The lens in Wyze’s new $40 indoor camera retracts for privacy
Wyze’s Indoor Cam Pan includes a retracting lens that tilts down until it fully disappears inside the camera body for privacy.
Aug 25, 2026 ·
The Verge
Wyze’s Indoor Cam Pan includes a retracting lens that tilts down until it fully disappears inside the camera body for privacy.
Aug 25, 2026 ·The Verge
ASUS’ ROG Xbox Ally X20 update adds a 7.4-inch Nebula HDR OLED display with 600-nit brightness (up to 1,400 nits peaks) versus the prior 7-inch IPS panel’s 500-nit nominal brightness.
Aug 25, 2026 ·
Engadget
Asus Xbox Ally X20 will start at $1,300 for a standalone pre-order, with shipping set for October 15.
Aug 25, 2026 ·The Verge
TCL’s Note A1 Nxtpaper tablet is a $499, full-color 120Hz LCD Android tablet with a pressure-sensitive stylus and 8,000mAh battery, aiming to make note-taking feel closer to writing on paper—but it’s not as precise or customizable as purpose-built devices like Remarkable.
Aug 25, 2026 ·The Verge
CNET’s survey of 2,605 US adults found 75% aren’t interested in buying a foldable Apple device like the rumored iPhone Ultra.
Aug 25, 2026 ·
CNET
Floccus is a completely free bookmark-syncing tool that syncs one set of bookmarks across Chrome, Edge, Firefox, and also Opera, Vivaldi, Brave, and Kiwi, using your own storage (e.g., Google Drive/Dropbox, self-hosted Nextcloud/Linkwarden, or WebDAV on a NAS).
Aug 25, 2026 ·
ZDNet
Corded Dolphin Nautilus CC Plus was the most efficient overall (58 items picked up per hour), while the AI-equipped cordless Aiper Scuba V3 was the most efficient cordless model (44.64 items picked up per hour) in CNET Lab tests using a 14,000-gallon pool with 100 pebbles and 30 leaves.
Aug 25, 2026 ·CNET
CNET’s lab tests found suction power matters less than overall cleaning efficiency, with the corded Dolphin Nautilus CC Plus scoring 58 items picked up per hour and the cordless Aiper Scuba V3 scoring 44.64 items picked up per hour while using AI-based debris detection to clean faster and with less leftover debris.
Aug 25, 2026 ·CNET
CNET’s lab tests found efficiency—how many debris items a robot picks up per hour—matters more than suction power, with the corded Dolphin Nautilus CC Plus leading (58 items picked up per hour) and the cordless Aiper Scuba V3 leading (44.64 items picked up per hour).
Aug 25, 2026 ·CNET
Greenworks’ MaximusZ electric riding mower uses three blade motors plus two wheel-drive motors, cuts a 54-inch-wide swath in one pass, and claims 4 acres on a charge (about 1 hour to mow a full property, using ~75% of the battery capacity each time).
Aug 25, 2026 ·The Verge
Apple hasn’t confirmed any iPhone 18 launch or preorder dates, but Bloomberg reports a two-wave launch is possible: iPhone 18 Pro, iPhone 18 Pro Max, and a foldable “iPhone Ultra” in September, followed around March 2027 by iPhone 18, iPhone Air 2, and iPhone 18E.
Aug 25, 2026 ·CNET
Google is rolling out Motion Assist on Android, which uses the phone’s accelerometer and gyroscope to move on-screen dots around the display in sync with vehicle motion and can reduce or eliminate motion sickness in a moving car.
Aug 25, 2026 ·The Verge
ASUS’ first gaming soundbar, the ROG Gjallar, is now available in the US for $600, featuring a 5.1.2-channel speaker setup for Dolby Atmos and a wireless 6.5-inch 65W subwoofer with a dedicated 5GHz connection.
Aug 25, 2026 ·Engadget
NASA’s live coverage begins at 6:20AM ET on August 30, when the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is set to launch no earlier than 7:26AM ET (with a backup attempt on August 31 at 7:22AM ET).
Aug 25, 2026 ·Engadget
For small businesses buying laptops for remote and travel use, the checklist is: powerful processing, built-in ruggedness, all-day battery life, lightweight design, and comfort-focused displays.
Aug 25, 2026 ·
Computerworld
U.S. same-store sales rose 2.6% versus the 3.8% Wall Street estimate, Walmart’s slowest comparable-sales growth in six years, and its shares fell more than 9% after the report.
Aug 25, 2026 ·
Yahoo Finance
ESPN’s animated sports alt-casts use live player tracking (from NFL Next Gen Stats and Sony Beyond Sports/Hawk-Eye Innovations optical tracking) to generate real-time character animations synced to commentary via VR headsets and synced booth calls.
Aug 24, 2026 ·CNET
A free “What’s the Risk?” interactive tool launched in early August lets users visualize vaccine complication risks described as “rare” or “uncommon” alongside the risks of the diseases vaccines prevent, using side-by-side population risk displays per 100,000 people.
Aug 24, 2026 ·CNET
Disney+’s Percy Jackson and the Olympians Season 3 will premiere as an eight-episode season on Nov. 20, featuring a Titan emerging and a mission to rescue goddess Artemis.
Aug 24, 2026 ·CNET
Converting 1080p to 4K creates four times as many pixels by estimating what the missing detail should look like, so it can end up softer or with artifacts rather than restoring true detail.
Aug 24, 2026 ·Engadget
