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      The $55 Hub That Charges Your iPhone, Gives Your MacBook Ports, and Powers a 4K Display Together
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JC Torres

Juan Carlos is the Editorial Director for Yanko Design. Holding degrees in both Philosophy and Computer Science, he has been covering tech and digital lifestyle since 2012. As an open source contributor since 2006, he has worked with the Kubuntu and KDE projects as a technical writer and a software developer, helping to make computers more accessible and usable to people. Having honed his skills over the years, he has developed insights into the design trends in tech and UX. He is a digital artist in his spare time and a self-professed otaku.

Large pale green angular metal sculpture in a barren desert, with several people for scale.

What If City Monuments Generated Power Instead of Just Looking Good?

Public art has long served as a cultural mirror, reflecting what a society chooses to honor. As climate change intensifies and cities face mounting pressure…

Architecture, Installations, Sustainable Design
Wooden desk with an all-in-one computer monitor on a white stand, keyboard, mouse, and a minimalist desktop organizer with books and a Slim Mac Mini on the right side.

10 Minimalist Desk Accessories That Earn Their Footprint

The minimalist desk setup has become one of the most documented trends in home office design, particularly as hybrid work continues pushing people to invest…

Accessories, Minimalism, Office, Stationery
Metal calendar mechanism with a toothed roller and knob, months labeled along the top and a 01–31 scale along the base.

Momentum Studio’s Perpetual Calendar Clicks Into Each Day Like a Gear

Most people check the date by glancing at a phone, a laptop corner, or a watch. There’s no shortage of ways to know what day…

Accessories
Two hands reach toward mid-air glass vials and a black-and-pink bottle, suspended inside translucent rings against a gray gradient background.

Stop Packing Two Chargers: Trozk’s $50 Binary Star Does Both

Travel chargers have always been a bit of a negotiation. You pack a power bank for the long haul, then stuff a wall adapter in…

Accessories, Gadgets, Technology
Beige concentric candle holder with a lit tealight, a silver wristwatch, and coins on a wooden table beside a travel book titled 'Great Escapes Mediterranean'.

This €235 Rippling Stone Valet Tray Has a Candle Holder Built In

Most entryway surfaces tell a familiar story, and it’s rarely a flattering one. Keys get tossed wherever there’s space, coins scatter to the edges, and…

Accessories, Lifestyle, Sustainable Design
Person in a blue hoodie writes on a tablet with a stylus while reclining on green pants in a casual indoor setting.

Huion Note E Feels Like E-Ink Paper but Actually Draws in Color

Digital notebooks have been having a moment. E-Ink tablets like the reMarkable and the Kindle Scribe have made a compelling case for leaving the legal…

Tablets, Technology
Two gray folding pocket knives on a wood surface, one blade extended.

TiNova II Is the 59g Titanium EDC Knife That’s Hard to Put Down

Most compact EDC knives aren’t really built to be enjoyed, just used. Angular profiles, tactical textures, and aggressive pocket clips do their job well enough,…

Deals, EveryDayCarry, Product Design
Two laptops on a light desk; left screen shows a four-person video conference grid, right screen displays a blue data dashboard.

ASUS’s €280 9mm OLED Monitor Charges Your Laptop Back

Portable monitors have quietly become one of the most appealing accessories for people who work on the go. Pack a slim second screen, connect it…

Accessories, Gadgets, Technology
Tablet with detachable keyboard and stand, screen showing colorful abstract wallpaper on a light background.

Microsoft’s $1,950 Surface Pro 13 Gen 12 Got Smarter: Its Design Didn’t

The 2-in-1 laptop has had an interesting run. What started as a novelty device that couldn’t decide what it wanted to be has gradually become…

Tablets, Technology
Red handheld M5 device with a small black screen showing pixel art, resting on a patterned table in a cozy room.

This $30 Gadget Gives Claude a Face That Reacts to What It’s Doing

AI assistants have mostly lived inside screens, and that’s been fine, until you’re deep in a coding session and Claude is quietly running shell commands,…

Artificial Intelligence, Gadgets, Technology
Modern metal sculpture resembling a circular, two-tier stand with curved panels and a tag reading 'Moment Museum Studio'

This €265 Aluminum Table Was Designed Backward to Waste Just 4%

Furniture manufacturing has a quiet waste problem that rarely makes it into the marketing copy. Most pieces require significantly more raw material than what ends…

Furniture, Manufacturing, Sustainable Design
Two white smartphones in a standing pose: one rear view with a large analog clock on the back, the other facing forward showing app icons on the home screen and time 14:38.

The $519 E-Ink Phone Hiding an LCD on Its Back

Scroll through any tech community online, and the same frustration keeps surfacing: people are exhausted by their screens. The perpetual brightness, the notification pull, the…

Editorial, Phones, Technology
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