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I’ve spent thousands of hours with my PS5 since launch. But in all that time, every single one of the best PS5 games I’ve enjoyed has been played on a stock DualSense controller. I’ve never used a so-called “pro” controller.
That was until this week, when I got my hands on Nacon’s new Revolution 5 Unlimited controller, designed for use with Sony’s current generation console (and PC). It’s opened my eyes to a whole new way of experiencing competitive gaming. It's made returning to my regular old DualSense a challenge (sadly, the Revolution 5 Unlimited sometimes needs to charge).
This $230 / £179 pad most definitely qualifies as a pro controller, offering a vast array of features and upgrades: Magnetic TMR joysticks, dual-mode actuation triggers, and seven (yes, seven) fully programmable shortcuts. And that’s just the start; there’s one upgrade that stands out most of all, and it turns this third-party controller into a genuine game-changer.
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#TomsGuide #Gaming #PS5 #Nacon #NaconRevolution5Unlimited
10 Nov 2026
I'm just going to rip off the Band-Aid: the xBloom Studio coffee machine is $599. Alright, now that's out in the open, let's get to the bottom of what the xBloom Studio actually is.
Although it looks like something you'd find in a minimalist NYC apartment (life goals), the xBloom Studio is a maximalist coffee machine. It's a pour-over, scale, and grinder in one. It's even app-compatible, so you can customize your drink down to the milliliter.
Like the Ratio Four ($279), it's an automated pour-over, but unlike the Ratio Four, it's got the aforementioned built-in grinder, built-in scale, and app control. Is that extra $329 worth it?
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#TomsGuide #Coffee #xBloomStudio #Coffeemachine #RatioFour
10 Nov 2026
If you read any review for Apple’s new MacBook Pro, you will see a lot of folks drooling over the new PROLED XDR display. And they’re not wrong — flawless color calibration, a new touchscreen interface and up to 2,000 nits of peak brightness.
But if you look past the shiny new Dynamic Island, you’ll see a darker reality. One where what I like to call “OLED washing” is happening.
Apple didn’t build a machine for the next generation of computing (local AI). They built a $2,899 luxury item. If you want to see what a real, weaponized local AI computer looks like in 2026, you need to look away from Cupertino and start looking more closely at the better value-for-money monsters being built with Nvidia’s RTX Spark and AMD’s Strix Halo inside.
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#TomsGuide #Apple #MacBookPro #RTXSpark #StrixHalo
10 Nov 2026
The GMKtec Neo-X1 Pro is a desktop gaming PC with a twist. Unlike other large, bulky desktops, it’s remarkably compact with a volume of 14.6 liters, making it even smaller than the HP Victus 15L.
Known for making some of the best mini PCs, the Neo-X1 Pro is GMKtec’s first-ever small form factor (SFF) gaming tower. To get its design this small without overheating, the company used a custom all-in-one liquid cooler paired with a high-end mobile AMD CPU. However, the Neo-X1 Pro still packs in a desktop-grade Nvidia RTX 5070 dedicated GPU.
I’ve been using the Neo-X1 Pro as my daily driver for both work and gaming for the past two months, and it has continued to impress me. From its compact design — complete with carrying handles — to its near-silent performance even under load, this gaming desktop certainly delivers. Just as if you built your own SFF PC, you are paying a premium for its more compact size.
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#TomsGuide #PC #DesktopComputer #Gaming #GMKtec
10 Nov 2026
The iPhone Duo launch has not been without its problems, and I don't mean the lengthy waits people are suffering to get hold of one. Some users are experiencing what has been dubbed "crackgate," with their internal screens breaking for seemingly no reason. Nobody is quite sure what the problem is, but one leaker claims Apple may have figured out which phones could be affected.
According to Kang on Weibo (via Ice Universe), the issue itself has been traced to "defective materials" at one of Apple's two hinge suppliers. They claim this isn't an issue with the hinge design, which presumably explains why it hasn't affected more Duo users.
Then again, it's impossible to tell how many Duo users are out there, considering how limited the initial supply seems to be. Plus, social media posts give a very distorted view of just how many screens have broken, and all we have from Apple is a claim that "only a small number of iPhone Duo units" are affected.
Kang says Apple can identify the affected iPhone Duos from their serial numbers, which should mean the company can be more proactive in how it deals with the crackgate problem. However, it's unclear what Apple's plans are and how it intends to deal with this botched batch of Duo units.
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#TomsGuide #Apple #iPhoneDuo #Crackgate #iPhone
10 Nov 2026
Apple has long opposed releasing a touchscreen MacBook, with Steve Jobs himself calling touchscreen laptops “ergonomically terrible” and saying that “touch surfaces don’t want to be vertical.” As recently as 2021, current Apple CEO John Ternus stated that “the Mac is totally optimized for indirect input” and that Apple hadn’t “felt a reason to change that."
Now, in late 2026, Apple has reversed course by releasing the MacBook Pro with PROLED XDR Display — its very first touchscreen MacBook.
Touchscreen laptops have been around for almost two decades, so Apple is decidedly late to the party here. That said, the wait has arguably been worth it for touchscreen lovers, as the feature works as well as Apple has advertised. As someone who has tested dozens of touchscreen laptops, I can tell you that the MacBook Pro with PROLED XDR Display is easily among the best.
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#TomsGuide #Apple #Laptops #MacBookPro #Touchscreen
09 Nov 2026
Soundbars are expensive. $800, $1,500, heck, I’ve even tested $3,500 models. That’s simply inaccessible for a lot of people. And not to mention size — some of the best soundbars are almost fifty inches long. I certainly don’t have that much space in my living room.
Thankfully, Bose has the answer for us small-budget, small-spaced folk. The Bose TV Speaker 2nd Gen is just twenty-three inches long, making it ideal for cozy living rooms and smaller TVs. Nothing’s changed from the original — it’s still 23 inches long, 2 inches deep, and 4 inches high.
So what’s different? The 2nd Gen has a center tweeter for better dialogue and high-frequency sound separation. Sometimes I read these specs and resist the urge to roll my eyes, but in the TV Speaker 2nd Gen’s case, this new tweeter really does make a difference. I never struggled to hear dialogue, on-screen sound effects are surprisingly distinct, and the extra bass button is impactful.
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#TomsGuide #Bose #Audio #Soundbar #HomeTheatre
09 Nov 2026
I've always been a little bit confused about the launch of Camera Control on the iPhone 16. It's one of those features that generally feels pretty redundant, especially since there are already better ways to quick launch the camera app that Apple hasn't bothered with yet. Well the good news is that the standalone Camera Control button could be on its way out, or at least it might be according to one leaker.
The leaker Instant Digital posted about this on their Weibo account, noting that the Camera Control and Action Buttons could be merged as soon as next year's iPhone 20. The new button will apparently launch the camera with a single tap, while press-and-hold will fire up whatever Action Button setting you have mapped. There's no mention of touch sensitivity, or any of the other Camera Control features that are currently available.
Instant Digital clarifies that this means the Action Button will be rolled into Camera Control, rather than the other way around. This presumably means the button will remain on the bottom right side of the phones, in the spot Camera Control currently occupies. That said, whichever way this might happen, I am all for it, because I've never liked Camera Control.
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#TomsGuide #Apple #iPhone #CamerControl #Phones
09 Nov 2026
The next standard of handheld gaming continues with the Acer Predator Atlas 8, the striking 8-inch Windows handheld featuring the most powerful chips I've seen for handheld gaming on the go: the Intel Arc G3 Extreme. What really sets this big beauty apart from its rivals, though? It offers a lot for less than you'd think, and I'd be happy to ditch a gaming PC to play on this all day long.
Having seen the Predator Atlas 8's potential back at Computex 2026, I was delighted to see it had met my expectations and gone further, from playing Star Wars: Galactic Racer on the couch to delving deeper into Gears of War: E-Day while travelling with frame rates pushing to 90 frames per second (FPS) at medium to high settings — thanks to Intel's XeSS graphics upscaling and frame generation tech.
It's a marvel to play, only made better thanks to the sizeable 8-inch 1200p LCD display boasting a 120Hz variable refresh rate and the snappy TMR sticks and Hall Effect triggers. For $1,299 / £1,299? That's still pricey, sure, but not nearly as much as the equally powerful $1,799 MSI Claw 8 EX AI+. It's even the same price as the OLED-focused ROG Xbox Ally X20, but delivers even greater power.
All that said, Acer clearly has to make some sacrifices, and they're evident. That includes the cheap-feeling D-pad and adjustable triggers that sometimes don't register input. And don't expect the magic of Intel's XeSS tech to work on a majority of games (including Halo: Campaign Evolved specifically in the Xbox app, despite it being supported, for some odd reason).
In any case, the Acer Predator Atlas 8 is easily one of the best gaming handhelds you can buy right now.
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#TomsGuide #Gaming #Acer #AcerPredatorAtlas8 #HandheldGaming
09 Nov 2026
If one more audio brand releases earbuds/headphones with "AI features", I'm going to scream.
And, as it turns out, so will 98% of Tom's Guide readers. Or, put bluntly, so will you. Of 200 responses, only five readers said they specifically look for AI features in the best earbuds and best headphones. Most readers voted sound quality as their most important feature: 135 people, specifically. ANC came second with twenty-seven votes. Yes, first place received five times as many votes as second place.
This got me thinking: Why? Why do audio brands keep pushing AI features down our throats when we so clearly don't want them? Do said brands worry they'll be "left behind" in the AI race? Do brands consider sound quality, ANC, and call quality last year's news? Or is it something else...?
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#TomsGuide #Audio #Headphones #Earbuds #AI
09 Nov 2026
We all know that plugging in your laptop is supposed to make it faster, but new testing of an Nvidia-powered laptop found the exact opposite, with AI performance dropping by nearly 80% when running Linux.
The surprising discovery comes from MindStudio, which tested an MSI Prestige N16 Flip AI+ powered by Nvidia's RTX Spark platform. The team wanted to see whether Linux could run on the machine without sacrificing the performance available through Windows.
It could, but there was a major catch. When running OpenAI's GPT-OSS-120B model, the laptop generated 65.4 tokens per second on Windows. Running Linux directly on the same hardware while plugged into a charger brought that figure down to just 13.9 tokens per second.
That's a nearly 79% reduction in AI performance simply from changing the operating system. But even stranger, unplugging the laptop brought much of that performance back.
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#TomsGuide #AI #NvidiaSpark #Linux #Windows
06 Nov 2026
Apple’s new iMac with M6 might look identical to its predecessor at first glance, but it’s the extra power and improved connectivity under the hood that make this upgraded all-in-one desktop continue to stand out.
Instead of drastically altering the iMac, Apple has kept more or less the same design since 2021 when the 24-inch model first debuted. Just like with the iMac M4, you’re still getting a 24-inch 4.5K Retina display, a 12MP Center Stage webcam, and two or four Thunderbolt 4 ports at the back depending on which configuration of the new M6 chip you choose.
Similarly to the Mac mini M6 I reviewed, Apple’s M6 chip and its N1 wireless chip are the big upgrades here. While I wish there were other changes to its design — like an optional height-adjustable stand or a larger screen size — the iMac with M6 is a reliable and powerful desktop that’s incredibly simple to set up thanks to its one-cable solution. Also, unlike Apple's Studio Display monitors, the power cable is detachable, which makes cable management a breeze.
Besides being one of the best all-in-one computers, it’s also the only one that can be configured with a matte finish thanks to Apple’s optional nano-texture glass.
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#TomsGuide #Apple #iMac #Computers #iMacM6
06 Nov 2026
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