Posts about a variety of topics which are not news and are not reviews.
Most super-steel knives ask you to carry something chunky in return. The Benchmade Lowden 491BK-02 doesn’t play that game, packing CPM-S90V, one of the longest-wearing stainless steels you can pocket, into a 2.79-inch blade and a frame that all but disappears against your leg. Price: $300 Where to Buy: Benchmade It’s a manual flipper running […]
EDC Knife of the Week: The Slim Benchmade That Hides a Super Steel Read More
Garmin just made its screen-free wearable official. The company announced the CIRQA Smart Band on July 21, 2026, and it’s Garmin’s first screen-free band that tracks fitness and wellness without asking you to pay a subscription. Garmin says CIRQA is available now at a suggested $199.99, gets up to 10 days of battery on a
Garmin’s CIRQA Smart Band Skips the Screen and the Subscription Read More
Samsung wants a spot in your wallet that outlasts the phone in your pocket. On July 20, 2026, Samsung Electronics America and Barclays announced the Samsung Galaxy Card, the company’s first credit card program in the United States, two days ahead of the July 22 Galaxy Unpacked event. The card runs on the Visa network,
Samsung’s First Credit Card Pays 5% Back on Direct Purchases Read More
Business buyers keep hearing about Copilot+, and the EliteBook 8 G2a 16 finally hands them silicon that backs the label. The pitch is simple. Drop AMD’s newest Ryzen AI chip into a 16-inch frame, then let the NPU carry the on-device features IT teams keep circling. It’s a confident opening move for a workhorse line.
HP’s EliteBook 8 G2a 16 Bets Your Next Work Laptop Needs a 50-TOPS AI Chip Read More
Here’s the belief the knife world keeps reinforcing: if you want M390 steel wrapped in a titanium handle, you’re going to pay boutique money for the privilege. The Black Whale is built to break that assumption. It’s a crowdfunding folder from Doceaedc that leads with both premium materials, and backers have already pushed it past
The Black Whale Might Be the Cheapest Way Into the M390 Club Read More
Samsung’s next Galaxy Unpacked is set for July 22, 2026, and the company has already confirmed the date, the London venue, and a teaser line that reads “a new shape unfolds.” It’s Samsung’s first summer Unpacked staged in the UK capital, and the “new shape” wording has most people reading it as a hint at
Samsung Galaxy Unpacked July 22: Everything We Expect Read More
Timex has quietly upgraded its pilot’s watch. The new Waterbury Ace Fly-Back Chronograph runs a proper fly-back movement, the kind that resets and restarts a running stopwatch with a single press, all inside a 43mm stainless steel case built to look like a vintage cockpit tool. Price:Now at $235.04 (From $289) Where to Buy: Amazon
Timex Brings a Fly-Back Chronograph to the Waterbury Ace, Starting at $289 Read More
Marshall has a new limited edition speaker out, and it leans hard into one of the most famous partnerships in rock history. The Acton III Marshall x Hendrix 60th Anniversary Edition takes the compact Acton III home speaker and wraps it in purple crushed velvet, silver hardware, and cosmic artwork built to celebrate 60 years
Most mini ratchets top out around 60 to 72 teeth before the mechanism starts feeling gritty in tight spaces. Price: $21.98 Where to Buy: Amazon Klein Tools pushed its slim-profile magnetic mini ratchet to a 90-tooth head, and the extra teeth show up exactly where you’d expect, in the swing arc you get when there’s
This $22 Klein Ratchet Fits Where Your Screwdriver Can’t Read More
Kodak has a new 35mm film camera, and it strips away every decision a first-time film shooter has to make. The EC35 is made under license by Reto, the same company behind the Kodak Charmera. It went on sale this week at $34.99 in the US and £34.99 in the UK. Price: $34.99 Where to
Kodak’s New EC35 Brings Back a $35 Point-and-Shoot for Film Beginners Read More
Boker just turned a legendary sword into something you can fold into your pocket, and it arrives the same year one of the summer’s biggest myths lit up IMAX screens. The Boker Plus Inarsil is a tactical folder built to look like a sword, designed by Midgards Messer for the Boker Plus line. It carries
Boker’s Inarsil Folding Sword Was Made for Middle-earth, but It Suits the Odyssey Age Read More
Big-screen tablets usually come with big-screen prices, and that’s the assumption TECLAST is poking at with the T65. The 2026 refresh is on shelves now, running Android 16 and listing under $200, in stock at Amazon. Most tablets at that price still ship with 10-inch screens and half the storage. Price: $159.99 Where to Buy:
TECLAST’s 13.4-Inch Android 16 Tablet Is Here for Under $200 Read More
OneXPlayer just made its most expensive handheld easier to buy. The X2 Mini Pro, the company’s 8.8 inch OLED gaming handheld built around AMD’s Strix Halo silicon, is now available to order directly from the OneXPlayer store rather than only through its Indiegogo campaign. Orders placed now are listed as pre-orders that ship in August,
OneXPlayer X2 Mini Pro Hits Direct Sale With an 8.8 Inch OLED and Ryzen AI Max+ 388 Read More
Two buyers, one laptop. Razer’s 2026 Blade 18 courts gamers chasing maximum frames and developers running local large language model inference on their own hardware, all on the same machine. The hardware behind that promise runs loud: up to an Intel Core Ultra 9 290HX Plus, up to an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop GPU,
The New Razer Blade 18 Goes All In on Gaming and Local AI Read More
Evan Blass came out of retirement to drop seven high-resolution renders of the Galaxy Watch Ultra 2 in his Leakmail newsletter, and the headline isn’t the design. It’s the silicon. The leaked promotional material ties the Ultra 2 to Qualcomm’s Snapdragon Wear Elite, which would make it the first Galaxy Watch to leave Samsung’s own
Galaxy Watch Ultra 2 Renders Leak: What Actually Changed Read More
Selling out in minutes normally means a company has a hit on its hands. Samsung’s Galaxy Z TriFold spent three months proving that a phone can sell every unit it makes and still walk away from the market. At $2,899, it was the most expensive phone Samsung had ever sold in the US, and it
What Happens When a $2,900 Phone Sells Out in Minutes and Never Comes Back Read More
Vosteed didn’t launch a brand-new knife this week so much as hand an existing favorite a costume. The Parallel A3522 keeps the ultra-thin titanium frame that made the original a cult pick, but it swaps in a CPM-S35VN blade and wraps the handle in an etched spider-web pattern. The timing is hard to ignore. Price:
Vosteed Gave Its Thinnest Knife Better Steel and a Spider-Web Handle Read More
Modern digital watches keep piling on features nobody asked for. Step counters, phone notifications, a stack of alarms, and a backlight bright enough to read a book by. Somewhere in that race, the plain pleasure of glancing at a glowing screen and seeing only the time got buried. Price: $169 Where to Buy: Timex There’s
Timex Brought Back Its First Digital Watch and Barely Changed It Read More
Xtra’s dual-lens pocket gimbal, the Muse 2 Pro, now carries a Q3 2026 launch target for the US, later than the summer window some buyers first expected. Rather than issue a formal delay notice, Xtra firmed up the date on its early-access page. The company frames the shift as normal timing for an ambitious new
Xtra’s Muse 2 Pro Puts a 1-Inch Dual-Lens Gimbal in Your Pocket Read More
A gaming setup usually gets built for the eyes first. The monitor gets the budget, the GPU gets the attention, and audio ends up running through whatever speakers shipped in a box years ago. It’s the one part of the rig that stays frozen while everything around it gets faster and sharper. Price: TBD Where
ASUS ROG Built Its First Soundbar and Pointed It Straight at Your Desk Read More