Terrence O'Brien
Casio’s handheld sampler sold out super fast in Japan.
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Andrew Liszewski
Stevie Bonifield
SpaceX is making its own GPUs.
That’s listed among SpaceX’s “substantial capital expenditures” in the S-1 registration filed ahead of its IPO, reports Reuters.
The space / AI / social network company is working with Intel to build its “Terafab” chip plant that Musk said could rely on a new 14A chip manufacturing process.
Andrew Webster
Terrence O'Brien
Spotify’s logo hasn’t actually changed that much in 20 years.
The original from 2006 stands out like a sore thumb, but after that, it’s just flattening and tweaks to the font. To celebrate its anniversary, the service is taking a victory lap and talking design. It’s also shared all-time most-streamed lists. No surprises there — it’s Taylor Swift and Joe Rogan.
Image: Spotify
Andrew Webster
Apple TV’s sci-fi run continues.
Over the last few weeks the streamer has provided updates on new seasons of Dark Matter and Silo, and now we have the first proper trailer for Star City, the For All Mankind spinoff that shows things from the Soviet perspective. It starts streaming on May 29th.
Software brain is changing the world, but most people still aren’t buying.
Nilay Patel
Ads, rate limits, feature restrictions, price hikes. The AI free ride is over.
Hayden Field
Andrew Webster
Somehow Yoshi got even more adorable.
There’s just something impossibly charming about the storybook art style of the upcoming Yoshi and the Mysterious Book, but if you’re curious how the Switch 2 game actually plays, Nintendo just dropped a six-minute-long overview trailer. The only thing missing is Donald Glover.
Andrew Liszewski
8BitDo’s Xbox-themed keyboard gets a matching numpad.
Nearly a year-and-a-half after launching its bright green Retro 87 Mechanical Keyboard - Xbox Edition, 8BitDo has announced a matching version of its wireless numpad/calculator. Even the 8BitDo Retro 18 Mechanical Numpad - Xbox Edition’s LCD display is green, and you can preorder it now for $44.99 with shipping starting on May 6th.
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1/2The numpad is officially licensed and compatible with Windows and Android devices. Image: 8BitDo
Robert Hart
Nothing speaks.
Nothing has launched Essential Voice, a dictation tool that tidies speech in more than 100 languages and sounds similar to a product Google launched earlier this month. It supports shortcuts for repeated words and phrases and speech-to-text translation. It’s currently only available for Phone (3) and Phone (4a) Pro, but Nothing hopes it’s the “beginnings of a new, voice-first interface” for its products.
