Retro Song Bird Is the Record Player Game Boy Cartridges Deserved
Game Boy cartridges usually wait in a drawer until you feel like playing something again. But sometimes it’s the music you miss, not the game….
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ModRetro’s $149 Handheld Has Nothing to Hide, Including Its Circuits
Retro handhelds have a habit of hiding modern electronics inside shells that pretend time stopped decades ago. ModRetro’s transparent Chromatic does the opposite and pays…
The 8 Tailgate Gadgets Of October 2026 Serious Fans Bring Before Kickoff
The parking lot fills up two hours before kickoff. That window is where the real game happens. The rituals, the cooler setup, the first drink…
PocketBook Gave Its $198 E-Reader the One Trick Old Nokia Phones Had
E-readers are supposed to replace physical books, but they strangely come mostly in black or gray, unlike colorful and distinctive book covers. Although not a…
A $249 Smart Lock That Still Opens When You’ve Forgotten to Charge It
Smart locks sound like the future until you’re standing outside with groceries and the lock won’t wake up because of a dead battery. Although there…
Corsair’s Xeneon Edge is the Stream Deck you always wanted, but bigger and better
Elgato unveiled a little box of 15 LCD buttons in 2017, priced at $149.95, and it quietly rearranged how streamers sat at their desks. The…
The 8 Best Tech Gadgets of October 2026
Physical media is quietly winning again, phones are starting to treat light as a material instead of an afterthought, and the humble power bank just…
5 Gadgets Gen Z Actually Wants to Own Right Now
Something shifted. The generation that grew up with every song, show, and photo living inside a glass rectangle is now buying CD players, handheld consoles,…
A Pocket Concept Built to Catch Design Ideas Before They Get Away
Good ideas don’t always wait until you’ve found the right pen and an empty page. For industrial designers, a quick sketch can turn into a…
An S-Pen for the iPhone Duo? Yes please!
I’ll give Apple its props by saying that it’s genuinely remarkable they built Apple Pencil compatibility into the iPhone Duo. Yes, it’s a welcome move…
Amazon Gave Kindles Their Missing Buttons Back, as Accessories
Kindles once let your thumb turn pages, but physical buttons disappeared from most of Amazon’s newer readers. That might not seem like a big loss…
Samsung’s SmartTag3 Refuses to Die at 790 Days Battery Life
I’m the kind of person who can set down my keys, turn around, and immediately forget where they went. Wallets, earbuds, and bags have a…
Your Old Barbie Dolls Actually Become Speakers and Power Banks
When I was young, a lot of my stuff was pink. Not just any pink. It had to be Barbie pink. I eventually grew into…
A Round Clock That Shows the Forecast So You Stop Checking Your Phone
Checking the time before leaving home often requires checking your phone, which carries the risk of being distracted by everything else on it. The Round…
Meta Just Turned Its AI Into a Tamagotchi and It’s Pretty Cute
AI has plenty of serious questions to answer, from copyright and environmental costs to privacy. There’s also a more everyday hurdle: for many people, AI…
This Color E-Paper Clip Is the Polaroid That Digital Photos Never Had
A photo you love rarely leaves the phone it was taken on, fading into a camera roll the moment the screen goes dark. TICKEY tries…