Teenage Engineering has launched the EP-35, a battery-powered instrument amp with inputs for line-in, 1/4-inch guitar, and XLR mics with phantom power support. The amp includes built-in guitar and vocal effects chosen via style presets like 'blues' or 'radio,' supports Bluetooth streaming, and can link multiple units together using Auracast for stereo pairing. The company is also selling accessories including an FM radio attachment called the 'amptenna' and a wireless MIDI foot controller, the EP-127 KO Pedal.
theverge.com
· 2026-10-22
WIRED published its 2026 buying guide for battery-powered leaf blowers, testing multiple models for air power, runtime and noise levels. The guide advises shoppers to weigh battery voltage (ranging 18 to 80 volts) alongside amp-hour ratings, which determine runtime, and to consider compatibility with existing tool battery systems already owned.
wired.com
· 2026-10-09
A developer built CoyoPedal, a standalone guitar amp and effects unit powered by the Waveshare ESP32-S3-Touch-AMOLED-2.06 board, capable of running full-size Neural Amp Modeler A2 captures in real time. The device uses a class-compliant USB audio interface, a touchscreen UI compiled from TSX to native C++, and also runs identically on a bare ESP32-S3 module or as a WebAssembly build playable in a browser.
github.com
· 2026-09-26
Tom's Hardware reviewed the Phanteks AMP GH 750W, a Helly Technology-built power supply that replaces the Seasonic-based AMP line. The unit delivers strong 12V voltage regulation, low ripple, Japanese capacitors and an 8-year warranty, but its 12V-2x6 connector is limited to 450W of output. Despite that restriction, the reviewer calls it one of the better mainstream 750W options given street prices under $90.
tomshardware.com
· 2026-09-09
At Laracon US 2026, Thorsten Ball, co-founder of the coding agent Amp, gave a talk titled 'How I Prompt,' detailing his personal methods for instructing AI coding agents. He drew on his background at Sourcegraph and Zed, and his role building Amp, which launched shortly after Claude Code and has been praised for its polish and usability.
thorstenball.com
· 2026-09-09
The US Army's Joint Task Force Southern Border used a high-energy laser weapon to destroy three drones near the Rio Grande Valley overnight on August 25-26, after officials said the drones threatened military and Customs and Border Patrol personnel. The weapon involved is the Locust Laser Weapon System, built on AeroVironment's AMP-HEL technology and delivered to the Army starting September 2025, with additional units following in December.
arstechnica.com
· 2026-09-02
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