Sennheiser’s $200 Clip-On Buds Defeat Bose Ultra Open on Battery — And Skip the US
Clip-on earbuds were always going to go mainstream; the category just got there in the east first. Huawei’s FreeClip became roughly as ubiquitous as AirPods…
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A Walnut and Brass Desktop PC That Still Runs an RTX 5090
The PC industry has spent decades optimizing for a buyer who tolerates ugly hardware. Not a buyer who wants it, necessarily, but one who accepts…
Wave Energy Just Cleared Its Biggest Hurdle in 7 Years
We have been talking about wave energy for decades. It shows up in climate briefings, TED talks, and renewable energy roadmaps with the same promising…
This $60 Apple Watch Case Is the iPod Apple Never Replaced
There’s a specific kind of nostalgia attached to the original iPod’s click wheel that has very little to do with the music. It had to…
The Wireless Display Kit That Needs No App, No Network, No Pairing
There’s no shortage of ways to get your screen onto a larger display these days, but the experience rarely matches the simplicity it should have….
After MouthPad, Augmental unveils Vox, a privacy-focused wearable mic that lets you whisper-to-type
The most interesting interface ideas often begin where conventional gadgets start to fail. Voice assistants want you to speak up, microphones capture the whole room,…
Canon scrapped its most ambitious vlogging camera ever… Here’s what the patent reveals
Canon has filed three separate patents chasing a handheld vlogging camera, five years apart, and each one solved a completely different problem than the one…
This human refrigerator chills you the in peak summer heat – anytime, anywhere
Summer temperatures are rising globally, leading to uncomfortable heatwaves even in regions where summers were earlier a pleasant affair. This has prompted manufacturers to develop…
MSI Just Made a $7,000 Gaming Laptop You’d Want to Display on a Shelf
Gaming laptops have spent years trying to close the gap with desktop performance, and for the most part, they’ve gotten reasonably close. The better ones…
Raspberry Pi Finally Has the 10-Inch Screen Its Projects Always Needed
The Raspberry Pi has spent over a decade proving that small, affordable computers can do serious things. What has sometimes held those builds back isn’t…
The 3-in-1 Wireless Charger You’d Actually Want to Leave in View
Anyone who’s deep in the Apple ecosystem knows the charging problem all too well. There’s an iPhone that needs its MagSafe puck, an Apple Watch…
Samsung and Google Are Trying Smart Glasses Again, at the Worst Possible Time
“Glasshole” entered Urban Dictionary as word of the day in March 2013, which tells you roughly how long it took society to make up its…