You don’t need a hub to use a smart bulb anymore, but you do need one if you want motion sensors, dimmer wall switches, door locks, and robot vacuums talking to each other without six different apps on your phone. The hub question in 2026 is no longer “do I need one” but “which platform […]
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We have been refreshing the G-SHOCK clusters all spring, and this is the one we have been waiting for. The Coca-Cola 140th-anniversary G-SHOCK landed at Zumiez in the United States on June 11, 2026, and stock has been moving fast ever since. The MSRP is $200, the dial carries a Coca-Cola wordmark over a Coke-brown
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You’ve burned through enough 720p laptop cameras to know that “good enough” is the difference between a 90-minute client call and a 90-minute apology. The 2026 market has reshuffled. Logitech’s MX Brio took the premium 4K slot at $199. Insta360’s Link 2 made AI tracking usable at $200. Elgato’s Facecam 4K undercut its own Pro
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You opened the goretroid pre-order page expecting $229. The number is now $244, and the 12GB RAM option is gone. The Retroid Pocket 6 launched on October 2025 at $229 for the 8GB tier and $279 for the 12GB, and lost its top tier to the AI memory crunch. Retroid raised the 8GB tier by
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I woke up Saturday to a notification no wearable had ever sent me. The RingConn Gen 3 had finished its three-night sleep apnea assessment, and the report read AHI 8.1, “Suspected Mild.” I put this $349 smart ring on to find out whether the two-week battery claim and the no-subscription pitch hold up. Seven days
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Apple’s WWDC 2026 keynote left a lot of Apple Watch owners with a homework assignment, and a smaller group with a shopping decision they did not expect to make this summer. The watchOS 27 compatibility list, confirmed at the keynote on June 8, names six Apple Watch models that will run the new software: Series
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The wireless lavalier category has been stuck on a single argument for years: which compromise hurts least, weight or sound quality. Insta360’s Mic Pro doesn’t argue the compromise. It changes what the mic looks like on camera. As of early May, it’s shipping through the Insta360 Store and Amazon at US$199.99 for the 1 TX
The $199 Insta360 Mic Pro Just Shipped With a Feature No Other Wireless Mic Has Read More
June is tech’s slow-news month. Big launches sit on either side of WWDC and IFA, so most “best of the month” lists this June recycle May leftovers. Ours doesn’t. We’ve pulled together the ten gadgets we’ve been featuring this month, in rough cart-add order. Some are brand-new releases. Some are recent picks that earned a
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If you bought a Technics SL-40CBT in the last nine months, you now have a colorway problem. The deck Technics launched at CEDIA 2025 for $899.99 is back as a Fritz Hansen special edition, finished in matte deep burgundy, and capped at 300 units worldwide. It ships in October 2026, alongside a 200-unit reissue of
Apple ships hero colors. It does not ship accessories to match them. That gap is why brands like Nomad exist, and Stellar Orange is a clean example of the aftermarket extending Apple’s color story. Nomad added Stellar Orange finishes to two existing products: the Tracking Card Pro Find My wallet tracker ($39) and the Stand
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