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Apps Have Become Boring. Haptic Feedback Would Make Them Fun Again.

— Photograph by Raymond Wong HD Rumble on the Nintendo Switch may have been a simple pleasure, but it’s hard to say it wasn’t a compelling one. Nintendo featured the intricate and precise haptic feedback of its handheld / console hybrid most prominently with its launch title, the failed Wii Sports successor, 1-2 Switch, which […]

Why Sonos Should Make the One Thing Steve Jobs Always Wanted To

— Sonos As of Sonos’ fourth quarter earnings, CEO Patrick Spence was , Sonos has an internal team working on them. But let the record show, televisions fit that description, too. And given Sonos’ promise to enter into four new product categories last year, who’s to say a high-quality OLED display with a streamlined operating […]

3D Movies Failed. Apple Vision Pro Will Bring Them Back.

— Apple 3D movies don’t have the cultural cache they used to. Avatar: The Way of Water’s $2.3 billion in global earnings might suggest otherwise, but when you look at the available ways to actually watch James Cameron’s epic in 3D at home… it’s clear there’s not a lot of interest from TV makers to […]

Humane Co-Founder Shows How the Ai Pin Works After Clumsy Launch

Two weeks ago, Humane finally showed off its Ai Pin to the world. Last week, the screen-less device officially went up for order. There’s just been one problem: We still barely know how it works. Humane invited a small number of media outlets, including Inverse, to its launch event. We got to see and touch […]

Tesla’s Supercharger Congestion Fees: Why They Might Actually Benefit Us

— Tesla / Twitter We’re not shy about criticizing Tesla’s past decisions, but its latest move to introduce congestion fees at its Superchargers may turn out to be a win-win. Certain Supercharger stations in the U.S. will soon start charging users $1 per minute if the charging area is busy and your EV is already […]

Handheld PC Maker Ayaneo Is Making Tiny PCs Shaped like a Macintosh and NES

— Ayaneo Ayaneo has been crushing it with the gaming handheld designs lately, and now it’s expanding into the world of mini PCs. The upcoming Retro Mini PC AM01 and AM02 are basically the guts of its many handheld PCs shoved into two tiny cases clearly inspired by the old-school Macintosh and the classic NES […]

Apple’s RCS Adoption May Not Spell the End of the Green Bubble

— NurPhoto/NurPhoto/Getty Images Well, the moment has arrived. After long last, Apple has agreed to adopt RCS, a messaging standard that completely changes the game (or lack thereof) when it comes to text messages between Android and iOS devices. As reported by 9to5Mac, an Apple spokesperson said: Later next year, we will be adding support […]

How Big is Tesla’s Cybertruck Bed Actually?

— Facebook We’re only two weeks out from the first Cybertrucks being officially delivered (supposedly), and somehow we’ve still got a lot of questions. In this week’s installment of “what the hell is going on?” we’ve got bed size. Thanks to an anonymous post on Facebook that made its way to X, we’re seeing a […]

The Apple Vision Pro’s External Display Does a Lot More Than Just Show Your Eyes

— M1 Astra / Twitter The Apple Vision Pro’s Eyesight feature — the one that broadcasts your eyeballs on the front of the device — may be goofy, but if a recent demo is any indication, the tech behind it may be more essential than we thought. A video surfaced on X showing off the […]

This Tiny Webcam Only Listens to You When You’re on Camera

— Opal You won’t be able to blame Opal’s Tadpole for any awkward hot mic incidents. Opal’s second webcam, the Tadpole, has a fitting name since it’s a tiny webcam that can clip onto any laptop and connect via a USB-C cable. Unlike the Opal C1, the Tadpole uses a directional mic and an AI […]