Design

Let’s talk about the Mac mini. It’s this fantastic, powerful little brick of computing potential that always feels slightly homeless on a desk. It’s too nice to hide, but it never quite integrates, always sitting off to the side with its umbilical cord of cables creating a small, localized mess. For years, the community has […]

Let’s be honest for a second; the “telephoto” lens on even the most expensive smartphone is still a shadow of the real thing. Sure, a 3x or 5x optical zoom is a nice party trick, and a massive improvement over the digital mush we used to put up with, but it hardly gets you into

Smartphone screens have become increasingly bright, glossy, and attention-grabbing over the years, but they’ve also become increasingly exhausting to stare at for extended periods of daily use. Most manufacturers seem convinced that brighter and more saturated always equals better, even when users spend hours reading documents, browsing articles, or taking notes on their devices. TCL’s

There’s an unspoken agreement we have with our current robot vacuums. They handle the mundane, everyday dust, and in return, we handle the sudden, chaotic messes ourselves. It’s a decent partnership that keeps the floors generally tidy, but it always requires two separate tools and two different mindsets for cleaning. A startup named xLean, however,

It’s that time of year again, and the halls of IFA 2025 are buzzing with the usual mix of ambitious concepts and iterative updates. Every so often, though, a company we’ve been tracking drops something that feels less like an update and more like a statement. Timekettle is that company this year. We’ve talked about

For anyone who follows audio, Beyerdynamic has always represented a certain kind of German precision. It’s a brand synonymous with recording studios, reference headphones, and the sort of meticulous engineering that prioritizes sonic purity above all else. For years, their consumer offerings felt like slightly tamed versions of their professional gear, which was great for

During the pandemic, when most of us were stuck inside our homes, there was a resurgence in indoor workouts. Sales of treadmills also spiked since people couldn’t run outside, so they would just run indoors to get their daily exercise. These indoor runners, of course, used their regular running shoes for their workouts since there