How to Spot Fake AI Products at CES 2026 Before You Buy
Merriam-Webster just named “slop” its word of the year, defining it as “digital content of low quality that is produced usually in quantity by means…
This $2,899 Desktop AI Computer With RTX 5090M Lets You Cancel Every AI Subscription Forever
Look across the history of consumer tech and a pattern appears. Ownership gives way to services, and services become subscriptions. We went from stacks of…
How Coca Cola’s Benny Lee Is Redefining Industrial Design as Storytelling, Not Just “Making Products”
Design Mindset steps into episode 16 with a clear purpose: to understand how industrial designers are navigating a world where tools, platforms, and expectations keep…
This $109 Electric Moka Pot Lives on Your Desk, Not Your Stovetop
Coffee at work usually means a compromise, a paper cup grabbed between meetings or a lukewarm pot abandoned in the break room. The Flarix Pro…
How AI Will Be Different at CES 2026: On‑Device Processing and Actual Agentic Productivity
Last year, every other product at CES had a chatbot slapped onto it. Your TV could talk. Your fridge could answer trivia. Your laptop had…
The Infamous Butter Cookie Tin Finally Gets Its Own LEGO Set (Sewing Kit Not Included)
Every single 80s and 90s kid remembers this tin, or at least some variation of it. You either were a part of the lucky few…
Your Car Now Has Its Own Fitness-Tracking ‘Smartwatch’, and It Costs Less Than $60
Your smartwatch does not just count steps. It listens to your heart, your sleep, your stress, and builds a holistic picture of how your body…
Human-Sized Pokéball Stands At 6 Feet Tall (And Has A Gaming Room Inside)
Someone finally built a life-sized Pokéball you can actually climb inside, and honestly, it’s about damn time. For nearly three decades, we’ve been throwing these…
8BitDo Partners with Pro Esports Players Vxbao and Zhen for $95 Transparent Purple Arcade Controller
The whole transparent tech thing is funny, isn’t it? It felt like a gimmick that died with the 90s, a design language reserved for our…
TCL’s $199 Projector Puts a 120-Inch Screen in Any Room (And Costs Less Than AirPods Pro)
Home cinema has never been this affordable. The TCL Projector C1 brings 120-inch screen entertainment to your living room for just $199, making it cheaper…
Remember Apple’s AirPower Mat? Dreame Built A MagSafe Power Bank That Does The Same Thing
Dreame built its name on robot vacuums and smart cleaning stations, but its newest release does not clean your floors at all. Dreame’s Air Power…
Remember “The Ghiblification”? We Treated Ghibli As Disposable Because That’s How We Treat Everything
First, it was cottagecore, filling our feeds with sourdough starters and rustic linen. Then came the sharp, symmetrical pastels of the Wes Anderson trend, followed…