JBL’s Flip 7 speaker is small, versatile, and 40 percent off
JBL’s Flip 7 speaker is small, versatile, and 40 percent off

Sure, Bluetooth speakers are awesome to have for picturesque beach trips, camping weekends, and other outdoor adventures. But they’re just as good to have for some sprinkler time in the yard with the kiddo, or for blasting some tunes or a podcast while you make food. No matter the use cases you have in mind, […]

8BitDo’s FlipPad is the most pocketable way to turn your phone into a Game Boy
8BitDo’s FlipPad is the most pocketable way to turn your phone into a Game Boy

Both 8BitDo and GameSir announced tiny gamepads designed to turn smartphones into Game Boy-inspired handhelds at CES 2026. GameSir released its Pocket Taco months ago, but the longer wait for 8BitDo’s FlipPad has been well worth it. While the Pocket Taco may be a better fit for some players and devices, the FlipPad is a […]

Spotify parents rejoice! KPop Demon Hunters need never cloud your Wrapped results again, thanks to Managed accounts launching on Spotify Free
Spotify parents rejoice! KPop Demon Hunters need never cloud your Wrapped results again, thanks to Managed accounts launching on Spotify Free

Spotify just brought its Managed accounts service to its free tier, meaning your kids’ top track need never bag the top spot again

The Motorola Edge 70 Max is all about power
The Motorola Edge 70 Max is all about power

Motorola has launched the Edge 70 Max, its latest flagship phone that’s designed for power intensive tasks like streaming video and mobile gaming. Alongside having a huge battery and rapid wired charging support, the Motorola Edge 70 Max is the first Android phone to support full 25W wireless Qi2 charging since Google launched the Pixel […]

Home Depot’s viral 12-foot skeleton now talks
Home Depot’s viral 12-foot skeleton now talks

The Home Depot is once again upgrading its 12-foot-tall skeleton to help keep the viral piece of Halloween decor popular as spooky season creeps closer. Skelly is borrowing some of the tech introduced in the smaller 6.5-foot Ultra Skelly last year, including letting you speak through the skeleton’s moving mouth using a mobile app. The […]

Samsung’s new foldable display is harder to crease and damage
Samsung’s new foldable display is harder to crease and damage

Samsung has unveiled a new flexible display technology for foldable phones that’s designed to be slimmer, more durable, and less prone to creasing. The Flex Titanium tech is the culmination of everything that the company has learned over seven generations of foldables, according to Samsung, and will debut with the upcoming Galaxy Z Fold 8 […]

Google and Epic give up fighting — third-party Android app stores are coming next week
Google and Epic give up fighting — third-party Android app stores are coming next week

Epic Games and Google have just jointly withdrawn their attempt to retroactively settle the lawsuit that’s changing how Android app stores work in the United States – and that means Google will be forced to carry rival app stores inside of its own. In fact, Google tells the court, it’s ready to begin carrying third-party […]

Microsoft’s biggest ever patch Tuesday lets you hold off updating for longer
Microsoft’s biggest ever patch Tuesday lets you hold off updating for longer

Microsoft just released a long list of improvements for Windows 11 as part of its bigger patch Tuesdays, patching at least 570 security holes, almost triple the number fixed in last month’s record-breaking release, according to Krebs on Security. It also includes the ability to pause updates indefinitely, as reported earlier by Windows Central. This […]

OpenAI may announce a ChatGPT smart speaker this year
OpenAI may announce a ChatGPT smart speaker this year

OpenAI’s first device is set to be a smart speaker that lets you talk with ChatGPT, according to a report from Bloomberg. The device apparently won’t have a screen, but will use a camera and additional sensors to “understand” your environment. The report comes just days after Apple filed a lawsuit against OpenAI that accused […]

SpaceXAI’s Grok programming tool was uploading its users’ entire codebase to cloud storage
SpaceXAI’s Grok programming tool was uploading its users’ entire codebase to cloud storage

SpaceXAI’s Grok Build AI coding tool was spotted uploading users’ entire codebases to Google Cloud before it was reported, and the company turned it off. The Register reports that Cereblab published findings on Monday showing how the Grok Build CLI was packaging and uploading entire code repositories, “including files it was told not to open […]