Launch
ATTACK SHARK’s Carbon-Fiber Mouse Wants to Be Luxury Gear
ATTACK SHARK’s X11 ULTRA turns a gaming mouse into a carbon-fiber flex. It is gloriously extra, oddly thoughtful, and closer to a real hit than it should be.
Review
GeeLark Wants to Replace Your Device Farm — Which Is Both Useful and Slightly Cursed
GeeLark turns racks of phones into cloud-managed account labor. It is efficient, a little suspicious, and annoyingly plausible for teams that scale by spreadsheet.
Gaming
OpenNOW Rebuilt GeForce NOW in Public — and Somehow Made Cloud Gaming Less Annoying
OpenNOW is an unofficial GeForce NOW client with diagnostics, Linux builds, and zero-telemetry swagger. Against all odds, the fan-made version feels refreshingly adult.
Launch
Google Gave Gemini a Notebook. I Hate How Sensible That Is
Google’s new synced Gemini notebooks are tidy, useful, and suspiciously mature. I wanted more chaos. I may prefer the filing cabinet.
Launch
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.
AI
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.
Launch
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.
Products
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.
Products
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.
Products
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.