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...
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...
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'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...
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 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 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...
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 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...
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 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.
Motorola announced on September 21 (local time) that it has entered a multi-year global partnership with Danish audio brand Bang & Olufsen (B&O). Under the collaboration, select Motorola flagship devices will feature audio tuned by B&O's acoustic engineers. The partnership will also deepen the integration of the "Audio by Bang & Olufsen" branding across audio technology, sound profiles, new user experiences,...
