Category: Gadgets

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Jonathan Rinderknecht was facing arson charges for setting a fire on New Year’s Day in 2025, which became one of…

The founding story of Nest is pretty much a perfect tech myth. A legendary product maker (in this case, Tony…

I’ve seen lots of so-called “smart” bike locks over the years, but none so far could justify the added cost.…

What’s the Password? has a simple concept: To solve each of the game’s more than 100 puzzles, you have to…

Hi, friends! Welcome to Installer No. 134, your guide to the best and Verge-iest stuff in the world. (If you’re…

Four years ago, overlooking a canal in Amsterdam, the smart home industry collectively launched Matter, the one interoperability standard to…

Nostalgia remains a powerful force. So much so that, in exploring the echoes of a late-’90s childhood spent skimming the…

Teenage Engineering has already issued multiple substantial updates for its surprisingly capable $329 EP-133 KO II sampler. Its latest is…

Maraget Atwood, the storied author of The Handmaid’s Tale and The Blind Assassin, was interviewed as part of the Babell…