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A touchscreen and light make the new X4 Pro the best version of Xteink’s tiny e-readers
The familiar story with Xteink’s tiny e-readers plays out once again with its new X4 Pro: upgraded hardware held back by frustrating software. The company’s lat...
Garmin’s new screen-free fitness tracker doesn’t require a subscription
Garmin announced a new smart band today designed to track "advanced fitness and wellness features" without a screen to eliminate distractions and push its batte...
The Switch 2 is $50 off at Woot for new customers
Woot is celebrating its 22nd anniversary by rolling out a full week of sales, and one of them stands out for gamers looking to get a deal on Nintendo’s latest c...
Halliday’s latest smart glasses feature a much-improved display
I first slipped on Halliday's original smart glasses at CES 2025. I was not a fan. The glasses had a tiny, movable display window embedded into the frame that w...
Nintendo keeps making shooters more friendly and approachable
Nintendo does a lot of weird things, but Splatoon might just be one of the strangest - or at least the boldest. The series started as an attempt to muscle into...
The wireless headset that gets hot-swappable batteries right
New gaming gear is always promising to shave milliseconds off latency or response time. The improvements usually aren't obvious. But the Glorious GHS InfinitePl...
America needs to stop getting shocked by Chinese AI
Last week, two Chinese AI companies unveiled models they say can credibly compete with the best systems from OpenAI and Anthropic. The response was swift and pr...
Who’s afraid of the big, bad GPU?
How does AI make you feel? Are you excited to “vibe-code” your smart home? Or anxious about all the added pollution and billions of gallons of water used by dat...
Here are the 30,000 songs Sony is suing Udio’s AI music generator over
Sony Music Entertainment has filed another lawsuit against Udio, accusing the AI music generator of infringing the copyright of more than 30,000 of its songs, r...
The FCC is planning to retroactively ban disguised DJI gadgets
Last October, we told you how the FCC had given itself the power to retroactively ban gadgets that have already received its approval to be imported and sold in...
The Odyssey turned me into an IMAX believer
After seeing Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey for the first time early last week, I came away impressed, but somewhat conflicted about two of the film's more fan...
SpaceX in your index fund, explained
Index funds are touted as one of the safest ways to invest. Rather than picking and choosing individual stocks, index funds let you bet on the market as a whole...