The best fitness trackers and watches we’ve tested
The best fitness trackers and watches we've tested The best fitness trackers and watches we’ve tested Fitness trackers have come a long way from the simple bands that tracked steps and little else. Modern trackers can monitor everything from your heart health to how well you’ve recovered from a hard bout of training. Even flagship […]
BougeRV’s portable solar fridge is quietly annoying
BougeRV's portable solar fridge is quietly annoying BougeRV’s portable solar fridge is quietly annoying The go-anywhere BougeRV CRD2 40. Keeping humans alive at home in post-agrarian societies requires refrigeration. Meat bags on the move must either load up a cooler with ice for a soggy weekend barbecue or do the evolved thing and use a […]
Thumby Color micro-review: a delightfully tiny GBA clone that doesn’t play Nintendo
Thumby Color micro-review: a delightfully tiny GBA clone that doesn't play Nintendo Thumby Color micro-review: a delightfully tiny GBA clone that doesn’t play Nintendo The Thumby Color and Thumby handhelds. It’s always a risk betting on new video game hardware from a little-known company: what if game developers never show up? But the $50 Thumby […]
Oakley Meta HSTN Limited Edition review: a polarizing choice
Oakley Meta HSTN Limited Edition review: a polarizing choice Personally, I like the white sunglasses look. It was a sweltering Sunday in Brooklyn. Instead of being wasteful and spending $10 on a five-minute Uber, I decided to walk the 20 minutes to a cutesy Japanese stationery cafe with an even cutesier name. Despite the 85 […]
The Samsung Galaxy Watch 8 is stuck in a familiar orbit
The Samsung Galaxy Watch 8 is stuck in a familiar orbit I bet you didn’t notice the squircle that much here. | Photo: Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge If last year’s Samsung Galaxy Watch 7 was tried and true, this year’s Galaxy Watch 8 is a bit more like tried and fine. This isn’t […]
The Fujifilm X-E5 proves familiar isn’t always a bad thing
The Fujifilm X-E5 proves familiar isn't always a bad thing The Fujifilm X-E5 proves familiar isn’t always a bad thing The Fujifilm X-E5 has a familiar but gorgeous new look. The X-E5 is Fujifilm’s tiny powerhouse. It’s part of a line of cameras that has often been described as similar to the X100, except with […]
OnePlus Nord 5 review: selfie-centric midranger
OnePlus Nord 5 review: selfie-centric midranger The OnePlus Nord 5 does exactly what the company’s Nord phones have always done: deliver strong specs at a relatively low price. It’s one of the more powerful phones at this price point and should easily outstrip Samsung and Google’s more expensive alternatives. This is a function-over-form phone, one […]
I ‘fooled’ Samsung’s new antioxidant feature with a Cheez-It
I 'fooled' Samsung's new antioxidant feature with a Cheez-It I ‘fooled’ Samsung’s new antioxidant feature with a Cheez-It Turns out, Cheez-Its have antioxidants. If I were to believe the Samsung Galaxy Watch 8, I don’t eat enough fruits and vegetables. Normally, smartwatches don’t make judgments about your nutritional intake. But this year, Samsung introduced a […]
PeakDo makes the ultra-portable Starlink Mini ultra-convenient
PeakDo makes the ultra-portable Starlink Mini ultra-convenient The Starlink Mini satellite dish is now even better thanks to the $119 LinkPower 1 power bank from PeakDo. The battery locks securely to the back of SpaceX’s smallest terminal and provides over 4.5 hours of uninterrupted Internet connectivity. The LinkPower’s battery can also charge simultaneously over USB-C […]
OneXSugar: Playing with the first dual-screen transforming handheld
OneXSugar: Playing with the first dual-screen transforming handheld I can’t believe they’re actually making these, was my very first thought, as I powered on a working prototype of the OneXSugar Sugar 1. This week, One-Netbook is crowdfunding a gaming handheld on Indiegogo like none I’ve ever touched before. It’s got two OLED touchscreens, two power […]