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Reddit user ntsow started with a straightforward question. How far can a smartphone go once it stops living as a phone? The answer arrived in the form of a Nubia Z70 Ultra clamped between a pair of full-size desktop CPU coolers inside a clear acrylic case. What began as curiosity about sustained performance became a working desktop that still runs Android, boots a full Linux environment, and plays Windows games at settings most phones never attempt.
DJI’s smallest wireless microphones just got the one feature that kept a lot of creators from fully trusting them. The Mic Mini 2S keeps the same pocket-sized transmitters that disappear on a collar or lapel, yet each one now carries enough internal storage to record hours of high-quality audio on its own. That single addition turns a convenient clip-on mic into something far more reliable for anyone who has ever lost a take to a dropped signal or a sudden spike in volume.
Most people have never seen one. Most never will. Yet a compact computer from the late 1980s, stamped with an IBM type number almost no one recognizes, has drawn a small circle of restorers into years of careful work. Roman of Epictronics recently finished another round of repairs on one of them, the IBM 7496 Executive Workstation, turning a once-dead machine into something that boots, stores files, and even plays period sound.
Acura chose Monterey Car Week to show its next design direction, and the Nexera Vision coupe does the talking without saying a word about production plans. Finished in a deep Matte Titanium that shifts with the light, the two-seater sits low and wide with a long stretch from the front axle to the base of the windshield.
Nissan’s Qashqai e-Power has earned a Guinness World Records title for the longest journey completed by a non-plug-in extended-range electric vehicle SUV without external charging or refuelling. The compact SUV covered 1,980 kilometers, or about 1,230 miles, across Colombia between July 14 and 17, 2026.