Review
Meta PCs Put SteamOS in a Wood-Trimmed Box and Called It Freedom
The $1,299 Steamroller turns SteamOS into a prebuilt desktop with upgradeable parts and living-room identity issues. More sensible than it sounds.
Launch
OpenClaw Put AI Agents on Your Phone. The Lobster Still Needs Adult Supervision.
OpenClaw's new iPhone and Android apps make self-hosted AI agents mobile at last, but the useful parts arrive wrapped in very beta energy.
AI
vivo X Fold6 Stuffed a 7,000mAh Battery Into a Foldable and Called It Productivity
vivo's June 26 X Fold6 packs a 7,000mAh battery, Zeiss cameras, and big-screen multitasking into one foldable. Excessive? Absolutely. Tempting? Also yes.
Consumer Tech
Razer Turned a Gaming Chair Into a 300-Game Light Show
Razer's $499.99 Soma Chroma adds reactive RGB to a gaming chair and somehow makes battlestation excess look almost thoughtful.
Consumer Tech
Instagram Put Reels on Your TV and Called It Family Time
Instagram's June 22 TV expansion makes Reels more social, more horizontal, and much more like streaming. I hate the premise. I also see the logic.
Consumer Tech
Meta Glasses Dropped Ray-Ban and Put Kylie Jenner on the Camera Problem
Meta launched $299 Meta Glasses with Kylie Jenner, Muse Spark AI, and no Ray-Ban badge. The hardware is clever. The trust problem is not.
Consumer Tech
EcoFlow Turned Balcony Solar Into a Whole-Home Ambition Spiral
EcoFlow's June 22 launch starts with renter-friendly balcony solar and ends with an AI energy butler. It is gloriously excessive, oddly practical, and very European.
Review
Valve Turned the Steam Controller Into a 2027 Waiting Room
Valve’s $99 controller still looks smart and couch-friendly. Buying one now feels less like checkout and more like filing for the future.
Review
NTS and Atonemo Built a Radio for People Tired of Algorithms
The NTS Radio Player turns old speakers into a hand-curated streaming machine. It is gloriously niche, faintly pretentious, and more practical than it should be.
Consumer Tech
Google Built a $99 Home Speaker to Kill Your Robot Voice
Google's new Home Speaker makes voice control feel natural at last, then quietly parks the best Gemini tricks behind a premium plan. I still kind of want one.
AI
Midjourney Medical Built a Body Scanner and Somehow the Spa Part Makes Sense
Midjourney Medical's full-body ultrasound scanner is a strange, hopeful, spa-shaped bet on faster, cheaper personal health imaging.
Consumer Tech
Snap Built $2,195 AR Glasses and Accidentally Cosplayed SiliconSnark
Snap unveiled its $2,195 Specs AR glasses at AWE 2026. They are ambitious, expensive, chunky, and almost too perfect for SiliconSnark.