The Snyder Cut is set to release on March 18th, but some viewers already got a truly inexplicable sneak peek today — quite a few people trying to watch the Tom and Jerry movie on HBO Max were instead shown the upcoming R-rated version of Justice League (via The Hollywood Reporter). I guess you could… Read more
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Raspberry Pi Cat Detector Gun Scans for Felines
Home News (Image credit: Niklas Fauth) Sometimes you’re looking at a cat and sometimes you’re not. We know what it’s like. But how you can know for sure? With Niklas Fauth’s Raspberry Pi-powered cat detecting gun, of course! Don’t worry, this cat-detecting gun is safe—shooting only images that are evaluated using machine learning to determine… Read more
read more...Best laser pointer 2021: Let these gadgets point the way
(Pocket-lint) – A good laser pointer can be a surprisingly versatile little tool – you can use it to elevate any presentation you might have to make, letting you point to specific data without needing to generalise or make big gestures, for example. Equally, though, it can be a fun little toy to play with… Read more
read more...Motorola Moto G Stylus (2021) review: the write stuff
If you buy something from a Verge link, Vox Media may earn a commission. See our ethics statement. Calling the 2021 Motorola Moto G Stylus the best budget stylus phone feels a bit like a backhanded compliment. There’s more or less just one other contender for that title, the LG Stylo 6, which is too… Read more
read more...NFTs, explained
There’s nothing like an explosion of blockchain news to leave you thinking, “Um… what’s going on here?” That’s the feeling I’ve experienced while reading about Grimes getting millions of dollars for NFTs or about Nyan Cat being sold as one. You might be wondering: what is an NFT, anyhow? After literal hours of reading, I… Read more
read more...Intel Reportedly Confirms March 30 Release Date for Rocket Lake-S CPUs
Home News (Image credit: Shutterstock) Intel might have finally set an official release date for its Rocket Lake chips that will soon vie for a spot on our list of Best CPUs. HardwareLUXX editor Andreas Schilling today reported that “the sales embargo for 11th Gen Desktop processors (Rocket Lake S) is March 30, 2021, at… Read more
read more...Grimes sold $6 million worth of digital art as NFTs
Grimes is the latest artist to get in on the NFT gold rush, selling around $6 million worth of digital artworks after putting them up for auction yesterday. A series of 10 pieces — some one of a kind, others with thousands of copies — went up for sale on Nifty Gateway on November 28th…. Read more
read more...LG Stylo 6 review: great stylus features, sketchy performance
If you buy something from a Verge link, Vox Media may earn a commission. See our ethics statement. The LG Stylo 6 is a sub-$300 phone with a built-in stylus, which puts it in exclusive company: the $299 Motorola Moto G Stylus is more or less its only direct competition. For its $270 price, the… Read more
read more...Arlo Essential Video Doorbell Wire-Free review: Ding dong
(Pocket-lint) – Arlo is a big name in home security, with a wide range of cameras, so extending its offering to the front door makes a lot of sense. Having originally launched an Audio Doorbell – which connected to an Arlo system – the obvious leap was to integrate video and audio to make it… Read more
read more...Go read this piece about why you may be seeing a lot of city pop in your feeds
City pop is a genre defined by nostalgia. Though, as Cat Zhang writes, that nostalgia is algorithmically generated — and its recent popularity is wrapped in the acceleration of global exchange and a whole Western mythology of Japan as the capitalist future. Yesterday, Zhang published an elegant capsule history of the genre in Pitchfork, which… Read more
read more...Upcoming Oculus Quest and Quest 2 games: VR experiences to watch out for
(Pocket-lint) – Looking for an excuse to buy an Oculus Quest 2? Or just wondering what games will be available to play? Then you’ve come to the right place. squirrel_widget_2679961 There are numerous VR experiences coming in the next few months. Fantastic games to add to the collection of already awesome games available on the… Read more
read more...Pokémon might be famous for its games, but it also has some great gadgets
Pokémon might be renowned for its cooperative gameplay, delightful spinoffs, and making an intimidating genre approachable, but the franchise also has a long history of creative and interesting gadgets. The series is bursting with technology. The original in-game pokédex clearly takes inspiration from early Palm Pilot-like devices, for example. And if you think about them,… Read more
read more...The Oatmeal’s creator says his new game is a way to ‘play the comic’
The creator of The Oatmeal, Matthew Inman, released a new cat-themed mobile word game called Kitty Letter earlier this week that feels like playing one of his irreverent comic strips. That feeling was intentional, Inman told me. “My comics have always been rhetorical,” he said. “You don’t interact with the comic, you have no say… Read more
read more...25 of the best tracks for testing bass
Everybody loves low frequencies, right? To celebrate all things bass we’ve rounded up a list of some of our favourite test tracks when it comes to the bottom end. Volume isn’t everything, quite the opposite, so expect subtlety and detail, as well as the occasional trouser-flapper. Whether you’re listening to a stereo system or a… Read more
read more...Nyan Cat is being sold as a one-of-a-kind piece of crypto art
Nyan Cat turns 10 this year, and to mark the occasion, a one-of-a-kind edition of the iconic GIF is going up for auction. Chris Torres, the artist behind Nyan Cat, has remastered the original animation and will be selling it through the crypto art platform Foundation. The auction begins at 1PM ET today and will… Read more
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