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If you’ve been eyeing a new Chromebook this summer, hold off. Google is moving on from the Chromebook brand at the premium tier. The company unveiled Googlebook on May 12 at The Android Show: I/O Edition, a new line of Android-powered, Gemini-first laptops launching this fall with Acer, ASUS, Dell, HP, and Lenovo. Pricing and […]
Googlebook Is Google’s Chromebook Successor: Here’s What Ships This Fall Read More
Keys are the one thing most of us never leave home without. Wallets change, phones get swapped between pockets, watches come and go, but the keyring stays anchored to the same loop every single day. That makes the key form factor the most reliable real estate in EDC: a tool shaped like a key doesn’t
The KeyMaster 3.0 Titanium Multitool Might Just Replace Your Bulky Pocket Knife Read More
8BitDo is marking Apple’s 50th anniversary with its most ambitious keyboard yet, and one that ties its all-time price ceiling. The Retro 68 AP50th Limited Edition is set to ship in June 2026 at $499.99, carrying over the all-aluminum chassis 8BitDo introduced on the NES 40th Edition and dressing it in Apple II livery. Every
8BitDo Retro 68 AP50th: $499 Apple II Keyboard Ships June Read More
Apple’s long-rumored foldable iPhone is finally shaping up into a real product. Leaks and supply-chain reports now point to a September 2026 launch alongside the iPhone 18 line, with a book-style design and a price tag that starts north of $2,000. If the rumors hold, mass production won’t kick off until August, a one- to
The iPhone Fold Is Real and It’ll Cost More Than $2,000 Read More
For nearly three years, Meta’s Ray-Ban smart glasses have had the AI eyewear category almost entirely to themselves. That changed at Google I/O 2026, where Warby Parker and Google walked on stage together and pulled the cover off Intelligent Eyewear, a new line of AI-powered frames running on Gemini and Android XR, with audio-first models
Google’s Answer to Meta Ray-Bans: Warby Parker Glasses Read More
The action-adventure video game 007 First Light launches worldwide tomorrow, May 27, 2026, and OMEGA has already moved the watch Bond wears in the game off the screen and into its catalogue. The Seamaster Diver 300M Chronograph 007 First Light is a production reference (ref. 210.32.44.51.01.002, not a limited edition) priced at US$9,400, and it’s
OMEGA’s $9,400 Bond Seamaster Came Out of a Video Game First Read More
Apple has confirmed that its annual Worldwide Developers Conference will run from June 8 through June 12, 2026, with a hybrid format that combines online sessions for the global developer community and an in-person keynote viewing at Apple Park in Cupertino. The company sent media invites on May 18, and the keynote itself kicks off
WWDC 2026 Starts June 8: What Your iPhone, Mac, and Watch Are Getting Next Read More
Kizer has expanded its popular Begleiter line this May 2026 with the Begleiter 2.9, a shorter-bladed version of the value-priced EDC folder that helped build Kizer’s reputation. The new model trims the blade to 2.97 inches, comfortably under the 3-inch threshold many U.S. workplaces, schools, and local blade-length ordinances enforce, while keeping the Azo-designed drop-point
EDC Knife of the Week: Kizer Begleiter 2.9 Goes Sub-3 Read More
You’re shopping for a MacBook Air in 2026 and facing a rare choice: Apple’s still selling the M4 alongside the newer M5. At first glance the M5 costs $100 more, but it ships with double the base storage and Wi-Fi 7. With retailers already discounting the M5 below its launch price, the decision’s trickier than
MacBook Air M5 vs M4: The $100 Gap That Doubles Storage, and Which to Buy Read More
The smart glasses category is having its third loud year in a row, and the shape of the products on the way says more about strategy than any keynote slide. Meta keeps shipping frames that look like regular Ray-Bans. Google and Samsung partnered with Warby Parker and Gentle Monster before partnering on hardware. The Ray-Ban
Every Smart Glasses Design Tells You Who They’re Chasing Read More
IFA is back on the calendar for fall 2026, and the dates are locked. Berlin’s Messe halls open September 4 to 8 for IFA Berlin 2026, the biggest consumer tech trade show of fall 2026, with CES in Las Vegas as its January counterpart. If you watch the show for laptop reveals, smart home debuts,
What to Watch When IFA 2026 Opens September 4 Read More
The base Galaxy Z Fold 7 is finally cheap enough to take seriously. After ten months of stubborn pricing, the 256GB model is sitting hundreds below its $1,999 launch tag at the big three retailers, and the timing isn’t a coincidence. Samsung’s July Unpacked is expected to center on the Z Fold 8, and inventory
Last Year’s Biggest Fold is Suddenly the Smartest Buy of 2026 Read More
The biggest shift in this cycle isn’t a new color or a thinner chassis. It’s the rumored removal of the entry-level iPhone 18 from the fall slate, with multiple reliable leakers now pointing to a spring 2027 window. In its place this September, buyers would choose from an iPhone 18 Pro, an iPhone 18 Pro
No Base iPhone 18 This September, Per New Leaks Read More
If you’ve been holding out for a price break on the 14-inch MacBook Pro with Apple’s M5 chip, Memorial Day weekend 2026 is delivering. The M5 14-inch only launched in October 2025, and Apple refreshed its base config as recently as March 2026, so real discounts on the latest chip are still rare. This weekend,
M5 MacBook Pro is $1,499 for Memorial Day: Here’s Where Read More
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
Soundcore Put a Touchscreen on the Liberty 5 Pro Max Case Read More
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
Meta Quest 4 Pushed to 2027 Read More
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
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