Entertainment tablets have always been a bit of a compromise. They’re large enough to make video look good, but the speakers are almost universally disappointing, and most people end up propping them against a pillow or a water bottle to get a decent viewing angle. The hardware has gotten better over the years, but...
TECNO Just Built a Budget Phone With a Battery That Lasts 6 Years
Budget smartphones have gotten remarkably capable in recent years, but one persistent problem hasn’t gone away. They still feel disposable. Batteries degrade within a year or two, frames collect scratches quickly, and performance starts slipping right around the time the device is paid off. Most people accept this as...
The Hague Just Turned Air Into Its Most Exciting Museum
The Hague is not the first city you’d expect to reinvent what a museum looks like. But from May 22 to June 21, 2026, it might just be the most interesting one. BlowUp Jubilee, the fifth anniversary edition of BlowUp Art Den Haag, has filled the city’s historic Museum Quarter with 24 inflatable artworks from some of...
A Wireless Clip-On Mic With AI Noise Cancellation for Under $50 Sounds Ridiculous. Here’s Why It Works.
The modern smartphone has set a remarkably high baseline for video quality, and its built-in microphone is surprisingly capable for casual use. But for creators who need their voice to cut through ambient noise, reach across distance, or maintain consistent clarity on the move, phone audio quickly reveals its physical...
This $90 Light-Up Cyclops Visor From Hasbro Is Going to Make You Feel Things You’re Not Ready For
Somewhere out there is a version of you who was eight years old in 1992, watched Cyclops fire an optic blast through a Sentinel’s chest on Saturday morning television, and immediately needed that visor on their face. That version of you did not get it, because it did not exist, because the toy industry of the early...
The 60-Ton Blue Whale You Walk Through to Get Home
If you told most architects to design a residential gate, you’d probably end up with something clean, understated, and entirely forgettable. A nice water feature, maybe. Some carefully shaped hedges. Wutopia Lab looked at the same brief and decided the answer was a whale. A full, mid-leap, cobalt blue whale, placed...
The Kanuka Is the Tiny Home That Opens Up Instead of Closing In
The tiny house movement has long promised a life unburdened by excess — but few models deliver on that promise as quietly and confidently as the Kanuka by Tiny Timber Homes. Named after a native New Zealand tree, the Kanuka is a compact dwelling that earns its place not through spectacle, but through craft, warmth,...
Nothing 4a Pro with an E-ink Display Looks Way More Interesting than the Glyph Matrix
The Glyph Matrix is nice, but it’s not really useful, is it? How much value can you extract from spinning the bottle on the back of your phone, or playing unique patterns on it every time your phone rings? Sure, Nothing will have you believe that the Glyph Matrix is the natural evolution of the Glyph Lights – but...
“Exoskeleton Mouse” Gives Each Individual Finger Its Own Ergonomic Saddle
The history of mouse design is essentially a history of addition. More buttons, more weight options, more RGB zones, more surface textures, more software profiles, more reasons to spend three hundred dollars on a peripheral that still cradles your hand in the same closed-shell geometry Bill English built in 1972. The...
This zero-gravity motorized workstation replaces your setup to eliminate back pain and boost productivity
If you’re working out of a desk with a triple monitor setup and a regular office chair, you don’t have a workstation worthy of 2026. To upgrade your working environment, MWE Labs has created a zero-gravity ergonomic workstation, which it calls the Emperor S2. Dubbed the world’s most advanced workstation, the...