Gaming
Intel Is Teaching SteamOS to Use the GPU It Already Bought
Intel is adding XMX-accelerated XeSS to Proton, potentially making Arc handhelds faster on Linux. The upgrade is smart, unfinished, and gloriously invisible.
Review
Analogue Relaunched Two 16-Bit Consoles to Make Nostalgia Buy USB-C
Analogue’s Super Nt+ and Mega Sg+ revive FPGA cartridge consoles with wireless controllers and USB-C. Smart preservation or premium nostalgia?
Consumer Tech
HiBy Built a $439 Music Player With No Internet and 4TB of Peace
HiBy’s $439 RS2 II skips Wi-Fi and streaming for R2R audio, dual card slots, and 4TB of local music. It is gloriously focused—and deliberately inconvenient.
Review
Sony Gold-Plated the Walkman and Charged $5,900 for Musical Purity
Sony’s new Walkmans start at $1,900 and peak in gold-plated copper. They are absurdly expensive, obsessively engineered, and annoyingly coherent.
Review
Formlabs Put a $2,500 Resin Printer in a $699 Body
Formlabs’ $699 Form Studio 1 makes pro-grade resin printing startlingly approachable. The machine is cheap; the clean, safe ecosystem is not.
AI
NEURA Gives Its Robot a Memory. Your Laundry Has Nowhere to Hide.
NEURA’s Neuron AI combines senses and memory for physical work. An eleven-minute laundry demo is coming; proof of dependable robot labor is still pending.
Review
Garmin Put Satellite Rescue in a $3,100 Wrist Trophy
Garmin’s $2,500–$3,100 MARQ Gen 3 watches add satellite rescue, luxury materials, and enough specialist tools to embarrass your hobbies.
Review
abxylute Put Hall-Effect Sticks in a $76 PS5 Controller. Naturally, It Has Macros.
abxylute’s $76 P5 brings Hall-effect sticks and adaptive triggers to PS5. Smart value on paper; the real test is whether it ships the promise.
AI
Apple’s HomeView Recognizes Your Face and Reorganizes the Kitchen
Apple’s $299 HomeView makes Siri AI useful in the kitchen, but facial recognition, subscriptions and ecosystem gravity come with dinner.
AI
Google Made Fitbit Edge Repairable. Then It Removed Your Wallet.
Google’s $179.99 Fitbit Edge brings a screen, seven-day battery and repairable hardware—then leaves tap-to-pay and Gemini coaching outside the box.
Gaming
Anbernic Built a 3DS Clone With Two Screens and One Missing Dimension
Anbernic’s RG DDS makes 3DS emulation look delightfully serious with dual screens and Snapdragon power. The missing price is doing suspenseful work.
Consumer Tech
Amazon’s Alexa Tablets Kill Fire OS and Charge $550 for Adulthood
Amazon ditched Fire OS for Android, premium aluminum, and Alexa+. The $550 flagship is impressively grown-up—and still trying to sell you something.