Bread is a great way to charge up one's body, what with its consisting mainly of carbohydrates. And now that most staple of foods can also charge your devices-- or rather the basket holding it can, with the Sister Schubert's Basket of Warmth.

Sister Schubert's is a US-based producer of baked goods, and its Basket of Warmth has been released just in time for the nation's biggest holiday, Thanksgiving. As the company puts it, the Basket of Warmth can make a holiday table centrepiece, feeding guests with warm carbs while ensuring devices are kept charged through 5 USB ports. It even has a space in the bottom where charging devices can be tucked away for storage.

The company also says the basket "uses the very electronic devices that create distractions at dinnertime to keep freshly baked Sister Schubert's dinner rolls warm,” but the details behind such a mechanism are hazy at best. Either way, Sister Schubert's insists "the Basket of Warmth is a reminder to all of us how important it is to disconnect, in order to reconnect with the ones we love. And there is no better time to bring that message to life than the holiday season, starting with Thanksgiving Day when families far and wide gather around the table."

Many USB-C dock solutions are available on the market, but Line Cooler's take is probably the biggest yet-- the Line Dock looks like the bottom half of a MacBook Pro, and packs a battery, storage and even active cooling.

The Line Dock carries a 20000mAh battery and supports Qi wireless charging, allowing users to simultaneously charge 4 compatible devices by simply laying them on top of it. It also carries an SSD (in 256GB, 512GB or 1TB sizes) to add more storage to laptops, while a built-in active cooling solution promises to keep devices at a temperature of around 11 degrees Celsius when in a 22 degree Celsius room.

Monster announces a portable power products lineup-- the Home Collection, aluminium-clad devices featuring rapid USB charging within designs complementing home and office decor.

The collection offers 3 charging stations, Large, Medium and Small, each with x4 USB ports, built-in stand, built-in cord management and LED night lights. The large version adds x4 power outlets for electrical devices while the medium has two plugs, and the two chargers also include Monster's Fireproof MOV surge protection technology.

The small version lacks in power outlets and surge protection.

Chinese vendor Xiaomi continues moving into the PC market with the announcement of a mouse-- the Mi Mouse, a dual-mode connection wireless rodent featuring anodised aluminium and ABS construction.

The Mi Mouse has a minimalist design reminiscent of Apple products, with 2 buttons and a scroll wheel in a configuration suitable for both left and right handed users. It is also fairly small, measuring 11.02 x 5.72 x 2.36cm, and inside is a 12000dpi Pixart 3610 sensor able to work on many surfaces, including paper, cloth, "ground glass" and, of course, regular mouse pads.