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- ## Fujifilm’s upgraded Instax mini LiPlay+ can add audio clips to photos, and now has twin cameras

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- ## 100 years after pop-up toasters debuted, Breville might finally have improved on the original design with the high-tech – and pricey – Eye Q

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