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Andrew Liszewski

Andrew Liszewski

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    Valve is beta testing a new high bandwidth, low latency video codec that uses your GPU.

    It may not benefit every setup, the company warns, but Pyrowave is a new Steam Remote Play high bandwidth, low latency video codec now available in Steam beta on macOS, Windows, and Linux. It uses “5-10 times the amount of bandwidth of other streaming codecs,” but leverages your PC’s GPU to “encode and decode frames to achieve extremely low end to end latency with a good network.”

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    Andrew Liszewski
    The screen-used hero Batmobile from Tim Burton’s Batman Returns is headed to auction.

    If you’re on team Burton instead of team Nolan when it comes to which is the best Batmobile of all time, starting on November 23rd you can bid on an amazing piece of Batman memorabilia. Julien’s Auctions will have the screen-matched Batmobile hero car from Batman Returns up for grabs which is expected to fetch upwards of $7 million.

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    Jsaux’s E Ink and Pixel Matrix Steam Machine faceplates are now available.

    After first teasing their designs last November, the $99.99 E Ink and $89.99 Pixel Matrix magnetic faceplates are now available for preorder from Jsaux’s online store. The Verge’s Sean Hollister got some hands-on time with both displays and while the colorful pixelated faceplate needs a constant USB-C connection to the console, the E Ink is wireless with Bluetooth and a battery.

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    The new Apple Watches also reduce heart rate readings while Theater Mode is active.

    If you’re worried about the green LEDs being a bigger distraction in a dark theater now that the Apple Watch Series 12 and Ultra 4 measure your heart rate every five seconds, Theater Mode now reduces readings to five minute intervals while still silencing alerts and keeping the screen off. But you can override that new feature in the Apple Watch’s settings to restore the continuous monitoring.

    The front and back of the Apple Watch Series 12 with its heart rate reading LEDs activated.
    Image: Apple
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    Andrew Liszewski
    Apple is once again soldering the Mac mini’s SSD preventing aftermarket upgrades.

    While the Mac mini M4’s SSD was easily removable and upgradeable, the NAND module on the new Mac mini M6 and M5 Pro is soldered to the logic board, according to a blog post by Expand Mac mini. That’s the same approach Apple took with the Mac mini M1, M2, and M3.

    A partially opened Mac mini M4 computer.
    Replacing the SSD in the Mac mini M4 was relatively simple after some disassembly.
    Image: iFixit
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    Andrew Liszewski
    Yashica is upgrading a 67 year old camera to digital but keeping its retro flash.

    The original Yashica Y16 debuted in 1959 as a 16mm film camera but the company is reviving it as a 12-megapixel retro digital shooter with an added LCD display on the back. Pricing hasn’t been announced ahead of preorders opening in October, but the new Y16 will still feature a bright Xenon flash instead of using LEDs.

    <em>Yashica hasn’t revealed the size of the sensor in the Y16 but it’s expected to be small to keep the camera’s price accessible.</em>
    <em>The camera’s optical viewfinder is joined by a small LCD display for framing, adjusting settings, or perusing photos.</em>
    <em>The camera will launch in seven different color variations.</em>
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    Yashica hasn’t revealed the size of the sensor in the Y16 but it’s expected to be small to keep the camera’s price accessible.
    Image: Yashica
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    Andrew Liszewski
    Therabody is giving its smallest massager an iMac-inspired upgrade.

    The new Theragun Mini Y2K Collection exposes the Theragun Mini 3’s tech through a new translucent shell with color options inspired by the original iMac G3. The colors launching today through Therabody’s online store for $229.99 each include blue raspberry, grape blast, orange crush, strawberry splash, and green apple.

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    This tiny scroll wheel mouse doubles as a page-turning smartphone remote.

    The TimeXplayer V2 shrinks a two-button mouse with a scroll wheel down to the size of a matchbook, including a 2.4GHz USB receiver hidden inside. But it’s also got Bluetooth so you can connect it to your phone and use it as an alternative to the Boox Tappy as a handheld remote for doomscrolling or reading.

    A person holds the tiny TimeXplayer V2 wireless mouse between their fingers.
    The TimeXplayer V2 is launching through a Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign. Early bird backers can preorder one discounted from $85 to $55 with shipping expected to start in November.
    Image: Kickstarter
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    Andrew Liszewski
    Spending two and a half hours watching this meticulous Leica restoration is time well spent.

    After 100 years this Leica I was suffering from light leaks as a result of shutter curtains that had become porous. This satisfying ASMR video shares the two and a half hour process of the camera being disassembled, cleaned, repaired, and put back together by an expert technician.