Gadgets

It’s the year of the snake, so British watchmaker Christopher Ward has revealed a new timepiece featuring a Swiss-made self-winding movement and a design inspired by Snake -- the iconic mobile game included on the Nokia 6110.

Last month, Satechi confirmed its Mac Mini M4 Stand & Hub would be available starting on February 17th, 2025, but it turns out you won’t have to wait that long. The hub is available now through Satechi’s online store for $99.99, with free two day shipping in the US.

Launching in late February for $1,099.95, the Nikon Coolpix P1100 brings a few upgrades to the now-discontinued P1000 released in 2018. It’s got the same 24-3000mm lens offering 125x optical zoom, but adds USB-C (to comply with EU laws) and updated Bluetooth.

Sure, the S Pen lost its Bluetooth features with the Galaxy S25 Ultra. But you know what hasn’t changed? It still smells kinda bad. I confirmed this myself when I unboxed the phone in San Jose, and have verified with another colleague who remarked that it smells “plasticky.” And guess what? That’s not even the only thing that stinks about it.

Along with an image teasing a new button on the side of (presumably) the Phone 3A, Nothing cryptically posted, “Your second memory, one click away.”

Originally announced last August with an expected release in October 2024, Lenovo’s wedge-shaped Charging Connector is finally available for $49.99.

I got to try out EssilorLuxottica’s Nuance Audio glasses last month at CES 2025. They look like normal glasses, but can amplify the voice of whoever you’re speaking to while also dampening noisy environments. Plus, since it can handle prescription lenses, it’s sort of like killing two birds with one stone. Now that they’ve got FDA clearance, the glasses are set to launch in the US in Q1 this year and the first half of 2025 in Europe.

Following Sony’s announcement that it was officially ending production of recordable Blu-ray discs this month, Verbatim and I-O Data have pledged ongoing support and a stable supply of recordable optical media in a recent press release spotted by Tom’s Hardware.

The new Element 5 Hub differentiates itself from Kensington and Cable Matters’ Thunderbolt 5 docks with a much smaller design. Despite its compact footprint, the $249 Element 5 still features four 80Gbps Thunderbolt 5 ports (up to 120Gbps with Bandwidth Boost), two slower 10Gbps USB-C ports, and three USB-A ports. Power delivery maxes out at 90W, but it can drive three 4K/60Hz displays on Windows, or a pair of 6K/60Hz displays on macOS.

For $110, the performance of the Kidwants KN1 Touch Mini PC, powered by a 2.6GHz Intel Celeron N4000 CPU, isn’t going to impress you. The reason to even consider this compact PC is that it features a large touchpad built into the top of its case supporting multi-finger gestures like two-finger scrolling and pinch to zoom. That’s one less peripheral crowding your desk, and potentially a convenient way to keep at least one hand toasty.

Although it was overshadowed by the launch of the Hero 13 Black last September, GoPro hasn’t forgotten about its smaller and cheaper $179 Hero action cam. A software update available today is introducing a new 4K 4:3 video setting that uses the sensor’s full height and width. The Hero is also getting GoPro’s SuperView Digital Lens option which converts 4:3 videos to 16:9 by stretching the sides of the video to create a wider effect.

The retrofuturistic computers used by Lumon employees in Severance are loosely based on the Data General Dasher terminals released in the late ‘70s. Signature Plastics, the same company responsible for the SA profile keycaps used on those terminals, is now selling a matching set of keycaps so you can upgrade your mechanical keyboard with Lumon aesthetics. The SA Macrodata Refinement set is available for preorder now for $197, and expected to ship in Q1 2025.

Amazon’s first Kindle with a color screen has been dismantled, slashed, hacked, and scratched by JerryRigEverything who found that you may want to get a case to protect the plastic top layer of the Colorsoft’s screen.

To make the Steam Deck even more portable, modder Crastinator-pro stripped the handheld down to the bare essentials needed to play games while connected to a TV or pair of AR glasses.

Following Grogu and R2-D2 versions, Bandai’s latest Star Wars collaboration turns Anakin Skywalker into a digital pet. But no matter how you choose to raise him with regular feedings and even lightsaber training, the Tamagotchi version of Anakin is always destined for the dark side and will inevitably grow into one of ten different versions of Darth Vader.

Hairo Satoh has managed to squeeze a Nintendo DS into an original Game Boy that still closely resembles the original hardware. DS games are playable thanks to an added card slot on the bottom, a second screen that pops out the top, and a touchscreen upgrade. Now just give it an 3DS autostereo screen and stubby joystick!

Atari’s Space Race debuted in 1973 with a limited number of arcade machines featuring a futuristic fiberglass cabinet design.

The impressively small Mac Mini doesn’t include a slot for cable locks, so Kensington’s solution to prevent it from getting stolen from schools, offices, and other shared spaces is a new $69.95 secure steel cage.

There are repair guides and replacement parts available for more than 20 Logitech devices, including keyboards, headsets, and MX / G series mice, on the iFixit-hosted Logitech Repair Hub — and now you can get them in 62 countries.

A new company called Oda has decided the best way to promote its first product is to just give it away. Its wallet-sized Slim Card Holder can hold two SD and two microSD cards, or eight microSD cards in an alternate configuration.