frantically taking photos of gadgets. But this year’s CES really made all our collective efforts here at Mashable worthwhile, as it delivered tons of stuff that really does feel like the future. Yes, that includes robotic vacuums with robotic arms.
The list that follows is not a “best of” nor is it complete. It’s just a list of the stuff revealed at CES 2025 that made me go: WANT. And, reader, there were quite a few of those this year.
Roborock Saros Z70
Hey Roborock, fetch me the remote.
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We knew about this one beforehand and we knew it’d be a hit, but what we didn’t know that there would be two of them.
The Roborock Saros Z70 is a robotic vacuum cleaner that has a protruding robotic arm that can remove items such as socks from your floor. I’m not sure how useful this will be in everyday use, but it’s cooler than any other robotic vacuum cleaner I’ve seen so far.
But wait, there’s more. Dreame, a company which also makes robotic vacuum, brought a robot vacuum with a protruding robotic appendage of its own to CES 2025. It’s just in prototype stage at the moment, so it’ll probably hit the market a little later than Roborock Saros Z70, which should become available in April 2025.
Nvidia Digits
That tiny thing on the left? That’s a supercomputer.
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I don’t exactly need this desk-sized supercomputer from Nvidia. I don’t build or test artificial intelligence apps. But it is every computer nerd’s dream: An extremely powerful computer (think Nvidia GB10 Grace Blackwell Superchip, 128GB of memory, and up to 4TB of storage) that you can actually afford, put on your desk, and hide behind a book (you won’t do that, but you could).
Being able to run large language models up to 200-billion-parameters (roughly the size of ChatGPT 3.5), the Nvidia Digits might singlehandedly revolutionize the development of AI apps when it hits the market in May, and it will do it at a starting price of $3,000.
Anker Solix Solar Beach Umbrella
It will be available in time for summer 2025, Anker says.
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You didn’t know you needed a solar beach umbrella, did you? But now you know, and yes, you definitely do need it.
Sure, you can cool your drinks in other, less cool ways. You could even buy Anker’s electric cooler without the solar umbrella, as it has a battery big enough to last you 52 hours. But the umbrella is what will make you, by far, the coolest geek on the beach.
(We’re joking, there is no such title as “coolest geek on the beach.”)
If you do opt for the Anker Solix Solar Beach Umbrella, you’ll get up to 100W of power for your electric beverage cooler and other gadgets, as well as protection from the rain and the sun. It doesn’t get any better than this.
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Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090
Do I have time for gaming these days? No. Am I still buying this thing? Also no. But will I daydream about it? Every day.
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The worst-kept secret ahead of CES 2025 was Nvidia launching new, RTX 50-series graphics cards, and sure enough, the company obliged.
The star of the show is the GeForce RTX 5090, a card that should offer double the performance of its predecessor, the mighty RTX 4090. The details are a little murkier than we’d like, as some of this performance boost is due to Nvidia’s DLSS 4 tech, which boosts fps with the help of AI, which is not supported by every game out there.
Still, a new king is in town, and it will let you play even the most demanding games around for the eye-watering price of $1,999.
If that sounds like a lot (it is), you could go for the more affordable, $999 RTX 5080, the $799 5070 Ti, or the RTX 5070, which retails for $549. You won’t get the flagship performance, but these should all outperform the 40-series cards, and that’s a pretty big deal if you’re into gaming.
Lenovo ThinkBook Plus Gen 6
So. Tall.
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Imagine this: You’re sitting down in a cafe, ordering an espresso. You whip out a laptop, open it up…and then the screen gets taller. And taller. And taller, until it unrolls to the size of 16.7 inches and a resolution of 2,000 x 2,350. You are now the king of this cafe. Even the typically disinterested barista is ogling your mighty laptop.
Geeky wet dreams aside, the Lenovo ThinkBook Plus Gen 6 is one practical machine. It’s pretty much a normal laptop, but it gives you a decent chunk of additional screen real-estate thanks to its rollable OLED display, and I can’t think of a reason why you’d say no to that.
OK, there’s one reason: This thing will cost $3,499 when it hits the market in June. OK, that’s a pretty big reason. Damn you, money, and the fact that you don’t rain.
Segway Xyber
A 6,000 watt motor paired with a 2,880Wh battery equals fun.
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Segway, the company once known for the two-wheeled transporters that gave way to e-scooters and e-bikes in the late 2010s, brought a bunch of new personal electric vehicles to CES 2025.
The one that caught my eye, however, was the Segway Xyber. It’s a sort of a hybrid between a race bike and an rugged e-bicycle, and even though it can go from 0 to 20 mph in just 2.7 seconds, it still has pedals if you want to keep using your own power. The massive, 2,880Wh battery provides 112 miles of range, meaning you can take this one pretty much anywhere.
LG UltraFine 6K
6K never looked this elegant.
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Yes, it’s the first 32-inch, 6K monitor with Thunderbolt 5 support, meaning it should pair well with M4 Pro MacBook Pros and Mac mini.
And yes, we don’t really know all of the specs, including its refresh rate. Or price. Or availability date. (We do know it has a Nano IPS Black panel with a wide color gamut covering 99.5% of Adobe RGB and 98% of DCI-P3, but that’s about it).
But just look at the thing. It has nearly no bezels. It’s just a beautiful, 6K display on a stand, and the stand is of equally minimalistic design. It would be perfect for my MacBook Pro. In fact, don’t tell me the price, LG. Please. Just let me enjoy this moment.
Honda 0 SUV and Honda 0 Saloon
If this is what the future of EVs looks like, I don’t mind.
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Honda’s new 0 Series electric car prototypes aren’t entirely new; the company first debuted them last January, during CES 2024. Now, we’ve seen the next iteration of the Honda 0 Saloon and the Honda 0 SUV, and they look even better than before. If there ever were cars that screamed “the future, but as it was imagined in the 1980ies”, these prototypes are it.
Let’s just hope the actual mass market versions don’t stray too far from this design when they go on sale in 2026, first in the U.S., and then in Japan and Europe.
Wait, you want specs? Sorry about that: Honda didn’t really share much. They’ll be powered by Honda’s ASIMO OS, and should come with Level 3 autonomous driving. We don’t know anything about the powertrain or the battery. But they look great, and that’ll do for now.
