The wandering-hour complication isn’t new. Audemars Piguet’s Star Wheel popularized the format in 1991, and a handful of independents have kept the idea alive since, almost always at prices most people will never touch. Mitico’s bet, live on Kickstarter right now, is that wandering hour watches can survive at $429. Price: From HK$ 3,360 (About […]
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It’s happening. Swatch and Audemars Piguet are teaming up on a watch called the Royal Pop, and it drops Saturday, May 16, 2026. After a week of teaser posts and cryptic font games, Swatch confirmed the collab directly on Instagram with AP tagged in the post. Here’s the line Swatch is leading with: A disruptive
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There’s a moment that hits when you realize you don’t need your gaming desk anymore. You’re sprawled on the couch, your full Steam library running on a screen the size of a paperback, the game you’d usually only touch at your tower hitting settings you’d be smug about on a desktop. That used to be
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Benchmade’s 2026 preview is loud, and a lot of it earns the noise. ELMAX Bugouts, an S90V bolstered Bugout, an S90V Osborne, and a MagnaCut Bugout Vapyr all land this year, which is the kind of run that pulls knife buyers off the fence. The loudest brand isn’t always the smartest buy, though. We pulled
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The best power bank in 2026 isn’t the bigger version of the one you bought in 2024. The category has split into specialized tiers this year: 300-watt desktop replacements, semi-solid-state pocket banks with titanium shells, retractable cables that mean you stop carrying three of them, magnetic Qi2 rings that finally make wireless feel useful. Three
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Everybody wants less screen time until the checkout page loads. The Light Phone III asks $699 to $799. A Mudita Kompakt with a barely usable camera lists at $439 and runs $379 to $399 in regular sale. The Wisephone II is $399 plus a $14.99 monthly subscription that, if it lapses, takes most of the
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The ZX Spectrum and Commodore 64 were desktop machines. Boxy slabs with chunky keys, parked on kitchen tables, hooked up to portable TVs. So watching Hyper Mega Tech announce pocketable, clamshell versions of both feels a little like seeing your old school photo on a smartwatch. Nostalgic, slightly absurd, and somehow exactly right. Price: From
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If you’ve spent any time looking at AI hiking exoskeletons, you’ve noticed something quietly weird about the entire category. Every suit on the market wants to talk about going up. The marketing is always uphill switchbacks, summit selfies, climbers arriving fresher than the friend who didn’t strap in. That’s the whole pitch. Climb harder, sweat
If you’ve been waiting for Banjo-Kazooie to show up on something you can carry around, Blaze has an answer for you. The new Evercade Nexus is the biggest handheld the company’s made, and every unit ships with the Banjo-Kazooie Double Pack cartridge in the box. It lands in October 2026 at $199.99 in the US
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Kershaw has brought one of its most-wanted shapes back from retirement. It landed with a new lock, an upgraded steel, and a price that keeps the cult silhouette firmly in everyday-carry territory. The Bareknuckle DuraLock, officially Model 6777, went live earlier this year, reviving a design that EDC fans had been asking about for years
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