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CES 2025

We’re covering all of the latest CES news from the show as it happens. Stick with us for the big stories on everything from 8K TVs and foldable displays to new phones, laptops, smart home gadgets, and the latest in AI.

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Samsung has revealed its plans for home appliances at CES 2025, announcing a refrigerator featuring a new 9-inch AI Home screen as well as the 7-inch AI Home display coming to the newly launching Bespoke AI Washer and Dryer set.

While the 7-inch display is already utilized by the Bespoke AI Laundry Combo launched earlier this year, the 9-inch AI home screen is a new application of Samsung's home-assistive technology and a welcome diversification for the brand's ever-growing range of smart appliances.

Until now, Samsung's smart refrigerators have predominantly sported larger screens like the 21.5-inch Family Hub refrigerator, but with this new, smaller screen, consumers have more options for integrating smart features and functionality into their homes.

It's a personal win for me, too; I'm keen to bring more smart appliances into the fold, but I'm not quite as invested in Samsung's 'Screens Everywhere' mantra just yet, preferring smaller and more discrete displays to the 21.5-inch panels found in many existing smart refrigerators.

Of the new development, Jeong Seung Moon, EVP and Head of the R&D Team for Digital Appliances Business at Samsung Electronics says: "Along with efforts towards enhancing usability, we are expanding consumer options by developing screens of different sizes and products that effectively incorporate them.”

What's the hype with smart appliances?

Smart appliances like those offered by Samsung offer advanced features, from cameras inside the device that can display contents within the device to on-screen guidance for recipes or wash cycles. Plus, there are more general-use perks, like entertainment features compatible with some of the best streaming services.

With Samsung's devices, you get some specific perks; voice control via Bixby, essential information about the appliance such as internal temperature or washing cycle information, and even advanced features like Map View, which turn the AI Home display into convenient smart hubs for whole-home monitoring and control.

If you're a smart home enthusiast, you'll also enjoy the benefits of SmartThings compatibility, too, and while there's no mention of Matter compatibility so far, given other Samsung smart appliances are beginning to roll out Matter support, it's likely only a matter of time.

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• More updates to coming to Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 in 2025
• This includes a new Champion, difficulty mode, and more
• The highly anticipated Horde Mode will also release in 2025

Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 was one of the surprise hits of 2024 and has received plenty of fresh content updates throughout the year. It looks like that momentum isn’t going to slow down as we move into 2025, with loads of big new additions on the way.

The most recent Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 community update has given us our first glimpse at what’s coming next with developer Saber Interactive promising “that 2025 will be just as epic as 2024.”

The blog post begins with a brief summary of some of the updates that the game has received since it launched on September 9, which includes new PvE missions, additional cosmetic packs, and more.

We can expect fresh PvP content in 2025, starting with a new PvP map. This map will be “set in a closed environment with many narrow passages” encouraging you to engage in more frantic melee combat. Custom lobbies are finally on the way, allowing you to change the match timer limit, class restrictions, and enable modifiers.

There will be no shortage of new content for PvE players either. The highly-anticipated Horde Mode, which sees you surviving for as long as possible against waves of enemies, will be released “later in 2025”. Prestige Rank is coming too, introducing new ways to progress and upgrade your classes. This is on top of a new difficulty level to conquer with its own new rewards.

We now know that the next Champion added to the game will be a powerful sniper from the Salamander Chapter. On top of all this, the Battle Barge will be expanded through the introduction of the Datavault - a new area with unlockable information on the game.

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Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery: key information

- Officially titled Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery
- Expected to launch on Netflix sometime in 2025
- Unclear if it'll be released theatrically, too
- Filming began in June 2024 and wrapped two months later
- No trailer released yet
- Daniel Craig returning as Benoit Blanc
- Ensemble cast of A-listers set to join Craig
- Writer-director Rian Johnson teases how it'll differ from first two films
- No major plot points revealed yet
- Johnson and Craig want to make a fourth film

Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery will be the next entry in Rian Johnson's popular whodunit movie series. The second of two films that the writer-director is making for Netflix, it'll see Johnson team up with Daniel Craig once more, with the latter adopting his most recent acting role as the debonair, southern-states detective known as Benoit Blanc

So, what do we know about Knives Out 3 ahead of its Netflix debut, which will be sometime in 2025? Below, we've compiled the latest evidence on the forthcoming flick, including our thoughts on when it may arrive on the streaming titan, its confirmed cast, early story teases, and more. Potential spoilers for Wake Up Dead Man follow, so turn back now if you're avoiding them ahead of launch.

Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery release date: what we know so far

Benoit Blanc returns in his most dangerous case yet. pic.twitter.com/Y3IFryNNi4May 24, 2024

Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery doesn't have a release date yet. However, as the above X/Twitter post confirms, it'll debut on Netflix sometime in 2025.

It's still on course to land next year, too. In June 2024, Johnson confirmed principal photography had begun. A very swift two months later, Johnson announced (via Instagram) that filming had wrapped.

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With its post-production phase in full effect, we're hopeful that it won't be too long before Knives Out 3 arrives. That said, its predecessors arrived in November 2019 and December 2022 respectively, so it's likely Johnson and company will look to release Wake Up Dead Man in late 2025. Our guess? Given its spooky title, an October 2025 launch would be most fitting.

Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery trailer: is there one?

Yes, we're staring at our screens waiting for a trailer to drop, too, Benoit (Image credit: Netflix)

There’s no official trailer for Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery yet. We’ll update this section once one is publicly revealed.

Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery confirmed cast

Which stars will follow in the footsteps of those who appeared (as seen above) in the first Knives Out movie? (Image credit: Lionsgate)

Here's the confirmed cast for Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery so far:

• Daniel Craig as Benoit Blanc
• Josh Brolin as Father Frank
• Mila Kunis as G. Scott
• Josh O'Connor as TBC
• Glenn Close as TBC
• Andrew Scott as TBC
• Jeremy Renner as TBC
• Kerry Washington as TBC
• Cailee Spaeny as TBC
• Daryl McCormack as TBC

Obviously, Craig is back as the louche Blanc. Following his exploits as infamous British spy James Bond, it looks to be a recurring role that he’s very happy to continue playing. Indeed, Benoit looks like he’s had a little makeover for this new outing, with everyone's favorite bumbling detective sporting longer hair and a little stubble, albeit with a typically dandy-ish suit and hat.

Just like the previous two Knives Out films, Blanc will be joined by an eclectic group of characters portrayed by some serious talented actors. The first announcement came in late May, with Cailee Spaeny and Josh O'Connor confirmed to have signed up for undisclosed roles. One day later, Knives Out 3 was confirmed to be a mini Bond reunion of sorts after Andrew Scott was revealed as part of the cast. He starred opposite Craig in Spectre (find out where it sits in our how to watch best Daniel Craig Bond movies ranked article while you're here).

Four more big names were added to Wake Up Dead Man's roster on May 30, and one of those hires – Mila Kunis – ended up riling up Netflix users. The final three additions, aka Josh Brolin, Daryl McCormack, and Thomas Haden Church, were revealed by the trades before May ended, too.

Right now, only the identities of Kunis and Brolin's characters have been revealed. We'll find out who everyone else is playing in the months ahead.

Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery story speculation

Aaaaand we’re off! Today is day 1 of shooting on the next Benoit Blanc mystery “Wake Up Dead Man” - see you on the other side. pic.twitter.com/Napfvq1zXTJune 10, 2024

Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery's story brief hasn't been unveiled yet. Indeed, the only thing we actually know, aside from its cast and writer/director, about Knives Out 3 is its official title, which people have turned into amateur detectives over to try and work out what it means.

It’s no great secret that Johnson's Knives Out films have been inspired by Agatha Christie. This time, though, we might get to experience something completely different. Indeed, in January 2023, he told Variety: "[That’s] what’s got me creatively jazzed. I don’t have to replicate the last movie at all. The goal is to strike out in a completely new direction tonally and thematically."

In the Instagram announcing Knives Out 3, which simply comprise footage of a black coffin, the drawling Blanc calls Wake Up Dead Man's case “my most dangerous case yet”, too, which suggests his latest murder mystery might not be so easy to solve.

We don't expect the franchise's third installment to be wholly different to what's comes before, mind you. What ties the previous two Knives Out films together – alongside the murders – are themes of class war, inequality, fame and, like a lot of TV and film dramas of the moment, the skewering of the one percenters. So, it’s likely that these issues will also continue to have a light shone on them in Johnson’s own, unique way.

There are already some fascinating fan theories circulating online that Johnson could have planted a little Easter egg in Glass Onion to suggest what Knives Out 3 could be about, too. Early on in the film, when all the characters meet at the dock of Miles Bron’s Greek island, the assembled guests are surprised to see Blanc. Claire Debella (Kathryn Hahn) soon pipes up to ask: "Did you solve the murder of – oh, whatshername – the ballet dancer thing, that's you?", which some viewers suspect is a hint at Wake Up Dead Man's plot. Could we be in for a ballet-themed murder mystery next? Whether it is or isn't, Johnson’s lips are sealed – for now.

Will there be a fourth Knives Out movie?

"Right now, talk of a fourth Knives Out movie makes no goddamn sense! Compels me, though..." (Image credit: Lionsgate)

Love the kitsch murder mystery franchise? Well, you’re in luck, as Johnson and Craig say they want to continue making the fun films together as long as they can, which makes a Knives Out 4 look very likely.

Speaking with Variety in 2022, Craig said: "If he [Johnson] keeps writing them, I’ll keep doing them. That’s what makes it easy then, he’s such a wonderful writer that it’s there on the page for me to do."

However, the duo are conscious of the 'quality versus quantity' debate. Speaking with Deadline in November 2022 about a possible fourth movie in the Knives Out franchise, Craig said: "If there ever came a point where either Rian and I thought we were just churning them out, I think we would back away. I mean, I just don’t think that’s what either of us want to do in life. Unless people are getting genuine fun out of them, forget it."

Meanwhile, in January 2023, Johnson chatted to Netflix Tudum about the possibilities of, as requested by fans, a Knives Out/The Muppets crossover. He discounted it in the end, though, explaining: "I think those two things have very different rules. You can either have a Benoit Blanc mystery that has Muppets in it, but they’ll feel out of place. Or you can have a Muppet movie that Benoit Blanc is in, but it’ll feel like a Muppet movie. I wouldn’t want to compromise either of them. And, I feel like in order to make it well and make it work, you’d have to make a choice and compromise one or the other. If I ever make a Muppet movie, I just want to make a great Muppet movie."

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• The Classic could make a 2025 comeback
• Details spotted in an industry database
• We last saw a Classic model back in 2023

You can get up to speed with Samsung's 2024 smartwatches with our Galaxy Watch 7 review and Galaxy Watch Ultra review, but it seems as though the series may get another shake-up in 2025 with the return of the Classic model.

As reported by Smartprix (via SamMobile), a device with the model number SM-L505U and the name "Galaxy Watch 8 Classic" has been spotted in the Global System for Mobile Communications Association (GSMA) database – where every device that wants to connect to cell networks has to be registered.

That's a pretty big hint that we'll see a Classic model in 2025, maybe even with a rotating bezel – as we got in 2023 (see our Samsung Watch 6 Classic review for details). However, we don't know much about the smartwatch for now.

Samsung has kept changing its smartwatch models and naming scheme over the last few years, which makes predictions difficult, but presumably there's also going to be a Galaxy Watch 8 making an appearance alongside the Classic version.

A tale of two watches... every year

There wasn't a Classic last year... but there was an Ultra (Image credit: Matt Kollat/T3)

As mentioned above, we got the Samsung Galaxy Watch 7 and the Galaxy Watch Ultra this year, with the wearables launching in July. Before that, we got the Samsung Watch 6 and the Samsung Watch 6 Classic in 2023.

There wasn't a Classic model in 2022 – we got the Galaxy Watch 5 and the Galaxy Watch 5 Pro – but there was a Classic variant in 2021, when Samsung launched the Galaxy Watch 4 and the Galaxy Watch 4 Classic.

In other words: it's not been easy in recent years to keep up with everything Samsung has been doing in the smartwatch market. Typically, the Classic watch has cost more than the standard version – and come with an extra rotating bezel of course.

Fans of that bezel will no doubt welcome the return of the Galaxy Watch Classic. If Samsung sticks to its usual schedule, then we should see a couple of new Samsung smartwatches launching alongside some brand new foldables around July or August time.

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• The US Treasury has confirmed it suffered a breach
• The compromise came through third party systems BeyondTrust
• China have denied any involvement

The US Treasury Department has confirmed that documents have been stolen and systems have been breached in a cyber attack that it has dubbed a ‘major incident’. The compromise occurred through a third party cybersecurity service provider, BeyondTrust, which allowed remote access to key systems.

Through this system, hackers were able to gain access used by the vendor to override parts of the Treasury Department’s systems, the agency confirmed in a disclosure letter to Congress. The third-party system, which ordinarily offers remote technical support to employees, has since been taken offline.

Initial assessments by the agency suggest the attack was carried out by ‘a China-based Advanced Persistent Threat Actor’, officials said. China has called the accusation ‘baseless’, and said it "consistently opposes all forms of hacking".

A short-lived breach

Suspicious activity was first spotted on December 2, and the Treasury was made aware of the hack on December 8 by BeyondTrust, although it took the company three days to determine that it had been breached.

It’s not clear what type of files were taken, or what these files relate to, but more details are expected to be revealed in the Treasury’s 30-day supplemental report.

This attack follows a huge telecoms breach which targeted 9 major US telecommunications firms and compromised millions of individuals.

The telecoms breach, attributed to Chinese state-sponsored group, Salt Typhoon, resulted in a vow of retribution from President-elect Trump, and China also denied wrongdoing relating to this hack.

"The US needs to stop using cyber security to smear and slander China, and stop spreading all kinds of disinformation about the so-called Chinese hacking threats," said embassy spokesman for the Chinese embassy in Washington DC, Liu Pengyu.

Via BBC

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• There have been no shortage of Nintendo Switch 2 leaks
• An industry analyst predicts Nintendo might reveal the console soon to combat them
• A January reveal is a possibility

Nintendo has officially confirmed that the Nintendo Switch 2 will be revealed before March 31, 2025, but we’ve had almost no other information to help narrow down a concrete date. While it seems all but guaranteed that time has now run out to unveil the console in 2025, an industry analyst thinks that an early January reveal could be on the cards.

Speaking to Eurogamer, Serkan Toto, CEO of industry consultancy firm Kantan Games, stated that “Nintendo will not have much time in January, so a potential announcement early in the month could make sense.”

Interestingly, Toto predicts that the flurry of recent Nintendo Switch 2 leaks may impact the reveal. “You can bet that Nintendo is aware of all the leaks and not happy about them,” he said. He then went on to add that “they might cause Nintendo to release information earlier than planned.”

As for what exactly has leaked so far, there’s so much that it’s almost hard to summarize in a format that would fit on this page. Most recently, we learned that the console could potentially come in an absolutely hideous-sounding orange and blue colorway.

There is also no shortage of details about its supposed design, including the overall look of its kickstand, the fact that its Joy-Con controllers are attached magnetically, and the presence of the mysterious new ‘C’ button on the right-hand controller. We might even already know the console’s official name: simply 'Nintendo Switch 2' if the latest leaks are to be believed.

Combine all of this with the few slithers of official information that we have received, such as the confirmation that the console will be backward compatible with Nintendo Switch Software, and you have a pretty well-rounded picture of the unrevealed system.

It does make a lot of sense that Nintendo would want to get ahead of even further leaks by dropping the first trailer soon, but we’ll have to wait and see whether that January prediction comes to fruition.

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