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10 DIY gadgets I never leave out of my toolkit

I'm a collector of tools. This morning I was performing surgery on my 3D printer to enable it to print in four colors and had to choose which set—out of my 12 sets—of screwdrivers to use. Despite heaps of tools, only a handful make it into

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Ayaneo's Strix Halo Next II arrives with high-end specs and steep prices

Ayaneo's Next II Strix Halo handheld has a shipping date and an early-bird offering, though retail prices push it into the range of high-end desktop machines. The AI Max+ 395 model with 64 GB of memory and 1 TB of storage is $2,299 at early-bird and $2,

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Anker Nano 5‑port travel adapter is a compact charger for light travel

The Anker Nano 5‑port universal travel adapter is a palm‑sized rectangle that packs four plug types—Type A, Type I, Type G and Type C—covering more than 200 countries. It includes two USB‑C and two USB‑A ports plus a pass‑through AC socket that supports

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Google unveils Pixel 10a early — five things it must nail

Google offered an early look at the Pixel 10a with a 15‑second teaser that flashes a powder blue finish and ends on a Feb. 18, 2026 preorder date. At first glance the phone looks nearly identical to last year’s Pixel 9a; the camera bump appears to be gone,

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Save $101.99 on Sony ULT Wear headphones

As of Feb. 9, Sony ULT Wear headphones are on sale for $148 at Amazon. This 41% discount saves $101.99 off the full list price of $249.99 and applies to both the off white and black models for a limited time. The headphones include a dedicated ULT button

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Secure SSD unlocks with a smartphone tap

The Lexar TouchLock Portable SSD is a super-thin, super-light external drive that unlocks by tapping a smartphone. Made of lightweight aluminum, it measures 3.37 x 2.09 x 0.28 inches and weighs 1.4 ounces. The drive has an NFC touchpad on the back, a MagSafe magnet ring

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The $15 USB-C cable I pack to avoid being hacked at public charging ports

USB-C is both a charging and a full data port, and that makes public chargers a potential risk for juice jacking. It’s simple to protect yourself: Plugable makes cables that block data while still letting you charge. The cables include an E‑Marker chip and support up to 240W

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Privacy Display could be the Galaxy S26 series' most useful upgrade

A recent teaser highlights a feature provisionally called Privacy Display, expected with the Galaxy S26 series and One UI 8.5. It blocks parts of the screen when viewed at an angle, preventing snoopers and passersby from seeing essential information. Users can customize which areas are hidden and can turn

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NexTool Pocket Tool E1: a highly functional multitool under $30

The NexTool Pocket Tool E1 packs 10 functions into a compact package and carries a roughly $27 price tag, offering a premium-feeling multitool in the sub-$30 range. It measures 3.1 x 1.0 x 0.7 inches and weighs under 3.5 ounces, so it slips into a

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USB-rechargeable batteries still make sense in 2026

It's 2026, and disposable alkaline batteries no longer make financial or ecological sense. Paleblue offers USB-rechargeable lithium-ion cells as direct replacements for AA, AAA, C, D and 9V batteries, removing the need for a dedicated NiMH charger. Each kit includes the batteries, a 4-way charging cable and a

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Santa Ragione lambasts Epic Games Store over Horses delisting

Indie publisher Santa Ragione has again criticised the Epic Games Store's handling of Horses after comments from EGS vice-president Steve Allison in a Game File interview. The art game was delisted from both the Epic and Steam storefronts, and Santa Ragione says the platforms applied uneven standards to

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KeySmart iPro key holder packs Find My tracking, LED light and USB-C charging

KeySmart's iPro Key Finder and Holder costs $40 and stores up to 14 keys in a compact, quiet chassis. Keys attach on two screws—opened with the included bottle opener or a coin—and the kit’s tray doubles as a helpful staging aid during the admittedly fiddly

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I wear these $450 XR glasses to get work done during my commutes

The Xreal 1S sells for $449 and arrives with several upgrades while undercutting its predecessor. Field of view increases from 50 to 52 degrees, resolution jumps from 1080p to 1200p, the aspect ratio moves from 16:9 to 16:10, and brightness rises from 500 nits to 700 nits. The

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Overwatch creeps past Battlefield 6 and Call of Duty on Steam

Feelings toward Overwatch have rarely been uncomplicated, especially during the years it carried a "2" at the end of its name. Now the 2 is out, five new heroes are inbound, and the game is drawing players back. Windows Central spotted a recent upward trend on SteamDB: the

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Play Doom on an in-game terminal inside Ultrakill

Modder Squaresweets has made The Ultimate Doom playable on the diegetic shop terminals that open every level of the New Blood shooter Ultrakill. The work builds on xabblll’s DoomInUnityInspector and sinshu’s managed-doom port: sinshu’s code brought Doom into a Unity-compatible C# port, xabblll ran it in the

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Three founders who left college say timing drove their decision

Silicon Valley has seen a wave of founders leaving college. While high tuition, AI, and political shifts are often cited, three young entrepreneurs said their choices came down to timing: each spotted a market opportunity they couldn't pass up and left school to pursue it. Steven Wang left

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Morrowind-like RPG Dread Delusion heads to PS5, Xbox and Switch 2

The strange but excellent old-school RPG Dread Delusion, a game often compared to Morrowind for its weird mushroom trees and old-school sensibilities, is finally coming to modern consoles. It first hit Steam almost two years ago and has amassed nearly 4,000 user reviews, 90% of which give it the

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Apple's 2017 MacBook Air is now 80% off

A quality refurbished Apple MacBook Air (2017) with 8GB of RAM and a 128GB solid-state drive is on sale for $199.97, down from $999 — an 80% discount — through Feb. 15 at 11:59 p.m. PT. The laptop is powered by a 1.8GHz Intel Core i5 processor and

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Russian-state hackers exploit Office flaw days after Microsoft patch

Russian-state hackers exploited a critical Microsoft Office vulnerability to compromise devices inside diplomatic, maritime, and transport organizations in more than half a dozen countries. The threat group, tracked under names including APT28, Fancy Bear, Sednit, Forest Blizzard, and Sofacy, moved on the flaw tracked as CVE-2026-21509 less than 48 hours

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Modders have added mechs, music boxes and an MMO-style dungeon to Hytale

Hytale's been dropping updates faster than I've been able to keep track of, what with the addition of necromancy and flamethrowers, but Hytale's players are keeping a pretty strong pace too. The game already has a whopping 4,000 mods on CurseForge, and it

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Stronghold Crusader: Definitive Edition adds Steam Workshop, maps and co-op

Stronghold Crusader: Definitive Edition received a visual overhaul and new campaigns last year and earned a 'Very Positive' rating on Steam. The Winter Update brings further content and improvements to the castle-building RTS. The headline addition is Steam Workshop support, enabled by a new tool called The Castle

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A classic fake reflection and other cost-effective graphical sorcery

If you've ever trundled around on the back of a Warthog in the original Halo, you'll remember the way its tires seemed to melt into noisy blur as they got going. Turns out, there's no actual blur effect being applied—the game just swaps

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Apple AirTag (2026) review: It's a little better and costs the same

Apple's second-generation AirTag leaves the concept unchanged: you buy it, attach it, and track the item when needed. The new model keeps the same dimensions, weight, and design as the original, but brings a few modest improvements after about a week of hands-on testing. Precision Finding range has

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Modder makes 1997 GTA run flawlessly on modern PCs and Steam Deck

A modder has packaged the original 1997 top-down Grand Theft Auto into something called GTA Ready2Play, letting it run on modern PCs and Steam Decks without the usual fiddling. Removed from digital storefronts early last decade, the game was left to middling mods and haphazard emulation. LukeStorm's Ready2Play

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Fallout co-creator demoed engine at secret after-hours pizza party

Tim Cain, Fallout's co-creator and the original game's producer, wasn't supposed to share ideas with the rest of the team, so he arranged a hush-hush after-hours pizza party to demo the engine that would eventually power the RPG. "I was making engines kind