Lego has released plenty of Nintendo renditions, but Jay’s Brick Blog highlights that on June 1st, a buildable $39.99 Sega Genesis / Mega Drive set will join the party, complete with controllers and a Sonic 2 game cartridge. It can swap between the nameplates depending on which version you prefer.
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OhSnap is selling its versatile Snap Grip Stand for just $37.49 (about $13 off) right now. It snaps magnetically onto the back of newer iPhone models for a more secure grip, and doubles as an adjustable stand that works in both portrait and landscape modes. It also includes an adapter for Android phones and an adhesive-backed adapter for use with non-MagSafe cases.
Chase Bliss is one of the most innovative companies in the pedal scene. Its newest, Big Time, is a collab with Electronic Audio Experiments. It’s a hybrid analog / digital delay in its high-end Automatone series. But it’s also a looper, a sequencer, a modulation pedal… You know what, just watch the walk-through.
From time-saving gadgets to more sentimental picks, we’ve pooled together Mother’s Day gifts for every type of mom.
It told my spouse to drink alcohol nightly and wants us to battle for sleep supremacy.
The latest Fire TV Stick 4K — now known as the Fire TV Stick 4K Plus — is down to an all-time low of $16.09 ($34 off) at Woot when you use promo code FIRE30. We recommend the Max model in most instances, but Amazon’s midrange option still offers Wi-Fi 6 and broad HDR support for Dolby Vision, HDR10, and HDR10 Plus at a fraction of the cost.
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Ahead of The Mandalorian and Grogu hitting theaters on May 22nd, Hasbro has announced a new animatronic version of Grogu packed with motors, sensors, and the ability to shuffle around on its own two feet. CNET’s Bridget Carey visited Hasbro HQ for an early look at the toy including how it simulates using the Force.
This crop of smart glasses is the most stylish, affordable, comfortable, and capable yet. They still don’t make sense.
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The new compact steadicam doesn’t do much the Pocket 3 can’t, but it improves on nearly all of it.
The SwitchBot Bot is available for around $22.99 ($7 off) from Amazon and SwitchBot (with code FORHER25), which is $3 shy of its best-ever price. Once attached to a coffee maker, light switch, or another button-based device, you can control it using your phone, making it an easy way to add smarts to existing gadgets.
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The Moto Buds 2 Plus will cost $149 — $20 more than the Moto Buds Plus released in 2024. The new buds will have Sound by Bose, two 11mm dynamic drivers with a Knowles balanced armature, support the LHDC5 low-latency audio codec, as well as Moto AI with compatible Motorola phones.
Samsung has announced the Galaxy Book 6 Edge, but so far only for France. There’s no price for the slim laptop yet, which will launch in early May with 512GB or 1TB storage, a Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Elite processor, and a 16-inch 120Hz OLED screen.
Toto’s high-precision ceramics business is set to account for more than half of the company’s operating profit for the first time in the financial year that ended in March. Advanced ceramics, it turns out, are well suited for producing components for semiconductor manufacturing equipment — and demand is booming.
First announced and demonstrated at CES 2026, Philips Hue’s new SpatialAware feature that better distributes the colored lighting in a preset scene around a room is now available through the mobile app. The feature requires the Hue Bridge Pro and you’ll need to scan each room using your smartphone’s camera first.
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It was inevitable, but Belkin will be the first company with a case turning your tablet into Toy Story 5’s new Lily Pad character. The $49.99 case is made from EVA foam and features both a built-in carrying handle and a folding kickstand. Hopefully it doesn’t come preset to villain mode.
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After suspending preorders for its $1,999 Next 2 handheld because the rising cost of storage made it too expensive to build, Ayaneo says it has been ”forced to increase prices across most product lines” as a result of the RAM shortage. It has also restocked several of its best selling handhelds including the Pocket DS, but in very limited quantities.
