LEGO has teamed up with The Pokemon Company for a fresh wave of sets that add real-time reactions to classic construction play. Twelve new SMART Play sets go on pre-order today and reach stores August 1, 2026. The line mixes brick-built Pokemon figures with a special hub brick that reads tags hidden in the models and responds with lights and sounds tailored to whatever scene a builder creates.
Waymo recently opened its newest vehicle to select riders in Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Phoenix. The company calls it the Ojai. This one differs from every earlier Waymo vehicle because engineers designed it from the ground up as a robotaxi instead of starting with a regular passenger car and adding self-driving gear later.
CryZENx has released another substantial update to his ongoing project that rebuilds The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time in Unreal Engine 5. This time the focus lands squarely on the twisting interior of Jabu-Jabu, the massive fish-like guardian from Zora’s Domain.
Chris Scott, owner of a brilliant red NSX, was at a Japanese car gathering in York, England, when he spotted a vintage Honda Motocompo folded up tight, and he knew right away that this was the perfect time to finally get an answer to a long-standing question: could the little 80s folding scooter fit inside his powerful mid-engined sports car? The Motocompo initially arrived on the market in 1981, as a useful accessory for the Honda City hatchback.
Travelers pack light when they can, but most portable chargers still force an extra decision at the door. Did the right cord make it into the bag? Anker sidestepped that question entirely with its 20,000mAh Travel Essential model, priced at $49.99 (was $70), as the cable sits built into the unit from the start.