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2025 has been a stellar year for gadget releases. More innovative gear has hit our desks than ever before and we wasted no time diving deep into testing. The Esquire staff tried AI-powered pillows, a projector you can fit into your briefcase, a robot lawn mower, and an ice cream swirly machine we're all fighting over. Behold the 63 tech items you should think about adding to your life. – Krista Jones, commerce director Plus: |
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These 63 products prove that keeping up with the times matters. Ranging from robots to red-light technology, this is what you're missing. |
No matter which generation you fall into, there is no doubt at some point you experienced a milestone moment around a piece of technology. Boomers might recall their first TV going from black-and-white to color. Or the first time one of their children forced a flip phone on them. Millennials and Gen Xers will remember their first desktop computer and its dial-up Internet. And Gen Zers will remember their first smartphone from elementary school and downloading Snapchat behind their parents' backs. No matter your age, you embraced the tech, learned something new, and never looked back.
Those big moments now feel so small and so spread out in comparison with the high-tech, AI-driven development we see now. Every week, artificial intelligence has a new "first." There are more tech companies than ever, releasing more products and updates than ever. We are surrounded by a mess of gadgets. It's hard to keep up with, but it's also essential to do so. Our digital world forces you to stay with the times. Maybe it's good for us; maybe not. Either way, we sure as hell don't have a choice. |
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For all that's been said about menswear swallowing up workwear as an aesthetic these past few years, inducting chore jackets and cargo pants into the canon of must-have pieces, boots are a completely different story. Boots have always been cool, even if you don't actually clock in for shifts at the lumberyard. Eighties rockers and '90s rappers knew the virtues of a solid boot. They ran in them, so the rest of us can walk with swagger.
While there exist several big-name boot brands with cultural cachet, Wolverine, established in 1883, is refreshingly uncool. Largely ignored by fashion types, Wolverine's boots have been free to just be damn fine work boots that offer comfort and durability at sweetheart prices. The workhorse of the brand, the Floorhand, is an unsuspecting boot that holds it down against more iconic stompers like the six-inch Timberland and the 1460 by Doc Martens
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Colin Hanks remembers the exact moment he met John Candy. He was just a child when his father, Tom (you may have heard of him before), starred in Splash with Candy, yet the Canadian comedian talked to Colin as if he weren't a six-year-old with zero business walking around a film set. "Even as a kid, he connected with me," Hanks tells me. "He made me feel heard, and that's rare for an adult to make that kind of impression on a kid. Not many adults do." Some 40 years later, Hanks received a cold call from Ryan Reynolds. They had exchanged messages here and there over the years. The two actors were both young stars coming up in Hollywood around the same time, though they had never worked together before. Still, Reynolds was a massive John Candy fan, according to Hanks, so the Deadpool star pitched him an idea. "He said, 'Look, I don't know what it is, but I just think a John Candy documentary should exist.' " |
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