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August 14, 2026
This Art Project Slows Down Citi Bikes to Make NYC’s Rent Crisis Feel Real
Ground Truth makes the shared rental bikes harder to pedal through rent-burdened neighborhoods, offering a tangible way for people to experience income inequality.
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August 2, 2026
Is It Possible to Make Smart Glasses That Aren’t Creepy?
As more big companies invest in glasses that record audio and video and pack AI on board, privacy concerns are only getting louder.
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July 31, 2026
Daisy One Review: Comfy and Tactile Headphones
The company’s first headphones look very stylish and have great tactile features, but underwhelm on sound quality.
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July 30, 2026
The New Friend AI Pendant Can Now Talk Back to You
Avi Schiffmann has a new version of his controversial AI companion. It’s more expensive, and you can’t change its personality.
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July 29, 2026
No, You Probably Shouldn’t Lease Your iPhone
With Apple Upgrade, the company is making it easier to pay for its products in monthly installments. Critics call it the “financialization of the affordability crisis.”
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July 28, 2026
Is the Electric Trike the Next Big Thing in Shared Micromobility?
Veo is launching accessibility-focused electric tricycles in Denver, with plans to put its e-trikes on the streets nationwide.
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July 23, 2026
Remember Jibo? Its Successor Is a Wearable That Turns Your Life Into AI Slop
With “blessings” from the original Jibo founders, iKairos is a wearable or desk-mounted “AI journal” that turns your family moments into AI images and video.
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July 22, 2026
Flipper Busy Bar Review: An Expensive Focus Tool
It didn’t keep my coworkers at bay, but Flipper’s expensive productivity tool did help me focus on the task at hand.
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July 21, 2026
Halliday’s New Smart Glasses Skip the Camera
Halliday’s G2 glasses can listen to and summarize your workplace meetings—with no video involved.
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July 17, 2026
A $10K Bounty Aims to Make Sony’s PlayStation 5 a Computer Again
Nice PlayStation you got. Bet it could probably run Linux too.
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July 9, 2026
The 1X Neo Robot Has Freaky Fast Fingers
The soft, weirdly sexualized home-chore robot has been given some very tactile hands.
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July 8, 2026
The FTC Settlement With John Deere Is a Huge Win for the Right-to-Repair Movement
After more than a decade of pushback, farmers and repair advocates have won access to equipment and services John Deere had long kept under its control.
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July 7, 2026
These New Smart Glasses From Solos Come With a Privacy Shield for the Cameras
You can clip a cover over the cameras, which could be a double-edged sword.
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July 3, 2026
All Your Favorite Gadgets Are Getting Way More Expensive … Again
Thanks to the AI-driven chip shortage, prices for phones, computers, and consoles are sky-high—and still climbing.
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June 30, 2026
Daisy Sound’s First Headphones Are Premium, High-Quality—and Just a Little Bit Cheaper
The California-based startup enters a crowded headphone market with a $399 chiseled-aluminum gamble.
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June 29, 2026
The Busy Bar Is a Gadget to Get People to Leave You Alone
Flipper Devices, a company that built a banned hacking device, now wants to hack your attention span.
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June 25, 2026
After More Than a Decade of Waiting, ‘GTA VI’ Is Finally Around the Corner
We’re finally getting Grand Theft Auto VI, poised to be one of the largest gaming releases in history.
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June 22, 2026
They’re Making Cases for Smart Glasses Now
Smart glasses are hitting the mainstream, so companies are now getting into the accessories game.
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June 21, 2026
Buying a Used iPhone Makes More Sense Than Ever
With Apple raising prices soon, you can save a lot of money by buying a used handset or upgrading an older device—safe in the knowledge that it'll last longer than ever.
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June 17, 2026
CVS Is Switching to Aluminum Pill Bottles
They’re much more recyclable than the current plastic ones, and they will still probably be locked away behind that anti-theft plexiglass.
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June 16, 2026
You Can Finally Buy Snap’s New AR Specs—for $2,195
Snap CEO Evan Spiegel lays out the company’s vision for its augmented-reality smart glasses, arriving later this year.
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June 10, 2026
How to Watch the 2026 World Cup
The games start June 11 and end with a grand finale in New Jersey on July 19. There are 104 of them. Here’s how to watch ’em all.
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June 8, 2026
Everything Apple Announced at WWDC 2026
Updates include a new souped-up Siri, lots of iOS enhancements, and some inkling on how an AI partnership with Google has come to power Apple’s products.
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June 8, 2026
Watch Duty Is Adding Flood Alerts to Its Wildfire App
The popular wildfire tracking app is adding flood monitoring to its platform. It’s the first new disaster alert on the service, with many more to come.
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June 7, 2026
How to Watch Apple’s WWDC 2026 Keynote—and What to Expect
The annual developer event is where Apple announces operating system updates—like iOS 27—and maybe even teases future hardware. Here’s how to see it all.
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June 4, 2026
Wave Cash App’s Magic Wand to Pay for Stuff
You can tap the star-shaped, NFC-enabled wand at terminals to make contactless payments. It's the first of several tap-to-pay hardware doodads coming from Cash App.
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June 3, 2026
Enclayve Is a Drab Black Box for Your Private Group Chats
I put my family on a private social network, and all I got was this lousy group chat. At least it’s secure.
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June 2, 2026
Partiful Is Putting Ticket Payments on Its Platform
In the social event planner’s first major move toward monetization, Partiful is getting ticketing directly in the app.
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May 27, 2026
Xreal’s New $299 ‘xbx’ Smart Glasses Channel Xbox Vibes
These display smart glasses can connect to a phone, laptop, or gaming handheld and project the screen to your eyeballs.
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May 24, 2026
These Robots Are Making Meals for a Nonprofit in San Francisco’s Tenderloin
A nonprofit in the city’s most troubled district has turned to robotic meal prep tech to make up for a dearth of human volunteers.
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