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Swatch is once again reaching for the stars – and the Earth – with its latest MoonSwatch release. The Bioceramic MoonSwatch Mission to Earthphase – Moonshine Gold isn’t just another colourful collab with Snoopy on the dial, it’s a watch with something hidden beneath the surface, quite literally. At first glance, this is classic MoonSwatch fare: a 42mm case made from navy Bioceramic, a matching rubber strap with Velcro closure, and all the usual branding (note, that’s the upgraded strap) – Omega x Swatch, Speedmaster logo, and the MoonSwatch name loud and proud. It even includes the now-signature “S” etched…

If you’re someone who’s ever spent hours daydreaming about the perfect bike setup, Canyon’s new MyCanyon customisation programme might just push you over the edge – straight into your savings account. Now available to customers across Europe, MyCanyon lets you tailor one of the brand’s top-tier road bikes – the Aeroad CFR – down to the smallest detail. For example, want Zipp 454 wheels and a custom paint job from Felipe Pantone? You got it. Prefer DT Swiss hoops and a name sticker on the frame? That’s there too. This is the kind of configurator you lose hours to, not…

Part of me still can’t believe it, but Lenovo did the thing: it took a bonkers concept for a laptop with a rollable screen and built the tech into something you can actually own and use like a normal computer. Except, as conventional as the ThinkBook Plus Gen 6 can be, it’s far from a normal computer. It’s a $3,300 laptop with a screen that expands from 14 inches to 16.7 inches at the push of a button.Oh, and it’s actually good. Not just good, but very good. I still can’t believe it.The expanding screen is genuinely useful, and it…

Hi, friends! Welcome to Installer No. 92, your guide to the best and Verge-iest stuff in the world. (If you’re new here, welcome, I’ve kept my phone case on all week, and also you can read all the old editions at the Installer homepage.)This week, I am finally smashing my way through Donkey Kong Bananza, perusing the Panama Playlists, wishing I had a yard so I had an excuse to buy Ultra Skelly, clenching my stomach at JerryRigEverything’s Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 7 durability test, wondering if Apple will actually make a Pro iPhone in orange, thinking about where I…

Introduction With a name like Bigster, Dacia’s new flagship family SUV does exactly what it says on the tin. It’s like a Duster. Just bigger. This no-nonsense approach is emblematic of the Renault-owned brand’s attitude to car building: here’s everything you need, and nothing you don’t, all for a very tempting price. Except there’s a lot more here than the bare essentials – not least a hybrid powertrain that promises 60mpg fuel economy. You’re also getting oodles of interior space and a surprising amount of tech, beneath a striking exterior design that belies the asking price. Even in top-spec ‘Extreme’…

The simple joy of gadgets — that’s what “Today I’m Toying With” is all about.We’re always looking for new gadgets to toy with… particularly exclusive first-looks! If you’ve got a worthy product, hit me up at [email protected] with “Today I’m toying with” in your subject line. Read the full article here

If you’re looking to upgrade an older Android smartwatch, or want to give wearables a try for the first time, Samsung’s Galaxy Watch 8 is a compelling choice. It has a new design, lets you access Google’s Gemini AI from your wrist, and has a handful of new health and wellness features. It launched on July 25th, but you can already get the 40mm model on sale for $299.99 ($50 off) from Samsung. Amazon has the watch for full price, but is offering a $50 promotional credit toward a future purchase if you use the code APSUE5MBXB6Y at checkout.The Galaxy…

The sudden firing of two high-ranking antitrust officials this week is signaling upheaval at an agency responsible for arguing some of the biggest tech monopoly cases in decades.Two top deputies to Department of Justice Antitrust Division chief Gail Slater were fired earlier this week for what a DOJ official would only explain as “insubordination” in an unattributed statement. Antitrust trade publication MLex reported that termination letters for Roger Alford and Bill Rinner, who also served in the first Trump administration, did not mention the reason for their firing. (Alford later posted a copy of his letter, which he said he…

Blink has just announced the second-generation Blink Video Doorbell (a follow-up to one of the best video doorbells around) and it’s sticking to what the brand does best: affordable, easy-to-use home security. It’s priced under US$60 / £50, making it potentially one of the most budget-friendly ways to keep an eye on your front door without faffing around with wires or complicated installs. The new doorbell runs on three AA lithium batteries and uses the Blink Sync Module Core, giving you up to two years of battery life. That means once it’s up and running, you can pretty much forget…

“We need to talk.” Nobody likes to hear those words from their spouse. Especially when it’s delivered in a grave tone as you rot on a couch in a grubby blankie, staring like a zombie while doomscrolling.“Wut?” I said, very intelligently.What came next was a compassionate but firm speech about how I was in dire need of an intervention. My attention span, my spouse said, was utterly shot to hell. They’d just asked my opinion about something happening on the TV show we were watching. I hadn’t heard them. At all. Apparently, they’d repeated the question three times. Instead, I’d…

Steve Ballmer had a point. Or maybe half a point. When the iPhone first landed, he yelped, wide-eyed, “$500, fully subsidised, with a plan? [That] is the most expensive phone in the world!” Apple’s pricing back then might have been a shock to the industry – but it turns out Apple was just getting started. Now, according to a professional guesser over at JPMorgan, the upcoming iPhone Fold will cost two grand in the US. Which will almost certainly translate to the same in Brit-o-pounds. My credit card has pre-emptively fled. But if I can catch it, could anything convince me to spend that…

Keeping humans alive at home in post-agrarian societies requires refrigeration. Meat bags on the move must either load up a cooler with ice for a soggy weekend barbecue or do the evolved thing and use a 12V fridge instead.The $509.99 battery-powered BougeRV CRD2 40 refrigerator and freezer combo I’ve been testing for the last few weeks runs for almost 12 hours on its itty-bitty battery. It charges from a wall outlet or a 12V socket found in cars and portable power stations. It even accepts 100W of direct solar input to stay charged in sunny climates. And if this 40-liter…