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Everything in consumer tech costs more this year than it did last, which makes the Nothing Ear 3a feel almost defiant. $99 for earbuds that hide a feature set most brands reserve for their flagship models. The follow up to 2024's Ear (a) holds the same price while adding capabilities that have no business being at this end of the market. The headline feature is Audio Snapshot.

Most portable power stations with 2kWh capacity are built like small suitcases and weigh close to 50 pounds. The Anker SOLIX S2000 fits the same capacity into something closer to the size of a PC tower. 8.2 by 11.1 by 12.7 inches. 35.7 pounds. For comparison, the DJI Power 2000 offers a similar 2,048Wh but weighs 49 pounds and stretches to 17.7 inches long. That size difference changes where you can store it and how willingly you actually move it around.

Ten products that earned a closer look this month' Editors' Picks. The spread runs from a nightlife inspired G Shock and a pocket sized hi-res audio player to a 50 liter gear hauler and the most expressive keyboard controller ever built. Every item was chosen for design quality, functional depth, or both. The CasiOak gets the Camo and Gold treatment. Amber brown translucent case, matte resin strap, glossy piano black dial, and neon red accents designed to evoke laser strobes and fog machine haze.

Set on a steep hillside overlooking the Atlantic in Guarujá, Brazil, ES House by Jacobsen Arquitetura is a contemporary residence designed to embrace its surroundings. Rather than reshaping the terrain, the home follows the natural slope, creating a series of cascading levels that preserve the existing forest while framing sweeping sea views. The house reveals itself gradually.

The iPod Nano has been dead since 2017 and nothing has properly replaced it. Your phone can stream millions of songs but it also has notifications, social media, and every other distraction fighting for attention while you listen. The Shanling M0 Pura exists for people who want to listen to music and do absolutely nothing else. At 43.8 by 45 by 13.8mm and 35.8 grams, it is barely larger than a postage stamp.

Now in its third edition the Mini Museum lets you adorn your desk with a collection of rarities for a fraction of the price it would cost for any individual piece. Encased in a transparent Lucite acrylic block, this desktop museum, carefully presents an assortment of 29 rare and unusual objects ranging from recent, to ones billions of years old. The specimens range from a piece of a Steve Jobs turtleneck, a piece of a 14th century samurai sword, 4.5 billion year old... read more

Former Apple Chief Designer Jony Ive has been sailing since he was a boy. When he went looking for a lantern for his superyacht, he couldn't find one that could survive extreme maritime conditions and still look like it deserved to be there. So he designed one, and asked the only company he trusted to build it.

The future of camping is becoming smarter, quieter, and far more capable. The new Aboard T4 Electric Trailer reimagines the traditional travel trailer by combining automotive engineering, hybrid-electric technology, and luxury living into one sleek package. Developed by California startup Aboard RV, the T4 is designed to bridge the gap between compact vanlife and oversized motorhomes, delivering genuine off-grid capability without sacrificing comfort.

The most effective productivity tool might not be another app. It might be a small LED display that tells everyone around you to leave you alone. Busy Bar is a 72 by 16 pixel RGB LED matrix that sits on your desk or clips to the top of your monitor and shows your current status: available, busy, in a meeting, or do not disturb. That sounds simple because it is. The value comes from the automation behind it.