Review
Pimax Turns Wireless VR Into a $1,899 Line-of-Sight Negotiation
Pimax’s Crystal Pro makes wireless PC VR look technically brilliant, wildly expensive, and very committed to shipping sometime in 2027.
Consumer Tech
Ring Built a $249 Smart Lock You Crank Back From the Dead
Ring’s $249 smart lock drops the backup key for a hand-cranked power dial. It is clever, practical, and one dead battery from becoming cardio.
Review
JBL Built a Boat Subwoofer That Detaches for Shore Leave
JBL’s BassPro Go2 is a boat subwoofer that becomes a portable speaker. The engineering is clever; the missing price is doing suspiciously heavy lifting.
Gaming
NACON Put a Screen on a PS5 Controller. Your Buttons Needed Management.
NACON’s $229.99 Revolution 5 Unlimited puts a screen, TMR sticks, and six extra buttons on a PS5 controller. Smart, excessive, and almost convincing.
Consumer Tech
OPPO F35 Turns the Group Selfie Into a Six-Year Commitment
OPPO’s F35 series combines a 50MP ultrawide selfie camera, 8,000mAh battery, and six-year promises. Your group chat may not last as long.
Review
8BitDo Turned a Gaming Keyboard Into a Tiny Gears of War Memorial
8BitDo’s Gears of War: E-Day keyboard and mouse are smart, capable, and gloriously overcommitted to desk-based military history.
Consumer Tech
Neurable Put a Brain Battery Inside $499 Headphones. Please Recharge Yourself.
Neurable One puts 12 EEG sensors and a ‘Brain Battery’ in $499 headphones. The focus tech is clever; the cognitive dashboard needs humility.
Review
SteelSeries Put 8K Polling on a $180 Mouse and Declared War on Wi-Fi
SteelSeries’ new UWB gaming mice promise true 8K polling, low latency, and infinite battery life. The catch is a $180 ticket to esports overkill.
Launch
8BitDo Turns Your Xbox Controller Into a Battlefield Relic With a Charging Dock
8BitDo’s Gears of War: E-Day Xbox charging dock is smart, stylish, and gloriously unnecessary. It turns battery management into battlefield cosplay.
Review
Logitech G Built a Keyboard That Wants to Measure Your Panic
Logitech G’s new PRO keyboard and mouse make esports inputs faster, tunable, and gloriously overqualified for losing in public.
Review
AMD Turned 25,000 Plants Into a Ray-Tracing Problem. Then It Put Them on a Diet.
AMD’s tetrahedral-cage ray tracing cuts a dense forest from 80GB to 1.7GB. The future of graphics is beautiful, efficient, and slightly cage-shaped.
AI
Googlebook Turns Android Into a $899 MacBook Intervention
Googlebook pairs Android, ChromeOS, and Gemini with five premium laptops. The ecosystem pitch is smart; the $899 starting line has opinions.