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Turn Almost Any USB-C Charger Into a Portable Bench Power Supply

USB-C chargers are everywhere these days, and many can supply a wide range of voltages. The problem is that you can't just connect one to a breadboard circuit and get 12 V, 20 V, or 36 V. Those higher voltages are locked behind the USB Power Delivery protocol and require a proper negotiation first. Anas Malas built the Negotiator II to handle all of that, then squeezed the whole thing into a business card just 2 mm thick so you can always have one handy.

The Negotiator II supports USB PD 3.1. Plug it into a compatible USB-C charger or power bank, and a large LED capability bar shows which voltages the source can provide from 5 V all the way up to 48 V. From there, buttons let you select a supported voltage in 0.1 V increments and request it from the charger.

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Older Pixel watches are losing free cellular access to several safety features

Features like Emergency SOS, Fall Detection, and Safety Check will require an active mobile plan after December 12th. by Andrew Liszewski Oct 8, 2026, 5:40 PM UTC Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Andrew Liszewski is a senior reporter who’s been covering and reviewing the latest gadgets

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Sony’s AI Patent Could Make PlayStation Bosses Learn How You Play

Sony has filed a patent that illustrates how a game's non-playable characters (including enemies and bosses) could use a machine learning (ML) model to dynamically adjust to a player's behaviors, which could allow some single-player games to gain levels of depth and difficulty that would normally

Everything Amazon Has Announced So Far In October 2026

Every week, the company has been introducing new devices and products. So here's a nifty roundup. Amazon Rather than hold a standard fall hardware event, Amazon has been announcing new products piecemeal over the last several weeks. It's a savvy move on the company's

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Older Pixel watches are losing free cellular access to several safety features

Sony’s AI Patent Could Make PlayStation Bosses Learn How You Play

Everything Amazon Has Announced So Far In October 2026

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