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Every PS2 and GameCube game was designed for a 4:3 screen. Most Android handhelds ship with 16:9 panels that force black bars or ugly stretching on exactly the content that defines retro emulation. The Retroid Pocket Nova is the first device in this price range to fix that: a dedicated 4.5-inch AMOLED display at 1280 […]
Why the Retroid Pocket Nova Might Be the Best Retro Handheld of 2026 Read More
Test online Marshall has spent over 60 years building amplifiers for the world’s biggest stages. The Marshall Minor IV true wireless earbuds, launched in 2024, bring that same sound heritage to your ears, now available at $89.99, down from a $159.99 list price. That is real audio pedigree at a real discount. 🛒 Marshall Minor
If Your Earbuds Hurt After an Hour, You Need to Try These $89.99 Marshalls Read More
Want to track runs and hikes with real GPS, without charging a watch every night? That usually starts around $250 with a Garmin or Apple Watch. Anything cheaper tends to borrow your phone’s GPS, die in a day, or quietly drop features. Price: $44.99 Where to Buy: Amazon The Blackview W80 Pro (ASIN B0GX1V2Q6D) breaks
This $45 Blackview Military Smartwatch Has GPS, ChatGPT, and a 100-Day Battery Read More
Most watches tell you the time. Citizen’s newest one tells you where the stars are. Price: ¥363,000 ($2,262) Where to Buy: Casio Japan The brand’s luxury division, Campanola, has revived one of its most quietly astonishing ideas, a wristwatch that carries a rotating map of the night sky, to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the
Citizen Put a Real-Time Map of 452 Stars on This Watch’s Dial Read More
Lenovo lightest 14-inch business laptop with AMD Gorgon Point processors 5G cellular 64 GB RAM Starting at 2129
Lenovo Built a ThinkPad for People Who Are Done Paying for Hotspot Data Read More
If you have ever liked the idea of an outdoor watch but not the wrist computer that usually comes bolted to it, the Pro Trek PRJ-01 is built for you. Most rugged watches now pile on GPS, phone notifications, a stack of sensors, and yet another screen to charge, and that is exactly the part
Casio’s Lightest Pro Trek Yet Goes Fully Analog With the PRJ-01 Read More
Magnetic power banks usually make one promise: snap them onto the back of an iPhone and forget the cable. The Anker Zolo Magnetic Power Bank is more interesting because it admits the cable still earns its place. Its built-in USB-C cable is the feature that changes how I would use it. Anker Zolo Magnetic Power
Why the Anker Zolo Magnetic Power Bank Beats Wireless-Only MagSafe Packs Read More
For years, the fastest way to game seriously on Android meant buying a flagship phone and living with a cramped screen. Tablets were treated as gaming machines only by accident, tuned for reading, streaming, and notes first. That trade-off is starting to look outdated. A new kind of Android gaming tablet is being built around
The Tiny Android Tablet Built to Survive Long Gaming Sessions Read More
Most heritage reissues sell you a feeling, not a function. They copy an old dial, borrow an old name, and let nostalgia do the rest. Every so often one brings back something genuinely useful instead. 🛒 Price: CHF 1,956 (About $2,435) Where to Buy: Ollech & Wajs That is the case with the Ollech &
The Vietnam-Era 24-Hour Watch That Vanished Is Back Read More
WSJ says SpaceX showed investors an AI handset prototype with xAI and Qualcomm inside. Musk calls it utterly false. Here is what is confirmed, what is not, and where the Tesla Pi phone rumor fits.
Don’t Call It a Phone: What the SpaceX AI Device Rumor Actually Tells Us Read More
A portable monitor sounds like an easy laptop upgrade until the cable mess starts, which is where the InnoView 15.6-inch portable touchscreen monitor tries to make things simple. Some screens need separate power, some only work with the right USB-C port, and others add touch that disappears the moment you plug into the wrong device.
If You Work Off a Laptop on the Road, This $109 Touchscreen Monitor Is Worth a Look Read More
A good smartwatch for women doesn’t have to cost a week’s paycheck. The Fitpolo AR-01 proves it with a sharp, round 1.3-inch AMOLED display, solid everyday fitness tracking, and call-handling smarts for under $50. That is less than what most people spend on dinner out. It looks like a real watch, not a toy, and
The Budget AMOLED Smartwatch That’s Quietly Competing With $200 Rivals Read More
It’s Fourth of July weekend: cookouts, road trips, beach days, and backyard fireworks. These are the once-a-year moments worth capturing on something better than another phone photo you’ll never scroll back to. Polaroid’s tiniest camera is fun, but tiny prints aren’t for everyone. If you’re burned out on shooting 40 phone photos you’ll never look
If Polaroid Go Prints Feel Too Tiny, the Now Gen 3 Is the One to Buy Read More
DJI has announced the Mic Mini 2S, an updated version of its compact wireless microphone system and one of the most capable DJI wireless microphones in the Mini line to date, adding onboard recording, quad-channel audio support, and AI-powered noise cancellation. At around 12 grams, it keeps the same clip-on form factor as its predecessors
DJI Mic Mini 2S: The Ultra-Compact Wireless Mic That Now Records on Its Own Read More
Buying a Windows laptop used to be mostly an Intel versus AMD decision. In 2026, it’s also a timing decision. Qualcomm, Intel, and AMD have all already launched next-generation chips this year: Snapdragon X2 Elite, Intel Core Ultra Series 3 (“Panther Lake”), and AMD Ryzen AI 400 (“Gorgon Point”) are shipping in new laptops right
Intel, AMD, or Snapdragon X Elite: Should You Buy Now, or Wait for the Next-Gen Chips? Read More
Wireless meat thermometers are having a moment because they solve a real problem: nobody wants to keep opening the grill just to ask a steak how it’s doing. And with the July 4th weekend almost here, that problem is about to show up at every grill in the neighborhood: backyard cookouts, all-day smoker sessions, and
The Wireless Thermometer That Ends Overcooked Steak Forever Read More
I’ll say it plainly: the SHARPAL 101N is the best $10 you’ll spend on knife maintenance this year. This thing is smaller than a credit card and lighter than a deck of cards, yet it packs six tools that actually work. If you carry a pocket knife, camp, fish, or just want a reliable backup
Why Campers and Knife Carriers Are Obsessed With This $10 Pocket Sharpener Read More
Baseus Inspire XC1 lands in a strange but useful middle ground: clip-on open-ear earbuds with Bose-tuned sound claims, Dolby Audio support, and a price that sits well below the premium clip-on crowd. They aren’t gym-proof replacements for sealed earbuds. They make more sense as daily walking, desk, and commute earbuds for people who hate silicone
Baseus Inspire XC1: All-Day Open-Ear Audio That Won’t Quit Read More
Label makers sound boring until you’re staring at six identical black USB-C cables, trying to work out which one actually charges the laptop. The Nelko P21 Bluetooth Label Maker is a small desk tool that makes a messy gadget setup easier to live with, and the Amazon listing is hard to ignore: $17.99, down from
Nelko’s Tiny Bluetooth Label Maker Is a Cheap Fix for Cable Chaos Read More
Robot vacuums made sense because floors get dirty every day. A window cleaning robot is harder to justify until you have tall panes, balcony glass, sunroom walls, or awkward exterior windows that turn cleaning into a ladder job. The ECOVACS WINBOT W2 PRO Omni is interesting because it tries to make that job portable, battery-powered,
ECOVACS WINBOT W2 PRO Is the Window Robot for People with Too Much Glass Read More