25 years later, is it time for a new iPod?
…After launching a small preorder campaign, the startup is currently having 100 “day one” devices manufactured in China, with Kell telling me that a limited number of units will be available for…
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They’ve finally made the Oura Ring smaller and lighter
…Alongside the hardware, Oura is also announcing a ton of new software updates today. Building on Symptom Radar, which detects early health changes, the company is launching something called Health Radar. This…
First Alert’s new smart smoke alarm is meant to be a Google Nest Protect replacement
…They’re available now for preorder at FirstAlert.com. [Video: First Alert smart smoke alarm] Nest Protect alarms work for 10 years from the date of manufacture. They first launched in 2013…
I spent a year trying to figure out if the Trump phone is a scam
…Only the largest phone companies really do, the rest working with original design manufacturers (ODMs), which create hardware based on key specs and target price points. We suspected this had been Trump…
Samsung’s S25 and S25 Plus offer more of the same
…Samsung hasn’t changed the camera hardware at all from the S24 and S24 Plus, though the thick black bezel is new. https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus…
8BitDo’s FlipPad is the most pocketable way to turn your phone into a Game Boy
…8BitDo has long been known for its excellent hardware, and the FlipPad looks and feels as premium as its most expensive console controllers, with button labels etched onto most of the buttons…
Grand Theft Auto VI exists in its own universe
…for the games industry. For basically everyone not named Nintendo, things are not looking good: Hardware is getting prohibitively expensive, physical media is dying, major platforms are in a state of upheaval…
iPhone 16 Pro and 16 Pro Max hands-on: don’t call it a shutter button
…Apple is also touting improved audio hardware on the iPhone 16 Pro, including four “studio quality” mics, which, of course, were impossible to try out in the busy hands-on…
The future of physical games is not looking great
…Shortly after college, I sold my collection of older games and hardware because I wasn’t using them and wanted the money for other things. (Probably weekends out.) Starting with the…
This is oh-so close to my perfect MacBook Pro alternative — then RAMageddon struck
…Just last week, Framework bumped some reserved preorders down from 32GB of RAM to 16GB and raised the price of new preorders by as much as $800. Browsing the Framework subreddit and…