Ports-a-plenty, a zen garden creator and other new indie games worth checking out

Welcome to our latest roundup of what's going on in the indie game space. This week saw the arrival of some fairly high-profile ports, a relaxing garden creation game and much more. I've eve [...]

The robots we saw at CES 2026: The lovable, the creepy and the utterly confusing

CES always has its share of attention-grabbing robots. But this year in particular seemed to be a landmark year for robotics. The advancement in AI technology has not only given robots better “brain [...]

Cyber Monday Lego deals you can still shop today: Up to 50 percent off Star Wars, Disney, Harry Potter and more toy sets

Were you a Lego set kid or a giant-bucket-of-Legos kid? I was a sets kid all the way — I loved, and still love, the zen feeling of building something incredible a little bit at a time. Also, every t [...]

What to read this weekend: Locked in with The Iron Garden Sutra

Need something new for your reading list? This week, we recommend A.D. Sui's The Iron Garden Sutra, a meditative horror sci-fi/fantasy and murder mystery. <br /> <br /> <br /> [...]

A compact biodegradable battery with fungal paper electrodes is what researchers at this university are dreaming of

Swiss researchers are developing compact biodegradable batteries using fungal mycelium, aiming to replace toxic electronics with eco-friendly, living materials, though challenges remain unresolved. [...]

Mycoverse raises €2.4M pre-seed to develop fungal-based biological crop protection

Copenhagen-area AgTech startup Mycoverse has secured €2.4 million in pre-seed equity financing to advance a biological crop protection platform that uses fungi to replace or reduce chemical pesticid [...]

Dreame's latest robot vacuum concept has slightly terrifying legs that can climb full-size stairs

Robot vacuum companies are once again trying to outdo each other at CES 2026. This year, Chinese appliance maker Dreame is showing off a prototype of a device that can climb up and down an entire flig [...]

Weber Searwood review: Second time’s the charm

When Weber launched a smart grilling platform, a connected grilling hub and its first pellet grill in 2020, the company’s new era hit a few speedbumps. The Weber Connect technology was a solid found [...]

Apple’s walled garden is the iPad’s biggest roadblock to becoming a Mac

iPadOS 26 makes Apple's tablet much more like macOS. Better windowing? Check. The menu bar? Yup. There's even a more fine-tuned Files app, along with document editing in Preview. It's a [...]