BLUETTI’s Elite 30 V2, priced at $219 (was $299), arrives as one of those rare small power stations that feels useful the moment you pick it up. At just under 10 pounds and measuring roughly 9.8 by 7 by 6.6 inches, it slips into a larger backpack, the trunk of a car, or a corner of a campsite without demanding attention. A molded handle makes carrying it one-handed straightforward, and the overall size stays practical for daily travel or emergency kits.

Inside, there is a 288-watt-hour lithium iron phosphate battery and a 600-watt pure sine wave inverter, which can easily power computers, photography gear, small appliances, CPAP machines, fans, and phone chargers. If a device requires a sudden power increase, they have a ‘Power Lifting’ mode that raises the power ceiling to 1500 watts for resistive loads, giving you a lot of versatility from something that doesn’t appear nearly as large as it is. There are nine ports to meet most demands, including two normal AC outlets, a 140 watt USB-C port, another 100 watt USB-C port, two USB-A ports, a 12 volt vehicle socket, and two DC barrel connectors. The USB-C ports can even deliver high power simultaneously, which is really useful when attempting to charge a laptop and whatever else at the same time.

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Recharging is also relatively quick for a unit of this size, with AC power in Turbo mode bringing the battery up to 80% in around 45 minutes and a full charge in around 70 minutes. Solar input can handle up to 200 watts, and you can continue to charge while driving. There are also numerous charging patterns that allow you to balance speed, noise, and available power. The battery’s low standby drain is due to the company’s UltraCell design, which allows it to maintain a charge for much longer when lying idle.

The lithium iron phosphate chemistry provides the durability required for regular use, with BLUETTI claiming the cells will endure over 3,000 cycles to 80 percent capacity and a ten-year lifespan under typical conditions. In addition, there is a 5-year warranty to back it up. The unit is also rather quiet, often under 30 decibels under light load, so it can be placed near a bed or workstation without being a disturbance.

The unit also has built-in UPS functionality that switches to battery power in 10 milliseconds or less, which is extremely fast, and there are several operating modes to support various situations, such as keeping the battery charged for a quick backup, following time of use electricity rates, or prioritizing solar when solar panels are connected – or mixing settings as needed.

The Elite 30 V2 operates brilliantly throughout day trips, weekend camping, remote work sessions, and temporary power outages. It can recharge airplane and drone batteries on-site, keep a laptop running all day with leftover direct DC power, and even power lights or a small fan when camping. Of course, it isn’t perfect and won’t last for weeks or power the TV and lights all day, but for its size and price, the balance of output, ports, and speed is outstanding.

In addition to a historic total solar eclipse, August also features one of the most spectacular meteor showers of the year. On the night of August 12 and into the early morning of August 13, astronomy enthusiasts in the northern hemisphere and parts of the southern hemisphere will be able to admire the Perseids during a particularly favorable viewing window.

Occasionally, Earth passes through the trails of particles left behind by some comets as they travel through the solar system. When these tiny fragments enter Earth’s atmosphere, friction with the air heats them until they burn up. From below, it looks as though the sky is filled with bright flashes streaking across the heavens at high speed. These are meteor showers. There are several throughout the year, and the one in August is called the Perseids.

Although a meteor shower is one of the few astronomical phenomena that can be observed with the naked eye, it is not always easy to track. To enjoy it to the fullest, it’s a good idea to follow some basic recommendations for stargazing.

This Year’s Perseids Are Especially Visible

Traditionally, the Perseids reach a rate of up to 100 meteors per hour during their peak activity—at least, under ideal viewing conditions. This makes them one of the three most intense meteor showers of the year, along with the Geminids in December and the Quadrantids in January.

In 2026, the viewing conditions are particularly favorable. The peak of activity, expected on the night of August 12–13, will coincide with the new moon phase. This means that virtually none of the moon’s illuminated side will be visible from Earth, so there will be no moonlight to interfere with meteor viewing. In other words, the sky will be much darker than usual.

What’s the Best Way to View the Perseids?

The main advice from NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA) for enjoying a meteor shower is to get away from light pollution. Ideally, head out of the city and find a spot with dark skies, as well as a horizon that’s as unobstructed as possible to ensure a wide field of view.

Keep in mind that it takes the human eyes 20 to 30 minutes to fully adjust to the dark. Once that time has passed, it will be easier to spot faint meteors. While observing, it’s also advisable to avoid using your cell phone or other bright screens, as they reduce your eyes’ sensitivity.

Another important tip is to avoid using telescopes and binoculars. Although they might seem useful, NASA explains that these instruments narrow your field of view, whereas meteors can appear anywhere in the sky. It’s best to observe with the naked eye.

Although the Perseids get their name because they appear to radiate from the constellation Perseus, it is not necessary to look toward it. Both NASA and the ESA point out that meteors can streak across any part of the sky. Ideally, lie down or use a reclining chair to observe a wide portion of the sky, preferably after midnight, when the meteor shower’s radiant reaches a higher point above the horizon and the frequency of visible meteors increases.

Finally, the agencies remind us that patience is also part of the experience. Meteors do not appear at a steady rate. Several minutes may pass without any activity, and then suddenly, several may be seen in quick succession. Staying under a dark sky for at least an hour offers the best chance of enjoying the show.

This story originally appeared on WIRED en Español and has been translated from Spanish.

A Fisher-Price Laugh & Learn Lil’ Gamer sits on store shelves looking every bit like a colorful, oversized Game Boy meant for tiny hands. Its screen is a printed sticker, its cartridge springs in and out for show, and its buttons trigger songs and light patterns that teach shapes and colors. Press the right sequence and it even plays Super Mario Bros. sound effects. Most parents hand it over and move on. One modder named KOUZEX looked at the same plastic shell and decided it should play actual Game Boy Color games instead.

The goal was to maintain as much of the original toy’s appearance and feel intact as feasible. For us, this meant maintaining all of the huge chunky buttons, the sliding Tetris-style blocks on the side, the brilliant blue plastic, and even the orange rocker switch. This was not going to be a simple shell replacement, because the toy’s personality needed to survive the procedure.

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He began by splitting the toy open to get inside, but four large screws and a piece of hot glue glued the halves together tightly, so it required some elbow grease to separate them. Once inside, he discovered a simple board, a non-removable springy cartridge, and the familiar button membranes, all of which were exactly where he needed them. As a great touch, the button caps stayed put, so the finished product felt like the original toy in your hands, even under your fingers. For the time being, the sliding blocks and side switch have been left alone to preserve the vibe.

One broken Game Boy Color provided him with the necessary circuitry. He snuck its mainboard inside the toy’s cavity and was surprised to see how easily it slid in. Only minor cutting was required to ensure a snug fit, and we then connected the Nintendo board to the toy’s original button contacts and speaker. Early tests revealed that the D-pad and face buttons registered properly provided the signals were accurately mapped out. However, during one of those tests, a fuse on the Game Boy Color board blew, most likely because he was providing power in the wrong direction. Fortunately, once he removed some non-essential elements from the toy’s board, the electronics were fine, with no more damage done.

The Start and Select buttons were gone, which required some creative thinking. The orange rocker switch on the side of the toy saved the day. He put tiny switches within it, kept in place with epoxy, such that one direction would trigger Start and the other would trigger Select. The signals for the A and B buttons only needed to be altered, owing to the toy’s slightly skewed configuration in comparison to the original Game Boy. Once he sorted out the wiring, the controls behaved as he expected.

Screen work was a real test of patience, as the original Game Boy Color display had long since died, forcing him to replace it with a current OLED panel. The new screen is slightly larger than the original, and it fits well against the toy’s strong plastic. Fitting it in required some attention with a Dremel, as well as some careful 3D-printed frames and machine work to ensure a clean opening and protect the panel edges. He also connected power wires to the OLED and the power switch. The old AA arrangement was replaced by a rechargeable battery and a beautiful USB-C charging board. A little hole carved in the back of the shell allows the port to pass thru, making it easy to charge.

He was able to fit everything into the space inside the shell; however, he needed some room for the motherboard, battery, charge board, and cartridge slot to nestle together without turning the casing into Swiss cheese, so we had to whittle away at the excess material in gradual passes until everything fit together nice and snug. A 3D printed chunk covered the cartridge slot, and he also had a printed piece to cover some of the rougher bits left over from the fitting procedure that were beginning to look a little out of place.

When the shell snapped shut for the final time, the device turned on and finally ran a real Game Boy Color cartridge, with no concerns about Pokémon Yellow or other programs. The OLED panel produced some great deep blacks and vivid colors, which the old screen couldn’t match. The buttons are functional, just not as sharp as the default Game Boy. The slider blocks still operate, the speaker still works, and the overall appearance remains that of a Fisher-Price toy that a toddler could pick up and throw across the room.
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DBSCs are an antidote to session cookie theft. Once a website sets a session cookie, the visiting browser must send a form of the cookie that’s signed with the key stored in the silicon. Properties in the TPM or secure enclave isolate the key in a way that prevents it from being extracted. Apple explains the process here.

“The attacker can’t steal the private key from the device because the TPM / Secure Enclave will not release it. That is the core protection here,” Scott Helme, a researcher and founder of Report URI who blogged about the new protections on Tuesday, told Ars. “The attacker can steal the cookie, but they can’t answer a DBSC challenge by signing it with the private key, which is still safe on your device.”

For the moment, DBSCs are supported only in Chrome version 147 for Windows and 150 for macOS. Even then, DBSCs are turned on only for a limited set of users. Presumably, Google is testing the feature before making it generally available. Chrome users on Windows and macOS can check whether it’s running in their browser by opening developer tools, clicking on the application tab across the top, and scrolling down. When a user is logged into a site that supports DBSCs, “device bound sessions” will appear if the protection is turned on.

It’s unclear when, or if, other Chromium-based browsers will implement DBSCs, but it’s likely they will be coming.

DBSCs are the latest form of authentication that eliminates the reliance on a shared secret, which, as the world has known for years, is painfully easy for attackers to steal. Under this new model, web servers store the visitor’s public key. The servers then send an authentication challenge incorporating the session cookie. Unless the resulting answer, known as an authentication assertion, is signed by the private key stored safely in the TPM or secure enclave, the assertion is rejected. Passkeys—which you can read about in this post published earlier on Tuesday—work the same way.

In collaboration with the Kingdom of Bhutan government, IEEE recently introduced its Engineering Education, Research, and Innovation Summit.

Held on 9 and 10 June in Paro, in the eastern Himalayas, the event was designed to help Bhutan navigate its digital transformation by focusing on the critical intersection of digital transformation, engineering education, and sustainable development.

The summit brought together global academic leaders, technology experts, and Bhutanese government officials to discuss how modern engineering curricula can evolve from theory-centric models into application- and skills-based frameworks. Discussions focused on how to build high-value research capabilities in the country, integrate artificial intelligence into higher education, and address foundational infrastructure challenges to ensure equitable, nationwide digital readiness.

“IEEE is proud to collaborate as a catalyst for progress in higher education as AI shifts the technology landscape and Bhutan prepares for its next era of innovation and resilience,” Mary Ellen Randall, 2026 IEEE president and CEO, said at the event. “Our goal is to support local universities and students as they develop trusted, future-ready technology that honors the nation’s commitment to sustainability and human well-being.”

The event featured an address by Bhutanese Princess Chimi Yangzom Wangchuck, who emphasized the importance of aligning technological innovation with the nation’s philosophy of gross national happiness (GNH), which prioritizes well-being, sustainability, and ethics.

“The question before us is not whether technology will shape the future; it certainly will,” the princess said. “The more pressing question is whether we can shape technology according to our values.”

A blueprint for Bhutan’s future

The summit helped establish a collaborative blueprint for a high-value knowledge economy in Bhutan through several key focus areas:

• Workforce readiness: designing industry-driven curriculum modernization and cocreating skills programs to equip graduates with practical, technical competencies.
• AI and research infrastructure: strengthening open science, trusted regional datasets, and global citation impact to prepare universities for AI-enabled learning environments.
• Values-driven innovation: merging GNH principles with technological advancement and helping ensure new engineering practices support climate-resilient infrastructure and green innovation.
• Institutional connectivity: using digital transformation to bridge technical capability gaps between urban and rural institutions; linking classrooms to a global research network.
• Promoting sustainability: convening stakeholders to exchange ideas on green innovation, climate-resilient infrastructure, and engineering education.

Expanding digital access

To help promote the effort, IEEE offered Bhutanese universities, government institutions, and industries a six-month complimentary trial of two key technical resources:

• IEEE Electronic Library. Delivered via the IEEE Xplore Digital Library, the IEL gives users access to more than 7 million documents—including trusted IEEE journals, conference proceedings, standards, and technical papers—to enhance research, teaching, and technology development.
• IEEE eLearning Library. This platform offers online courses developed by experts in engineering, computing, and technology, supporting flexible learning across core and emerging technical fields for professionals, faculty and students.