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February 23, 2026
Taara Beam provides 25Gbps connectivity over invisible beams of light
Light-based internet provider Taara, which spun out of Alphabet's "moonshot" incubator last year, just launched Taara Beam to provide 25Gbps connectivity within cities over invisible beams of light...
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February 21, 2026
Anker’s powerful home theater on wheels is pure chaos
The Soundcore Nebula X1 Pro is too weird to exist. It takes the excellent 4K projector and karaoke microphones from Anker's Nebula X1 and stuffs them inside a powerful five-speaker Google TV party ...
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February 14, 2026
DJI’s first robovac is an autonomous cleaning drone you can’t trust
It's been eight years since I last reviewed a robot vacuum. Having spent the last two months with a new flagship, I'm shocked by how much they've advanced from early bump-and-run models. In October...
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February 13, 2026
Tenways’ compact e-bike twists and folds to go flat
Tenways just launched its new CGO Compact electric bike in Europe that's designed to fit into tight spaces like car trunks, apartment hallways, and train compartments. To achieve this, the CGO Comp...
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January 27, 2026
Strava and Komoot finally bring offline maps to Apple Watch
Strava and Komoot - two of the most popular apps for cyclists, hikers, and runners - are each bringing offline maps to the Apple Watch, ending a major source of frustration for many. Now you can ea...
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January 24, 2026
The Loch Capsule dishwasher is small, fast, and efficient — it even sanitizes gadgets
A dishwasher is a luxury item some people can't live without. It's one of the first major kitchen devices I bought just as soon as I could afford one. And now that the kids are grown, it's the appl...
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January 17, 2026
TCL’s PlayCube projector is more fun than a Rubik’s Cube
The best all-in-one portable projector is the one that makes all the right compromises. It needs to balance image and sound quality with battery life and responsiveness in a device that's not too e...
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January 12, 2026
Anker goes big with new whole home backup system
Homeowners in search of grid independence have another option today with the launch of Anker's Solix E10 big-ass battery system. It joins companies like Tesla and EcoFlow in offering whole-home bac...
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January 9, 2026
All the tech trends we saw at CES 2026
CES is a lot — a deluge of consumer tech surrounded by lots of bad carpeting. The Verge’s on-the-ground team of super nerds covered so many new products and technologies that it’s understandable if...
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January 7, 2026
Bluetti now charges power stations at up to 1200W in your car
Bluetti's latest car charger can quickly charge power stations at a very fast 1200W - about 10 times faster than plugging it into the 12V cigarette lighter outlet. The Charger 2, as it's called, ca...
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January 6, 2026
Power bank feature creep is out of control
There was a time not too long ago when buying a power bank was as easy as choosing the cheapest portable battery that could charge your phone and quickly slip into your pocket, purse, or backpack. ...
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January 6, 2026
Aqara came to CES with something to prove
Aqara came to Vegas with a number of smart home firsts in its rapidly growing portfolio. It's showcasing an impressive smart lock that unlocks on approach, a thermostat with support for Apple's Ada...
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January 6, 2026
Pila makes the power station pretty
Pila Energy's home batteries are now available to preorder with deliveries expected to begin in February 2026. These power stations are meant to be seen, unlike most batteries in this class that ar...
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January 6, 2026
This free feature helps make stolen Bosch e-bikes unsellable
Stolen electric bikes built around Bosch motors will be harder to sell, service, and ride at the end of January. That's when Bosch is rolling a new digital theft feature that lets owners mark the b...
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January 4, 2026
Jackery’s solar-powered Gazebo is a good DIY idea
Jackery, the home battery company, is back at CES with a solar-powered Gazebo it swears you'll be able to buy in the second half of the year, starting in California. With an expected price of betwe...
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January 2, 2026
SpaceX will lower Starlink satellites to reduce collision risk
After one of its Starlink satellites exploded and another narrowly avoided colliding with a Chinese satellite, SpaceX says it will lower the orbit of thousands of Starlink satellites to increase sa...
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January 2, 2026
Samsung adds much needed brightness to its Freestyle projector
The Freestyle Plus all-in-one portable projector features 430 ISO Lumens, or "nearly twice the brightness of the previous generation," according to Samsung. Great! But also a little strange since b...
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December 23, 2025
Dometic makes a better portable water faucet
As a reluctant doomsday prepper and eager vanlifer, Dometic's battery-powered Go Faucet has, for the last few years, played a central role in my bougie bug-out kit and my camping rig's water system...
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December 19, 2025
Semi-solid state MagSafe power banks arrive from the founder of Hyper
A new company called BMX, founded by accessory royalty, has emerged from Kickstarter to make its SolidSafe semi-solid state power banks available to the general public. Like the Kuxiu semi-solid st...
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December 19, 2025
A Starlink satellite seems to have exploded
SpaceX says it has lost control of a Starlink satellite that's now falling back to Earth after suffering an anomaly. The sudden loss of communications, drop in altitude, "venting of the propulsion ...
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December 18, 2025
Kuxiu’s S3 MagSafe power bank is bigger and better and probably won’t explode
Kuxiu is back with a new S3 portable battery that addresses most of the issues I had during my review of the S2, aka the "world's first" semi-solid state power bank. It also introduces a few new on...
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December 18, 2025
Cowboy saddles up with a new owner
The Brussels-based electric bike company has officially closed its deal to be acquired by ReBirth Group Holding, which also owns cycling brands Peugeot, Gitane, and Solex. The transaction includes ...
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December 15, 2025
Starlink and Chinese satellites nearly collided last week
A collision in space was narrowly avoided last week when a newly deployed Chinese satellite came within a few hundred meters of one of the roughly 9,000 Starlink satellites currently operating in l...
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December 12, 2025
My defense of a $40 cable paperweight – I’m sorry
Warning: I'm going to make an attempt to justify a $40 paperweight for cable management. I'm not sure how I ended up in this position, or who hurt me. All I can say is that I'm not proud of myself,...
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December 7, 2025
Starlink made ‘work from home’ possible from anywhere — now, I’m ready for a change
This is The Stepback, a weekly newsletter breaking down one essential story from the tech world. For more on how to work anywhere, follow Thomas Ricker. The Stepback arrives in our subscribers' inb...
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