Apple’s $599 MacBook Neo launched last March with an A18 Pro chip, four colors: Silver, Blush, Citrus, and Indigo, and a set of trade-offs at its price point. The Neo ships with two USB-C ports (one USB 2, one USB 3; no Thunderbolt), no backlit keyboard on any configuration, and storage capped at 512GB with […]
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The Artemis II crew already made their trip around the Moon, and space nostalgia’s been on overdrive ever since. Omega Speedmasters get all the spotlight, but the Artemis program’s inspired a lot more than flight-rated chronographs. We’re talking DIY smartwatches you solder yourself, Casio mods done up for the Moon crew, and LEGO rockets tall
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Earth Month happens every April, and April 22 is Earth Day. That’s the day most of us think harder about water bills, wasted food, and the energy we use without noticing. It’s also the day a lot of good intentions show up. You swear you’ll unplug more stuff, take shorter showers, and finally start composting.
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The watch world doesn’t end at Rolex and Omega. Look past the big names and you’ll find a second tier of underrated watch brands making some of the most interesting watches out there. Some are tiny shops run by a few people. Others are older makers that just never chased the hype. All of them
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Your back pocket wallet is costing you more than you think. Sitting on a bifold all day slowly wrecks your lower back, and every pickpocket in a crowded terminal knows exactly where to reach. That’s why the EDC crowd moved to front pocket carry years ago, and why titanium keeps pulling ahead as the material
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The smartphone won. Six-hour screen times, bottomless scrolling, notifications you’ll never clear, and a growing crowd has had enough, trading their glowing slabs for something smaller, simpler, and built to do less on purpose. The dumb phone movement isn’t fringe anymore. Digital minimalism has gone mainstream, with younger users driving much of the shift and
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The vintage style dive watch is having a moment, domed crystals, warm dials, mechanical bezel clicks, and the purpose-built feel of a tool watch that looks like it belongs in a different decade. The catch is that the originals are expensive: a 1960s Blancpain Fifty Fathoms or vintage Zodiac Sea Wolf easily runs into the
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DJI officially unveiled the Osmo Pocket 4, and the fourth-generation pocket gimbal is built for the creators who were already pushing the Pocket 3 past its limits. The 1-inch CMOS sensor carries over, but almost everything around it has been sharpened: 4K slow motion now runs at 240fps, dynamic range climbs to 14 stops with
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Mother’s Day 2026 falls on May 10, and the usual suspects (candles, flowers, brunch reservations) are already filling up store shelves. But if the mom in your life spends more time juggling school drop-offs, work calls, and snack emergencies than sitting still, she doesn’t need another bath bomb. She needs gear that actually keeps up
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Benchmade has been building knives in Oregon City, Oregon since the late 1980s (the company traces back to 1979 as Bali-Song), and somewhere along the way, “Made in USA” became a genuine competitive advantage. Every blade ships with premium steel, the signature AXIS Lock for smooth ambidextrous operation, and a LifeSharp program covering lifetime sharpening
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There’s something special about wearing a watch you really love. The problem is, the ones most people want come with five-figure price tags. The Rolex Submariner, the Audemars Piguet Royal Oak, the Cartier Tank: these watches created entire styles in watchmaking, and most people simply can’t afford them. The good news? The affordable watch market
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Earth Day falls on April 22 this year, and the timing couldn’t be more fitting to take stock of the tech you carry, charge, and rely on every day. The sustainability conversation has moved well past reusable bags and metal straws. It’s now embedded in the materials, manufacturing, and power sources behind the gadgets that
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The USB-C port quietly replaced everything. Your phone charges with it. Your laptop charges with it. Your earbuds, your tablet, your game controller. And yet most EDC gear still ships with micro-USB ports or proprietary magnetic pucks that require their own dedicated cable, which inevitably lives at the bottom of a drawer you forgot existed.
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The AstroRinse station is the reason the Beatbot AquaSense X exists. It’s the first automatic filter-cleaning station built for a pool robot, and The Gadgeteer is among the first publications to put it through real-world testing. The robot docks, the station rinses its filter, empties its debris bin, and three minutes later everything is clean
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Xiaomi isn’t just making phones anymore. The company’s smart home lineup has quietly grown into one of the most complete ecosystems in consumer tech, covering everything from robot vacuums with triple-camera AI systems to espresso machines that wouldn’t look out of place in a specialty coffee shop. While brands like Google and Amazon grab smart
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Civivi doesn’t play by the rules most budget knife brands follow. This WE Knife subsidiary keeps showing up with ceramic ball bearings, respected designer collaborations, and blade steels that have no business appearing at these price points. With a catalog past 773 folding models, choosing the right one isn’t easy. These ten knives span everything
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The last couple of weeks in gadgets weren’t loud. No Apple keynotes, no Samsung Unpacked, no trade show floors packed with press badges. And yet the stuff that actually shipped or got announced during that quiet stretch is wilder than most of the products fighting for stage time at CES. A desktop PC shaped like
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Watches like the Timex Deepwater Arctic have proven there’s massive appetite for retro divers right now. But at $299, the Deepwater sits above what a lot of collectors want to spend on their next rotation piece. So we went looking for more affordable alternatives, the kind of watches that deliver the same vintage dive energy
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Spring has a way of reminding everyone that reliable power isn’t optional. Between unpredictable storm seasons, the first camping trips of the year, and the growing reality that grid outages can hit any neighborhood without warning, portable power stations have turned into one of the most popular product categories heading into warmer months. The latest
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The gadget cycle in 2026 isn’t just fast. It’s punishing. Products launch, spike on social, hit backorder, and vanish before most outlets can finish unboxing them. We’ve been tracking the most heat across search trends, campaigns, and reader traffic, and one pattern keeps showing up: the best gadgets of 2026 aren’t the obvious flagship or
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