While we in Slovenia are passionately polishing the brass on the Titanic and fighting over deck chairs, Silicon Valley has long since switched to the Enterprise and turned on warp drive. Biology is becoming software, aging is just a "bug" in the code, and in the meantime we are collecting corks and waiting three years for an inspection, convinced that the pinnacle of civilization is a properly completed travel order. Read why most of our jobs today are just shuffling digital paper before extinction and why what is coming is not just a storm, but a completely new climate in which you will be wet to the bone without an umbrella. We are at the point of the singularity of progress - let me explain.
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JoinedJuly 26, 2013
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Jan Macarol is the responsible editor of the printed and online editions of City Magazine Slovenia. Together with his two assistants, he strives to offer readers the most unique and fresh information about urban culture, technological innovations, fashion and everything an urban nomad needs to survive in a fast-paced world.
The year 2026 could bring a revolution in Apple's world - without the standard iPhone 18, but with powerful Pro models, a foldable iPhone and a bunch of tech goodies. Rumors point to a strategic delay that could shake up the smartphone market.
I bet you 100 euros that you're reading this on your phone when you should be doing something else. Maybe you're at work, maybe you're on the toilet, maybe your kid is drawing on the wall in the corner of the room and you're too busy scrolling to notice. Don't worry, you're not alone. You're just another lab rat in the biggest experiment in human history. And spoiler alert: you're losing
If you've spent the last few years believing that the pinnacle of automotive evolution is the quiet hum of a two-ton electric crossover that parks itself outside a shopping mall, please sit down. Maybe pour yourself a glass of something strong. What you're looking at is not a car. This is the Red Bull RB17. It's a mechanical middleman to all emissions regulations, pedestrian safety systems and logic in general. It's the legendary Adrian Newey's last act at Red Bull before he left for Aston Martin, and it looks like he wanted to go out with a bang. Literally. It's a track-only monster that promises Formula 1 lap times, but without the need for a team of twenty engineers to crank the engine. Well, almost.
Modern SUVs have become as exciting as hot water. They're all safe, they're all "eco," they all have touchscreens the size of your living room, and they're all designed to get Andreja to school safely without spilling her oat-milk latte. And then there's the Toyota Land Cruiser 250. It's basically a car that says, "Fuck, I'm a blockhead and I'm proud of it." But for Japanese tuning house Kuhl Racing, that wasn't enough. They decided to turn this decent SUV into something Darth Vader would drive if he moved to the countryside and started illegally logging. Introducing the Kuhl Land Cruiser 250 "Blocker Iron Build."
Nvidia has unveiled something that sounds like the name of a new washing powder – Nvidia Alpamayo. But it’s the first AI for autonomous driving that doesn’t just follow the rules, but actually thinks. Leave that aside for a moment. The car will “think” about its next move. That means the average new car on the road will soon have a higher IQ than the average road user. And, most frighteningly, it will probably have more ethics, too.
Forget flying cars and smart refrigerators that judge you for your midnight snacks. At CES 2026, Hyundai just did something we've been waiting for decades, but also a little afraid of. They brought the new Atlas. Not the kind that parkours in YouTube videos, but one that's ready to go. It walks like a human, lifts like an Olympian, and picks itself up off the ground in a way that would send an exorcist fleeing. The new Atlas is here, and it's ready to take on the heavy lifting—literally.
Finally, a smartphone that doesn't vie for your attention or sell your soul to advertisers. Punkt. The MC03 is a Swiss-made, German-made safe, with a removable battery and an operating system that gives Google the middle finger. But freedom comes at a price - literally.
Imagine sitting at a restaurant. The waiter assures you that there are no peanuts in the sauce, but you see that blank look in his eyes that says, "I have no idea what's in that sauce, all I know is that it was heated in the microwave." For most people, this is just poor service. For people with allergies, it's a game of Russian roulette with a loaded revolver. But at CES 2026, we saw a device - the Allergen Alert Mini Lab - that ends that game.
Just when we were getting used to the idea that the automotive future would sound like a broken smoothie blender and that big V8s were the stuff of history textbooks, Ram did something wonderful. Something completely irrational. After two years of silence, they opened the doors of Jurassic Park and let the beast off the chain. The 2027 Ram 1500 SRT TRX is back and, honestly, the Raptor R needs to start shaking.
If Fender had waited a little longer, we'd probably be listening to music directly through neural interfaces. While Marshall has been selling its "lifestyle" since 2010, it took Fender forever to get on board. But here they are, in 2026, with the Fender MIX headphones. Did they miss the party, or did they finally deliver the sound we've all been waiting for? So - the Fender MIX headphones.
It's true, rubbing your fingers across a glass surface feels about as natural as trying to play the piano on a tablet. It works, but it's soulless. For nearly two decades, we've pretended to like it when autocorrect turns meaningful messages into complete nonsense. But the solution is here. The Clicks Communicator isn't just a phone; it's a rebellion against the tyranny of touchscreens. And a phone for old farts.











