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Archives for October 2026

Everything old is new again with the Fitbit Edge

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The simple $180 tracker is a sleek return to Fitbit’s roots, albeit with a little extra AI flair.

Victoria Song
The Sony WH-1000XM4C bring back a beloved headphone design

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They’re based on six-year-old technology, but the XM4C still deliver respectable performance, and I love using them.

John Higgins
Microsoft offers buyouts to 60,000 employeesMicrosoft offers buyouts to 60,000 employees
Emma Roth and Tom Warren
Andrew Liszewski
Andrew Liszewski
This custom foldable PlayStation 2 handheld is slick but still far from pocketable.

Using a flexible OLED display salvaged from a Royole FlexPai phone, a talented modder has created a folding PS2 handheld (they’ve called the PlayStation 2 Duo) by miniaturing the motherboard inside the original console, adding their own controller hardware, and wrapping it all in an custom enclosure you can 3D print yourself.

Andrew Liszewski
Andrew Liszewski
Apple’s Greg Joswiak teases an ‘exciting week.’

Ahead of the company’s “Pro and tell” event scheduled for October 28th at 1PM ET in Los Angeles, Apple’s SVP of Marketing, Greg Joswiak, teased an “exciting week” ahead on X which started with the debut of the new iPad Mini today featuring an OLED display and a thinner design. Rumors suggest Apple could also announce its first touchscreen MacBook Pro this week.

Andrew Liszewski
Andrew Liszewski
Enjoy the chaos of a New York City CompUSA store with this video tour from the year 2000.

For those of us who can still remember heading to a brick and mortar store when it was time to buy a computer or peripherals, this video is a good reminder of what an absolute assault on the senses crowded PC shops were decades ago. And the floor to ceiling stacks of iMacs and Compaq desktops plus walls of CRT displays only add to that overwhelming feeling.

Andrew Liszewski
Andrew Liszewski
Logitech’s new Pebble mouse pops-up for improved ergonomics.

Like its Mobi Fold that debuted last June, Logitech’s new Pebble Up is a wireless mouse that’s adaptable. But instead of folding in half, the upper section of the mouse pops up using a hinge and integrated support so its buttons and scroll wheel are positioned at a more ergonomic angle, similar to the Logitech Lift. The Pebble Up is currently only available from Logitech in China for around $38.

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Kevin Roose is AGI-pilled. Why aren’t you?
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The author of The AGI Chronicles and co-host of Machine Gods on going all-in on YouTube and the AI race.

Nilay Patel
Can AI help solve the COBOL code crisis?

The ancient code holding the world together may meet its match in AI. Today is not that day.

Robert Hart