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The Anker Solix C1000 is my pick of the best portable power stations for camping, because it has the capacity to keep your phones and tablets charged up, maybe run a small fridge or cooler for a weekend, and boasts a handy light bar for a soft glow at night.

Why do I have to bring a mini computer that tries to drive engagement 24/7? Why do I take it into bed? Wake up with it, eat my dinner with friends with it? We don't stop. The problem lies partly in the addictive business model of digital platforms, which prioritise engagement and time spent on devices.

One of the biggest battery drainers for any smartphone is the always-on display. Companies regularly tell you that this display setting only drains about 1% to 2% an hour, but let's be honest -- it's always way more. It may be nice to glance at your phone while it sits on a table to check the time, but it's probably not worth sacrificing battery life.

OntheGo is for the modern creative. We designed it for those who never stop moving - a device that's compact enough to travel, yet powerful enough to replace an entire desk setup. The OntheGo Foldable Stand Hub is suitable for pro use thanks to its 4K HDMI output that supports a refresh rate of 60Hz.

Buying a cheap laptop is easy. You just go to Best Buy or Newegg or Amazon or Walmart or somewhere, you pick the cheapest one (or the most expensive one that fits whatever your budget is), and you buy it. For as little as $200 or $300, you can bring home something new (as in, "new-in-box" not as in, "was released recently") that will power up and boot Windows or ChromeOS.

The new update gives WhatsApp's chat bubbles a softer look by further increasing the bubbles' corner radius. The length of the bubbles is also becoming more consistent. WhatsApp's new focus on uniformity within their chats is applied to all types of messages in the app.

I see a lot of people referring to Firewalla hardware as a firewall or security tool, and while that's correct, it also offers so much more. Think of the tech as having your very own personal network administrator, making even complex networking tasks as simple as flicking a virtual switch.

The Hatch app's bedtime rituals are noticeably better than the previous version, and there are a lot more routines to choose from. You can pick a meditation, a bedtime story, ASMR, an in-bed stretching sequence, and even a podcast to set the tone for bedtime. By using these routines, I was able to stop scrolling my phone for a good hour before drifting off to sleep.

The Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 processor offers faster performance than the Gen 3, better power efficiency, and more capable AI processing. This year's Galaxy S26 series features significantly hyped up AI capabilities, including an upgraded Circle to Search that can recognize multiple objects at once (like a full outfit), the ability to choose your AI agent, and proactive suggestions.

Apple claims that its 2026 models can deliver "up to 2x" the sustained read and write speeds of the M4 Pro and Max laptops. In our testing, the 4TB SSD in the 16-inch M5 Max MacBook Pro bore that out: our unit could sustain a 13.6GB/s read speed and an even higher 17.8GB/s write speed.

Ikea's 3-in-1 microwave can grill, cook, and air-fry. That means you can make microwave oatmeal for breakfast, grilled chicken for lunch, and crispy fries for dinner, all in the same appliance. The GÅTEBO allows for multi-stage cooking, too, so you can set it to defrost a frozen breakfast burrito on the microwave's defrost setting and then automatically grill it afterwards.

The inspiration for the mechanical marble clock comes from Ivan Miranda, an engineer known for building enormous marble clocks at an almost architectural scale. The response project is quite the opposite, though, because the creator tries to see what the smallest, simplest, cheapest version of this idea could work.

Inside the chassis sits an M.2 2280 slot, a standard used in laptops and desktops, allowing owners to swap in faster storage, add capacity, or eventually slot in a network card. There's also a user-replaceable battery, which sounds mundane until you consider how few tablet makers have bothered to include one in years.

People are buying identity as much as they are buying protection. Aulumu, the Shenzhen-based accessory brand with a growing cult following, seems to have understood this from day one. Which is exactly why the brand showed up to the Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra's launch with two cases that could hardly be more different from each other.

The Samsung Bespoke AI Jet Ultra is a cordless stick vacuum with 400 air watts of suction and a 100-minute battery life. It has a three-position wand that's length-adjustable, and an all-in-one clean station (which means it automatically empties and closes the dustbin, trapping 99.999% of fine dust particles).

Start by surveying the scene, unplugging and untangling everything, and removing anything that doesn't need to be there. You might be surprised to find a stray USB-B or Micro-USB you haven't used in years in the mix. Before you get started on cable management, take a slightly damp microfiber cloth and wipe down all the surfaces and cables.

This goes double for the S26 Ultra, whose biggest upgrade - the Privacy Display - is something meant to stop other people from snooping at what you're doing. When it's on, you probably won't even be able to tell, which is kind of the point.

Here's the lineup of hardware we announced in 2025. We hope to ship in 2026, but as we shared recently, memory and storage shortages have created challenges for us. We'll share updates publicly when we finalize our plans!

Our goal of shipping all three products in the first half of the year has not changed. But we have work to do to land on concrete pricing and launch dates that we can confidently announce, being mindful of how quickly the circumstances around both of those things can change.

Unihertz's booth at MWC was a little out of the way, but those who did find it all seemed to want to pick up the Titan Elite 2. Sure, the cosmic orange color attracted attention, and the QWERTY keyboard reminded one showgoer of his old BlackBerry. But once I picked it up, I could see why it was so popular. It's slim, light, and pocketable, and the physical keys just beg to be pressed.

Vivo is going all in on both photography and videography with the new X300 Ultra. The phone is finally coming to the global market, and to entice people away from other camera-centric Ultras lurking about, vivo has partnered with Zeiss and known camera accessory maker SmallRig, to make the X300 Ultra the best tool for both photos and videos.

Its new design makes it incredibly thin and light. And Intel's Panther Lake chips give it a ton of power, even when it comes to games. After reviving the XPS brand from last year's ignominious rebranding, it's as if Dell was laser-focused on fixing all the issues we've had with the XPS 14 so far.

Previously, users only saw a generic "Learn More" button beneath an ad for a movie or show. You couldn't tell whether the content was free or carried a price tag. Now, Amazon introduced more buttons to make things less ambiguous. They launched buttons titled "Watch Free," "Watch Now," or "Watch Live" that are supposed to improve transparency.

The M2x2 is largely a 3D-printed case for a Mac Mini, one you can freely print at home yourself, but it's not just a shell. He's outfitted it with a 7-inch IPS touchscreen display, and a full array of additional ports and SD card reader thanks to an integrated USB-C hub.

Alexa+ is designed to be better at understanding your requests, more personally tuned, and capable of more natural conversational interactions rather than rigid commands. To me, it felt like interacting with a synthetic bridge troll haranguing me until I said the magic combination of words. The AI assistant can be so persnickety that I let out an exasperated sigh at least once during every interaction.

Japanese footwear brand Koyo Bear created the first "meant for table tennis" shoe. Now, they've teamed up with the famed film production company in the wake of Marty Supreme to drop a co-branded reissue of Japanese table tennis player Ichiro Ogimura's 1952 design.

The best alarm clocks present an alternative vision for your morning wake up routine: less grating, more considerate, and aesthetically pleasing. For this list, we opted for privileged looks and throwback features over Bluetooth capability and USB ports, resulting in an assortment of beautifully designed analog and digital alarm clocks that cover the basics—a snooze button, a backlight, and dimmer—without going full 21st century.

Means is President Trump's controversial nominee for surgeon general, a role often described as the "nation's doctor." It entails being America's foremost spokesperson on public health, as well as educating the public using the best scientific information available. You're probably most familiar with the surgeon general's warning on cigarette packs and alcohol labels.

Despite the Kallsup being a tiny 2.75-inch cube, The Verge's Jennifer Pattison Tuohy was "impressed by the powerful sound from the pint-size product" during a hands-on with the speakers at CES.