The best holiday gifts for tech fanatics

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Teeny Tiny Charger

Mighty enough to save your phone, small enough to lose in the abyss of your bag: Anker’s Nano Power Bank packs 5,000 mAh of power—enough for a day’s worth of meme-swapping—into a pocket-sized cube $70

Game Changer

8BitDo’s controller is as colourful as it is customizable, with swappable buttons, drift-resistant tech, throwback vibes and next-gen precision. $80

Digital Microscope

STEM Adventures’ kid-friendly portable scope zooms 1,000x with built-in LEDs. Bugs, plants and random rocks from the park had better get ready for their close-ups. $125

Wi-Fi Landline

The ’90s called—and they said, “Hey, that phone is super fly!” Tin Can’s Wi-Fi-enabled landline connects kids only to approved contacts. $99

E-reader for Kids

Built for beach days, bedtime and everything in between, the newest Kindle Paperwhite Kids is waterproof and comes with six months of Amazon Kids Plus, unlocking thousands of titles for readers ages three to 12. $215

Heated Camping Chair

Kuma’s Canadian-designed Lazy Bear puts you in the hot seat—literally, thanks to Bluetooth-controlled seat warmers for all-weather lounging. $250

Lava Lamp Speaker

Govee’s JBL-enhanced lamp pulses light to your playlist. It’s groovy and actually sounds good—it’s a lava lamp glow-up. $250

Big Screen Energy

Why doomscroll on your phone when you can beam it on the wall with this Kodak mini projector for the whole group to see? $259

Medieval Sound Machine

Get ready to whip up ye olde bangers with Teenage Engineering’s beatmaker programmed with hundreds of medieval sounds. Hildegard of Bingen, who? $430

AI Glasses

Rokid’s Kickstarter-smashing AI glasses pack a heads-up AR display, real-time translation and a 12-megapixel camera for first-person filming (if you’re into that sort of thing). $529

Get a Grip

Leica’s new ergonomic MagSafe Lux Grip turns your iPhone into a mini masterpiece machine with pro-level shutter controls and signature Leica filters. $550

Robot Cleaning Companion

Roborock’s Q7L5+ robot vacuum features an impressive 8000 Pa of suction that effectively clears dirt, crumbs, pet hair and more from every floor type. This vacuum also comes with advanced LiDAR mapping, intelligent route planning and real-time scanning, ensuring your home is completely covered. $599.99 ($299.99 until December 1)

Paper Tablet

ReMarkable’s new pocket-sized tablet brings its signature paper feel to your commute for note-taking bliss on the go. $729

Smart Garden

Self-watering and app-tracked, Plantaform’s “fogponic” garden grows 15 plants at once. It’s basically FarmVille, but you can eat it. $850

Old-School Camera Cool

Nikon’s Zf pairs vintage design with cutting-edge tech—think manual dials, full-frame power, and deep-learning-powered focus and tracking. $2,699

Exoskeleton Pants

From the brain of an ex–Google X engineer—with an assist from outdoor giant Arc’teryx— these “movewear” pants fuse robotics and design to add a futuristic bounce to your step. $7,016