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Jess Weatherbed

Jess Weatherbed

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    This rugged laptop runs on sunshine.

    The Oukitel RG14-P includes an integrated solar panel that supports 10W charging, which can recharge the battery to 50 percent within approximately six hours “under optimal sunlight conditions.” There’s no price, but it’s expected to launch in November with a 14th gen Intel Core i7 processor, 16GB RAM, and 512GB expandable storage, and optionally, a built-in camping light.

    The Oukitel RG14-P rugged solar-charging laptop.
    The 14-inch laptop also apparently weighs around 3.7 kilograms (8.1 pounds) and features a hot-swappable dual battery system.
    Image: Oukitel
    Jess Weatherbed
    Jess Weatherbed
    Xiaomi follows Samsung’s wide lead over Apple.

    The Xiaomi 18 Fold has been officially unveiled alongside its September 7th launch date in China, meaning it’ll be available two days before the iPhone event that’s expected to launch Apple’s own wide-style foldable phone. Samsung beat both when it launched the wider Galaxy Z Fold 8 in July, which was itself preceded by Huawei’s China-only Pura X Max launched in April.

    <em>The red color really is rather lovely.</em>
    <em>The Xiaomi 18 Fold is the latest foldable to adopt a wider passport-style design.</em>
    <em>The camera bump doesn’t look offensively chunky.</em>
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    The red color really is rather lovely.
    Jess Weatherbed
    Jess Weatherbed
    Bandai is doing business cards right.

    You’re never too old to enjoy Gundam, and sometimes it’s fun to inject your favorite hobbies into your professional life. Like this 3,300 yen (about $20) “Mobile Stationery Automatic Transformation Business Card Case,” which presents your business card with drama. Your colleagues will all be impressed and jealous (probably).

    Jess Weatherbed
    Jess Weatherbed
    A fashionable facelift for Whoop’s fitness tracker.

    The new $149 Meridian Band is a jewelry-inspired housing for the fifth-generation Whoop wearable that’s designed to make it look less like a boring gadget. The band is made from Milanese mesh and comes in a choice of black, silver, gold, and rose gold. You have to remove it to charge the device, however.

    The Whoop Meridian band.
    The Meridian Band is expensive for a health tracker strap, but Whoop’s subscription model isn’t exactly cheap anyway.
    Image: Whoop
    Jess Weatherbed
    Jess Weatherbed
    You can download a higher-quality ‘extended look’ at GTA VI.

    The 27-minute Grand Theft Auto VI preview is already available to stream online, but Rockstar will also let you download the video directly from its website to avoid any compression issues. Just bear in mind that the file isn’t exactly small at 14.2 GB.