A Scholastic Book Fair cash register appears for sale on eBay, and Michael MJD simply wants to get his hands on it for a closer look. It turns out to be a PAX E500 POS terminal that Scholastic had customized for their traveling sales events. These devices would process orders for books, posters, pencils, and anything else was piled up in those brief, generally chaotic classroom installations.
Google launched the Pixel 10a earlier this month, and the smartphones will begin shipping to customers on March 5. If you pre-order one now for $499 (128GB model), you’ll get a $100 Amazon gift card, Android 16, and seven years of key OS upgrades and security fixes.
Google just launched Nano Banana 2, and this model produces professional-grade photos at warp speed while still providing the kind of control you’d only get from premium models in the past. Powered by the Gemini 3.1 Flash architecture, it replaces the previous Nano Banana on all main platforms. Users now have access to significantly more detail, richer textures, and brilliant lighting in every photo. You may create photographs ranging from ultra low-resolution to 4K, and you have complete control over how they appear, whether you want a square portrait or a vast, theatrical scene.
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The Lenovo Legion Go Fold debuts as a novel attempt to combine the portability of a gaming handheld with the versatility of a small laptop, all in a single foldable chassis. Lenovo will unveil this at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona on March 2, 2026, and as of now, it appears that the device will be a game changer.
Japan introduces Buddharoid, a humanoid robot that physically embodies Buddhist teachings, at a time when temples are having to cope with a monk shortage. Kyoto University researchers collaborated with tech companies Teraverse and X NOVA to build the system around China’s capable Unitree G1 humanoid robot. It has been clad in a basic grey robe and kept faceless to avoid bringing attention to its mechanical nature, allowing its quiet movements and steady voice to speak for itself.
Fans had to wait far longer than they expected to see Mortal Kombat 2. The release date was pushed back from last fall to May 8, 2026, but the new trailer more than compensates; it’s a nonstop, adrenaline-pumping trip, with Karl Urban bringing his best A-Game as Johnny Cage.
Fletcher Heisler was beaten by chess hustlers in the park, so he wanted revenge, but regular practice wasn’t cutting it. So he reasoned, “Maybe I need some negative reinforcement,” thus taser chess was born, or a chessboard that would literally penalize you for making blunders by delivering an electric shock.
Retro gaming handhelds remain popular because they are still very basic and entertaining. This retro charm is heightened by a new project that enables anyone to build their own portable NES emulator with just a few simple parts and open code. Gamer Derda Cavga created this arrangement using the ESP32-S3 microcontroller. He built a sleek portable that can play vintage 8-bit games flawlessly out of a small collection of hobbyist components.
One of Mars’ most perplexing geological mysteries, formations that like enormous spiderwebs spread out across the landscape, can now be seen up close in the most recent set of photos taken by NASA’s Curiosity rover. It has been traveling through an interesting section of Mount Sharp inside Gale Crater for the past six months. It’s made up of low, intersecting ridges that are about three to six feet high, with sandy depressions scooped out between them.
