After months of daily use, the Nothing Ear (3a) left me wondering why most people need pricier wireless earbuds. Its punchy, balanced sound, impressive noise cancellation, adjustable EQ, and dependable battery life outweigh a slightly loose charging case, unremarkable Spatial Audio, and a maximum volume that could be louder.
A protective case can help a tablet survive your child. Managing what happens on its screen takes a different set of tools. Amazon’s new Kids Tablets open the door to Google Play while letting parents approve downloads, put reading before entertainment, and pause the device from their own phone.
Getting Google’s apps onto an Amazon tablet used to take some effort. The new Alexa Tablets include Google Play from the start, alongside aluminum bodies and an optional anti-glare screen. It’s a welcome change, though Amazon’s move away from Fire also means leaving those bargain-basement starting prices behind.
Porsche has a proposal for anyone tired of dashboard screens: bring your phone and leave the driving instruments to the car. The Mission S pairs physical controls with gauges that change position, wrapped in a mid-engined design pointing toward a permanent supercar offering above the 911.
Tesla once put a Roadster inside a rocket. Now it has put rocket technology inside a Roadster—and demonstrated what happens next. The redesigned sports car lifts off, flips, and lands using cold-gas thrusters, taking the long-promised successor well beyond the usual debate about how fast an electric car accelerates.
Your Xbox isn’t going in your pocket, but its new controller might. The Xbox Nano keeps all 18 standard gameplay inputs in a smaller, lighter design, making it easier to bring your own controller to a friend’s place—or leave the console behind and play on another compatible device.
Taking your thumb off the aiming stick to reload can be an inconvenient little gamble. Razer’s Wolverine V4 Pro puts extra controls under your other fingers, with removable back buttons you can arrange to suit your grip. The wider lineup also introduces capacitive thumbsticks and faster polling for PC players.
Reaching for a product or shifting in your chair shouldn’t mean disappearing from your own video. Razer’s Kiyo V2 Pro combines automatic framing with 4K capture at 60 frames per second, giving animated presenters room to move. When the demonstration is over, a twist of its shutter takes you off camera.
A soundbar isn’t everyone’s idea of the perfect desk companion. Razer’s Mako lineup gives you separate speakers to position around your screen, with a choice between a dedicated subwoofer and a simpler two-speaker setup. You can skip the long bar without giving up the bass—or the obligatory Razer lighting.
Your mouse needs room to move. Your keyboard doesn’t necessarily need to occupy half the desk. Razer’s Huntsman V3 Pro Mini 8KHz trims the layout to 60% while keeping adjustable optical switches and extensive input controls. Even the arrow keys find a way to stay, sharing duties with other keys.
Pikachu usually gets first dibs on Pokémon merchandise, but Razer’s latest headsets give three other favorites the spotlight. Charizard and Lucario get wireless BlackSharks, while Sylveon takes the pink-and-blue Kraken route. Choosing your favorite Pokémon now also means choosing how you want to game.
Most watches give you little reason to wait around for the hour to change. The URWERK UR-300 Time Quantum makes an event of it: its T-shaped display jumps, pivots, and rearranges itself to reveal the next hour. You may find yourself checking the time well before you need to.