ARTICLE – Most triple collaborations in sneakers end up as compromise projects where one brand brings the silhouette, another picks a colorway, and the third slaps a logo on the tongue. The results usually tell you which partner got sidelined before you even touch the materials. So the real question is: can three labels with […]
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ARTICLE – Trackers feel like an easy win when the price is right. The payoff shows up the first time you don’t lose an hour retracing your steps. At €17.99 ($21) for one or €59.99 ($71) for four, the Xiaomi Tag makes tracking feel like basic upkeep. A four pack lands in the same mental
Xiaomi Tag Brings a Lower Price to iPhone and Android Tracking Read More
REVIEW – Tablet computers have been a dream since before the crew emerged from stasis in 2001: A Space Odessey and caught up with what they had missed while hurtling away from the Earth. Since then, Star Trek had their PADDs, and Apple got roundly roasted for calling their tablet “iPad”. We have nearly sixteen
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NEWS – Asus shipped its 32-inch ROG Swift OLED PG32UCDM3 gaming monitor to China this week, weeks ahead of the late March window the company floated after CES. The monitor hit JD.com at CNY 8,499, which converts to about $1,225. That undercuts the $1,299 US price Asus mentioned in January, though the company hasn’t confirmed
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ARTICLE – Tower heaters have trained us to accept a design limit that doesn’t need to exist. They stand upright, blow heat forward, and expect you to arrange the room around them. That works fine if you’ve got an open corner, but it breaks down when you need heat under a desk or along a
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Phone gaming controllers fail at portability before they fail at anything else. The problem isn’t buttons or latency or compatibility across ecosystems. The problem is that most mobile controllers ask you to carry a secondary device that’s heavier, bulkier, and more annoying than the phone itself. Telescopic grips turn your phone into a brick. Clip-on
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ARTICLE – Most companies add features to charge more money. The Ricoh GR IV Monochrome does the opposite. It removes the ability to shoot color photos completely, then charges $700 more than the regular version. It’s a pocket-sized camera that takes out the color filter and bets that photographers who want to shoot black and
Ricoh’s New Pocket Camera Costs $2,200 and Removes the Ability to Shoot Color Read More
ARTICLE – We Knife doesn’t design folders for people who want their EDC to blend in. Their latest release, the Anglex Flipper Knife, doubles down on that philosophy with angular geometry, full titanium construction, and nearly four inches of M390 super steel wrapped in a reverse tanto profile that looks like it was sketched by
WE Knife Anglex Flipper Knife Puts M390 Steel and Full Titanium Into Tactical EDC Read More
Most productivity tools promise to help you focus while simultaneously offering seventeen ways to not focus. The browser tab you’re supposed to write in sits next to the tab where you’re checking analytics, reading news, and pretending research counts as progress. The Zerowriter Ink doesn’t negotiate with this impulse because it physically can’t connect to
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ARTICLE – Eight decades of audio engineering calls for more than a press release, and JBL knows this. When a company has shaped how multiple generations experience music at home, a milestone anniversary demands something tangible, something collectors can actually own. The JBL L100 Classic 80 Anniversary Edition exists for this exact reason. It’s a
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