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Inside Microsoft's Lab: How 300 Iterations Produced the World's First Magnetic USB-C Port
The Verge got a rare inside look at Microsoft's design labs this week, revealing just how far the company went to make the Surface Laptop Ultra a genuine rival to Apple's MacBook Pro. The answer: roughly 300 design iterations — and one engineering obsession that took years to solve. The Magnetic Connect Breakthrough The star of the story is Magnetic...
Ring's New Smart Lock Lets You Hand-Crank Your Way Back Inside
Amazon's smart home brand Ring has unveiled its first smart door lock — and it comes with a clever failsafe: a hand-crank emergency power knob. If the built-in battery ever dies while you're locked out, a few twists of the knob generate enough power to unlock the door. No spare key, no locksmith, no drama. Four Ways In The Ring...
Suunto Race 3S Smartwatch Leaks: 2,000-Nit AMOLED Display, 45-Hour GPS Battery, and Double the Storage
Tech outlet NotebookCheck published leaked marketing material on October 5, 2026, giving us an early look at the upcoming Suunto Race 3S smartwatch. Here's everything we know so far. Familiar Design, Refined Internals The Race 3S sticks closely to the design language of 2024's Suunto Race S. It retains a 45mm case, 11.4mm thickness, and a lightweight 53g build. On...
Samsung Galaxy S27 Lineup: Four Models, a New "Pro" Tier, and Screens That Fight Shoulder Surfers
Samsung's next flagship family is shaping up to be its biggest yet. According to the latest leaks, the Galaxy S27 series will launch in early 2027 with four distinct models: Model Display Size Galaxy S27 6.27" Galaxy S27+ 6.66" Galaxy S27 Pro 6.47" Galaxy S27 Ultra 6.89" The biggest surprise is the introduction of a "Pro" tier — a first...
Neurable One: A $499 Headset That Reads Your Brain Waves — For Real Ordinary Looks, Extraordinary Sensors
Startup Neurable has officially launched the Neurable One, a wireless over-ear headset that hides something unusual inside its ear cushions: a 12-channel EEG (electroencephalogram) monitoring system. Those striped patterns lining the inner ear cups aren't just a design flourish — they're electrodes, quietly recording your brain activity as you wear them. The headset is designed for everyday, long-term wear, tracking a...
Lexar Launches JumpDrive A40E / C40E USB Flash Drives with Sequential Read Speeds Up to 400MB/s
Lexar has announced its latest USB flash drives, the JumpDrive A40E and C40E. The two models feature USB Type-A and Type-C connectors, respectively, both housed in a sleek, rounded metal body with a keyring loop at the tail end. The JumpDrive A40E / C40E support the USB 3.2 Gen 1 (5Gbps) standard and come in three storage capacities: 64GB, 128GB,...
HP Quietly Updates the OmniDesk Mini PC: Now with 128GB UFS Storage, Intel Core 3 304 Processor, Priced at $499
HP has added a new SKU to its OmniDesk mini PC lineup. The company has swapped out the original 256GB M.2 SSD for 128GB of UFS storage, while leaving the rest of the configuration essentially unchanged. The new model is priced at $499.99. The mini PC is built on Intel's Wildcat Lake platform. The original 8GB of LPDDR5X memory has...
Apple watchOS 27 Expands Modular Watch Face Colors with 13 New Options, Including the iPhone 18 Pro's Signature Burgundy
According to a report from 9to5Mac, Apple has added 13 new color options to the popular Modular watch face in watchOS 27. The Modular Face: Apple's Most Customizable The Modular face is one of the Apple Watch's most iconic customizable faces, known for its highly flexible grid layout and rich selection of information modules (complications) — including weather, calendar, activity...
Google Pixel Watch Update (September 2026): Blood Pressure Trends, Sleep Breathing Detection & Insulin Resistance Come to Pixel Watch 3/4/5
Google has announced a significant health-focused update for the Pixel Watch 3, 4, and 5, bringing three new monitoring features: blood pressure trends, sleep breathing quality, and insulin resistance trends. Trend Tracking, Not Instant Diagnosis It's worth noting that the blood pressure and insulin resistance features don't deliver immediate clinical readings. Instead, they analyze long-term data to assess how these...
Apple HomePod mini 2 Rumors: Same Design, New Colors, Expected by End of 2026
According to a report from MacRumors, Apple's upcoming HomePod mini 2 will stick with the original's iconic design while arriving in a refreshed lineup of five colors. Color Lineup Code strings unearthed from Apple's internal software suggest the new HomePod mini will keep the existing blue (in a lighter shade than the current model) and white options, and add three...
INMO Launches Jackson Wang's Magic AI Glasses J, a $199 Display-Free Pair
INMO has launched the Magic AI Glasses J, fashion-first smart glasses designed with Jackson Wang. The 40.1g frame drops the AR display for an 8MP POV camera, real-time translation in 32 languages and open-ear audio, priced at $299 and on offer at $199.
