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The Minimal Phone 2 encourages you to type, not scroll
August 18, 2026
| Abhimanyu Ghoshal
The Minimal Company's latest phone marks a major departure, while aiming to stay true to the vision of reducing your screen time. It's got a gorgeous physical QWERTY keyboard that you'll want to type on forever and ever.
Insane 940-foot Chinese cliff elevator dramatically cuts school commute
August 16, 2026
| Bronwyn Thompson
A breathtaking ride with a view in an elevator up and down the side of a canyon has opened in a remote canyon, drastically increasing capacity. It makes what was once a six-hour round trip even shorter than 30 minutes, because of less wait time.
Double-blade multitool's badge runs deeper than Swiss Army knife cross
August 18, 2026
| C.C. Weiss
The white cross with red surround has long been a sacred knife badge, indicating the timeless dependability of the Swiss Army knife. The latest multitool out there isn't a Swiss Army knife, but it wears an equally proud badge of origin and heritage.
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August 18, 2026Stop bouncing among separate tools for writing, images, PDFs, audio, and video. The 1min.AI Advanced Business Plan brings them into one workspace, with lifetime access priced at $99.99 instead of the $540 MSRP.
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August 18, 2026 | Mike McRaeA cross-sectional study based on a registry of fatal US motor vehicle crashes has found that Taylor Swift's albums may have even contributed a statistically significant bump in deadly traffic accidents, presumably by distracting drivers.
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August 18, 2026 | Adam WilliamsThe Retirement Retreat isn't the smallest tiny house on the market, but its extra space is cleverly used to provide a remarkably comfortable interior that's more like a small apartment than a typical towable home.
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August 18, 2026 | Monica J. WhiteDesigned in Copenhagen, the Habity bedside clock swaps your phone screen's glow for an eye-friendly e-paper display, gentle wake-up tones, and a local library of sleep sounds, all running fully offline with no app, account, or subscription.
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August 18, 2026The ScanMax 320 is a powerful, portable, and intelligent scanning solution crafted for modern workflows. Whether you're an office professional, creator, student, or small business owner, this device completely redefines how you digitize physical media.
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August 18, 2026 | Abhimanyu GhoshalI'm always happy to discover outdoor gear that's designed to take up less room and allow you to pack light. This trekking pole falls squarely in that category, and does a lot more than you'd expect at first glance.
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August 17, 2026 | C.C. WeissSeamlessly bringing together the worlds of teardrop trailers and egg campers, the Outranger trailer arrives as a compelling alternative that feels both vintage and brand new. It relies on a molded composite construction shaped into a squarer form.
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August 17, 2026 | Bronwyn ThompsonFifteen years after owners switched off the rides for the last time, an eerie and rusted amusement park happily in decay in Seoul's outskirts has become one of the city's coolest attractions – for both human and cats.
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August 17, 2026 | David SzondyThe US Navy scored a first as it carried out a submerged undersea launch of its new low-cost, long-endurance unmanned undersea vehicle (UUV) called HADALUS at Portsmouth, Rhode Island, where the vessel performed a series of sea trials.
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August 17, 2026We no longer need clunky scanner-printer hybrids; we can now scan right from our smartphones with a lifetime subscription to SwiftScan VIP for only $59.99.
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