Experiencing an unresponsive or freezing touchscreen on your iPhone 18 Pro or Pro Max running iOS 27 can be frustrating, especially when it interferes with daily tasks. This issue has been reported by many users, but there’s good news: iOS 27 includes a built-in diagnostics mode that allows you to determine whether the problem stems […]
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Valve’s upcoming Steam Deck 2 could represent a significant leap forward in handheld gaming, according to insights shared by Deck Ready. At the heart of this revelation is the rumored “Gainesboro” chip, which is expected to deliver a combination of enhanced performance and improved energy efficiency, addressing key concerns from the original Steam Deck. This […]
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The iPhone 18 Pro Max introduces a host of notable upgrades over the 15 Pro Max, focusing on design, performance, and functionality. With advancements in battery life, camera technology, and processing power, the latest model aims to redefine the flagship smartphone experience. However, these changes come with trade-offs that may not suit every user. This […]
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Apple event names usually read like perfume ads. Wonderlust, Scary Fast, It’s Glowtime. So when invites landed this week for an October 13 event called “Welcome home,” the bluntness was hard to miss. Apple went with a literal doormat quote. Behind it, the HomePod is reportedly getting a screen, with Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman saying the headliner is a smart home hub unofficially called the HomePad. A new Apple TV 4K and a HomePod mini 2 are expected to tag along, and press are headed to an “Apple Experience” in Tribeca, which sounds like hands-on time.
The HomePod has spent nine years as the best sounding speaker you never ask anything. We have been daydreaming about a screen for it since October 2023, when we covered the rumored HomePod Max and its 7-inch display. Gurman now describes a 6-inch square screen on a polished metal arm over a round, perforated speaker base, a look reminiscent of the 2002 iMac G4. That is the sunflower iMac everyone nicknamed the iLamp, so Apple appears to be raiding its own attic. Echo Shows and Nest Hubs have spent years looking like phones stuck on cans, so a little desk lamp energy goes a long way.
Designer: Sarang Sheth
Visual Rendering of the HomePad from 2023
Gurman says Apple is building two versions, a tabletop model codenamed J490 and a wall-mounted one codenamed J491, and both need an outlet. The wall version drops the arm and round base for a thin square base with the speakers and microphones below the display. Both are meant to serve a whole household, recognizing who is talking, showing that person’s content, and hiding private info in a visitor mode. The interface reportedly borrows from Apple Watch and StandBy mode, with iPhone widgets and a single front camera for FaceTime. It also needs an iPhone for setup, so nobody is throwing their phone out yet.
Apple tried several ways of attaching the iMac G4’s screen before settling on one stainless steel arm, and Jobs listed himself as primary inventor on one of its design patents. A third HomePad is reportedly in development with a 9-inch display on a robotic arm that moves 360 degrees, which is basically Pixar’s Luxo Jr. lamp coming to life. We spotted this coming in 2024, when we covered Apple’s homeOS plans, magnetic mount and robotic arm included. The thick bezels are the odd choice, since Apple spent a decade shaving them off. On a screen you glance at from across the kitchen, they might just read as a picture frame.
The current Apple TV 4K runs a 2021 A15 Bionic, and rumors point to either an A19 with 8GB of RAM or an A19 Pro with 12GB, which is what the iPhone 17 Pro uses. An N1 wireless chip is also rumored, adding Wi-Fi 7, Bluetooth 6, and Thread, the low-power smart home radio that keeps gadgets chatting without clogging your router. Code in tvOS 27.2 hints that four HomePods can pair with it for surround sound and relay Siri requests so answers show up on your TV. A tweaked Siri Remote is expected too. Siri AI will likely stay exclusive to the new box, so your four-year-old Apple TV gets to watch from the sidelines.
The original HomePod mini arrived in October 2020 at $99 and still runs an S5, a chip first seen in the Apple Watch Series 5. Rumors say the sequel moves to an S9, with the N1 wireless chip and a new Ultra Wideband chip. Code strings reportedly point to the same fabric-wrapped sphere with a backlit touch top, in a lighter blue and white plus new green, pink, and black. Keeping the sphere is the safe call, though I still crave the Braun T3 vibes of that fan-made HomePod Nano concept we featured in 2023. The headline feature is reportedly Siri AI, so the tiny speaker might finally earn the smart in smart speaker.
Apple reportedly co-developed a lineup with LG that includes a smart lock, thermostat, temperature sensor, video doorbell, and indoor, outdoor, and floodlight cameras, all expected to wear LG branding. Gurman suggests they won’t ship as early as the HomePod and Apple TV, though a stage cameo is still likely. Leaks describe a deadbolt with a keypad that rotates to open, a doorbell with a second downward-facing camera, and an outdoor camera sealed with O-rings and waterproof grease. Code in iOS 27.2 also lists a Schneider thermostat and temperature sensor with a “second-party” tag, which gets special treatment from the OS. That is a rare admission from a company that usually builds everything itself: HomeKit needs friends.
Earlier reports floated a HomePad price around $350, which is unconfirmed and absent from Bloomberg’s latest report. That would sit right next to the $349 the original HomePod cost in 2017, when we called it Apple’s tune-busting Fabergé egg. Apple hasn’t said whether the event will be livestreamed, and US pricing and availability are still unannounced. The Macs get their own event about two weeks later, so October 13 belongs entirely to the home. A camera shaped like an oversized lip balm tube, which sends text instead of video, is reportedly waiting until 2027. After nine years of being heard and never seen, the HomePod finally gets a face, and it is wearing a 2002 outfit.
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Jaguar kept us waiting two years, and what rolled out in New York on Tuesday looks suspiciously like a very expensive Braun radio on wheels. The tail is a wall of horizontal metal slats stretched across a windowless rear deck, and the nose wears a matching slatted box that could have been borrowed from a vintage hi-fi. I mean that fondly, sort of. The Type 01 starts at $130,500 in the US, with orders opening in early 2027 and deliveries in the second half. At that price, I would like the car to look like somebody finished it.
Carbon Noir’s Type 01 Sports Edition concept is the cure, and it works almost entirely by editing. The slatted front panel stays but now sits inside a black carbon surround that ties it to the headlights, so the nose reads as one band instead of a box stuck on a face. A lower stance, stepped overfenders, and open black wheels with gold calipers fix the proportions, and the blue-gray paint helps the carbon trim blend in. Out back, a red light bar carrying the JAGUAR wordmark, a finned diffuser, and a big pedestal wing give the tail something to do. Everything recognizable from Tuesday’s car is still there, just dressed for dinner.
Designer: Carbon Noir
Stretch a tape measure along the Type 01 and you get about 17 feet (5.2m) of car that stands only around 4.6 feet (1.4m) tall, according to Autocar. Almost all of that length is a single satin silver slab from sill to shoulder, interrupted by a charge flap and a pair of flush door handles. A strip of bronze sits low on the door, and it is the only thing out there that looks like a design decision. The car rolls on 23-inch wheels, yet the flat turbine-style covers read as gray discs from any distance. A wheel that size should look like jewelry, and these look like dinner plates.
Hagerty reports that the production car came first and the Type 00 concept was developed from it, so those slab sides are the design rather than something watered down on the way to the showroom. Jaguar has a rear three-quarter pressing it calls the Impossible Panel, where the aluminum is formed across five planes with three feature lines meeting at a single point. That is serious metalwork, and in a flat satin finish it is hard to appreciate. Panels that clever deserve some shadows to play with. A body kit happens to be a shadow delivery system.
Lowering the car and wrapping each tire in a stepped overfender does more work than any wing. The factory car has a visible gap between tire and arch, so the body seems to float above its wheels. Carbon Noir closes that gap, and the fenders flare out in layers that finally give the long flank a rhythm. Open black wheels with gold calipers replace the flat covers, and suddenly the wheels look as big as they are. The dark blue-gray paint pulls the carbon into the body, so the trim looks grown rather than glued on.
Tiered carbon canards stack up the lower bumper, and their edges pick up the same bronze tone as the strip on Jaguar’s door. That is a smart little callback, since it turns one stray detail on the stock car into a theme for the whole kit. A pair of sculpted vents also cut into the hood, which is dead flat on the factory car. Together they give the face a head-down, ready-to-pounce posture, which seems fair for something named after a big cat. The slats stay, the headlamps stay, and the Jaguar-ness survives the surgery.
The factory tail is one uninterrupted surface, with bright slats edge to edge, a black band below, and a plate floating in the middle. Carbon Noir splits it into zones. A red light bar with the JAGUAR wordmark crowns the slats, a finned diffuser anchors the bottom, and a pedestal wing perches on the deck like a tray on a butler’s arm. A wing that size would look silly on a small car, but a 17-foot GT has the deck space to carry it. Copper trim traces the diffuser edges too, which keeps the back tied to that door strip.
Carbon Noir is the designer who gave India’s auto rickshaw a Renault-style electric makeover a few weeks ago, so jumping from a three-wheeler to a $130,500 British GT is quite the commute. Both projects show an eye for the shape already hiding inside a design. Managing director Rawdon Glover told Robb Report that more than 50,000 people have registered interest and 78 percent are new to Jaguar. Newcomers spending six figures will probably notice what the stock car leaves unfinished. Orders open in early 2027, which leaves Jaguar plenty of time to scroll Instagram. Jaguar gave us the radio, and Carbon Noir added the subwoofer.
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The parking lot fills up two hours before kickoff. That window is where the real game happens. The rituals, the cooler setup, the first drink of the day. Most tailgate gear is functional at best and forgettable at worst. These eight picks are the exception. They show up in the hands of people who planned and made noticeably better choices than everyone else parked next to them.
Buying for a tailgate used to mean compromising on quality because portability demanded it. That trade-off no longer makes sense. The products on this list are designed with the same seriousness that goes into anything meant to be used hard, outdoors, and repeatedly. All eight belong in the back of a truck.
There is a different pleasure when you hand someone a fully open can of beer with the top removed entirely. They expect a can. What they get is something closer to a glass. The DraftPro Top Can Opener, designed by award-winning Japanese designer Shu Kanno, works by removing the entire aluminum lid in a single motion, converting any standard can into an open-top vessel that lets the aroma and carbonation behave the way they would in a proper pour.
The design is compact enough to slide into a jacket pocket and comes in black or silver at $60, both finishes clean enough to look intentional sitting on a folding table. Made in Japan, it carries the kind of build precision that makes cheap can openers feel like a completely different category of object. It costs less than a round for the group but changes the entire register of the drink. That is a reasonable trade by any standard.
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The cooler is the anchor of every tailgate. Everything else builds around it. Most coolers do their job adequately until they don’t, and the failure mode is always the same. Ice gone by halftime, warm drinks by the third quarter, someone making a gas station run nobody wanted to make. The Freezill cooler sidesteps all of it with a PhaseTherma phase-change cooling core that keeps ice solid for 150 hours without any external power draw.
One hundred and fifty hours is not a rounding error. It means you load it on Friday and it is still doing its job through Monday. For a Saturday game, that translates to a cooler that is still ice-cold when you get home, unpack it, and wonder whether you ever need to buy a bag of ice again. The design is compact relative to its thermal output, which matters when fitting it between a camp chair and a truck wheel well.
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Seating is the detail most tailgaters get wrong. They show up with a camp chair that weighs eight pounds, opens like a puzzle, and collapses at the wrong moment. The Took chair is built from reclaimed airbags and seatbelts and folds into a slim case that occupies roughly the same horizontal footprint as a soundbar. It fits cleanly into a trunk beside the cooler and the bag without rearranging anything around it.
The construction tells a different story than the weight suggests. Seatbelt webbing and airbag fabric are materials engineered to absorb force, so using them as the primary structural components of a chair is not just a sustainability angle. It is a genuine durability argument. The one-motion unfold keeps setup time at zero. It goes from the case to a real seat without effort, which is the correct behavior for something used twenty weekends a year through October and into November.
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The grilling piece of a tailgate is where most people either go too big or not big enough. A full kettle grill requires a dedicated trip. A disposable grill is barely worth the effort. The All-in-One Grill lands between those two poles with a modular stainless-steel cooking system measuring 11.8 by 7 inches. Small enough to sit on a folding table, substantial enough to cook for the group without managing heat in shifts or rationing surface space.
Stainless steel at this scale is a different material than the coated sheet metal found on most portable grills. It heats evenly, cleans without special products, and does not develop the rusted patch behind the hinge that kills most camp-style grills by the third season. At $449, this is a considered purchase for someone who tailgates the same way they do everything else. It is not a cheap fix. It is the piece of gear that replaces three cheaper versions of itself.
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A dead phone at a tailgate is not a minor inconvenience. It means no music, no live scoring, no group chat, no way to share parking lot coordinates with the three people still circling the section. The power bank is built around the specific problem of actually being in your bag when you need it, not sitting on a counter at home because it was too annoying to remember to pack.
The design rationale here is form before specs. Most power banks fail not because of capacity but because of size. They get left behind. This one solves the packing problem first and the charging problem second, which is the correct order of priorities for any piece of gear designed to travel. At a tailgate, where the phone is doing double duty as a speaker controller, ticket scanner, and camera for the fourth-quarter comeback, having a charge source on hand is not optional.
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The carabiner is the most underestimated piece of gear in a tailgate setup. It keeps the cooler latched, clips the chair bag to the truck handle, and holds the key ring out of the wrong pocket at the wrong moment. The Blank Forces Carabiner, priced at $84, is precision-machined from titanium and built without any multifunction additions. It clips. It does that one thing with a quality of construction that immediately distinguishes it from anything sold at a hardware store.
That restraint is the point. The stripped-back design means there is nothing to snag, no secondary function to engage accidentally, and no branding announcement across the body of the clip. Titanium at this gauge is lightweight without feeling fragile, and the machining tolerance is tight enough that the gate closes with an authority you notice the first time you use it. It costs more than a carabiner should rationally cost. It also feels better in the hand than anything else on the strap.
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If the Blank Forces is the carabiner for the person who wants one thing done perfectly, the Edrin 6-in-1 is for the person who wants to stop patting four pockets for a knife, a key ring, and a clip and finding none of them. The Edrin consolidates a GR5 titanium-frame carabiner, a folding D2 blade, and a D-ring for keys into a single clippable object. At a tailgate, that covers the strap, the cutting tasks, and the key problem in one piece of hardware.
GR5 titanium keeps the combined weight low without making structural compromises, which matters when the D2 blade is doing actual cutting work rather than sitting in a display case. The folding mechanism keeps the blade safely recessed until it is needed, and the D-ring handles keys cleanly enough to replace a separate key clip entirely. Six functions is a claim that usually means six mediocre ones. The Edrin earns it by keeping each function honest rather than overdesigned.
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Most tongs at a tailgate are the ones someone grabbed off a hook at a grocery store checkout. They do the job badly, feel cheap in the hand, and disappear into a bag never to be found again. The Obsidian Black All-Around Tongs are a different object. The finish is not paint. It is a black oxidation process applied directly to the stainless steel, creating a surface layer that is part of the metal itself rather than something sitting on top of it.
That distinction matters more at a grill than it does in a kitchen. Paint chips under heat. An oxidized finish does not. At $35, these are the least expensive items on this list and also the ones that get touched most. Every flip, every pull from the heat, every pass across the grate. The tongs people actually keep track of at a tailgate are the ones that feel like they belong there. These are those tongs.
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Eight items for a two-hour window before kickoff sounds like more than necessary. It is not. Each one on this list solves a specific failure mode that shows up in the parking lot every single Saturday. Warm drinks, dead phones, no seating, borrowed tools, no fire, no grip. Solving each of those problems with something well-designed, not just functional, is a different way of thinking about what a tailgate is actually for.
If only one thing on this list makes it into the rotation this season, make it the cooler. Everything else eventually runs out or gets replaced. A cooler that holds ice for 150 hours without power earns its trunk space every Saturday without being asked to justify it. The rest of this list fills in around it. Get the foundation right first, then build outward.
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Cities are designed around togetherness. Parks, campuses, transit hubs, waiting areas, and public plazas usually assume that people want to sit near one another, talk, observe, or participate in the energy around them. What these spaces often overlook is the opposite need. Sometimes people simply want a few minutes of separation without having to leave the public realm entirely. CONVERTIBLE, a multifunctional privacy chair by industrial designer Ümithan Üçok, begins with that contradiction and turns it into a piece of adaptable public furniture.
The project combines two familiar furniture types that usually serve very different social behaviors: the public bench and the privacy chair. Instead of deciding that a space must support either interaction or isolation, CONVERTIBLE allows the same object to accommodate both. At first glance, it functions as shared seating, maintaining the openness expected from furniture placed in communal environments. Its form can then be reconfigured to create a more enclosed seating condition, giving one person a stronger sense of personal territory.
Designer: Ümithan ÜÇOK
That shift feels increasingly relevant to contemporary urban life. Public space has become densely programmed around movement and interaction, while opportunities for temporary retreat are much harder to find. Privacy usually requires entering a building, booking a room, going home, or withdrawing completely from the surroundings. CONVERTIBLE proposes something less absolute. It allows a person to remain present within a shared environment while establishing a temporary boundary around themselves.
This is what makes the chair more interesting than a conventional privacy pod. Its purpose is not permanent isolation. Privacy becomes a condition that can appear and disappear according to the person using it. The furniture responds to changing behavior rather than prescribing one specific way of sitting. Someone could use it openly while meeting a friend, waiting between appointments, or taking a break. The same seating element could later become a more sheltered place for reading, working, making a phone call, or simply spending some time alone.
There is also an important spatial advantage to combining these functions. Public furniture usually has to justify the area it occupies, especially in places where space is limited. Providing separate benches and separate privacy seating can quickly make an environment crowded or inefficient. A convertible object allows the same footprint to serve different needs at different moments. Its multifunctionality therefore becomes more than a visual gesture. It gives planners and designers a way to make public seating more flexible without filling the environment with additional furniture.
The project also raises a quieter question about what privacy actually means in a public setting. Privacy does not always require a sealed room or complete visual separation. A shift in orientation, a surrounding surface, or a clearly defined personal zone can be enough to change how exposed someone feels. By moving between bench and privacy chair, CONVERTIBLE uses furniture itself to create that psychological distinction.
Üçok’s project is ultimately built around a simple observation: people do not behave socially all the time. Our need for connection changes throughout the day, and the spaces around us rarely change with it. CONVERTIBLE gives that change a physical form. Instead of treating public seating as a fixed object with a fixed purpose, it imagines furniture as something that can negotiate between openness and withdrawal, allowing the same public space to feel communal one moment and personal the next.
That flexibility matters because public life is rarely one mood for long. A plaza, campus, or waiting area has to hold conversation, observation, work, and quiet retreat, often within the same hour and the same footprint. By letting one object move between shared bench and privacy chair, CONVERTIBLE treats those shifts as ordinary rather than exceptional. It does not solve urban loneliness or overcrowding on its own, but it does suggest a more responsive kind of public furniture: seating that can stay open when company is welcome, and close in just enough when someone needs a moment alone.
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