Lenovo built an AI-ready Mac mini rival for $440… and it’s only available in China
For the past two years, on-device AI has been a hardware arms race, a contest to see whose NPU could post the most TOPS before…
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This Revolver-Style Titanium Driver’s Fidgety Design Is Both Eye and Hand Candy
When Eck Studio launched the FixBoy in 2025, it found a dedicated audience that loved its compact form and clever revolver-style bit holder. The tool…
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This House on Lake Memphremagog Was Designed to Disappear
Most houses on a lake want you to know about it. The Counter-Slope House by Montreal-based yh2 Architecture is the opposite — perched on a…
The Paper Fan Just Lost Its Ribs. It’s Better For It.
The Japanese paper fan is one of those objects that seems to have already said everything it has to say. It’s been refined over centuries,…
HONOR packed a 35-day battery into a 41g smartwatch – and nothing else comes close
Every smartwatch eventually comes off. The reasons vary: the charge ran out, the case dug in, the weight got old. Battery anxiety and wrist fatigue…
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4 Best Wireless Audio Gadgets for Creators, Now Up to 20% Off For Prime Day
Most creator setups get built backwards. The camera comes first, the lighting comes second, and audio ends up being whatever fits in the bag. That…
This $189 Gadget Killed the Creepy AI Meeting Transcription Bot
There’s a moment in every modern video call that makes you cringe. It’s not the person talking while muted or the cat walking across a…
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Issey Miyake Just Made a Lamp That Wears Pleated Clothes
When a fashion brand turns its most iconic textile technology into a lampshade, you pay attention. That’s the short version of what A-POC ABLE ISSEY…
Focal’s $200,000 Diva Alta Utopia Speakers Make Traditional Audiophile Systems Feel Surprisingly Outdated
Focal and Naim’s partnership has already reshaped expectations around high-end wireless audio, proving that convenience no longer has to come at the expense of performance….
This Solar Smartwatch Ran 9 Months on Battery, Then the Panel Kicked In
The smartwatch category has a battery problem it can’t seem to shake. Despite years of incremental improvements, most wearables still need to be charged every…
A Designer Just Made a Water Purifier That Skips the Technician Call
Water purifiers are practically mandatory in modern Indian homes, but for a category that handles something as critical as drinking water, they’ve never been particularly…
Nike Caitlin 1, Caitlin Clark’s debut signature shoe launched in Racer Blue colorway
Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA) players with their own signature shoes are growing in numbers. The latest to join the ranks is Caitlin Clark, the…
A Wind Turbine That Goes Anywhere, Even Where the Grid Doesn’t
Most of us picture wind turbines the same way: massive, industrial, planted firmly on a hillside or out at sea, part of a choreographed grid…
The Piano Key Holder Where Every Press Clicks Out a Hidden Brass Hook
Key hooks by the door are one of those things that somehow manage to be both boring and insufficient. The options range from plain metal…
The 5 Best Camping Gear of June 2026
Packing for a camping trip is really just a series of small arguments with yourself about what’s worth the weight. June 2026 has produced a…
Austria’s Clay Cooler Is the AC Killer Nobody Saw Coming
Every summer, the conversation around air conditioning goes roughly the same way. It’s hot, we turn on the AC, the electricity bill spikes, and we…
Noble’s $199 Osprey Earbuds Aim Straight at Sony’s XM6
The $200 true wireless earbud market is crowded, but the brands filling it are mostly consumer electronics companies that tune for mass appeal rather than…
4 Best Wireless Audio Gadgets for Creators, Now Up to 20% Off For Prime Day
Most creator setups get built backwards. The camera comes first, the lighting comes second, and audio ends up being whatever fits in the bag. That…
This might be the most bad-ass Mercedes-Benz Concept Car of all time…
Design school thesis projects rarely get permission to be reckless. Most are built to please a panel of professors, sanded down until every surface looks…
This Bright Yellow Kinetic Sculpture in London Is Meant to Be Walked Through
There are artworks you look at, and there are artworks you walk through. Jesús Rafael Soto understood the difference better than almost anyone. The Venezuelan…
How Pasta Became Interior Design’s Most Playful Muse
There is something wonderfully unserious, and yet oddly elegant, about pasta-inspired decor. What began as an April Fools’ joke by luxury stone and tile company…
Bowers & Wilkins Spent 60 Years on These Speakers. It Shows.
Most brands celebrate a 60th anniversary with a retrospective book or a limited-edition colorway. Bowers & Wilkins celebrated theirs by unveiling what may genuinely be…