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Bang & Olufsen built its reputation on the idea that audio equipment should be worthy of the spaces it inhabits. Bas Kamp’s ONCE concept takes that idea and sharpens it into something more intimate. A …

Books have always held secrets. Marginalia scrawled by long-dead readers, watermarks pressed into pulp centuries ago, the particular weight of a first edition in your hands. But Manual, a new project by Studio Darius Ou …

When mainstream smartphone designs became too generic, the next evolution took the form of foldable phones. These devices, targeted towards power users who want the dual utility of a phone and a tablet in one, …

Handheld gaming has grown into a serious market, but no single device has managed to satisfy every trade-off at once. The Nintendo Switch sacrifices power for portability, the Steam Deck adds weight and Linux friction, …

Android tablets have long defaulted to 16:9 screens, a ratio optimized for video that leaves them awkward for anything resembling actual work. Documents get letterboxed, web pages feel narrow, and the creative canvas ends up …

Gaming PCs have fractured into more categories than any single device can cover. The player who needs maximum frame rates for competitive play sits on one end, the person who just wants to game from …

The laptop has become the default portable workstation, but it has one limitation that’s hard to overlook: you’re still stuck with one screen. Freelancers, students, and remote workers have learned to manage with a single …

Budget smartphones have always existed in a sort of software slow lane. Manufacturers have typically prioritized their flagship and upper-midrange lines when rolling out major updates, leaving the cheaper devices to wait months, sometimes longer, …

The bag you carry into every café, co-working space, and airport lounge tells a story before the laptop opens. For years, that story was graceless — a tangle of cables, a charger shaped like a …

Onboard motherboard audio has improved considerably over the past decade, to the point where most users don’t notice a gap. That’s true enough for casual listening, but it starts to fall apart when you plug …