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Terrence O'Brien

Terrence O'Brien

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    Mastodon can’t comply with Mississippi’s age verification laws.

    Bluesky already blocked users in Mississippi over the state’s age verification law. Now Mastodon has told TechCrunch it doesn’t “have the means” to comply with the law, leaving its future in the state, and others considering similarly restrictive age verification laws, in doubt.

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    Terrence O'Brien
    Trump’s tariffs are coming for your nerdy hobbies.

    We knew that phones, speakers and game consoles were going to be hit by tariffs. Now they’re making it harder and more expensive to get your hands on TTRPGs, retro video games, and vintage cameras too. Lego even announced that it would stop selling individual bricks in the US.

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    Terrence O'Brien
    Boss built a guitar pedal for running plugins of its guitar pedals.

    Combining the flexibility of software plugins with the hands-on controls of music hardware rarely works well, if you ask me. But Boss is trying anyway with the $249.99 PX-1, a guitar pedal and app pairing that runs emulations of its classic stompboxes like the DS-1 Distortion and CE-2 Chorus.

    Boss PX-1 guitar pedal and companion app running on a phone.
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    Terrence O'Brien
    Corsair released this 14.5-inch touchscreen you can stick inside a PC.

    The 2560 x 720 Corsair Xeneon Edge also comes with a desktop stand, has a standard 1/4-inch thread mount, plus magnets in the back for sticking it to various metal surfaces. Unfortunately for gamers demanding more flash, the first run of the $249.99 touchscreen has already sold out.

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