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The latest in tech: the newest products, most exciting innovations and biggest releases.

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The Most Hands-Off Way To Keep Your Floors Clean
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The Coolest Tech Gifts for 2025

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How PITAKA’s Sunset Collection Is Shaping the Future of Emotional Design

High-performance tech gear meets pure visual poetry.

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The Very Best iPhone 16 Cases for Every User
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The Very Best iPhone 16 Cases for Every User

A good iPhone case isn’t just about protection—it’s also about expressing your personality.

By Amos Kwon
The Roundup
When Werner Herzog Rescued Joaquin Phoenix

In this animated short famed film director Werner Herzog recounts the time he rescued Joaquin Phoenix from lighting a deadly cigarette.

By Tim Jacobsen
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Computers
Kensington PowerBack™ Battery Case with Kickstand and Dock

One of the most frustrating things on the planet is having an electronic device die while you're in the middle of using it. That and accidentally biting your tongue. While there is no cure for poor mouth dexterity, you can solve the dead battery device problem on your iPad with…

By Wylie Overstreet
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Audio
80’s Boombox Portable Digital Music Player

Not much good came out of the eighties. Any positive cultural additions (the films of John Hughes, The Ferrari Testarossa, Cindy Crawford) were mitigated by an overwhelming number of bad additions (leg warmers, synth pop, any and all hairstyles). Boomboxes were an exemplary positive addition, but with the advent of…

By Wylie Overstreet
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The Roundup
Detroit Lives

We'd like to think that you don't believe anything everything you hear on the news. Detroit - as it's painted in the media - is nothing but ruin porn (interviewees words, not ours). But just like the whole Jeff Goldblum thing, we were lied to... kind of. Sure, Detroit is…

By Cooper Fleishman
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iPod Nano Watch Band

Within moments of Apple introducing the iPod Nano, two things happened. One, the entire population of Apple fanboys--pale, bespectacled young guys with a well-established Pavlovian erection response to Steve Jobs' black turtleneck--let out a collective orgasmic sigh. And two, accessory manufacturers, pondering at the Nano-as-Wristwatch product possibilities, let out a…

By Wylie Overstreet
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