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Following more images of the previously leaked Google Fitbit Edge surfacing a few days ago , new details about the upcoming fitness tracker have been revealed, including potential features and pricing. The Fitbit Edge will reportedly sell for €179 in Europe, and £159 in the UK, according to leaked details shared by Dealabs .

Given the €99/£85 pricing of the $99 screen-free Fitbit Air in those regions, 9to5Google estimates the new Fitbit Edge will cost around $180 in the US.

The Fitbit Edge will feature a 1.34-inch always-on OLED touchscreen and will run Fitbit OS with access to Google Play.

It will connect to Android and iOS devices over Bluetooth and in addition to GPS it will include a variety of sensors including an accelerometer, a barometer, an altimeter, and a gyroscope plus multiple optical sensors for measuring heart rate and blood oxygen saturation (SpO2) and electrical sensors for capturing ECGs.

The Edge’s fitness monitoring capabilities will include tracking steps, distance, calories, skin temperature, sleep, cardiac load, and menstrual cycles. It will also track physical activities like running, swimming, golf, and over 40 different exercises with real-time coaching and personalized fitness programs provided by Google Gemini.

The fitness tracker will also watch for the telltale signs of serious medical conditions like atrial fibrillation and irregular heart rhythms with alerts when they’re detected.

A user-replaceable lithium-ion battery is rated for up to seven days of battery life but that will be reduced to up to two days with its screen always on. The Fitbit Edge will also feature an IP68 water resistance rating and is expected to launch in four color options like the Pixel Watch 5 including obsidian and matte black, olive and satin pyrite, canyon and champagne gold, and fog and polished silver.

During Amazon’s October sale, the Soundcore Liberty 5 Pro is discounted to $135.99, down from its regular price of $169.99. This beats the previous low of $149.99 and is $14 cheaper than the AirPods 5. While these earbuds feature strong active noise cancellation and a convenient screen on the charging case, their standout characteristic is the excellent call quality.

Bose, Apple and Google get a lot of attention, but Soundcore’s latest model is truly impressive.

In addition to crisp call quality, the earbuds include IP55 dust and water resistance, LDAC support for high‑resolution audio on compatible devices, and built‑in voice commands. The only minor complaint is that the default sound profile is a bit bass‑forward, but this can be easily fixed using the seven sound examples that let you tune the audio to your preference.

A rather strong “planetary wave” recently slammed into South America and is making its way toward California. In case you’re worried about headlines warning of the supposedly “freak” phenomenon “bringing trouble,” it’s worth understanding what this wave really is and isn’t.

Called a Kelvin wave, it’s carrying warm water to the Americas that’s typically trapped farther west. That’s raising sea levels along already vulnerable coastlines. These kinds of waves are common. When they do arrive, they can exacerbate existing problems. And this particular Kelvin wave could have more dramatic consequences than usual.

But “If you’re going to be out there looking for it, you’re not going to see it,” says Richard Seager, a research professor at Columbia University’s Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory.

“If you’re going to be out there looking for it, you’re not going to see it.”

A photo accompanying The New York Times’ reporting on the Kelvin wave, depicting a surface wave smashing into someone’s beachfront condominium, is misleading, he notes. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) says a Kelvin wave is more like “waves in your bathtub, which slowly slosh around.” Water levels rise and fall in peaks and valleys, but they’re not breaking violently against a shore.

Kelvin waves are a typical signal of an El Niño, although they can also take place during other phases of the El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) pattern. During other phases, trade winds over the Pacific Ocean push warm waters near South America westward toward Asia.

That causes an “upwelling,” pulling cooler water from below up toward the surface of the ocean along the equator. As a result, the eastern equatorial Pacific is typically cool, while the western equatorial Pacific is warm.

During an El Niño, those trade winds die down, allowing the warm water that piled up in the western Pacific to flow back east in the form of a Kelvin wave. It also slows down the upwelling, limiting how much cold water can reach the surface.

Traveling east along the equator, the Kelvin wave hits Peru and Ecuador first before bouncing off the coast and moving north toward British Columbia and south toward Chile. The phenomenon causes temporary sea level rise, usually between 6 to 12 inches.

Every inch of sea level rise can heighten the risk of flooding during storms and high tides. El Niño can push the North Pacific storm track southward, bringing more storms into Southern California, Seager explains.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom declared a state of emergency in September to prepare for a particularly severe El Niño this season.

Rising sea levels with climate change are already inundating seaside roads , railways, and neighborhoods in California.

“If you already don’t have a lot of infrastructure that is built to protect your community and your coastline, you’re going to feel it … because 6 to 12 inches is not trivial,” says Emily Yam, senior director of learning and public engagement at the Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach, California.

The extra warm water also has consequences for marine life. El Niño can be an exciting time to go fishing and whale watching, with many warm water-loving species traveling farther north than they typically would.

NOAA notes that a 151-pound striped marlin broke a state record when it was caught in August off the coast of Washington. There have also been unusual sightings of hammerhead sharks and devil rays recently in Southern California.

Unfortunately, hotter temperatures also put stress on coastal ecosystems. Yam says scientists are bracing for a potential die off of California’s iconic kelp forests. They thrive in temperatures around 50 to 60 degrees Fahrenheit, but the water has reached well into the 70s lately. The Kelvin wave is piling hot water into an area already suffering from a marine heatwave since May of last year.

The temporary sea level rise is expected to linger through the start of winter. El Niño, which began in June, is forecast to weaken rapidly going into 2027.

Following their debut at CES 2026 and a successful Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign last February, Tomorrow Doesn’t Matter’s (TDM) Neo headphones are now available in the US.

While Sony recently opted to reintroduce a headphone design from six years ago , TDM’s Neo delivers some genuinely unique headphone functionality through a flexible headband and extra drivers, allowing them to be rolled up and used as a Bluetooth speaker.

The Neo headphones are now available through TDM’s online store and retailers like Amazon and Walmart for $249 in black or white with an included carrying case. Instead of using ear cups that rotate 180 degrees to project sound outward, the Neo feature a pair of 40mm drivers inside each ear cup and an additional pair of 40mm drivers on the outside.

When worn as traditional headphones only the inside drivers are active, but when rolled up the Neo’s outward-facing drivers function as a pair of 5-watt speakers.

TDM claims that when used as headphones, the Neo offer over 200 hours of listening, and both their battery and memory foam ear cushions are removable and replaceable. In Bluetooth speaker mode the estimated battery life significantly drops to around 16 hours but could potentially go even longer if your audio source doesn’t support Bluetooth and you instead connect it to the Neo using a 3.5mm audio cable.

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Confession: When BougeRV told me about its remote-controlled wagon with animated lighting, I called it in for a laugh, expecting to eviscerate it in a review. It’s ridiculous, to be sure. But the DuneRover also proved very capable, with enough torque to flatten hills even when carrying over 200 pounds of gear. It can also traverse soft sand that defeats conventional wagons.

As someone who regularly uses a variety of wagons to haul all sorts of gear, the DuneRover is an epiphany. But what BougeRV sent me was a Kickstarter prototype — and it shows.

Production units won’t ship until February 2027. So, what follows is less of a review and more a risk assessment for those considering backing the Kickstarter. That way, you can decide whether it makes sense to lock down early-bird pricing at $467, a claimed 48 percent discount off the eventual $899 list price. (Though I’ll wager it’ll always be sold for some kind of discount.)

Frankly, $500 isn’t outlandish for a wagon. Prices start at around $40 for a rickety model that will only last a few months, $300 for something durable from a reputable brand, and closer to $800 at the top end. And none of those wagons provides a motorized assist.

Let’s begin with the dumb stuff. The wagon has LED light bars on the back that are on by default and could come in handy at a campsite after dark. You can turn them off via the app, but you have to do it every time you restart the wagon. The default for a battery-powered device used primarily during the day should obviously be off.

Then there’s the remote control. I think I know what happened here. The product designers had a choice: route a cable through all the folding mechanisms that separate the motor from the handle or make it wireless. Wireless won, and then someone from marketing said, ‘Hey, I’ve got an idea!’

I mean, a remote-controlled wagon is so absurd that it’s kind of fun, and it brought a lot of joyful finger-pointing to onlookers during my testing. Maybe that’s enough?

The DuneRover is no joke for hauling gear. It’s fitted with two brushless geared motors, each producing up to 400W of output and up to 33Nm of torque.

The wagon is activated by a trigger embedded in the handle that you press naturally when you pull the cart. Walk faster and the wagon will roll faster.

Sometimes the wagon will lurch forward on that initial pull before settling into your walking rhythm. It’s not dangerous, it’s just unexpected.

Release the trigger on the handle, and the wagon stops, even on an incline.

Pulling an oversized load weighing over 200 pounds up a 10 percent grade required a modicum of effort — but just a tenth of what it would have taken without the motor assist. Even on that steep incline, the wagon stops (with an inch or two of rollback) just as soon as I let go of the trigger.

Repeated stopping and starting on slopes did, however, seem to confuse the DuneRover, occasionally causing the motors to become jerky as soon as I started walking again. A simple on/off resumed normal operation.

The motors also regulate speed when walking downhill with a heavy load. With the trigger held down, the controller did a good job monitoring changes in acceleration and countering the wagon’s speed to maintain my walking pace. When I stopped, so did the wagon, even on that 10 percent grade with a 200-plus pound load.

The motors aren’t powerful enough to haul that same load through soft sand, however. The oversized beach wheels performed much better in sand with loads weighing about half that, and should be excellent for families carrying a cooler, snacks, beach umbrella, toddler, and toys for a day at the beach.

I like that the DuneRover easily transformed depending on what I needed to haul. The sides can be unzipped and folded flat to convert the wagon into a cart for hauling oversized items or a senior dog.

You can also unzip the sides but leave the straps connected to create more volume inside the wagon. I used this configuration a lot.

Just know that you’ll want to bring a few bungee cords or cargo nets to keep everything securely in place.

My prototype suffered from intermittent rolling resistance with the motor off. The wagon would roll along fine for five or six feet, but then the wheels attached to the motors would brake, drag along the ground, and then release after a second or two.

BougeRV assures me this isn’t something that would be exhibited by its production wagons. I ended up just leaving the motor on throughout my testing, even when I didn’t need it.

The 82.14Wh battery was more than up to the challenge.