Samsung’s Galaxy S26 FE could cost more than its predecessor, raising questions about whether the Fan Edition still offers strong value.

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Apple could launch camera-equipped AirPods before the end of 2026, using visual sensors to give Siri greater awareness of a user’s surroundings.

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MacBook Air delays are turning Apple’s everyday laptop into a planning issue for buyers counting on quick delivery.

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Camera batteries are one of those accessories that photographers never think about until something goes wrong. They’re small enough to vanish into the bottom of a bag or a jacket pocket, common enough to own several of and regularly mix up, and important enough that losing one mid-trip can force an early stop to a shoot. The solution most people reach for is buying more of them, which only increases the number of things to keep track of.

The FALCAM TagBatt addresses the problem from inside the battery itself. Compatible with Sony’s NP-FZ100 form factor, it integrates Apple’s Find My tracking technology directly into the cell, so the battery carries its own location data wherever it goes. If it ends up left behind at a studio, a venue, or the seat pocket of a flight, the Find My app will flag it and show its last known position.

Designer: FALCAM

Because the tracker lives inside the battery rather than clipped to a camera strap or screwed into a cage mount, it’s considerably harder to spot. An opportunistic thief who grabs a camera bag and removes any obvious Bluetooth puck from the outside can’t strip out what’s already built into the power source. It’s the kind of discreet integration that external trackers can’t quite replicate, no matter how small they get.

The tracking isn’t the only thing the TagBatt changes about how a camera battery behaves. A built-in USB-C port lets it charge directly from any standard USB-C source, including a power bank or a travel adapter, without needing the dedicated Sony battery charger that typically takes up its own space in a kit bag. Pop it out of the camera, plug it in overnight, and it’s ready in the morning without routing around a charger at all.

Capacity comes in at 2,600mAh against the OEM Sony NP-FZ100’s 2,280mAh, which translates to a modest but real advantage per charge. An advanced decoding chip handles the communication with the camera’s internal systems so the body treats it as it would any genuine battery, with accurate charge-level reporting and none of the “non-genuine battery” warning messages that typically accompany third-party cells.

Compatibility covers a wide sweep of Sony’s current lineup, including the Alpha 7 series through the Alpha 7 V, the Alpha 9 series, the Alpha 6700, the FX3 and FX30, and the ZV-E1, among others. A Canon LP-E6 version is also available now, with Nikon EN-EL15 and Fujifilm NP-W235 versions confirmed to be in development.

At $69.99, the TagBatt costs more than a standard third-party replacement but considerably less than the Sony original, and it comes with two capabilities that the original simply doesn’t offer. For photographers who travel frequently, work in locations where gear occasionally goes astray, or are just tired of carrying a charger they’d rather leave at home, the trade-off makes a fairly straightforward case.

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Cables are the dirty secret of PC building. No matter how carefully chosen the components are, or how expensive the case gets, the tangle of power, data, and fan connectors that crisscross the interior of most gaming desktops eventually undermines every effort at a clean aesthetic. The glass side panel that was supposed to show off the build ends up framing a web of wires that even the most diligent cable manager struggles to fully tame.

The Maingear Zero treats that problem as the actual design brief. Its patented MG-RC, or Rear Connection, system moves every motherboard connector to the back and underside of the board, clearing the visible interior of cables entirely. Paired with a single, seamless 4 mm tempered glass curve that wraps the front and side of the chassis without a single seam or pillar, the result is a desktop that looks like it has nothing to hide, because it genuinely doesn’t.

Designer: Maingear

Seven fans work to keep the hardware running at full performance without drawing much attention to themselves. A mix of standard and reverse-blade units pushes cool air in through the front and exhausts it out through a 360mm AIO liquid cooler at the top, all following a single front-to-back airflow path. The reverse-blade intakes are specifically designed so the fan blades themselves don’t interrupt the view through the glass, which is a level of detail that most cases simply don’t think to address.

All RGB lighting inside the Zero is diffused rather than sourced from visible diodes, meaning the light saturates the interior without any glowing point of origin to break the illusion. The whole package measures 236mm wide, 421mm tall, and 460mm deep, which is more compact than a traditional mid-tower while still accommodating a full-sized GPU and the 360mm cooler overhead. It doesn’t look like a PC that compromised on size to achieve the aesthetic.

The hardware ceiling is genuinely high. Configurations top out at an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 paired with an AMD Ryzen 7 9850X3D or Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus, 32GB of DDR5 memory, and a 2TB NVMe SSD. The chassis uses standardized mATX components throughout, with no proprietary parts, so future upgrades don’t require a trip back to the manufacturer.

Beyond the hardware, the Launch Edition adds a pair of tool-free snap-in display stands inside the chassis, one for figurines and one for brick builds. The stands sit inside the case floor where passive airflow keeps whatever’s displayed inside dust-free. It’s the kind of feature that turns the interior from a hardware showcase into something closer to a display cabinet, which only makes sense given how much effort went into eliminating everything else that wasn’t worth looking at.

Every system is hand-built in New Jersey and ships with no bloatware pre-installed. Pricing starts at $2,699 for the base configuration, with the top-end Launch Edition Champion reaching $6,799. Built around the premise that nothing inside should be hidden, the Zero demonstrates how the best-looking gaming PC doesn’t have to sacrifice anything to get there.

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