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Luxury Swiss watch maker Hautlence has revealed the Retrovision ’64 timepiece, which is a very high-end tribute to the handheld Star Trek Communicator device. Unveiled at the Watches & Wonders 2026 event, the Retrovision ’64 mechanical watch offers the similar pop-up cover and perforated grille as the device used by Captain Kirk and co, which first appeared in the original Star Trek series in an episode that aired in 1964. Hence the name paying tribute to the “symbol of 1960s science fiction.” The device has a horizontal hour display and a single- minute dial with visible workings. Wearers will see…

I was unsure if my parents would notice that the voice on the other end wasn’t mine — or that it was mine, sort of, but it wasn’t me. The voice said hello, asked my dad how he was doing, and asked again when he didn’t respond quickly enough. “What is that, Gaby?” He realized something was wrong almost immediately. I explained I had tried to trick him and it clearly hadn’t worked. “It didn’t,” he said. “It sounded like a robot.”It wasn’t a perfect experiment. My parents were out of the country, which made for a shoddy connection. They…

Vivo’s latest pocket-friendly flagship is out to please snap-happy smartphone shoppers wanting something small that doesn’t compromise in the camera department. The Vivo X300 FE has a 6.3in screen and is just 7.99mm thick, yet also packs photography chops that should see it challenge the iPhone 17 Pro and Google Pixel 10 Pro for clarity – or beat them outright once the optional telephoto lens extender comes into play. Announced alongside the global version of the Vivo X300 Ultra and its incredible rear camera trio, the X300 FE still finds room inside its slender body for a 50MP main snapper,…

Every April, the watchmaking world holds its breath. Brands that have spent months, sometimes years, sometimes decades, developing their most ambitious timepieces finally get to pull back the curtain, and the place they do it is at Watches and Wonders. If you’ve been seeing the name crop up in watch coverage (we’ve been there a few times before, and will be attending again this year) and wondered what all the fuss is about, here’s everything you need to know ahead of the 2026 edition. What is Watches and Wonders? Watches and Wonders is the biggest international watch fair around, bringing…

If you blinked and Black Friday vanished, you’ve got a second chance. G-Shock’s metal models are still 20% off with the code METALGS20, and the discount covers some of the brand’s most popular lines. You’re not digging around in the leftovers here – these are the heavy hitters. Let’s start at the top. The Full Metal GMC-B2100 range sits at £690 before the code (now £552), and it looks every bit the flagship. It nods to the original 1983 G-Shock but updates everything you actually care about – the forged stainless-steel bezel, the mix of hairline and mirror finishing, the…

The MacBook Neo is poised to be a top-selling laptop in 2026, thanks in large part to its affordable $599 entry price. Despite launching at a more accessible price point than Apple’s $1,099 (though often discounted) 2026 MacBook Air, the Neo makes surprisingly few concessions in terms of build quality. Its design has the same level of precision as pricier Apple products, and we found in a hands-on comparison that it handily outclasses similarly priced Windows laptops in just about every way despite running on an iPhone chipset.In short, you might want one, or perhaps you already have one. Whatever…

Vivo has carved a niche out for itself on home soil as a smartphone imaging innovator, but is now finally brining its mix of huge camera sensors and equally massive lens extender accessories to a wider audience. The Vivo X300 Ultra has officially launched for global markets, just in time to take on semi-related rival Oppo’s Ultra-badged alternative. Until now, Vivo’s X-series Ultra flagships were strictly China-only. That’s all change for 2026, though depending on where you live you might still find the pocket-friendly cinema camera a bit of a challenge to get hold of. That’s a shame, as it’s…

Watches are strange things. They’re one of the few objects people wear every single day without giving much thought to how they actually work. Most of us know there’s something ticking away inside – but beyond that, it gets murky fast. Start to think about them for a minute and the questions start piling up. What’s the difference between quartz and mechanical? Does water resistant actually mean waterproof? And why does a small piece of metal on a leather strap sometimes cost more than a car? The world of watches has its own language, its own rules, and its own…

Sony has just dropped the WF-1000XM6 earbuds and our reviewer was full of praise for the active noise cancellation. However, if you’re really looking to cocoon yourself you’ll need to opt for the WH-1000XM6 over-ear headphones. The good news is they’re on sale for the President’s Day holiday in the United States. That means you can block out the president’s constant bile spewing more easily, if you wish. Right now you can grab the Sony WH-1000XM6 headphones for $398 over at Amazon. That’s a $62 saving on the $460 asking price. The earphones are available in four colours with black,…

Microsoft is preparing to launch new Surface Pro and Surface Laptop models in the coming months. Windows Central reports that the refreshed models will include both Intel and Qualcomm variants, with Microsoft opting for an OLED display option for the Surface Laptop this year.Microsoft is expected to launch new Surface Pro and Laptop models with Intel’s Core Ultra 3 chips first, followed by Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 variants later this summer. This is reportedly because Qualcomm’s latest chips are in short supply, but it reverses Microsoft’s trend of shipping Qualcomm-powered Surface devices to consumers first in recent years.The Surface Laptop OLED…

Amazon has announced its slimmest ever streaming device, in the form of a new Fire Stick HD. The new streaming stick is 30% slimmer than its predecessor, making it much more portable for those who won’t travel without it. The new model is available to preorder in the US from today and costs $35. It’ll launch in the UK and other nations at the end of the month. Aside from the slimmer design, it’s speedier than former HD models and powers on faster with apps opening more rapidly too. There’s also support for Wi-Fi 6 and Bluetooth 5.3, both of…

Self-driving cars have felt like a technology that’s been “just around the corner” for the better part of a decade. Everyone from century-old car companies to seed-funded startups have tried to develop a truly autonomous taxi and, for now, only Google-sibling Waymo has made the tech a commercial reality. Even for Tesla, with its Autopilot driver assistance system, the development of a driverless car took longer than expected. Elon Musk said back in 2019 that, by the following year, Tesla would be operating one million autonomous taxis on public roads. He believed Teslas already sold would be capable of acting…