There's a new Arduino on the way. It's apparently going to be shown at the Maker Faire Bay Area show this week, but Arduino's new partnership with Nordic Semiconductor was just formalized in a press release that offers most of the interesting details about the upcoming board (it's powered by a N...

Amazon's secretive hardware unit, Lab126, is working on an Alexa-powered display that resembles a tablet, according to a report today from The Wall Street Journal. Described only as having a "tablet-like computer screen," the new gadget would nonetheless be controllable with a user's voice if,...

Researchers in the UK have created gloves that rely on acoustic levitation to make particles float in mid-air. They're calling the device the GauntLev, or Gauntlet of Levitation; not only does it make particles float but it also allows wearers to capture the particles, move them around, and...

IBM today announced a more efficient way to use phase-change memory, a breakthrough that could help transition electronic devices from standard RAM and flash to a much faster and more reliable type of storage. Phase-change memory, or PCM, is a type of non-volatile optical storage that works by...

Two weeks ago, blurry photos of the upcoming Samsung Galaxy S7 Active in camo leaked, and it wasn't a particularly pleasant sight. Now we have an official shot of the S7 Active thanks to Evan Blass, and somehow Samsung and AT&T — which is the exclusive carrier of Samsung's Active line — have...

Lenovo's reportedly working on a pair of next-generation Moto X successors with modular add-ons, but when the company's next flagship smartphones make their official debut, they might ditch the "X" part. VentureBeat reports that the two new Moto phones — not counting the just-announced Moto G,...

There aren't many routers — especially extremely ugly routers — that qualify as iconic, but the Linksys WRT series certainly counts. It was so popular that Linksys actually brought the WRT line back in 2014 after years of shipping much prettier devices.

Why was it so popular? Because it's so...

One of the clear signs of progress in this goofy modern world of ours is the slow, all-consuming standardization of USB power. Edison's revenge, if you will.

Anyhow, the Ripcord is a Kickstarter for a cable that lets you power 9-volt devices that usually require clunky power bricks from a...

USB-C hubs, much like USB-C chargers, are a total crapshoot, as anyone who owns a MacBook will tell you. Yes, other laptops have USB-C ports, but they also have more than one port, because other manufacturers recognize that the dream of wireless communication for everything isn’t yet a reality.

I...

Black + Decker's new Smartech Bluetooth-enabled batteries sync up with the company's mobile app so you can monitor your power tool's battery life. Obviously. You can also use their tracking system to hunt down power tools buried in your garage. Amazing. But really, the best thing about these...

Wearing makeup is a fantastic burden. It hides blemishes and makes us look alive when our faces are bloated and sallow from a late night. But it can also backfire and result in an Oompa Loompa face if done in the wrong light. Seriously, don't do your makeup in the dark. Simplehuman launched a...

I love ping pong, and I'm actually not terrible at it. I have quick reflexes, and I can deliver a few different spins that some people have called "devastating." But I have certain weaknesses:

I started writing this editorial during Mobile World Congress in February, following a Lenovo press roundtable that was almost entirely dedicated to explaining the peculiar way the Chinese company was killing off the Motorola brand. We are still here, said Rick Osterloh, chief of the former...

Pocket Tripod launched nearly three years ago on Kickstarter as a way for iPhone users to easily carry and set up a tripod for their phones. The thin plastic is about the width of a credit card and can slip into a wallet. Now, the company is relaunching its product, and this time, it'll fit most...