Insta360's Snap Selfie Screen Fixes Phone Vanity — and Invents a New One
Insta360's new rear-screen accessory solves the front-camera problem with alarming elegance. It is vain, useful, and annoyingly easy to respect.
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Loona Deskmate Wants to Be Your Desk Buddy — and Your 100W Charger
KEYi's desk robot wants to summarize your email, watch your screen, and fast-charge your phone. It is absurd, overbuilt, and annoyingly close to a real idea.
Review: Google's New Dictation App Is Suspiciously Good. Slightly Offensive to Keyboards
Google quietly released a free offline dictation app for iPhone that cleans up your ums. It's smart, a little eerie, and annoyingly easy to like.
Xbox Game Pass Added Hades II — Microsoft Built a Buffet With Four Door Fees
Xbox's new Game Pass wave is full of real attractions and deeply Microsoft tier logic. Annoyingly enough, the buffet is good.
Google's New Fitbit Has No Screen, No Price, and Steph Curry — I Respect the Audacity
Google revealed a screenless fitness band that looks exactly like a Whoop. You pay for hardware. And then you pay for the subscription. Bold move, king.
Anker Made a $5,000 Rolling Movie Theater. The Karaoke Mics Were Non-Negotiable.
The Soundcore Nebula X1 Pro is a 72-pound, $5,000 rolling home theater with karaoke mics and a floating subwoofer. Somehow, Engadget gave it an 88.
Review: The Ring Understands You. The Glasses Understand Your World. I'm Alarmed by How Much I Want Both.
MOVA just launched a 2.2mm smart ring that controls AI-powered AR glasses. It's absurd. It might also be the future. Probably both.