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iPhone 18 Pro Max Dummy Models Leak: Here’s What to Expect Before September

By Rei Padla / May 31, 2026 / Articles / Apple, iPhone / Leave a Comment

Apple’s iPhone 18 Pro Max won’t break cover until September, but the rumor mill is running. Late May 2026 brought a four-color dummy-model leak (Silver, Black, Light Blue, Dark Cherry) plus supply-chain reports that Apple is finalizing OLED panel approvals. The clearest picture yet: the same overall back as the iPhone 17 Pro, a refreshed […]

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Casio’s First MIP Mudman: G-Shock GDG-B100 Leaks Ahead of Launch

By Rei Padla / May 31, 2026 / Articles / watch, Watches and Clocks / Leave a Comment

Casio GW-9500-1JF G-Shock Master of G Series MUDMAN Triple Sensor Model

The Mudman line has stayed stubbornly old-school for years: conventional LCDs, no fitness tracking, all toughness. A new leak suggests that’s about to change. Imagery from Casioblog (the same fan blog that called the F-B100W’s Bluetooth step tracker last year) shows the GDG-B100, what looks like the first Mudman with a memory-in-pixel (MIP) display and

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Spyderco’s $1,200 Native 5 Took 1,200 Hours to Build

By Rei Padla / May 30, 2026 / Articles / EDC, folding knife, Knives / Leave a Comment

Spyderco Native 5 50th Anniversary Amber Bone CPM S90V Sprint Run

Most knife companies celebrate a milestone anniversary with a logo etch and a price bump. Spyderco, which has spent half a century quietly running one of the more interesting catalogs in production knives, decided to do something else. For its 50th, the Golden, Colorado outfit rebuilt what Spyderco itself calls its iconic Native® 5 as

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Samsung Galaxy S27 is Already Leaking, Here’s What Early 2027 Might Bring

By Rei Padla / May 29, 2026 / Articles / Samsung, Smartphone / Leave a Comment

Samsung hasn’t even finished shipping the Galaxy S26 line, and the rumor mill is already pivoting to 2027. Multiple industry trackers now have active Galaxy S27 watch pages pinning the next flagship to an early-2027 unveiling, alongside the first scattered chatter about an Exynos 2700, a move to Qi2.2 magnetic wireless charging, and, most newsworthy,

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Q Timex Blue Vega: The $229 Glow-in-the-Dark ’70s Revival

By Rei Padla / May 29, 2026 / Articles / watch, Watches and Clocks / Leave a Comment

Timex spent most of the last decade quietly turning its archive into a release calendar. The Q Timex line, those vaguely ’70s-shaped steel quartz watches with day-date windows and archival dial work, has been doing most of the heavy lifting, and February’s Q Timex Red Vega 1978 Reissue, the $219 red-marbleized release tied to Vincent

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Apple Vision Pro 2 Reportedly Delayed to 2028 Ahead of WWDC

By Rei Padla / May 29, 2026 / Articles / Apple, Vision Pro / Leave a Comment

If you were hoping Apple would use WWDC 2026 to unveil a Vision Pro 2, it may be time to reset expectations. Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, in his Power On newsletter, said he doesn’t expect the next Vision Pro until 2028 at the earliest, building on Bloomberg’s earlier October 1, 2025 report, “Apple Shelves Vision Headset

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Google May Have Just Shown Off the Pixel 11’s Pixel Glow

By Rei Padla / May 28, 2026 / Articles / Google, Pixel, Smartphone / 2 Comments

Pixel 11 with Pixel Glow Generated by AI Only

The Pixel 11 is not expected until August, but Google may have accidentally previewed one of its standout features during the I/O 2026 keynote. A brief on-stage moment appeared to show Pixel Glow, two weeks after a massive leak outlined Tensor G6, new Samsung OLED panels, and that same RGB strip. Here is what observers

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Cheap Matter Smart Plugs: The Smart-Home Escape Hatch

By Rei Padla / May 28, 2026 / Articles / Home and Kitchen, smart home / Leave a Comment

A four-pack of Matter smart plugs now runs about $24 on Amazon at deal pricing, and that’s the lever worth paying attention to. Not the new spec revision. Single digits per outlet is what lets you walk out of an ecosystem you spent four years assembling and into a different one without throwing the hardware

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7 Reasons the Garmin Forerunner 70 Belongs on Your Wrist

By Rei Padla / May 27, 2026 / Articles / fitness, Health and fitness, Smartwatch, wearables / Leave a Comment

For nearly five years, the Forerunner 55 quietly anchored Garmin’s entry tier as the watch you recommended to friends who wanted a real running companion without paying flagship prices. The Forerunner 70 doesn’t just replace it. It rethinks what an entry-level running smartwatch can be. Garmin has packed in a vivid AMOLED touchscreen, a more

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Sonos Ace 2 Leaks Point to a Late-2026 Reveal

By Rei Padla / May 27, 2026 / Articles / Audio, Bluetooth headphones, Bluetooth headset, Headphones / Leave a Comment

The Sonos Ace marked the company’s ambitious first step into over-ear headphones, yet whispers of a sequel are already gaining volume among fans and industry watchers. With the original now approaching its second birthday, rumors place a Sonos Ace 2 announcement somewhere in late 2026 or even 2027. Here is what recent executive comments, analyst

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Googlebook Is Google’s Chromebook Successor: Here’s What Ships This Fall

By Rei Padla / May 27, 2026 / Articles / chromebook, Google, Googlebook, Laptop / Leave a Comment

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

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The KeyMaster 3.0 Titanium Multitool Might Just Replace Your Bulky Pocket Knife

By Rei Padla / May 26, 2026 / Articles / Crowdfunded, EDC, Kickstarter, Multi-tool / Leave a Comment

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

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8BitDo Retro 68 AP50th: $499 Apple II Keyboard Ships June

By Rei Padla / May 26, 2026 / Articles / Apple, Computer Gear, Keyboard / Leave a Comment

8BitDo Retro 68 Keyboard AP50th Limited Edition Review

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

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The iPhone Fold Is Real and It’ll Cost More Than $2,000

By Rei Padla / May 26, 2026 / Articles / Apple, Foldable, Smartphone / Leave a Comment

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

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Google’s Answer to Meta Ray-Bans: Warby Parker Glasses

By Rei Padla / May 26, 2026 / Articles / Glasses, Google, Samsung, smart glasses / Leave a Comment

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

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OMEGA’s $9,400 Bond Seamaster Came Out of a Video Game First

By Rei Padla / May 26, 2026 / Articles / watch, Watches and Clocks / Leave a Comment

OMEGA Seamaster Diver 300M Chronograph 007 First Light

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

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WWDC 2026 Starts June 8: What Your iPhone, Mac, and Watch Are Getting Next

By Rei Padla / May 25, 2026 / Articles / Apple, WWDC / Leave a Comment

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

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EDC Knife of the Week: Kizer Begleiter 2.9 Goes Sub-3

By Rei Padla / May 25, 2026 / Articles / EDC, folding knife, Knives / Leave a Comment

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

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MacBook Air M5 vs M4: The $100 Gap That Doubles Storage, and Which to Buy

By Vincent Nguyen / May 25, 2026 / Articles, Buyer's Guide / Apple, Macbook, Macbook Air / Leave a Comment

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

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Every Smart Glasses Design Tells You Who They’re Chasing

By Rei Padla / May 25, 2026 / Articles / AR glasses, Glasses, Google, Samsung, smart glasses / Leave a Comment

Ray-ban Meta Wayfarer Review vs Google AI Smart Glasses

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

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