In the 2010s, it seemed like everyone needed to make a smartphone. The iPhone was ascendant, Samsung made Android a household name, and it seemed like mobile-first everything was the only way forward. It was that mentality that produced disasters like the Amazon Fire Phone.

In 2024, AI is everything, and after spending the last year finding places to put generative AI features across the world’s most popular apps, companies are now turning to physical hardware to see what dedicated sensors can do for the burgeoning AI models. Generative AI is far from perfect, but it feels like one of the surefire ways consumer technology can become interesting again.

If interacting with AI radically upends how we do the computer tasks that make up our day-to-day life, we’re on the way to finding something genuinely new. The first wave of AI hardware is finally hitting, and some general trends around how these devices will work are already taking shape. Here are the seven new AI devices that everyone should have on their radar.

2023 was a whirlwind year for gaming, with nearly every single month seeing multiple massive, critically acclaimed releases. It’s hard to see 2024 keeping up that cadence, and from a cursory glance at the current schedule, it won’t.

This year seems destined to be trapped in the previous year’s shadow, except in one regard: RPGs. The first four months of 2024 are stacked with role-playing games, and even after that, there’s a lot to suggest the year will be a banner one for the genre. Other genres might slow down, but this year could mark the height of another renaissance for RPG fans.