Google I/O 2026 was an AI keynote with a hardware coda. The keynote ran almost entirely on Gemini 3.5, Gemini Spark, a Search rebuild, and agentic tools, then Google saved the last segment for the hardware story it has been building toward for two years: smart glasses. The hardware list out of Shoreline this week […]
Google I/O 2026 Hardware: 4 Reveals From Gentle Monster Glasses to Googlebook Read More
Soundcore today announced the Liberty 5 Pro and Liberty 5 Pro Max at Anker Day in New York, and they’re the first two products built around Anker’s new co-developed THUS AI chip. The headline trick is on the Pro Max: a 1.78-inch AMOLED touchscreen baked into the charging case that records meetings directly to the
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Anker SOLIX just unveiled the S-Series, a new home-backup line built around a single, very specific promise: keep the fridge running longer than any other 2kWh power station, per Anker. The debut model, the Anker SOLIX S2000, packs 2,010Wh of LiFePO4 capacity, 1,500W of continuous AC output, and the first-ever TÜV SÜD A+ Runtime certification,
Anker’s New SOLIX S2000 Promises 35 Hours of Fridge Backup Read More
Meta has shelved its 2026 Quest 4 prototypes, pushing the true successor to 2027 at the earliest. Industry reporting from June 2025, leaked internal memos from December 2025, and Meta CTO Andrew Bosworth’s January 2026 Davos interview line up on the same picture: both planned tiers of the next flagship are off the table, and
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Spring 2026 brought two true flagship launches, Sony’s WF-1000XM6 in February and Samsung’s Galaxy Buds 4 Pro in March, into a market where three strong 2025 holdovers (Apple’s AirPods Pro 3, Bose’s QuietComfort Ultra Earbuds (2nd Gen), and EarFun’s Air Pro 4+) are still the picks to beat in their respective lanes. Whether you need
5 Noise-Canceling Earbuds Worth Buying After the Spring 2026 Refresh Read More
AP’s Royal Oak waitlists run years for anything worth owning, and the pre-owned 15500ST sits near $40,000. If you want the Gerald Genta look (octagonal bezel, exposed screws, integrated bracelet), you’ve got two options: wait, or buy a homage. Interest in the Royal Oak just spiked again. Swatch and AP’s “Royal Pop” is a bioceramic
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An early-May Telegram leak spilled most of Google’s 2026 Pixel playbook in one shot: Tensor G6 on a 2nm process, new Samsung OLED panels on the Pro tier, smaller batteries across the board, fresh camera sensors on the Pro models, and an ambient lighting feature called Pixel Glow. With Google’s August event still about three
Pixel 11 Leak Exposes Tensor G6 and Pixel Glow Read More
January’s CES floor was thick with home robots. Booths lined up humanoids, rolling AI projectors, and dual-armed butlers, and every press release headline read some variant of “available in 2026.” Six months later, almost none of them sit in actual living rooms. Three units clear the bar as of May 2026. 1X NEO is open
Home Robots in 2026: What’s Shipping, What’s Vaporware Read More
Subscription fatigue has crept into every corner of the smart home, but your front door doesn’t have to be next. The 2026 crop of smart locks finally lets you skip recurring fees without giving up fingerprint entry, app control, or local video storage. Renters who don’t want to commit to a cloud plan and homeowners
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Graduation cards are stacked on the kitchen counter, the cap-and-gown photos are queued for the family group chat, and somewhere a parent is panic-shopping for a gift that won’t get lost inside a shared dorm closet by October. Most graduation tech roundups solve the wrong problem, pushing full-size appliances that violate dorm fire codes or
10 Dorm-Ready Tech Gifts Under $50 That Survive Freshman Year Read More
Most “travel tripods” don’t actually travel. Anything under 5 pounds qualifies in marketing copy, but the list that rides inside a carry-on is much shorter. The same trick applies to stability, a 60-inch max-height spec usually requires a center column cranked all the way up, which is where stability disappears. Heading into the 2026 summer
7 Compact Travel Tripods Under $200 That Actually Survive a Flight Read More
A $150 cut, no successor in sight The iPhone Air just hit its lowest Memorial Day price, and the timing tells you everything. The 256GB unlocked model dropped to roughly $850, a $150 haircut off the $999 launch price. That’s the steepest discount it’s seen since hitting shelves. Price: From $789 Where to Buy: Amazon
iPhone Air Drops to $850 for Memorial Day, the Sequel Isn’t Coming Until 2027 Read More
The Sub-$300 Sports Watch Stopped Being a Compromise The under-$300 sports watch used to be the watch you bought when you couldn’t afford the watch you actually wanted. That math broke in late 2025. Apple shipped the SE 3 in September at $249 starting, with the S10 chip, an always-on display, and sleep apnea notifications,
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Computex feels less like a trade show this year and more like a forced reckoning. Arm laptops, hybrid handhelds, and a heavy NVIDIA presence are about to collide in Taipei, and the silicon teased over the next two weeks could shape what your next ultrabook or gaming handheld actually looks like. The show opens Tuesday,
Computex 2026: What to Wait For Before You Buy a Laptop Read More
Apple’s flagship earbuds rarely sit on the discount shelf for long, and the AirPods Pro 3 just hit a price that even patient shoppers haven’t seen before. Amazon, Verizon, and Costco are all running the same AirPods Pro 3 deal at $199 this week, which is $50 off the $249 list price and the steepest
AirPods Pro 3 Down to $199 Right Now, The Best Deal Since Launch Read More
Why 2026 is the year every brand wants a rugged watch The rugged category was niche for a decade, and then it wasn’t. Every major brand now treats “rugged” as a default product line, and the shift didn’t happen because watches got tougher. It happened because the fastest-growing sport among mainstream tech buyers is being
What ‘Rugged’ Means on a 2026 Smartwatch, and Which Specs Actually Matter Outdoors Read More
Pocket knife law used to live in a fog of city ordinances, county add-ons, and state preemption fights. A handful of statehouse moves this cycle have started thinning that fog. North Carolina’s H439, advancing through the 2025-2026 session, defines an “ordinary pocket knife” as a folder with a blade up to 6 inches. Ohio and
5 EDC Folders That Finally Fit Your Pocket and the Law Read More
OPPO has put a date on the Reno 16 series, and it’s closer than most rumor threads expected. The brand has confirmed a May 25, 2026 launch event in China at 6 PM local time, with two phones already locked in for day one and at least two more variants lining up behind them for
OPPO Reno 16 Pro Lands With 200MP Cameras, 7000mAh, and Dimensity 9500s Read More
The jump from built-in TV speakers to a real soundbar is bigger than the jump from a $500 soundbar to a $1,500 one. The first upgrade fixes everything that was broken. The second upgrade chases marginal gains most living rooms can’t even reveal. The change shows up inside five minutes of plugging one in. Dialogue
5 Soundbars Under $500 That Outperform TV Speakers Read More
The Audemars Piguet x Swatch Royal Pop dropped on May 16, 2026, and it isn’t a wristwatch. It’s a pocket watch, in eight Pop Art colorways, built around the Royal Oak’s octagonal case and powered by a hand-wound SISTEM51 movement. It ships in two case styles: the open-faced Lépine at $400 and the hunter-cased Savonnette
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