Andrew Liszewski

Following public exhibitions in New York, Los Angeles, and Paris, a collection of “props, annotated scripts, production materials, awards, filmmaking equipment and personal possessions” from the Stanley Kubrick Film Archives will be going up for auction thgrough Bonhams London starting on February 3rd, 2027.

Ahead of its third season of games launching tomorrow, Playdate is emailing users a reminder to update their handhelds with older versions of Playdate OS to more recent versions. (3.0.5 or later.) The secure certificate used in older versions of the OS will expire on October 15th preventing access to Playdate’s servers and necessitating a more complicated manual update after that date to get connected again.

In a growing thread on the Google Home subreddit many users are reporting an unusual issue today with the platform being unable to change the color of various brands of connected smart lights either through the app, or by using voice commands. Their brightness can still be adjusted, and the lights can be turned on or off, but changing the color only works in each bulb’s respective apps.

Using an external mini PC called the Ultimate Vectrex Multicart 2 to actually run and render a custom version of Doom, modder Jason Kopp managed to get the shooter playable through the Vectrex’s unique vector-based display. It’s a much simpler take on Doom, but one that’s no less creepy.

Inventor Matty Benedetto’s latest creation is a 60W USB-C charging cable disguised as a 10-foot extension cord complete with chunky connectors on each end. If you’re worried your charging cords aren’t overcrowding your USB hub you can grab the Extension-C Cables in orange, black, or green colors for $25 each.