The just-released PS5 Pro (here’s my review!) has a bunch of ways to amp visuals. But since Sony says most people prefer 60fps, we’re comparing the 2020 PS5’s 60fps “Performance” modes, and the new “Performance Pro” modes that give you higher detail at the same 60fps target. Plus Bloodborne for PS4.
Hopefully Meta doesn’t compress the video too much!
Magnetic SD readers are one thing — but there’s also a new wave of MagSafe SSDs with passthrough charging! My early fav is this Dockcase because the screen keeps track of temps, speeds and more; I’m also testing the smaller Genki SavePoint and not-inherently-magnetic Sharge Disk Plus.
Fair warning, they’re all crowdfunded. Dockcase’s Kickstarter ends this week.
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Russ Crandall is Retro Game Corps, and his job is at stake.
Intel just reported Q3 2024 earnings, and losses are ten times worse than Q2 — a $16.6 billion loss, up from $1.6 billion. But Intel says that’s because of write-offs and restructuring to turn its fortunes around, including depreciating old manufacturing for its Intel 7 node.
Revenue was actually slightly up this quarter — and Intel says the “vast majority” of its planned layoffs are over.
There were reasons to be skeptical of the turnkey, emulator-centric Steam Machine idea, and reasons to root for it too — but in the end, Sedano tells me he only got around 40 orders, and that he needed closer to 100.
He says he’s already refunded every backer, and did produce these two cases before shutting the project down:
Even as DJI fights the label of “Chinese Military Company” in the US, rival Skydio is facing similar scrutiny in China. Three weeks ago, China froze its assets because it allegedly provided military assistance to Taiwan.
Skydio says its only Taiwanese customer is the National Fire Agency — and that the move will impact battery supplies for months.
[Skydio]
