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Nintendo’s Zelda 40th Anniversary Pro Controller Comes with a Display Stand
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Accessories, Video Games,
Nintendo built a controller that comes with its own display stand, which tells you exactly what it expects you to do with it.
The Nintendo Switch 2 Pro Controller: The Legend of Zelda 40th Anniversary Edition showed up at today's Zelda 40th Anniversary Direct and lands October 29. The right grip is green, the left is black, a gold Triforce runs across the middle of the face, the trigger buttons are gold, and there's a small Hylian crest tucked up top. It launches the same day as the matching Zelda 40th Anniversary Edition Switch 2 console and a carrying case with screen protector, both wearing the same gold Triforce on black (we've got a separate post on the console).
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Logitech’s $99 MX Keypad Bets Your AI Prompts Deserve a Physical Button
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Accessories, Peripherals, Artificial Intelligence,
You probably have a prompt you retype several times a day. Something like "run the tests and fix whatever breaks," or "explain this function to me like I just joined the team." You paste it into Copilot, then paste it again into a terminal ten minutes later. Logitech's bet is that a prompt like that has earned a physical button.
The MX Keypad went on sale September 8 for $99.99 in Graphite and Pale Grey. You get nine keys, each one a small full-color LCD you can drop an icon on, plus two page buttons that cycle through as many as 15 pages of layouts. It measures 3.6 by 3.1 inches, weighs 96 grams, plugs in over USB-C, and works with macOS 13 or later and Windows 10 or later.
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Verbatim’s AA, AAA and 9V Batteries Charge From a USB-C Cable, No Charger Needed
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Accessories, USB, Misc. Tech,
Somewhere in your house is a drawer with loose AA batteries rolling around in it, and you have no idea which ones still work. Verbatim's answer, shown off at IFA in Berlin, is to move the charging port onto the battery itself. Plug the cell into the same cable that charges your phone and wait.
The company brought AA, AAA and 9V lithium-ion cells, all of which charge over USB-C with no dedicated charger involved. The AA and AAA packs come with a multi-connector charging cable so you can top up several at once. The AAA is worth a second look, because its USB-C port runs lengthwise along the cell instead of sitting across the end, which is about the only sane way to fit a port that size on something that skinny.
Apple Cut the Price of the Polishing Cloth in Half
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Accessories, Apple,
Apple spent this morning raising the price of its cheapest desktop by 50 percent. It also released a new Polishing Cloth for $9, down from $19. The cloth is the only thing in the lineup that got cheaper today.
It's available now. Apple's product description is word for word what it was before: soft, nonabrasive material that safely cleans any Apple display, including nano-texture glass.
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Bose’s New QuietComfort Headphones Borrow the Ultra’s Best Trick for $359
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Accessories, Portable Audio / Video,
If you wear glasses and you've ever noticed noise cancellation working worse than the review scores promised, you weren't imagining it. The arm of your frames breaks the seal on the earcup, and ANC that depends on a sealed cavity starts leaking. Bose says it finally built around that.
The new QuietComfort Headphones (2nd Gen) arrive today at $359, the first real hardware update to the line since 2023. Preorders open August 8 and shipping starts August 13.
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Faraday Future Announces 4 New Robots Pushing Further Away from EV Sales
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Faraday Future, the EV startup whose car-delivery numbers have historically looked like a group chat headcount, has a new pitch: buy its robots. The company is now showing off a lineup that includes a humanoid, a quadruped, and an industrial robot arm - because when Plan A is hard, sometimes you add legs. |
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From the event floor: I was at Faraday Future’s El Segundo launch event, where the company introduced four new EAI devices: the full-size All-New Futurist humanoid, the FX Navi quadruped, and two smaller humanoid concepts called Master Mini and Nova. The core pitch was that FF can take the AI and software work it has done for cars and extend it into robots for homes, schools, factories, and public spaces. It was an ambitious reset for a company still trying to prove it can ship at scale - and a reminder that in 2026, every mobility company eventually finds its way to robotics. |
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The awkward bit: Faraday said in January 2025 it had sold “15 or 16” vehicles. Now it expects over 100 robot shipments in June and says first-half shipments should top its 220-unit target. That’s not a comeback story yet - but it is a very expensive side quest. I’ll be keeping my eye on this one. |
Best Amazon Prime Day 2019 Deals!
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Accessories, Smartphones, Handhelds, Home Entertainment, Hot Deals, Smart Home, PC / Laptop, Peripherals, Portable Audio / Video, Video Games,
It's Amazon Prime Day across the world, and as promised, here are some of the best Amazon Prime Day 2019 deals you can get! I will update this list throughout the day:
TECH DEALS
- Ecobee SmartThermostat $200 (save $50)
- Eero WiFi System $150 (save $200)
- 20% off Amazon Warehouse
- Braun Series 7 Smart Shaver $140 (save $60)
- SanDisk Ultra 400GB microSD card $44.99 (save $20.83)
- Microsoft Surface Headphones $189.99 (save $160)
- Oculus Go VR Headset $159 (save $40)
APPLE DEALS
- $250 off the latest iPad Pros
- Take $100 off Apple’s 128GB 9.7-inch iPad
- iPad Air $40 off
- iPad Mini $15
- iPad Pros 2017 $480 off
- Apple Watch Series 4 - $75 off
- Apple AirPods with wireless charging for $179
- Newly-released MacBook Air $200 off
- $50 iTunes & App Store Gift Cards for $40 (save $10)
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Geared Up: Apple cancels AirPower, Top 5 HomeKit Smart Devices!
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Accessories, Apple, Smart Home, Video Games,
Apple has cancelled the long-awaited AirPower wireless charging mat, and I go over what went wrong and why it was an uphill battle from the beginning.
I also bring you a look at my top 5 favorite HomeKit-compatible smart home devices. These all work with Siri and Apple devices, but if you use Amazon Alexa or Google Assistant, each one will be compatible with your home too!
Lastly, I talk about the upcoming Sega Genesis Mini retro gaming console, including when we can expect it to be released and which games will be included - all in this episode of Geared Up!
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Listen to this episode of the Geared Up podcast for analysis of the latest from Apple and the latest smart home devices.
Amazon Fire TV Cube hands-on review, new AirPods 2 coming soon - Geared Up!
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Accessories, Apple, Wearables, Features, Home Entertainment, Portable Audio / Video, Product Reviews,
Amazon is trying to get its Alexa voice assistant into as many homes as possible. Its latest offering: The Fire TV Cube, which essentially turns any TV into a smart TV with Alexa voice control. We try it out live on this episode. The integration with certain apps, like Netflix and Hulu, is pretty cool. Simply saying "Alexa, play Stranger Things," opened the Netflix app and started playing right where we left off. Using voice control to fast forward, switch TV inputs and open apps also works well. But for other apps that aren't integrated, like Sling TV, the experience isn't quite so smooth. The box also doesn't work with over-the-air cable TV, as some reports said it would. In other news, Oculus announced a new virtual reality TV app this week, and some people are unimpressed. We also dive into a report that points to a new line of AirPods coming before the end of the year, including higher-end over-the-ear headphones.
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Hands on with the new Oculus Go and Lenovo Mirage Solo portable VR headsets - Geared Up!
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Accessories, Apple, Displays, PC / Laptop, Videos,
The Geared Up Giveaway is back! We're giving Geared Up subscribers the chance to win an Oculus Go headset. See the bottom of this post for details on how to enter the giveaway.
The VR hype is starting to get real. Just in the past two weeks, Facebook's Oculus launched the highly affordable and convenient Oculus Go while Lenovo debuted its more sophisticated by pricey Mirage Solo, both more convenient devices than their powerful but bulky predecessors. So how do the two new headsets compare? We've been testing them out and on this episode, we go hands-on with both devices to give our reviews.
Plus, we're offering Geared Up subscribers the chance to win an Oculus Go headset -- just subscribe to Geared Up in your favorite podcast app and use the widget at the bottom of the page to enter. In other news, Apple is facing a class-action lawsuit over the controversial MacBook keyboard and Microsoft announced a second generation of the Surface Hub, its huge wall-mounted PC. HP also made headlines this week with its announcement of several new laptops and desktops.
Win an Oculus Go VR Headset from Geared Up!
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