INSIGNIA’s 65″ Class F50 Series LED 4K Smart Fire TV is perfect for streaming, gaming, or just as a secondary display, and you can get one for $284.99 shipped, originally $484.99. It has HDR10 and Dolby Vision so you get better contrast and brighter highlights than you’d expect at this price. The VESA 400×300 compatibility means it will work with most wall mounts and users say it’s quick to get up and running – often under 30 minutes from unboxing to streaming. Product page.
Photo credit: Maxwell Hazan
Maxwell Hazan, a Los Angeles-based auto enthusiast, has created something incredible: a motorcycle with a Ferrari F355 V8 engine. The HF355 is a marriage of engineering and madness, combining the brute force of a supercar with the lean agility of a two-wheeler.
Columbia University’s latest engineering project is straight out of a sci-fi novel, but it’s based on a simple idea: what if robots could grow, heal and adapt by absorbing parts from other robots? They call it “robot metabolism” and it flips traditional robotics on its head, from stiff, electricity-driven machines to robots that act like living organisms, using materials from their environment to evolve.
Perplexity, known for its AI-powered search engine, has entered the browser market with Comet, a tool to rethink web navigation. Running on Chromium—the same engine as Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge—Comet has Perplexity’s AI search and a sidekick assistant to handle tasks users usually do themselves.
Subaru’s new 2026 Uncharted rolled into New York City on July 17, 2025 with a whisper and a promise: to marry Subaru’s rugged, trail-ready charm with electric efficiency. Sharing Toyota’s e-TNGA platform with the C-HR, the Uncharted feels like a Crosstrek cousin but with an electric twist.
Photo credit: NASA / Carla Thomas
The X-59 rolled out of the Lockheed Martin Skunk Works hangar in Palmdale, California on July 10, 2025 and is now taxiing on its own power for the first time. This is the final step before flight for the NASA Quesst mission aircraft. Central to the Quesst mission is the X-59 which will change the way we think about supersonic travel and potentially open the skies to commercial aviation.
Logitech’s G305 LIGHTSPEED wireless gaming mouse is still touted as the best value for your money after all these years, and it’s being offered for just $29.99 (free shipping with Prime), originally $50. The mouse has a smooth, symmetrical shape that fits small to medium hands, and at 99g with a single AA battery, it’s well balanced for easy handling. Product page.
