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An Entrepreneur contributor revisits Coca-Cola's 1985 decision to replace its original formula with New Coke after more than 200,000 blind taste tests showed consumers preferred the sweeter recipe over both original Coke and Pepsi. The company launched New Coke on April 23, 1985, only for the change to fail within weeks despite the extensive research behind it.
DailyObjects has released the Node, a modular wireless charging system that lets users rearrange and detach individual charging pucks rather than being locked into one fixed hub layout for phone, earbuds, and smartwatch. Reviewer Dhruv Bhutani tested it for over a month, noting its pieces can be carried separately, unlike most all-in-one charging stations on the market.
A hands-on test of the Pixel 11 Pro XL's advertised 25W wireless charging found the PixelSnap charger topping out at just 23W, well short of its rated speed and the 31W previously measured on the Pixel 10 Pro XL. The charger also took roughly six minutes to ramp up to peak power, cycling between voltage levels before settling, and could only sustain that peak for a similarly short window.
Remedy's Control Resonant, the sequel following Dylan Faden's search for his missing sister Jesse amid a Hiss invasion of Manhattan, has been benchmarked across 28 graphics cards. The game supports full path-traced lighting via Nvidia's RTX Mega Geometry technology alongside the complete DLSS 4.5 suite, including Super Resolution, Ray Reconstruction, and Multi Frame Generation.
A new product called The Milk Pod offers single-serve capsules that work in standard Keurig brewers, producing frothy, latte-style milk instead of plain hot water. The pods, made from milk powder and natural ingredients, are shelf-stable for 15 months without refrigeration and come in plain, vanilla and caramel flavors. A reviewer tested the pods and found them simple to use, requiring no special setup beyond inserting them like a normal K-Cup and brewing milk and coffee separately at six-ounce settings.
WIRED's roundup of the best Android phones for 2026 includes guidance for shoppers considering models outside the main recommendations, covering display type, screen size, processor, RAM, cooling and refresh rate. It notes that OLED screens are now common even in budget phones, that Qualcomm Snapdragon 7-series or MediaTek Dimensity 7000-series chips or better offer reliable performance, and that 8GB of RAM (ideally 12GB) suits multitasking and AI features.
A researcher stress-tested Meta Muse, the personal AI agent Meta launched on September 8, 2026, by asking it to spawn 120 subagents simultaneously through the exposed subagent.spawn interface. Only 33 of the 120 calls successfully created an agent, while the remaining 87 failed, and durable trace data showed six database lock timeouts during the process. The author later added clarifications and outside architectural context but did not alter the underlying experimental data.
GoKawiil's testing found the Levoit Vital 200S-P and Coway Airmega Mighty2 cleared simulated smoke pollutants and restored healthy air quality readings in just over four minutes each. The IQAir HealthPro Plus XE performed even better, preventing visible smoke buildup and returning AQI levels to 'good' within three minutes, while the Shark BreatheClear Max struggled, requiring a manual restart and nearly five hours to recover.
A modder known as dashdogy has released a workaround that unlocks Nvidia's DLSS Multi Frame Generation feature, normally exclusive to RTX 50-series cards, on older RTX 40-series and earlier GPUs. Tom's Hardware tested the mod in Cyberpunk 2077 and confirmed it genuinely boosts perceived smoothness beyond the officially supported 2X multiplier, complete with the same visual artifacts seen on official 50-series hardware.
WIRED evaluated more than 20 travel adapter models and narrowed them down to eight recommended picks for international travelers in 2026. The guide breaks down the world's 15 different plug types, explains which adapter style suits single-destination versus multi-country trips, and clarifies why most travelers don't actually need a voltage converter alongside their adapter.
Roborock's flagship robot mower, sold as the X120H Lidar in the US and Z120 Lidar in the UK, uses Lidar and AI vision instead of satellite navigation, paired with 4G connectivity and a three-year data plan. It offers four-wheel drive with independently pivoting front wheels, a 9.5-inch cutting deck, coverage up to 21,500 square feet, and the ability to mow slopes as steep as 39 degrees, running 110 minutes per charge.
Corsair has released the TC80 Gaming Chair, a $200 seating option built for PC gamers that it says has passed over 30 durability and safety tests meeting BIFMA X5.1 and EN 1335 office chair standards. Testing included dropping heavy loads onto the seat, repeated weight cycles on the seat and armrests, and swivel tests with over 100kg applied at varying heights.