Apple’s September event brought the usual array of new gadgets, but one device snuck up and stole the show: the Apple Watch SE 3. Priced at $249 it’s not the most flashy in the lineup—Series 11 and Ultra 3 have that honor—but it’s the one everyone’s talking about.
Smartphone cameras are getting better but shaky footage can still ruin a great shot. Whether you’re a content creator wanting to produce professional vlogs or a traveler recording memories on the go, the DJI Osmo Mobile SE gimbal, priced at $58 (down from $69), gives you stable, professional looking video with no effort.
Photo credit: Kirill Neiezhmakov
Kirill Neiezhmakov’s latest hyperlapse of Valencia, Spain is a 3 minute thrill ride that shows the city’s dual nature – modern, futuristic skyline meets ancient, historic past. With only a folding bike, a big backpack of gear and a manual approach to filming, he spent 3 hot days in June 2024 to create a film that feels like a single, unbroken flight through time.
A PC case that weighs as much as a small child and cools without a single fan? Meet the FanlessVC2300S, a 47-pound copper monster from a Chinese manufacturer that’s turning heads and raising eyebrows. It’s only available in China, with a limited-edition all-copper version limited to just ten units.
Johannes Grasser stands at the edge of the airplane door, the Nevada desert stretching out before him like a canvas of dust and dreams. Black Rock City, the temporary center of Burning Man, is home to 80,000 people, a semi-circle of tents, art and a sense of community that’s ever fleeting.
A laptop keyboard can make or break the user experience. For inventor Flurples, the Framework 13’s membrane keyboard felt like a compromise, a squishy afterthought in an otherwise great machine. Instead of giving up, he started on a big project to rebuild the laptop from the ground up, and created a custom version called the Campus.
Constantine Adams sits in his Fairfax, Virginia home surrounded by 3,918 pieces of Zelda memorabilia, a new Guinness World Record. He started in 1993 at age 9 with a Game Boy and The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening. That journey to Koholint Island sparked a passion that would last over 30 years.
A YouTuber named TERA has taken the PlayStation 5, Sony’s behemoth of a home console, and shrunk it down to something you can fit in a backpack. This isn’t the PlayStation Portal, a streaming device that relies on remote play. This is a full PS5, reimagined as a portable machine.
