LA Wildfires, CES 2025 Highlights & Top Landline Alternatives

Rich gave an update on the Wildfire situation in Los Angeles, and talked about balancing CES coverage with the fires happening back home.

Raul in Arcadia asked about portable batteries. Rich mentioned Jackery, Goal Zero, EcoFlow’s Solar Hat and Anker.

🔥 Nick Russell, VP of Operations at Watch Duty, will share how the app is helping communities stay informed during the LA County fires.

Susan in Santa Monica wants to get a smartphone. Rich mentioned refurbished iPhone and Pixels for the phone and pre-paying for a year of service for the cellular.

A caller wants a “landline” style phone service. Rich mentioned Ooma as his top pick, then Vonage and MagicJack as others offering similar options.

Rich discussed some of the interesting gadgets he saw at CES 2025.

Rich explained how AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile, Spectrum, Uber and Lyft are responding with wildfire relief for customers.

🤖 Lance Ulanoff, Editor at Large for TechRadar, will break down all things CES 2025!

Meta has changed its content moderation policies.

Apple says Siri protects users privacy and interactions are not used for advertising.

Grok from xAI is now available as a standalone app for iPhone.

✨ Matt Swider of The Shortcut will dive into all things CES 2025!

TiVo is coming back as the operating system in a Sharp smart TV.

Hulu + Live TV and Fubo TV are combining into one service.

Sony and Honda’s joint EV, the AFEELA 1 is now available for reservations in CA. It’s $89,900.

Dell is rebranding its computers as the Dell, Dell Pro, and Dell Pro Max.

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