Gaming
Razer Prio Turns Your Phone Into a Foldable Console With No Battery Drama
Razer’s $99.99 Prio folds to credit-card size, skips Bluetooth, and makes mobile gaming look suspiciously prepared.
CircuitSmith
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Boston Tech
Physical Superintelligence Raised $58 Million to Give Physics a Night Shift
Cambridge startup Physical Superintelligence raised $58 million to build AI virtual physicists, starting with data-center power and cooling.
Fintech
TabaPay Raised $155 Million to Put a Bank Inside Its Payment API
TabaPay raised $155 million and plans to buy Transact Bank, bringing payment rails and a national bank charter under one increasingly regulated roof.
Consumer Tech
Sonos Ace Ultra Finally Joined the Sonos System. That Took $449.
Sonos Ace Ultra adds direct speaker handoffs, stronger ANC, and 35-hour battery life for $449. The obvious upgrade is also the right one.
Boston Tech
Transfyr Raised $25 Million to Give Lab Experiments a Replay Button
Cambridge startup Transfyr raised $25 million to turn lab work into machine-readable data for reproducibility, training, and scientific automation.
Boston Tech
Diffraqtion Raised Over $10 Million to Give Satellites Smaller Glasses
Somerville startup Diffraqtion raised over $10 million to build quantum cameras for sharper, faster space and defense sensing with smaller optics.
AI
Grok Bot Is OpenClaw in a Company Polo. That May Be Enough.
Grok Bot did not invent autonomous agents. It packaged OpenClaw’s hardest chores into a slick app—and that convenience may be the real breakthrough.
Tennis
Tennis Tech in 2026 Can Call Every Line. It Still Can’t Fix Your Forehand.
A definitive 2026 guide to tennis technology, from US Open AI and electronic line calling to smart courts, wearables and amateur coaching apps.
Boston Tech
Julia Grew Up at MIT and Now Wants to Build the Plane Too
MIT-born Julia now serves over one million users and powers JuliaHub’s physics-aware Dyad tools, a serious Boston bet on engineering software.
AI
Runway Solaris Turns Apps Into Live Video. The Buttons Now Improvise.
Runway’s Solaris generates interactive apps as live video. It is a dazzling interface breakthrough with a small determinism problem.
Fintech
Singapore Put S$220 Million Behind Fintech Because Venture Capital Took a Nap
Singapore’s S$220 million FSTI 4.0 plan backs fintech AI, infrastructure, talent, and scale-up grants as private investment becomes more selective.
Consumer Tech
URBAN Turns Your Wrist Into a Meeting Stenographer With a Pulse Oximeter
URBAN’s ARC NOTE records meetings, builds mind maps, and tracks health for ₹6,999. It may be the first fitness band promoted to middle management.