The square-ish phone that I wanted to love
The square-ish phone that I wanted to love

The Ikko MindOne Pro is delightfully small. I keep calling it a square phone, which isn’t quite right; the screen is square, but the phone itself is slightly rectangular. The camera flips up so you can use it for selfies – you can even open it partway to use as a stand or a kind […]

The best tech of 2026 so far —the 21 finest gadgets we’ve tested this year
The best tech of 2026 so far —the 21 finest gadgets we’ve tested this year

TechRadar has spent days testing 639 products across phones, TVs, laptops, cameras, smartwatches and more in 2026. These are the best ones we’ve reviewed so far this year.

The fanfiction community is at war with AI — and itself
The fanfiction community is at war with AI — and itself

Over the past week, a new fanworks movement has kicked off, with the aim to root out authors using generative AI. But the detection methods being implemented are questionable, and any fanfic writer could be caught in the crossfire. Broad distaste around the use of Claude, ChatGPT, and other AI tools has long been a […]

ICYMI: The week’s 7 biggest tech news stories from PlayStation killing physical games to Anthropic finally re-releasing Fable 5
ICYMI: The week’s 7 biggest tech news stories from PlayStation killing physical games to Anthropic finally re-releasing Fable 5

As the USA turns 250, here’s the week’s biggest tech news stories from PlayStation, Valve, Garmin, WhatsApp and more.

ICYMI: The week’s 7 biggest tech news stories from PlayStation killing physical games to Anthropic finally re-releasing Fable 5
ICYMI: The week’s 7 biggest tech news stories from PlayStation killing physical games to Anthropic finally re-releasing Fable 5

As the USA turns 250, here’s the week’s biggest tech news stories from PlayStation, Valve, Garmin, WhatsApp and more.

Qi fan fan
Qi fan fan

Despite my initial skepticism, I’m now sold on wireless Qi chargers that add integrated fans to keep your phone cool while charging. I figured they’d be too loud, or too weak, or too gimmicky, but I’m a convert after spending a week with the new $59.99 Kuxiu D5 Qi2.2 charging dock. Its active cooling system […]

Amazon updated 2023’s Fire HD 10 tablet with 4GB of RAM
Amazon updated 2023’s Fire HD 10 tablet with 4GB of RAM

The Fire HD 8 that launched in 2024 was the last new addition to Amazon’s budget-minded tablet lineup, but the company has quietly updated the Fire HD 10 that debuted the year before. In 2023 it was offered with multiple storage configurations that each came with 3GB of RAM, but the 32GB version now ships […]

While you’re watching the World Cup, the feds may be watching you
While you’re watching the World Cup, the feds may be watching you

It’s a big year for America. It’s the semiquincentennial, otherwise known as America250, and the United States is cohosting the World Cup. But spectators at these events – and the millions of people who live in the cities hosting them – may not realize that they, too, are being watched. From Kansas City to New […]

This slim camera has a transparent LCD screen for a viewfinder
This slim camera has a transparent LCD screen for a viewfinder

Despite the fact that smartphones have become impressively capable shooters, standalone point-and-shoot cameras are enjoying a renaissance. The tiny Kodak Charmera is still wildly popular, while influencers are scrambling to find aging Canon cameras on eBay. Godox, a company best known for its photography lighting products, is the latest to join the simple camera craze, […]

I finally got my Trump phone
I finally got my Trump phone

Where’s the Trump phone? We’re going to keep talking about it every week. One year on, our phones have finally arrived. 12 months, 16 days, 21 hours, and 54 minutes after I first heard about Trump Mobile’s T1 Phone 8002 (gold version), I’m finally holding one in my own hands. That’s right, The Verge’s Trump […]