If you're tired of running out of juice for your phone, earbuds, and other doodads when you're on the go, Realme's got you. Its upcoming phone not only packs one of the biggest batteries around, but it can also fast charge your devices. Talk about earning your keep in your everyday carry!
Category: Mobile Technology, Consumer Tech, Technology
Tags: smartphones, Battery
If you've thought about upgrading your audio hardware beyond your phone, the Maono PD200W mic makes a strong case for it. It offers versatility, quality and a simplicity that isn't common with audio gear. And, just as important, it's under US$100.
Category: Consumer Tech, Technology
Tags: Microphone, Portable, Podcasts, recording, Audio, USB Type C, Wireless, Reviews
Sometimes safety becomes unsafe when it's carried too far. A new study by Lloyds Register reveals that ships, especially cruise ships, have so many alarms going off on the bridge that it's overwhelming crews and creating unsafe conditions.
You can start 2026 like it's 1990 with GameSir's Pocket Taco, a cute compact controller that transforms your phone into a handheld gaming device. We must say, it's a bold design move, considering how litigious the original Game Boy maker Nintendo is known to be.
Category: Consumer Tech, Technology
Tags: Nintendo, Gaming, Smartphones, Mobile, Retro, Video Games, Portable Gaming
No prizes for guessing where the Dark Vader draws its inspiration from. Though not overly themed around Star Wars, the tiny house certainly makes a forceful impression and combines its sleek black appearance with a compact but storage-packed interior layout.
Category: Tiny Houses, Outdoors
Tags: Building and Construction, Tiny Footprint, Micro-House, House, Home
It’s been a while since Toyota revealed plans to launch the new electric C-HR SUV. It’s set to become the company's smallest battery-powered crossover, and not just that, it will also become Toyota’s most affordable e-SUV.
Category: Automotive, Transport
Tags: Toyota, Electric Vehicles, Compact, SUV, Crossover
Mecum's Kissimmee auction always kicks the year away with a bang, but this year it smashed a laundry list of world records: the biggest car auction in history ($441 million), the highest single day in history ($259 million), plus world record prices for the Ferrari Enzo, F40, F50, La Ferrari, La Ferrari Aperta, 288 GTO, FXX, 275 GTB/4 Alloy, 599 GTO, 250 GT/L Lusso, F12tdf, 458 Speciale A, 599 SA Aperta, 430 Scuderia and 458 Speciale A plus the Pagani Huayra and Porsche 918 Spyder Weissach.
Category: Automotive, Transport
I’m not sure how long it will take you to read this article. Maybe a few minutes. Maybe you take a little longer and give it a close read. Either way, I’m confident however long you take to read this will not come close to the amount of time it took me to write it. And that’s a good thing. That is how communication should work.
Category: AI and Humanoids, Technology
Tags: LLM (Large Language Model), Communicate, Thinking, Human, GPT
Imagine you’re eight years old and it’s your birthday. You open a big box. Inside is a huge, off-road, remote-controlled truck. You’re ecstatic and can’t wait to head out and eat up some Duracells as you ply your new toy around the yard. Now, as a grownup, you realize why the Hummer EV exists.
Category: Automotive, Transport
Tags: GMC, Hummer, Electric Vehicles, Reviews
You might already know that JBL doesn't just do wireless speakers and earbuds; they're also a big name in live audio. The brand is now trying its hand somewhere in between with a novel product designed for the jam room.
Category: Music, Consumer Tech, Technology
Tags: Amplifiers, JBL, Speakers, Bluetooth Speakers
Fujifilm has unveiled a more advanced version of its flexible rotating-lens business projector. The ZUH12000 is the brightest member of the company's Z-series and becomes its second 4K model. But it's the first to have an interchangeable lens system.
Category: Technology
Tags: Fujitsu, 4K UHD, Projectors, Flexible, Lens
Not getting enough vitamin D can weaken bones, teeth, and muscles by interfering with calcium absorption. Lack of the vitamin has also been implicated in dementia and an increased risk of colorectal cancer. Now there's another reason to avoid a serious D deficiency: it can make respiratory tract infections much worse, according to a new study.
Category: Illnesses and conditions, Body and Mind
Tags: Lung, Pneumonia, Respiratory health, University of Surrey, University of Oxford, University of Reading, Vitamins and minerals
Omega-3 fatty acids sourced from wild-caught fish stocks are valued for their studied health benefits such as healthy skin, joints, heart and brain function along with enhanced immunity, but this has resulted in a reduction in fish stocks globally. A Scottish firm is working on a solution, in the form of omega-3s made from whisky waste.
Category: Environment, Science
Tags: Omega Garden Technology, Fish, Whisky, Conservation, Algae
There's only so much you can realistically fit into a tiny house that has a length of 6 m (20 ft). Despite this, the Tiny Rubik does a good job of squeezing in a compact but well-designed layout that fits a small family, including a downstairs sleeping space and another up top.
Category: Tiny Houses, Outdoors
Tags: Micro-House, Building and Construction, Tiny Footprint, House, Home
If you've been getting back into vinyl records lately, or need to upgrade your basic setup, I've got good news. Sony's returning to the turntable business with its first new models since 2019.
Category: Home Entertainment, Consumer Tech, Technology
Tags: Audio, Sony, Vinyl, Turntables
After a decade of false starts across the industry, Nex Computer revisits the idea of replacing your laptop with a smartphone. By combining Android, Linux, and Windows in one device, the NexPhone may have made the vision a reality.
Category: Consumer Tech, Technology
Tags: smartphones, Computers, Laptop, Hybrid, Productivity, All-in-one
The makers of a smart Rubik's Cube-like puzzle have upped the ante with their game technology with a special-edition Harry Potter-themed chess board, complete with character pieces. But can AI help you learn how to play? You might be surprised (well, I was, at least).
Category: Games, Consumer Tech, Technology
Tags: Chess, Brain, Gaming, Smart technology, Artificial Intelligence, Smartphones, Reviews
The imposing Sphere in Las Vegas might soon have a little sibling on the East Coast. The company behind it has announced its intent to build a similar venue at National Harbor in the Washington DC metropolitan area.
Category: Architecture, Technology
Tags: La Sphere, Sphere, Construction, Building and Construction, America
Ecoldbrew, engineered by a team of designers with experience working for brands like Xiaomi, Philips, De’Longhi and Ningbo Borine, is a portable compact coffee machine that fits 40-oz Stanley tumblers or its own custom container. It can whip up a cup of fresh cold brew coffee on the go without the need for overnight steeping or pre-ground beans.
Category: Around The Home, Lifestyle
Tags: Coffee, Beverages, Kickstarter
A team at Germany's Fraunhofer Institute for Ceramic Technologies and Systems (IKTS) has developed a new type of sodium-ion battery that uses lignin as a key electrode material.
Category: Energy, Technology
Tags: Fraunhofer, Sodium battery, Wood
