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I used the ‘cheat on everything’ AI tool and it didn’t help me cheat on anything

Cluely’s creator thinks it will revolutionize job interviews, meetings, and... catfishing?

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Just look at Huawei’s trifold phone

24 hours with the world’s first trifold phone.

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Framework will open US preorders for Laptop 12 after all: tomorrow, starting at $549.

9AM PT tomorrow, April 10th, and they’ll ship in June, just like the UK/EU/Canada ones that already went on preorder today during the Trump tariff flip-flop kerfuffle.

I’m still testing the new Razer Blade 16, and I have mixed feelings

Posting through my thoughts on a $4,500 laptop.

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Nvidia RTX 5090 mobile GPU:  more efficient and a little faster

We tested and benchmarked the most expensive discrete GPU for high-end gaming laptops.

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Xbox is getting a new Game Hubs feature.

Microsoft has started testing a new Game Hubs feature in the Xbox dashboard that will display game information instead of immediately launching a title. A select number of Xbox Insiders can try this new Game Hubs feature out right now, and it does mean you’ll have to hit A twice to launch games from various parts of the Xbox dashboard.

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My new favorite external battery is the one with *two* hideaway cables.

I bought my wife the $110 Anker A1695 “InstaCord” and experienced instant jealousy; and not just because of its retractable cord. It’s the second cable that blew my mind, hidden inside its strong carry handle, plus the fact both are bidirectional. Either can charge the battery, either can charge my laptop; I get passthrough power if I use both! My colleague Richard wasn’t as lucky, saying his battery seems to throttle prematurely, but my wife’s stays cool so far.

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The $3,600 keyboard that’s optimized for joy.

I’ve spent the past week typing on an early unit of the Norbauer Seneca, a mechanical keyboard that’s entirely custom, from its Topre-like electrocapacitive switches to its astonishingly smooth stabilizers. I also spoke at length with its creator about the process of making the board and why it’s so damn expensive. Stay tuned next week, feel free to ask about it in the comments, and meanwhile: just look at this keyboard.

A grey keyboard with dark grey modifier keys, white alphas, and pink Esc and Enter keys. It’s a thick, slab-like board that almost looks like it’s cast in cement. It has a coiled cable.
The most expensive keyboard I’ve ever typed on, and also the best.
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This gaming mouse has a striking skeletonized design and hot-swap batteries

Keyboard maker Angry Miao’s first crack at a mouse is a home run.

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A Game Boy for pirates?

The $70 Anbernic RG 34XX is my favorite new way to play Game Boy — but the new RixelHK app lets people use the handheld’s built-in Wi-Fi to browse a huge catalog of games for free. It encourages you to download Nintendo, Sony, and Sega titles, and they appear to be the real deal but unauthorized.

Typically, would-be pirates would need to buy an SD card filled with pirated games or fill a card on a PC, but these Anbernics make downloading games as easy as downloading songs used to be.

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What if Nintendo Switch, but foldable?

Samsung Display’s bendy concept displays are always stunning, if not always practical. But rather than debate just how many compromises a foldable portable would require, or how pricy it might be, I choose to bask in its prototype glory!

Find more wacky Samsung Displays like the “flexible briefcase” in Allison’s whole story and her larger video.

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This exoskeleton was my secret weapon at CES this year.

Did they rebuild me better, stronger, faster? Not exactly! As I explain in my full story, the Hypershell Pro X made me feel like I had an extra energy tank, like the ones exosuit-wearing bounty hunter Samus Aran obtains in the Metroid games. Oh, and it works when you’re riding a bicycle, too!

I wore a one-horsepower exoskeleton to the world’s biggest tech show

It felt like an extra energy tank in a Metroid game.

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Here’s Framework’s first touchscreen laptop.

Can Framework fix budget laptops next? That’s the goal, and Framework CEO Nirav Patel says he’ll be dogfooding it himself, making this 12-inch laptop his daily driver for the foreseeable future. He wouldn’t tell me just how budget it’ll go yet.

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Pretty sure this is the most advanced selfie stick ever.

It’s the DJI Osmo Mobile 7 Pro. Personally, I prefer the Osmo Pocket 3’s dedicated camera instead of slapping my smartphone on a stick, but these hidden legs, arm, and snap-on eye are all pretty cool!

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Turn out the lights and I’ll glow.

The Classic-GLO is an $89 glow-in-the-dark mechanical keyboard kit from Novelkeys. It’s just as fun to build and nice to type on as the Classic-TKL I tested and really liked last year, and now it glows in the dark. You know, just in case you need a little more joy on your desk. It comes in three colors, and I tried them all. Check it out:

Live AI on Meta’s smart glasses is a solution looking for a problem

Live AI is neat, but the problem is knowing when (and why) you’d want to use it.

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RTX 5090: I fit the world’s most powerful graphics card in my aging mini SFF PC

The RTX 5090 fits in an Ncase M1, with a few caveats.

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Maybe giant gaming handhelds are where it’s at

I added controllers to a 13-inch gaming tablet and I don’t regret it.

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Why does the DJI Flip exist?

That’s the big question online — because the unique bicycle-spoke folding drone isn’t smaller or more powerful than DJI’s Mini drones. But it’s inexpensive, does do a few things they don’t — yet — and it’s fun to fold and unfold! Check it out in my video: