Tiny, but still holds the biggest phones. Bicycle phone mounts have been a regular part of my life in bike-obsessed Amsterdam ever since 2008, when I got my first phone with built-in GPS and turn-by-turn navigation. I've used dozens of mounts since, until they were either lost, broken, or stolen, or something better emerged.I could have saved a ton of money and annoyance had the $49.95 Loop Micro Mount been available all those years ago.For the last few weeks, I've been testing the ultra-compact Micro Mount. It took all of three minutes to unbox and screw into my bike's stem cap. Then it just sits there discreetly, out of the way until I expand its jaws to help guide me into pla …Read the full story at The Verge.

I walked into Blackdot's tattoo studio in Austin's east side on a sweltering May afternoon. After shaking my sweat-soaked hand, founder and CEO Joel Pennington led me up into an office building and opened the door to a small, three-room space. Critics have unflatteringly compared the studio to a sterile hospital room - a comparison not entirely without merit. In a corner room, the machine I had come here to see loomed: a humming, fridge-sized device reminiscent of an old X-ray unit. Blackdot calls it the world's first "automatic tattooing device."The space was filled with signs of the path traveled so far. Pennington handed me several slab …Read the full story at The Verge.

It's been about two weeks since Microsoft updated their PC app to have an aggregated gaming library, which merges users' installed Xbox library, their Game Pass titles, and even games from other stores. The one thing on everyone's minds, however, is what that update means for the future of Xbox, with plenty of speculation about the next Xbox console potentially featuring PlayStation titles as well.

When it comes to legendary gaming franchises that have endured the passing of time, Nintendo's Metroid franchise is among the most interesting. While Super Mario Bros. and The Legend of Zeldadominated the 80s and 90s, the Metroid games were still carving out a niche among Nintendo fans. It not only pushed what was possible with game design on the Famicom and NES but also continued to evolve as a franchise over successive console generations, leading to beloved and critically acclaimed releases. The Metroid series also holds a spot as one of the earliest game franchises to feature a female character as the lead, which has remained a staple addition to the pantheon of Nintendo franchises.

Clocks are kind of boring, aren't they? I mean, sure, they do their job just fine, but when should we ever make do with doing the bare minimum? Clocks have the potential to look a whole lot cooler, and thankfully, the SBC community is full of people who share my opinion.

The new Fairphone 6 is smaller and more modular than older models in the series, but it’s just as repairable. The phone picked up a perfect score in iFixit’s teardown test, despite no longer offering tool-free battery replacements.It helps that the only tool you do need — throughout the phone — is a T5 Torx screwdriver, and only seven screws sit between you and a battery swap. Fairphone itself has shown you can get from shutdown to reboot with a new cell in just two minutes, so it’s still a simple swap. The company says that the screws are required for the slimmer soft-pouch battery.The only glue throughout is found on the phone’s mainboard, which is just about the only repair Fairphone doesn’t recommend you make yourself: almost everything else, from the USB-C port to the individual camera sensors, can be replaced with minimal effort. Replacement parts will be available from Fairphone and iFixit, and the phone’s replaceable backplate also enables a line of swappable accessories similar to those found on the CMF Phone Pro 2.iFixit also rated the phone highly for its IP55 rating — not the best around, but impressive for a phone sealed with screws rather than glue — and for the company’s longterm support. Fairphone is guaranteeing seven years of Android OS updates and eight years of security patches, with a five-year warranty and a loyalty program that rewards you for hanging onto your phone and repairing it.Despite the high score, iFixit acknowledges that you do compromise on specs by opting for the Fairphone 6. Its dual rear camera is fairly basic, and the Qualcomm Snapdragon 7S Gen 3 chipset is no powerhouse. Even the USB port is limited to sluggish USB 2.0, though the 6.3-inch 10-120Hz LTPO OLED display is more impressive.This isn’t the first Fairphone to fare so well. Every model since the Fairphone 2 has received a 10/10 in iFixit’s teardown tests, a score that no other phone has ever managed. The Fairphone 6 is available now in Europe for €599 (around $705), from Fairphone and other retailers. It costs considerably more in the US, at $899, where it’s only available from Murena and ships running /e/OS, Murena’s privacy-focused and de-Googled take on Android. It’s available to preorder now, and ships in August.

I've been the typical foodie in the modern picture editing software buffet, as I love taking pictures. From Adobe Lightroom to GIMP and from Pixir to Fotor, I've tried quite a lot. But lately, as I have been getting into professional photography on the side, I think I am officially done sampling. I am pitching my tent with Capture One.

The network is an engineering marvel, allowing us to connect various devices. It's what gave birth to the Internet as we know it today, and now just about everything is somehow connected to your local area network (LAN) and often the wide area network (WAN), too. The home LAN usually consists of a single router unit that acts as a modem, router, switch, and access point, but fleshing out a home lab could result in more advanced equipment being thrown into the mix. What hasn't changed are some of the myths surrounding networking, and it's about time these were put to rest.

Samsung’s upcoming Galaxy Z Fold 7 has been given the thinner, sleeker glow-up we expected, if leaked hands-on photos are any indication. The trio of images posted by leaker @Jukanlosreve seemingly show what the next-gen Galaxy foldable will look like in the real world from a few different angles.The new photographs mostly line up with what we’ve seen in previous renders, including the larger, slimmer chassis that’s reported to be around 4.5mm thick when open. That’s slimmer than its 5.6mm Galaxy Z Fold 6 predecessor and allows it to better compete against some of the slimmest foldables on the market from rivals like Google and Oppo. We won’t know its official measurements until the launch event next week, but given the SIM tray appears to occupy all available vertical space, it looks very skinny indeed. The speakers and microphone are also visible along the bottom edge of the device.The redesigned camera array on the rear is distinct from that featured on the Galaxy Z Fold 6, replacing the chunky black rings around the camera lenses with slim silver ones. It contrasts nicely with the striking blue color option, which might be the “Blue Shadow” colorway mentioned in previous leaks. We also have some new Galaxy Z Fold 7 specs courtesy of an EU smartphone label revealed by MysteryLupin, which lists the device as having the same battery life as its predecessor, that’s expected to last for up to 40 hours and 28 minutes on a single charge. The phone reportedly has an IP48 rating, which means it can be submerged under water for short periods of time, but it’s still susceptible to fine dust particles (like many foldables).We’re expecting to find out more at Samsung’s Unpacked event on July 9th, where the Galaxy Z Fold 7 is expected to be launched alongside the latest Z Flip 7. A new trifold Galaxy phone may also be unveiled at the event, bolstering Samsung’s lineup of foldable devices.

The old “Under $20,000” banner has been replaced with “Mid Twenties.” | Image: Slate Auto Slate Auto’s American-made electric pickup — the one with no paint, no stereo, and no touchscreen — is no longer priced “under $20,000.” The increase is a result of Trump’s “Big, beautiful bill,” which will end the federal EV tax credits on September 30th when signed into law later today.That sub-$20,000 price for the Indiana-built pickup was a big selling point for the EV startup backed by Jeff Bezos, and was only possible after applying the $7,500 tax credit to the retail price. The price promotion was scrubbed from the Slate Auto site as recently as yesterday, according to TechCrunch. The website now shows an expected price of “mid-twenties.”Slate’s under $20,000 price tag for a vehicle it won’t start delivering until late 2026 was always accompanied by an asterisk, with fine print highlighting federal incentives that were “subject to change.” And change was certainly expected: Trump campaigned heavily on the promise to end President Biden’s fictitious “EV mandate,” because electric cars are for socialists in MAGA world.Trump’s embrace of oil and gas, while simultaneously dismantling incentives meant to spur the adoption of EVs and clean energies, is a gift to Chinese makers of electric cars, solar panels, and batteries. The US is now on course to own the past while China is firmly positioned to dominate the future.

Raspberry Pis find themselves in all sorts of situations and scenarios, but I've always felt they really shine as servers. They don't take up a lot of space, don't rack up a huge energy bill, and they don't need a lot of effort to keep them cool (if any). You can use them to store data, monitor your network, or even host a game.

If you've been using PCs for a decade or more, you might be familiar with performance-boosting programs like CCleaner that claim to clean, optimize, and maintain your PC. While some of the functions that these programs perform can be done by the user using built-in Windows tools, others are simply unnecessary and even dangerous on modern systems. If you're using an ancient PC, you might get some mileage out of "cleaning the memory" or removing junk files, but most people should stay away from these placebos.