Originally hailing from Troy, Ohio, Ry Crist is a writer, a text-based adventure connoisseur, a lover of terrible movies and an enthusiastic yet mediocre cook. A CNET editor from 2013 to 2024, Ry's ...

In a quaint Victorian house on a quaint park-adjacent corner of San Francisco on Tuesday, Andrew Bozworth, Facebook's VP of AR/VR, and Ryan Cairns, head of Portal devices, showed off three new ...

After just three and a half years of mediocre service, Meta’s Portal smart displays are getting ready to retreat from public view. Meta is planning to cease the production of consumer Portal products ...

When it comes to the best smart displays, the new Facebook Portal and the Google Nest Hub Max are two great choices. These 10-inch smart displays may look very different, but they both have a lot of ...

Facebook has a new plan to make itself an even more integral part of your life. The company just revealed its pair of smart speakers: the $199 Portal and $349 Portal+, Facebook's boldest move yet to ...

CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric, LLC joined other electric transmission and distribution utilities in Texas to launch the Smart Meter Texas common portal and data repository, which will give ...

The Portal line has always been a kind of odd duck in the world of smart screens. Facebook’s most significant contribution to the category is almost certainly Smart Camera, which uses AI to track a ...

In terms of design, the two new standalone Portal models appear much improved over last year's models. I thought Portal+ with its 15.6-inch rotating display was something of an eyesore, for example.