New keycaps are an inexpensive way to refresh your mechanical keyboard, especially if the legends on your current caps have disappeared after years of use. That’s not something you’ll have to worry about with HyperX’s latest Pudding Keycaps. The $25 keycap set, available now, is made from double-shot PBT material. They’re two pieces molded together, so …
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AI reconstructs Pac
If you watched 50,000 games of Pac-Man, you’d probably be pretty good at drawing out what you saw. Nvidia’s GameGAN artificial intelligence model, however, was able to recreate the classic dot-chomping game for its 40th birthday from scratch without a traditional game engine in a matter of days. Generative adversarial networks, or GANs, are made up of two competing neural networks. …
Read More »Apple may drop EarPods from iPhone 12 box, analyst says
When Apple rolls out the iPhone 12, there might be one fewer thing in the box: EarPod headphones. The move could potentially drive sales of the company’s totally wireless AirPods, additionally pushed by holiday promotions at the end of 2020, according to a report from analyst Ming-Chi Kuo. Apple’s wired EarPod headphones have accompanied new iPhones since the iPhone 5 …
Read More »GoPro Zeus Mini bundles a waterproof light and magnetic clip mount for $70
Low-light image quality gets better with every generation of GoPro’s Hero cameras, including its latest Hero8 Black and Max. Still, some extra light after sunset definitely helps, so GoPro made the tiny $50 200-lumen LED Light Mod. The Light Mod is now available bundled with the company’s $25 magnetic swiveling mounting clip to form the $50 Zeus Mini. Read more: Best action …
Read More »Alienware adds Nvidia RTX Super, Radeon RX graphics to Area
The latest Alienware Area-51m R2 is essentially a small gaming desktop with a screen and keyboard attached. The monster gaming laptop is getting its first refresh since the first Area-51m arrived last year when it posted some of the best gaming performance we’d seen in the category. It goes on sale on June 9 starting at $3,050. International prices aren’t …
Read More »HyperX, Ducky partner on One 2 Mini limited edition mechanical gaming keyboard
Gaming accessory and hardware maker HyperX announced today a new collaboration with keyboard manufacturer DuckyChannel International and its first product, a limited-edition Ducky One 2 Mini mechanical keyboard. The ultracompact two-tone keyboard uses HyperX’s red linear switches combined with Ducky’s custom double-shot PBT keycaps. It’s got a 60% design, meaning it’s 60% of the size of a standard full-size keyboard. …
Read More »Best tech for students working from home
For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO and CDC websites. Many families are still balancing work and keeping their kids’ education on track due to school closures from the coronavirus. While you might have been able to get by with a single family computer at home, the current situation may demand buying something …
Read More »Lenovo Yoga C940 vs. Yoga C740: Which 2
Lenovo currently makes two of the best two-in-one laptops you’re going to find in the Yoga C740 and Yoga C940. Both have a premium look and feel, but the streamlined C740 starts at less than $800, while the premium C940 jumps off around $1,100. Although some of the price difference is performance-related, there are also a few key features that …
Read More »Polaroid Now gives the classic instant camera a new look and lens
For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO and CDC websites. This probably isn’t the best time to announce a new product, let alone an analog instant camera. A camera that’s almost entirely about being close to people and sharing experiences. But that’s not stopping Polaroid from moving forward with its new Polaroid Now …
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While all of the major PC makers have budget-friendly gaming laptops now, Dell expanded its lineup to three separate models: the G3, G5 and G7. There is a lot of overlap between the models — in design, features and component options — which makes choosing one somewhat confusing. Since I had the chance to review all three, my recommendations are …
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