Gadgets Archive

The original version of the ChargeView debuted in April with four USB-C ports and a total output of 140W for $99.99. The new version carries forward the status display but bumps the charger’s connectivity to six USB-C ports and increases the shared power output to up to 240W for $149.99.

The new version of the read-it-later app has “firmware-level integration” that Boox says significantly reduces screen ghosting and offers a faster refresh rate. It’s rolling out now on the Palma 2 and Palma 2 Pro in the V4.2 firmware update.

The FDA-approved hearing aid feature will arrive on the Galaxy Buds 3 Pro and Galaxy Buds 4 Pro in the US and select markets later this year. Samsung has also announced that users will be able to perform a hearing test with the buds, which will use the results to amplify the sounds they have trouble hearing the most.

Although the pairing may seem counterintuitive, bread machines are very good at stirring thick mixtures. In addition to mixing dough in a heated baking pan, Panasonic’s new multi-tasking but compact SD-PMC100 can churn ice cream ingredients in an included insulated bowl you freeze for at least eight hours ahead of time.

It’s been nearly six years since Nintendo stopped making the 3DS but that hasn’t preevnted the console from learning new tricks. If you’ve got a 3DS that can run homebrew apps you can turn the clamshell into a wireless remote for controlling Spotify using files and instructions you’ll find on GitHub.

Windows Central shared photos showing what appears to be a prototype of a rumored, unreleased Windows phone “that was expected to ship in 2014 under the Surface moniker.” It even has a design similar to a Surface laptop and reportedly included a Qualcomm chip and a 720p display.

The Guardian reports that Meta glasses, and any others with cameras, will be confiscated on entering judicial buildings, and returned on departure. It follows New York’s similar ban last month. Taking photos or videos is already prohibited in UK courts, but smartphones are allowed in; smart glasses aren’t getting that benefit of the doubt.

The now-former chief scientist of Google DeepMind has shared a pic of the HP laptop he turned in on the way out the door. While he notes that he also had a MacBook to use at home, his “second (& primary)” machine looks to be a five- or six-year old HP Elite Dragonfly Chromebook.

The outcome of many medieval battles could have been much different if either side had access to this custom trebuchet designed and built by Tom Stanton. It’s still powered by weights and gravity but by wrapping the sling around a spinning drum it managed to launch a small projectile at a staggering 776 mph.