8BitDo’s new wireless Xbox controller has swappable ABXY button switches

8BitDo’s second officially licensed wireless Xbox controller is also its most expensive gamepad to date. The 8BitDo Ultimate 3E Controller for Xbox follows last August’s Ultimate 3-mode Controller for Xbox – Rare 40th Anniversary Edition with some excellent upgrades, less branding, and a big price hike. It’s got tunneling magnetoresistance (TMR) joysticks, Hall effect triggers … Read more

Anker put a screen on its smallest 45W charger

Anker’s new Nano Charger is optimized for iPhones and iPads. | Image: Anker Anker has announced three new charging solutions at CES 2026 including an update to its compact Nano Charger. For the first time it now features a small screen on the front providing details on power delivery and your connected phone’s charge level. … Read more

Proof of Usefulness Hackathon: Win $150K+ from Bright Data, Neo4j, Algolia, Storyblok & HackerNoon 

Happy New Year, world! As a New Year gift, HackerNoon brings you the grandest developer hackathon of 2026. The internet is overflowing with software that looks impressive, sounds intelligent, and quietly fails to help anyone. We’ve normalized pitch decks for products that don’t exist, AI demos with no users, and MVPs that launch with applause … Read more

The best tech announced at CES 2026 so far

Ahead of the CES show floor officially opening on Tuesday, January 6th, many companies have already announced new tech, gadgets, concepts, and AI-powered upgrades that will be released over this year. Yesterday’s CES Unveiled event delivered even more announcements and reveals. If you’re already struggling to keep on top of all the news coming out … Read more