The Go! Explore PSP GPS accessory for directions still works today, and even looks surprisingly modern, as Jon Cartwright shows in this Good Vibes Gaming video. He says it worked well.
But also, I never knew that Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops had a GPS feature! I miss that era of Sony.
While campaigning for the US Senate in 2021, Vice Presidential nominee JD Vance filmed a Facebook Live using his smartphone’s selfie camera, which mirrored the image, and therefore his campaign signs.
That can be fixed, but Vance’s idea — rotating the phone — is not it. (I recommend waiting a moment to turn on the volume, unless you’re a fan of TikTok’s text-to-speech voices.)
After announcing it last month, Google seems to have rolled out Google TV’s AI wallpapers, 9to5Google reports.
According to a Google TV support page, the option lives under Settings > System > Ambient Mode > Custom AI Art. Click on “Create new...” and then describe the image you want, use a template, or choose “Inspire me” and Google TV makes one for you.
PepsiCo’s Mountain Dew is switching over to a new, retro-style logo starting in May 2025, replacing the pointy “Mtn Dew” branding it’s used for about 15 years, the company shared with The Verge in an email.
I still prefer the logo from the real sugar-containing Mountain Dew Throwback (remember?), but it’ll... dew. Here’s a look at the logo’s changes over time.
