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I customized a MacBook Neo with colorful spare parts

And I only broke it a little.

Antonio G. Di Benedetto
Sean Hollister
Sean Hollister
Toying with MSI’s new Intel Arc G3 handheld.

This one’s going to cost some serious cash, but it seems to finally be moving handheld chips forward! Intel handhelds went from an embarrassment to pretty good in a little over a year; at this rate, they might be the leader once RAMageddon is over.

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Sean Hollister
Lego’s Smart Play Pokémon can train and battle, but don’t do the one thing I wish they could

Why, oh why, can’t Pikachu say ‘pika pika’?

Dominic Preston
This extravagant gaming laptop could ruin other screens for you

I still love OLEDs, but the Asus ROG Strix Scar 18’s ELMB Mini LED display is amazing.

Antonio G. Di Benedetto
They’ve finally made the Oura Ring smaller and lighter

There’s also a ton of new software updates coming, including GLP-1 insights.

Victoria Song
Google’s new anything-to-anything AI model is wild

Omni sent my kid’s stuffie rafting and deepfaked me in front of the Eiffel Tower. But it’s not quite the singularity.

Allison Johnson
Inside Google’s Beam Lab, an AI face appears
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An exclusive look at Google’s new teleconferencing experiments.

Sean Hollister
A first (and second) look at the Android XR glasses launching this year

That includes Xreal’s Project Aura, plus previously announced glasses with Samsung, Gentle Monster, and Warby Parker.

Victoria Song
Cameron Faulkner
Cameron Faulkner
I like my split ergo Joy-Con.

Dbrand’s new $20 Joy-Lock is simple, but great. I typically don’t ever want to use my Switch 2 Joy-Con, but that’s changed a bit since this holder lets them spread out for added comfort. The Joy-Lock looks and feels best when used with the company’s $20 grips (also included with the Killswitch), but they aren’t required.

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<em>The mechanism spaces the Joy-Con apart about as much as Nintendo’s stock Joy-Con grip.</em>
<em>Putting the Joy-Lock into Batarang mode requires pulling on the Joy-Con with a fair bit of force</em>.
<em>The Joy-Lock shells aren’t required, but they add some much-needed ergonomics to the Joy-Con controllers.</em>
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The mechanism spaces the Joy-Con apart about as much as Nintendo’s stock Joy-Con grip.
Bose takes a swing at Sonos with its new home speakers

The Lifestyle Ultra speakers have big sound, can group with non-Bose speakers, and don’t need the Bose app to stream.

John Higgins
This charming gadget writes bad AI poetry

What is a poem?

Allison Johnson
More phone cameras should come with telephoto lenses

I thought the Vivo X300 Ultra’s extender lenses were a gimmick. Now I’m hooked.

Allison Johnson
I let Gemini in Google Maps plan my day and it went surprisingly well

It never once told me to walk into a river.

Allison Johnson
Is the Slate Truck too minimal for its own good?

A two-seater electric pickup with no paint, no radio, no power windows, not even a dang cell connection — who is this for?

Andrew J. Hawkins