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Archives for January 2026

Jay Peters
Jay Peters
Meta and EssilorLuxottica are being sued by Solos over alleged patent infringement.

Patent infringement lawsuits are heating up in the world of smart glasses, with Xreal suing Viture earlier this month and Meta being sued last year over the electromyography tech in the Neural Band used to control the Meta Ray-Ban Display.

Brandon Widder
Brandon Widder
CRKD’s adorable Atom keychain controller is on sale for just under $13.

The company’s tiny, retro-styled gamepad might not be as unique as CRKD thinks, but it is available on Amazon right now starting at $12.74 (about $7 off). That’s the lowest price we’ve seen for the rechargeable Bluetooth controller, which works with the Nintendo Switch, Windows / macOS, and mobile devices.

Influencers are pushing suspicious peptides. How much are you willing to risk?

The search for the contents of my mystery “GLP-3” vial leads further into the wellness wild west.

Victoria Song
Andrew Liszewski
Andrew Liszewski
Raspberry Pi now sells its own flash drive.

If you find yourself frequently sneakernetting files between a Raspberry Pi and your PC, the company now offers a USB 3.0 flash drive with a USB-A connector. It’s available in two capacities with an aluminum enclosure; a $30 128GB version with sustained write speeds of 75MB/s, and a faster $55 256GB option that does 150MB/s.

A Raspberry Pi-branded USB flash drive connected to one of the company’s microcomputers.
The flash drive is etched with the Raspberry Pi logo and includes a hole for attaching it to a keyring or lanyard.
Image: Raspberry Pi