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Stevie Bonifield
Stevie Bonifield
Samsung’s One UI 9.0 beta is launching on Galaxy S26 this week.

The next version of Samsung’s OS, based on Android 17, features improved Quick Panel customization, with each widget independently adjustable and new size options for each, along with a couple new accessibility features.

Samsung’s announcement comes just a few hours before the Android Show, where we’re expecting to hear more about Android 17.

Thomas Ricker
Thomas Ricker
Pelicans for vanlifers.

The US company best known for its rugged cases entrusted by professional photographers is branching out with its Pelican Crate series for overlander types. The modular cargo system offers IP67 resistance to dust and water, tie-down points, Molle panels, interior dividers, and dual-action removable lids to keep everything organized, accessible, and protected. Available June 2nd starting at $249.95 (45L) and $299.95 (90L).

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<em>Molle panels make for great attachment points on the removable lids.</em>
<em>Dividers keep things organized.</em>
<em>The 45L boxes are designed to stack on top of the larger 90L unit.</em>
<em>45L still offers a lot of storage.</em>
<em>You get plenty of tie-down points to keep things from rattling around or becoming a projectile during an accident.</em>
<em>One last look.</em>
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Mia Sato
Mia Sato
TikTok wants travelers to book their trips through the app.

Starting today, US users will be able to book hotels, tours, and ticketed experiences directly in the app. Travel content is a major category on the platform, so it makes sense for TikTok to want a hand in the actual booking process, not just discovery. Content creators will also be able to earn commissions from reservations made through their content.

TikTok app screens showing a hotel in San Fransisco tagged in a video. The user is then able to book a stay through TikTok.
Image: TikTok
Cameron Faulkner
Cameron Faulkner
Scuf’s new pro-grade wireless PS5 controller has buttons on its sides.

The $219.99 Scuf Omega offers four rear paddles, two unique side buttons, trigger stops, five “G-Key” macro buttons, plus numerous other settings configurable through the Scuf mobile app. You can also swap its magnetic face plate, and remove all of the face buttons, if need be. Its TMR joysticks also set it apart from Sony’s $200 DualSense Edge, though it lacks adaptive triggers and haptics.

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Andrew Liszewski
Andrew Liszewski
Narwal’s new mopping robovac launches next week for under $600.

The Narwal Freo Z10 Turbo uses a laser mapping system instead of a camera to navigate your home, but it includes a base station that empties dirt and sterilizes the mopping pads, and a mode that deep cleans carpets with boosted suction and multiple passes. It will be available on May 18th for $899.99 and discounted to $599.99 until the end of the month.

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<em>The Freo Z10 Turbo offers up to 25,000 Pa of suction power and a special mode for thoroughly cleaning carpets.</em>
<em>The base station empties the robot’s dust bin and compresses the dirt so there’s minimal maintenance for up to 120 days.</em>
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The Freo Z10 Turbo offers up to 25,000 Pa of suction power and a special mode for thoroughly cleaning carpets.
Image: Narwal
Andrew Liszewski
Andrew Liszewski
GuliKit’s TMR joysticks for the Switch 2 let you get ahead of drift issues.

The Switch 2’s Joy-Cons use the same joystick tech as the originals, but for $19.99 you can upgrade them to drift-resistant TMR joysticks using GuliKit’s new kit. However, while the replacement TMR sticks can be installed without any hardware modifications, opening up the Switch 2’s Joy-Cons is a fairly complicated process.

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The Nintendo Switch 2 with its Joy-Con controllers detached and GuliKit TMR joysticks sitting near them.
GuliKit’s Switch 2 TMR joysticks are a drop-in replacement that don’t require any Joy-Con modifications.
Image: GuliKit
Jess Weatherbed
Jess Weatherbed
Amazon is making a Fourth Wing TV series.

Prime Video hasn’t mentioned how many episodes its ordered to adapt the Rebecca Yarros dragon-riding romantasy novels that are so widely beloved by BookTok, but Meredith Averill (The Haunting of Hill House, Locke & Key) will serve as showrunner and executive producer. An expected release date also hasn’t been announced yet.

Dominic Preston
Dominic Preston
See you in Cannes.

That’s where DJI will launch the Osmo Pocket 4P on May 14th, during the annual film festival. We’d previously assumed the new dual-camera steadicam would be called the Pocket 4 Pro. The recent Pocket 4 didn’t get a US launch, but a rebranded Pocket 4P for the US may be on the way.

Dominic Preston
Dominic Preston
The blurple chore coat.

Blernsball:

French chore coat obvs.

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Robert Hart
Robert Hart
Nothing IS brat. 

Charli xcx just invested in Nothing and was announced as the company’s first global brand ambassador. For their first promotion together the startup claims it had the singer wear the Nothing Headphone A for five days straight to test their 135-hour battery life.

Jess Weatherbed
Jess Weatherbed
Sega has killed its mysterious “Super Game.”

Details about the project have been vague since it was announced in 2021, but it’s now been canceled. Sega is pulling back from free-to-play titles following weak performance of its own titles, and live-service games industry-wide. The Super Game was initially expected to release in March 2026.

Jess Weatherbed
Jess Weatherbed
The Steve Jobs $1 coin is here.

After it was announced last year, from noon ET today you can buy packs of the commemorative coin that features the late Apple co-founder and CEO “sitting in front of a quintessentially northern California landscape of oak-covered rolling hills.” Prices start from $61 for a 25-coin roll.