Author: Cinga
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Meta’s cheaper Quest 3S might just be an upgrade
Meta finally announced the very heavily leaked Quest 3S VR headset, and the leaks were right: it’s a $299.99 headset that looks like a mix of the Quest 2 and Quest 3. But now that the specs are official, I can tell you that it’s a lot closer to the Quest 3 than expected for…
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The Toyota Prius and Rav4 are no longer Prime
Toyota says the name change “is intended to help consumers more easily identify the powertrain choices” among Prius and Rav4 models. The 2025 versions of the Prius Plug-in will also have an updated “PHEV” (plug-in hybrid electric vehicle) badge on the rear. The Rav4, meanwhile, will no longer have a blue halo in the Toyota logo on both…
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Raycast is bringing its superpowerful Mac launcher to iOS and Windows
Raycast has become one of the best power-user Mac tools over the last few years. What started as a launcher — sort of a faster and better version of Apple’s own Spotlight tool — has become a way to interact with apps, manage windows, chat with AI, and much more. It’s kind of a modern…
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This Panasonic product is literally vaporware — it sprays displays into the air
Ever seen a fish swimming through water droplets in the air? Today, I learned Panasonic has been cleverly repurposing an outdoor air conditioning system to produce effects like that. Panasonic calls it “Silky Fine Mist,” and the company primarily sells it as a way to beat the heat. The company claims its nozzles use a…
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What’s this new mystery Nintendo device?
Nintendo has submitted a mysterious new wireless device to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) this weekend, and it isn’t the Switch 2 console we’re expecting to be revealed before next April. The CLO-001 model number doesn’t reveal what it actually is, but it appears to be an entirely new product line given the “001” codes…
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Watch the iPhone 16’s electrically charged battery replacement process
No sooner has the Phone 16 lineup arrived than the folks at iFixit start taking them apart, a process made easier this time around by the day-one release of repair manuals from Apple. The disassembly process shows the Camera Control is a real button that moves, along with a flex cable that likely measures force,…
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Jony Ive confirms he’s working on a new device with OpenAI
Jony Ive has confirmed that he’s working with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman on an AI hardware project. The confirmation came today as part of a profile of Ive in The New York Times, nearly a year after the possibility of a collaboration between Altman and the longtime Apple designer was first reported on. There aren’t…
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Microsoft’s Copilot key will be able to launch apps on Windows 11 soon
Microsoft is planning to allow Windows 11 users to customize the Copilot key that has started shipping on new laptops and keyboards. The Copilot key is configured as default to launch Microsoft’s Copilot app on Windows 11, but the company is now testing the ability to use it to launch other apps instead. A new…
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OceanGate’s ill-fated Titan sub relied on a hand-typed Excel spreadsheet
A former OceanGate contractor, Antonella Wilby, testified before a U.S. Coast Guard panel on Friday that the company’s Titan submarine, which imploded last year during a dive to the Titanic’s wreckage, relied on an incredibly convoluted navigation system. As Wilby described it during the US Coast Guard Marine Board of Investigation hearing, the Titan’s GPS-like ultra-short…
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Lionsgate signs deal to train AI model on its movies and shows
Today, Lionsgate — the studio behind films like the John Wick and Hunger Games franchises — announced that it is partnering with Runway to create a new customized video generation model intended to help “filmmakers, directors and other creative talent augment their work.” In a statement about the deal, Lionsgate vice chair Michael Burns described…