Amazon debuts redesigned $99 Echo, plus a slew of new Echo devices, too

Enlarge (credit: Amazon) Amazon held an event today in Seattle and announced a pair of new Echo home speakers: the revamped $ 99 Echo and the $ 150 Echo Plus. The new Echo is the latest version of the company’s Alexa-powered home speaker, while the Echo Plus houses Amazon’s virtual assistant in addition to being […]

2018 Chevrolet Traverse in Depth: Reimagined, Redesigned, Reinvented

– Based on size alone, the Traverse has always excelled at hauling both people and cargo. With its all-new-for-2018 redesign, Chevrolet addressed what might have been the Traverse’s biggest negative: its minivan-esque appearance. The new Traverse is square-jawed and trucklike and loses none of its usefulness in the makeover. It features a new and contemporary […]

Polaroid just launched the OneStep 2, a redesigned version of its most famous camera

Polaroid Originals In 2008, Polaroid was on the verge of disappearing forever. The last remaining Polaroid factory was up for sale and the brand had stopped making instant film. A company called Impossible Project stepped in and bought the factory, and started producing Polaroid film on its own.  Nine years later, Impossible Project’s largest shareholder owns […]

Bryan Fuller Named the ‘Star Trek: Discovery’ Lead and Redesigned the Klingons [TCA 2017]

Bryan Fuller met the Television Critics Association last summer to talk about his plans for Star Trek: Discovery, but then left the show to focus on his Starz series American Gods. Today, CBS All Access presented a full panel with Discovery’s cast and producers, which revealed two significant elements that remain from Fuller. The first […]

Patagonia’s newly redesigned backpack for women is way more comfortable than any other I own

The Insider Picks team writes about stuff we think you’ll like. Business Insider has affiliate partnerships, so we get a share of the revenue from your purchase. Patagonia I love a good backpack—it makes it easier to carry my gym clothes to work, take up less room on the subway in the morning, and doesn’t […]

A New Heading: Redesigned Jeep Compass in Depth!

– Fresh off a complete redesign and working hard to emulate its more attractive, more refined big brother, the Grand Cherokee, the Jeep Compass pairs a compact, affordable package with a host of high-tech options and several upmarket interior features. It ventures into a narrow wedge of market territory between the subcompact Jeep Renegade and […]

Apple introduces a redesigned 10.5-inch iPad Pro starting at $649.99

Enlarge / The ecosystem keeps growing. SAN JOSE, Calif.—Apple’s WWDC isn’t usually about hardware, but the company used its keynote today to introduce a fairly major new product: a fully redesigned iPad Pro, designed to replace the current 9.7-inch tablet that debuted back in March of 2016. The new tablet’s defining feature is its new […]

2018 Subaru Crosstrek Photos and Info: Redesigned for the Faithful

– Once upon a time, there was a modest little Subaru called the Outback Sport. A derivative of the first-generation “just like punk, ’cept it’s cars” Impreza, the Sport existed until 2011, when Fuji’s heavies sent the not-the-same-as-a-real-Outback name off to Paul Hogan’s big backyard in Australia. Its replacement, the XV Crosstrek, hit our shores […]