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The Best Backpacking Water Filters of 2026
5+ hour, 38+ min ago (592+ words) Wired’s outdoor gear team has just completed their most thorough water filter testing for 2026. They put products from brands like Sawyer, Katadyn, LifeStraw, and MSR through real-world conditions to identify the best options for hikers of all levels. Drinking untreated…...
Skullcandy Crusher 1080 Packs Bose ANC Into Bass Headphones
13+ hour, 37+ min ago (430+ words) The new Skullcandy Crusher 1080 is the first product to feature Bose’s QuietControl ANC (active noise cancellation). This technology uses microphones to detect and neutralize ambient sound before it reaches your ears. Additionally, the headphones come with Bose’s head-tracking spatial audio,…...
Thinking Machines Releases Inkling, Its First Open AI Model
13+ hour, 37+ min ago (639+ words) Thinking Machines Lab has introduced its first publicly available AI model, named Inkling. This impressive system boasts 975 billion parameters and has been trained to understand text, video, and audio. It stands out as one of the most ambitious open-source AI…...
Valve May Be Quietly Killing Steam Deck LCD Replacement Parts
13+ hour, 37+ min ago (517+ words) It looks like Valve is slowing down the availability of replacement parts for the original Steam Deck LCD. iFixit has confirmed they’re no longer getting DIY battery kits from Valve, which is a big change from the company that once promoted…...
Roku's Streaming Hardware Gets Up to 60% More Expensive
13+ hour, 37+ min ago (519+ words) Roku has increased prices across its entire range of streaming devices. The adjustments range from $10 to $50 per product, with some models seeing jumps of up to 60%. The company attributes these hikes to a global RAM shortage, which has quietly raised…...
Apple Maps Ads: Which Categories Are Banned at Launch
15+ hour, 27+ min ago (357+ words) Apple has rolled out a formal advertising policy for Maps, detailing which ad categories will be blocked when paid placements launch in the U.S. and Canada this summer. According to Apple’s newly published Advertising Services policy, several sensitive or high-risk categories…...
Anthropic Launches Claude Opus 5 at Half the Price of Its Top Model
1+ day, 6+ hour ago (494+ words) Anthropic has launched Claude Opus 5, a new AI model that promises to deliver nearly the same performance as its top-tier model, Claude Fable 5, but at about half the cost. This release, made public on July 24, positions Opus 5 as a reliable…...
OpenAI's First Device May Clash With AirPods Ultra
1+ day, 10+ hour ago (491+ words) OpenAI’s first consumer hardware product is likely a portable smart speaker featuring a “humanlike AI companion” personality. This device might compete directly with Apple’s upcoming AirPods Ultra, and analysts believe OpenAI could struggle in that matchup. A Bloomberg report referenced…...
Home Depot's Viral 12-Foot Skeleton Can Talk Now
1+ day, 16+ hour ago (546+ words) Home Depot’s famous 12-foot skeleton, affectionately dubbed Skelly, is getting an exciting upgrade: it can now talk! Homeowners can use a smartphone app to send their voice through this towering decoration. The retailer introduced the app-controlled Skelly as part of…...
Starlink's V5 Dish Is Smaller and Uses Less Power
1+ day, 13+ hour ago (527+ words) Starlink has quietly introduced its fifth-generation home dish. While it won’t boost your internet speed, it does offer a smaller design and lower power consumption compared to the previous version. The V5 represents a hardware upgrade to the satellite dish, which…...