Sean Hollister

Senior Editor

Razer wants to make over your living room with its own smart gamer lights

Sean HollisterSep 21, 2023

Razer finally heard us — it’s overhauling Synapse.

It’s the desktop peripheral control app PC gamers love to hate. Now Razer says a new streamlined version of Synapse, rewritten for multithreaded CPUs and coming Q4, is 30 percent faster. Razer’s breaking out a standalone Chroma RGB app too.

“Every single person, ourselves included, complained that when you plug in a new piece of hardware, you have to update the drivers in Synapse,“ says spokesperson Will Powers. “Not anymore.” Check the gallery below for a peek.

1/5

Sean HollisterSep 21, 2023

Razer’s wallpaper engine is adding type-to-paint generative AI.

“Vibrant and energetic graffiti on the wall” created the PC wallpaper you see below, the company claims, whose colors you can one-click propagate across Chroma RGB devices.

It’s called Axon Create, and it uses Leonardo.ai. I asked and they wouldn’t let me try it ahead of announcement, but you can apparently try it today.

Razer goes after the Herman Miller Aeron with its Fujin gaming chair

Sean HollisterSep 21, 2023

“We’ve tested it with a lot of raging.”

That’s Razer CEO Min-Liang Tan, introducing the company’s new flagship Huntsman V3 Pro gaming keyboards. They’ve got a second-gen optical switch that can still reset instantly after you press — now with adjustable actuation as little as 0.1mm (down from 1.2mm), and lighter at 40g (down from 45g). See them in the gallery below.

1/10

Sean HollisterSep 21, 2023

Razer promises to add nutrition labels to ALL its gaming hardware.

Not for eating! It’s so you can see the carbon footprint, water, mineral, and fossil usage of your new mouse or keyboard (or laptop?) right on the box, starting with the DeathAdder v2 X Hyperspeed.

Razer spokesperson Will Powers says it’ll be a slow rollout, as Razer has to get UL EcoLogo certification on each and every product, but that process is “baked into R&D going forward.”

1/3

Lego’s awesome $60 Super Mario Piranha Plant just earned a spot in my brick garden

Sean HollisterSep 21, 2023

Sean HollisterSep 20, 2023

Skydio’s drones do the things I want now they won’t sell to me.

Look, all I wanted was a self-flying drone that folds, doesn’t need good light to fly, with a real controller and a quality camera for, IDK, less than the price of a PC. Instead, Skydio conceded its entire consumer business to DJI and gave all its toys to the po-po.

The new X10 can apparently fly itself in total darkness. Damn am I jealous.