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Hands-on

These retractable studded tires might save our roads, ears, and lungs

Putting Nokian’s James Bond tech to the test.

Tim Stevens
Gemini task automation is slow, clunky, and super impressive

It took nine minutes for Google’s AI to order my dinner, but it still feels like the future.

Allison Johnson
Hands on with Aqara’s new Matter-compatible camera

Aqara’s G350 brings Matter 1.5 camera support, promising easier smart home integration — but it only works with Samsung SmartThings.

Jennifer Pattison Tuohy
This limited edition Death Stranding-inspired tablet is the coolest computer I’ve ever touched

It turned me into Antonio Hikingman.

Antonio G. Di Benedetto
The Pixel 10A is a little too much like last year’s phone

It’s a minimal update. Google didn’t bring many Pixel 10 features down to the Pixel 10A this year. Buy the berry color.

Todd Haselton
Who needs a laptop when you have a folding phone?

You may not like it, but big phone and tiny keyboard is what peak performance looks like.

Allison Johnson
My uncanny AI valentines

On a frigid February evening, I went on four dates with AI companions at a pop-up dating café.

Victoria Song
Nintendo’s new Virtual Boy is more fun to look at than to play

The Switch peripheral is a well-built piece of nostalgia, but its games are just too stuck in the past.

Charles Pulliam-Moore
I didn’t expect to love Dyson’s PencilVac Fluffycones – but I did

It won’t clean your whole house, but it’s the perfect companion to your robot vacuum

Jennifer Pattison Tuohy
This DIY kit turned my favorite mechanical keyboard into my favorite electrocapacitive keyboard

The DynaCap system lets you combine the best qualities of Topre and MX keyboards for a semi-reasonable price.

Nathan Edwards
Fear and blogging (and prerelease laptop testing) in Las Vegas

I worked exclusively on a pre-production Asus Zenbook A16 with a Snapdragon X2 processor throughout CES, and I came away impressed.

Antonio G. Di Benedetto