From blasting music on a boom box to watching a photo develop in your hands, many people are rediscovering the imperfect charm of older gadgets that smartphones and laptops just can’t replicate. Tech ...

A recent report suggests that a majority of those between the ages of 13 and 39 use at least one form of retro tech ...

With gizmos like reMarkable — a $400 tablet designed to replace a $3 pencil and pad of paper — tech companies are making the future feel more like the past. By Benjamin Svetkey Articles Editor I’m ...

London Glorfield can hardly remember a world where smartphones and screens weren't a fixture of his everyday life. The 23-year-old former recording artist was just five years old when the iPhone was ...

U.S. CD revenue jumped 58.6% in the first half of 2026, reversing last year’s decline as interest in retro tech and physical media continues to grow.

A PlayStation 5 running on a four-decade-old boombox television sounds like a punchline. It’s not. A viral video that has racked up more than 1.4 million views on X shows exactly that setup in action.

History is filled with tech innovations that were ahead of their time - but still flopped. From futuristic handhelds to forgotten consoles and clever communication devices, these retro gadgets had the ...

It’s easy to forget that Marques Brownlee is all of 26 years old, until he says that he’d never played a game on a Nintendo Game Boy until recently, or that he was in high school when the first iPhone ...

Consumer technology changes all the time, and it’s usually for the better in most cases. Yet, there’s something charming about retro tech. Whether it’s nostalgia, design, or the actual practicality of ...

Best Buy has a slew of sales on retro gaming consoles, point and shoot cameras, vinyl turntables, and more for Techtober.