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Lenovo’s $60 Snap-On Turns the Legion Tab Into a Bartop Arcade
n Gaming on a tablet is a strange kind of compromise. The screen is great, the hardware is often genuinely powerful, and the library is enormous, but you’re still holding a slab of glass with your thumbs smudging across virtual buttons. Controllers help, and dedicated gaming tablets like Lenovo’s Legion Tab have attracted a healthy…
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Huawei Put a Fan Inside the Mate 80 Pro Max, But It Cost a Camera
n Gaming phones have had active cooling for years, strapping fans and heat pipes to the back like little mechanical tumors. They work, mostly, but they also make your phone look like it needs a pit crew. The Huawei Mate 80 Pro Max Wind Edition takes a different approach, tucking a cooling fan directly inside…
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This 75 percent keyboard splits in two and opens up your entire workspace
n If you’ve spent any time in mechanical keyboard spaces online, you’ve probably seen someone evangelizing split keyboards as the solution to all your ergonomic problems. They’re usually right, but the barrier to entry has been high. Most split boards either require assembly, force you onto ortholinear or column-stagger layouts, or look like something out…
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SAOTA’s Kenmore Proves You Don’t Have to Sacrifice Space for an Impossibly Narrow Cape Town Hillside
n When Mark Bullivant, principal at South African architecture studio SAOTA, came across a steep, impossibly narrow plot in Cape Town’s Tamboerskloof neighborhood, most architects would have walked away. He bought it. The result is Kenmore — a personal home that quietly dismantles every assumption about what a tight site can hold. n The numbers…
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Pico-Pal reimagines Game Boy Color as modern retro handheld that can play music
n n Retro gaming continues to inspire modern hardware projects, and the Pico-Pal handheld console is another thoughtful reinterpretation of one of the most recognizable portable gaming designs. Developed by hardware designer Peter Khouly, the handheld draws clear inspiration from the classic Nintendo Game Boy Color while integrating modern microcontrollers, wireless connectivity, and expanded…
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5 Rammed Earth Homes in 2026 That Make Concrete Walls Look Outdated
n The architectural world is shifting toward materials that feel grounded, honest, and deeply connected to the earth. Instead of relying on high-energy industrial products, designers and homeowners are embracing approaches that honor the planet’s natural tectonics. In this movement toward true sustainability, rammed earth has re-emerged as a powerful, modern choice for those seeking…
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Snøhetta Built a Metro Station in Riyadh That Reflects the Entire City Back at You
n There is a moment, the architects at Snøhetta will tell you, when you step off the train at Qasr AlHokm and look up, and the entire city of Riyadh looks back at you. That is not a metaphor. It is exactly what happens beneath the station’s sweeping, mirror-polished stainless steel canopy, where a 360-degree…
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Track Trailer reinvents Tvan, one of the toughest off-roading trailers with roomier MK6 model
n Track Trailer, the name behind the famous Tvan off-road camper trailers, needs little introduction. It has been powering the overlanding experience in Australia and worldwide for a good part of four decades now. Over the years, we have seen some interesting variants of the Tvan, which has now reached the MK6. The sixth iteration…
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What If Google’s Server Heat Became Its Most Prominent Design Feature?
n Most conversations about Big Tech and sustainability follow a familiar script: a company announces a carbon pledge, releases an environmental report full of impressive-sounding numbers, and everyone moves on. What rarely gets discussed is the messy, unglamorous reality sitting right at the center of it all: the data server room. That’s exactly where two…