Joby First Delivery Dubai eVTOL Air Taxi
Today, Joby Aviation dropped off its first production electric air taxi in Dubai, kicking open the door for the world’s first commercial air taxi service, ready to soar by early 2026. This slick six-rotor ride can whisk a pilot and four passengers at a blazing 200 mph, shrinking the 45-minute crawl from Dubai International Airport to Palm Jumeirah into a quick 12-minute jaunt.

Maxell MXCP-P100 Cassette Player
Cassette tapes, those chunky ‘80s and ‘90s throwbacks, are sneaking back into the spotlight. Riding the wave of vinyl’s comeback and the allure of tangible media, Maxell’s MXCP-P100 portable cassette player is an interesting blend of old-school aesthetics and new-school tech. This $90 gadget plays your long-forgotten mixtapes and beams their fuzzy charm to Bluetooth headphones, feeling like a time machine you can juice up with a USB-C cable.

GPD MicroPC 2 Laptop Hands-On
In a world chasing razor-thin laptops, GPD’s MicroPC 2 sticks a middle finger to the trend. This pocket-sized beast doesn’t just shrink a laptop—it reinvents what portable computing can mean. At a tiny 6.7 by 4.3 by 0.9 inches and a featherlight 490 grams, it’s less a laptop and more a techie’s Swiss Army knife, built for IT pros, field engineers, and gadget lovers who want power on the go.

Berkeley Humanoid Lite 3D-Printed Robot
Humanoid robots used to be the kind of thing you’d only see in big-budget projects, but now they’re showing up in garages and basements, thanks to the Berkeley Humanoid Lite. This open-source, 3D-printed installation from UC Berkeley’s engineering crew is as welcoming to newcomers as it is innovative, coming in at under $5,000 and ready to shake up how we interact with robotics.

Upside Down Laptop Mount Gaming PC
Photo credit: YusufK80
A gamer going by YusufK80 has lit up the internet with a wild setup: an ASUS TUF gaming laptop flipped upside down to play Counter-Strike. “I’ve been running it like this for ages, especially for FPS games like CS, and it’s honestly great,” they shared, explaining how the topsy-turvy position gets the screen closer to eye level and clears desk space for a proper keyboard and mouse.