You just boarded a six hour trip from New York to Los Angeles with your phone at 8% charge…but your outlet on the plane is blocked by a stranger who’s snoring away. You start rummaging through your suitcase for that phone charger cable which always seems to go missing whenever you need it. That fear vanished the day Anker inserted a 2.3-foot USB-C cable into its new 10,000mAh Nano power bank, priced at $39.99 (was $59.99), and snapped it back with a single tug.
Blacksmith Alec Steele struts out of a narrow Birmingham back-alley and into a century old workshop that reeks of hot pennies and jet fuel. A big metal sign just outside reads Metallisation Ltd. Inside the workshop he’s greeted by workers who hand him a three pound pistol and cost more than his first ute. Give it a squeeze, and out comes a jet of liquid steel blasting out the front at a whack – 600 miles an hour. That’s just the beginning of a day that shows no signs of slowing down.
A 31-foot glass box plopped right out in the middle of nowhere but somehow still feels like home. So, what’s the story here then? Keystone RV’s Walkabout 26MAX, which sports a black metal exterior, some nice orange topo lines, and panoramic glass windows – it’s like this thing is just begging to be taken on a road trip across Montana mud without you ever needing to pitch a tent.
LEGO just handed the keys to the real bridge to every adult who’s ever cobbled together a shoebox with cardboard nacelles. On November 28th, a $399.99 kit hits stores and online: it’s the Star Trek U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701-D, set 10356, in all its glory – from the red-blue glow of the warp engines right down to the teeny tiny details.
A calm stadium is bathed in morning light as a sprinter bursts out of the blocks. Canon’s EOS R6 Mark III quickly captured the exact moment her foot off the track, with 20 of those images arriving half a second before you even managed to completely push the shutter. Canon has just unveiled a hybrid shooter a camera that just can’t miss.
Back in the late 1990s, people who spent their evenings fiddling with their motherboards and looking for the latest driver updates frequently fantasized about the day when a full-fledged PC could fit in a backpack. Laptops did exist, of course, but they were similar to carrying a little anvil and running hot enough to give you a warm glow, almost like a space heater. The goal was to create something far more portable, light enough to fit into an everyday carry without hesitation. Fast forward to 2025, and that dream has finally come true thanks to modder Changliang Li, who converted a surplus Pentium processor into a handheld system that boots directly into – you guessed it – Windows 98.
Huawei just rolled out the Mate 70 Air in China, a smartphone that manages to pack in all the high-end features while squeaking into a body that’s thinner than your average wallet. Pre-orders kicked off a day early with a very reasonable 100-yuan deposit (a credit toward the final bill, basically) and the Mate 70 Air is set to hit the shelves come November 11.
Takara Tomy has added Pokémon to the mix with the Poke-Nade Poké Ball, some 30 years after Tamagotchi first popularized the idea of carrying a needy digital creature in your pocket. This handheld device is an exact duplicate of the franchise’s iconic red-and-white ball, with a button in the center that turns on a small LCD screen.
At the 2025 AI Day in Guangzhou, Xpeng unveiled the latest version of IRON at a convention center. Engineers spent the last year refining every joint and circuit to turn a promising prototype into something that moves like a human walking on a crowded street. This second generation robot walks, talks and handles objects in ways that feel so familiar. It’s 178cm tall and 70kg, the same as a normal adult, but the real magic is in the seamless combination of hardware and software that allows it to do everyday tasks without a script.
Holiday flights are boarding, and every seat-back pocket hides the same silent war: who packed the adapter that actually works? I’ve spent hours – literally – testing adapters in airline lounges from Narita to Heathrow, and the $19.99 (was $25.99) Anker Nano Travel Adapter has put a stop to that argument.