Date night has a pocket problem. You want your phone, your wallet, maybe your keys, and that’s about it. The tactical gear that works for a weekend hike doesn’t belong in chinos and a blazer. Going completely unprepared, though, means borrowing a charger from the hostess stand or fumbling through a chaotic jacket pocket while […]
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REVIEW – Sometimes you need a bigger pill box to get the job done! The Pillar Plus XL 7-Day Pill Organizer is designed to be the travel buddy for those of us to regularly take multiple supplements and/or medications, especially larger capsules and tablets. Not only is it durable and roomy, but it’s also designed
ARTICLE – Most triple collaborations in sneakers end up as compromise projects where one brand brings the silhouette, another picks a colorway, and the third slaps a logo on the tongue. The results usually tell you which partner got sidelined before you even touch the materials. So the real question is: can three labels with
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ARTICLE – Pro monitors promise calm color. They also hand you a calibration puck and a recurring reminder. That tradeoff gets old fast. Price: $2,599.99 Where to Buy: Dell You export a batch of portraits on a Tuesday afternoon. The skin tones look warm on your screen. They look muddy on the client’s laptop. That
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ARTICLE – Trackers feel like an easy win when the price is right. The payoff shows up the first time you don’t lose an hour retracing your steps. At €17.99 ($21) for one or €59.99 ($71) for four, the Xiaomi Tag makes tracking feel like basic upkeep. A four pack lands in the same mental
Xiaomi Tag Brings a Lower Price to iPhone and Android Tracking Read More
ARTICLE – Job site noise doesn’t just cover music. It grinds it down. Motors drone. Fans howl. Set a phone on a dusty bench and hit play. Flip on a shop vac. The sound thins out fast. Voices lose edges. Bass collapses into thump. Treble gets sharp. That mismatch is annoying. It’s predictable. Pocket speakers
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ARTICLE – Most phone controllers are designed for horizontal play, using a wide grip that puts controls on both sides of the screen. GameSir’s Pocket Taco takes the opposite approach. It’s built for portrait gaming instead, with a clamp on design that sits under your phone and puts the controls below the screen. Price: $34.99
This $35 Controller Brings Back The Game Boy Grip For Your Phone Read More
ARTICLE – Compact cameras didn’t disappear when smartphones got good. They got pushed into a clearer lane, and you feel that shift the second a zoom ring clicks under your fingers. Price: $1,299 Where to Buy: B&H Photo A phone’s fast, but it’s also a flat slab of glass that makes every move feel the
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ARTICLE – Most cable organizers are built for a fantasy version of your day, the one where you’re always traveling and you somehow need every cable you’ve ever owned. Price: $49.95 Where to Buy: Peak Design, Amazon You buy a pouch that looks ready for a weeklong trip, then you carry it with one charger,
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NEWS – We keep hearing about AI in the cloud, but SwitchBot’s new AI Hub flips that model. It runs a Vision Language Model directly on the device, processes up to eight camera feeds locally, and hosts Home Assistant without needing a separate server. That challenges the assumption that serious AI work requires cloud infrastructure.
What Happens When a Smart Hub Processes AI Locally Instead of in the Cloud Read More
REVIEW – Tablet computers have been a dream since before the crew emerged from stasis in 2001: A Space Odessey and caught up with what they had missed while hurtling away from the Earth. Since then, Star Trek had their PADDs, and Apple got roundly roasted for calling their tablet “iPad”. We have nearly sixteen
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NEWS – TECNO just announced the POVA Curve 2 5G in Hong Kong, and the pitch is simple. An 8000mAh battery inside a phone that measures 7.42mm thin and weighs 195 grams. That is a large battery for a device that does not look or read like a rugged brick. Big battery phones usually make
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Most Valentine’s gift guides treat thoughtful and practical like opposite things. Flowers get called thoughtful. Tools get called practical. The split doesn’t make sense, but it creates a market where gifts either sit on a nightstand for two days or solve problems nobody has. EDC gear works differently because you carry it every day, which
10 EDC Valentine’s Gifts Under $60 That Won’t Collect Dust Read More
Most EDC enthusiasts can recite the steel composition of their pocket knife but can’t name the pen they’re carrying. They’ll debate lumen output for hours while using whatever promotional pen ended up in their bag after a trade show. That’s backward priority management, because the pen fails more often, gets used in more contexts, and
5 EDC Pens That Actually Stay in Your Pocket Read More
ARTICLE – Crowdfunding timelines train you to expect disappointment. You back a project in January, watch estimated shipping dates slide from spring to summer to “Q4 if we’re lucky,” then forget you even pledged until a surprise package arrives eighteen months later. The RODMAN ED08 appears to skip that script entirely, with the Kickstarter campaign
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ARTICLE – Most PS5 owners quietly accept that their preferred controller won’t work on Sony’s console. An Xbox Elite Series 2 that feels perfect in your hands sits unused. A Switch Pro you spent months breaking in collects dust. Third-party adapters exist, but the moment you go wireless, haptic feedback vanishes. Motion controls stop working.
The PS5 Controller Problem Nobody Talks About Has a Fix Now Read More
NEWS – Asus shipped its 32-inch ROG Swift OLED PG32UCDM3 gaming monitor to China this week, weeks ahead of the late March window the company floated after CES. The monitor hit JD.com at CNY 8,499, which converts to about $1,225. That undercuts the $1,299 US price Asus mentioned in January, though the company hasn’t confirmed
DisplayPort 2.1 Monitors Keep Promising Full Bandwidth, But This One Actually Delivers It Read More
Fitness trackers made everyone count steps, but they also made everyone charge gadgets every other night. Casio’s G-Shock GAB010 sidesteps that ritual by putting a step counter inside a solar-powered watch that runs on light and takes a beating. There’s no nightly charging, no battery anxiety, and no touchscreen to crack. It’s step tracking stripped
This G-Shock Counts Your Steps Without Ever Needing a Charge Read More
Thumbstuds became default because they worked across every lock type Benchmade and Spyderco tested in the 1990s, not because they’re fastest or most intuitive. That inheritance stuck around long enough that most people assume it’s the only reliable way to open a folder one-handed. It isn’t. Crossbar mechanisms deploy from two grip positions, front flippers
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ARTICLE – Small cameras usually force a choice between portability and capability. This one refuses to. At just 54 g, the Xtra Atto is a hands free wearable camera that shoots 4K video at 60fps and mounts where phones struggle. The wide 143 degree field of view and real time stabilization keep footage usable while
8 Features That Make This 54g Wearable Camera Punch Above Its Weight Read More
