Gadgets

Gadgets

A device created by JUE Design and Research Studio in collaboration with the Intelligent Human-Machine Mechanical Interface Lab at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, the gadget is designed to work as a personal companion that interacts with its owner through touch. It uses haptics to produce physical sensations that feel like contact with different materials and movements. The concept object has a soft, rounded body made from translucent material, and its surface diffuses light that can show different brightness levels.

"Declutter your home's entryway by adding a shoe shelving unit that has a few drawers to hold your hats, sunblock, scarves, and everyday items such as a hairbrush or Band-Aids," recommends Christina Giaquinto, professional organizer and brand ambassador of Modular Closets. She adds, "This will help you create an organized system that will help take away your stress as you enter and leave the home. No more scrambling to find the hat you need or pair of shoes you need at a moment's notice!"

This week, I've been reading about Intel factories and Nobel Prize winners and ATM thieves, watching this pop-punk "Defying Gravity" cover on repeat, reliving my teenage music taste now that The Format is back, catching up on the new Critical Role campaign, taking all my calls with the delightful Pop Phone handset, watching more Love Is Blind than I'm proud of, sending this deep dive on RSS readers to anyone who hasn't blocked me,

Winter storms have a nasty habit of knocking out power right when you need it most. Your heating system goes silent, the fridge starts warming up and suddenly you're digging through drawers for flashlights while your phone battery ticks down to single digits. The Jackery Explorer 1000 exists to keep your essentials running when the grid fails, and it's currently sitting at an all-time low of $429, slashed from $799.

Beelink is nothing if not prolific. It makes a mini-PC for just about anyone. Today, we have one of its premium models - the SER9 Pro, specifically, the unit powered by the AMD Ryzen 7 H 255 processor. This particular model comes standard with 32GB of RAM and a 1TB Crucial SSD and is $640/£609/€740. You have a choice of Frost Silver and Space Gray color options. Inside the box, the SER9 Pro packs a power adapter and an HDMI cable.

Most premium headphones feature gyroscopes or motion detection systems that enable their wear detection capabilities. Wear detection pauses audio content when the headphones detect that you've removed them from your head, and resumes content when you put them back on. Apple's AirPods Max and Bose's QC Ultra 2 perform this feature best by pausing content when you remove the headphones and disconnecting them from your phone's Bluetooth.

The QC Ultra 2's defining theme is that it doesn't attempt to rewrite Bose's legacy but rather tidies it up. They look identical to the first generation, except for the yokes, which swap a matte aluminum finish for shiny polished metal. The QC Ultra 2's earcups are slightly shallower than those of their predecessor, which can cause fit issues for people with larger heads and ears.

At the heart of this innovative system lies a spiral core that serves as the foundation, much like a basic Lego piece. Children can then personalize their toothbrush by selecting from an array of interchangeable components, including soft-bristled brush heads and six colorful decorative bits. These playful elements range from smiling faces and chunky spiral shapes to whimsical designs like a koala that appears to cling to the brush handle.

After remaking every Game Boy model imaginable, Anbernic is ready to take on the next frontier of classic gaming handhelds: the Nintendo DS. In its usual drip-feed fashion, the handheld maker released a teaser video revealing the Anbernic RG DS. The company didn't offer many details for its Nintendo DS clone, but announced that it would cost less than $100.

You won't just get better wireless coverage; in many cases, it'll save you a few bucks a month in rental fees. But not everyone wants to spill the many hundreds of dollars it can cost for some of the fancier mesh systems out there, and that's where Netgear's cheapest Wi-Fi 7 mesh system, the Orbi 370, comes in. The Orbi 370 is a dual-band Wi-Fi 7 mesh kit aimed squarely at everyday households.

In today's fast-paced urban landscape, mobility is everything. Yet, for too long, city riders have faced an impossible compromise: do you choose the powerful, comfortable ebike that's too heavy and bulky to carry? Or the lightweight, foldable option that sacrifices performance and style? At Heybike, we believe every journey should be a blend of joy and inspiration. Here comes a new chapter in urban mobility. The all-new Helio F embodies this belief - a folding ebike that redefines how modern riders move through the city.

To entice you to upgrade to the new foldable, the Google Pixel 10 Pro Fold comes with a £300 bonus for trade-ins and that's it. The phone measures 10.8mm when closed and weighs 258g, which is fairly high for a 2025 foldable. The Tensor G5 also fails to impress. It has a 48MP main camera, 10.8MP 5x/112mm telephoto and 10.5MP ultra-wide cameras. The 5,015mAh battery supports relatively slow 30W wired and 15W wireless charging.

Whether or not the Edge will replace the Plus next year is unclear. Either way, 2025 has both a Galaxy S25 Edge and an S25 Plus. With how much Samsung has been pushing the Edge, the slim phone ends up costing less than its sibling, even though its MSRP is $100 higher. For a detailed comparison between the two, check out our Galaxy S25+ vs. S25 Edge article.

People in the modern world will never fully appreciate how miraculous it is to have ice on demand. Before the invention of refrigeration technology, we relied on naturally formed ice. If you were in sunny Florida and wanted an ice-cold drink, you needed to have wealth because this was a luxury. The ice industry was a massive business, involving people cutting huge blocks of ice from frozen lakes in the northern U.S., Canada, Norway, and other frosty climates, then shipping them all over the world.

Of course, it's KDE Plasma, so the desktop is glorious. And, yes, it defaults to a dark theme, which I immediately customized. As soon as I had that taken care of, I ran the available updates (which took all of three minutes) and set out to do the one thing I always do when testing a new PC: pushing it to its limits.

Most people need a laptop that covers the basics reliably: smooth web browsing, comfortable document editing, video calls that don't freeze and enough screen space to actually see what you're working on. This HP laptop checks every box on that list and delivers a spacious 17.3-inch FHD display, an Intel i3-N305 8-core processor, 16GB of DDR4 RAM, and a generous 1TB SSD. Right now, t his machine is down to $639 on Amazon, slashed from its typical $2,199 price.

Over time, tramping feet, shedding pets, and spilled drinks can take a heavy toll on our hard-working carpets. But the best carpet cleaners deliver a deep clean that will wet-wash your rugs to lift ingrained dirt and lingering odors. When your pristine pile loses its shine and bounce, fibers get tangled with hair, and stains settle in for the long haul, it's time to clean.

During the annual India Mobile Congress this year, Oppo and MediaTek announced that the Find X9 series will be the first smartphone lineup to feature MediaTek's latest and greatest Dimensity 9500 SoC, which was announced in late September. That bit isn't particularly new information, though. The interesting bit about the announcement is that the Find X9 series will be announced globally next month. Oppo has already set an announcement date for October 16, but the global launch will be held in India sometime in November.

That's why I was excited to review the Lenovo Yoga Pro 9i 16, one of the few Windows laptops out there that at least attempts to rival the 16-inch MacBook Pro. With a powerful CPU and discrete RTX 5050 (or up to an RTX 5060), the Yoga Pro 9i 16 has the specs to compete as one of the best laptops, even if the lackluster battery life ultimately holds it back.

The Scott Voltage eRIDE 920 is proof that yesterday's top tech can still be a killer buy - especially now that clearance pricing is hitting. Built around Scott's Carbon HMF frame and powered by TQ's ultra-compact HPR50 motor with a 360Wh battery, this eMTB barely hints at its electric side. Park it next to the analog Scott Genius and you'll need a sharp eye to spot the difference.

Since we launched a year ago, we've run, hiked, camped and swum; we've drunk 455 cups of coffee; washed 34 loads of clothes; slept on mattresses for 2,240 hours, and much more, testing a total of 2,040 products from coffee machines to gin to bring you the most rigorous, informed and entertaining buying advice. We've even had a decent stab at identifying the preferred lipstick of a global icon.

Huawei has been on quite the journey. With geopolitical tensions between China and the West meaning its access to many platforms and pieces of hardware and software we take for granted, the Chinese tech giant's fast rise was somewhat stalled in the western hemisphere. Undaunted, Huawei has started making its own chipsets and its own suite of apps and software, and in the Huawei MatePad 11.5"S (2025), the most polished - and addictive - of the lot makes it worth the purchase all on its own.

1. A self-stirring multi-cooker for those of us whose grown-up version of a fairy godmother would be a private chef. This dream machine uses an automatic paddle to shred meats and stir soups and stews so you can spend less time in the kitchen and more time picking out Halloween costumes with your kiddos.

See at Amazon The Bose QuietComfort headphones are a perfect example, now sitting at a record low of $199, down from their usual $349 price. These are the most popular premium noise-canceling headphones in the world for a reason: they solve the problem of trying to focus, relax, or enjoy music in noisy environments better than almost anything else on the market.