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Andrew Liszewski

Andrew Liszewski

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    Roland’s new bright yellow keyboard speaks Minion.

    In an attempt to entice younger aspiring musicians to learn the piano, Roland has introduced a special edition of its GO:KEYS 3 electronic keyboard. While the company could have stopped at coloring it yellow and slapping Minions characters on it, Roland also packed the $450 keyboard with authentic Minions sounds and gibberish, including Bob, Kevin and Stuart’s voices.

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    Andrew Liszewski
    iFixit’s Steam Frame teardown finds Valve’s headset is surprisingly repairable.

    Although accessing the cooling fan requires quite a bit of disassembly and swapping out the battery involves a brief battle with glue, iFixit says Valve has applied the same “repair-friendly thinking” to the Steam Frame’s design as it did with the Steam Deck helping to potentially prolong the headset’s lifespan.

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    Andrew Liszewski
    The Stream Deck Neo’s smallest screen is getting more useful.

    With the new Stream Deck 7.6 update, Elgato is expanding the limited functionality of the $99.99 Neo’s Infobar screen beyond a clock and page indicators. You’ll now be able to make it show other useful info like weather forecasts, what’s playing on Spotify, your PC’s CPU and GPU stats, and when your AI agent needs your attention.

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    Andrew Liszewski
    The new pro version of Switchbot’s compact robovac has double the suction power.

    We called the K11 Plus the best robot vacuum for small spaces, but Switchbot’s upgraded K11 Plus Pro could be an even better option. For $399.99 you get a boost from 6,000Pa to 12,000Pa of suction potentially making it a more potent autonomous cleaner for apartments with multiple pets or spill-prone kids.

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    The Switchbot K11 Plus Pro robot vacuum cleaning a dirty wood floor near a sofa.
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    Andrew Liszewski
    CRKD’s tiny wireless gamepad with drift-resistant thumbsticks is now available.

    First announced last March with shipping in late June, the tiny Atom Plus is finally available from retailers like Amazon for $29.99. It’s slightly wider than the 8BitDo Micro but CRKD’s palmable gamepad adds a symmetrical pair of tunneling magnetoresistance (TMR) thumbsticks and two pairs of full-size shoulder buttons.

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    Earth’s Changelog highlights the good news around the world you probably missed.

    If you need an alternative to all the soul-destroying news filling your feeds all day long you can point your browser to Changelog.earth which is a variation on video game patch notes that instead highlights all the positive progress our planet is making. Believe it or not, good things are still happening.