It’s official, the 2025 Porsche 911 GT3 set a new Nürburgring Nordschleife record for production cars with a manual transmission. Brand ambassador Jörg Bergmeister was behind the wheel and managed to lap the 20.832 km track in 6:56.294 minutes, beating the previous manual-transmission record (held by a Dodge Viper ACR) by over 9.5 seconds.
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VB Mario Land, also known as Mario Adventure by some, was a planned but canceled platformer for Nintendo’s Virtual Boy, a short-lived 1995 console that aimed to deliver stereoscopic 3D gaming with its signature red-and-black visuals.
Looking Glass Factory just showed off their new 27″ Light Field Display, which has a super sharp 5K picture and 3D visuals you can see without glasses, feeling real and wrap-around without needing headsets or trackers. It uses their special light field tech to show up to 100 different views of a 3D scene at once, so everyone watching gets a slightly different angle depending on where they stand, kind of like looking at real objects.
HydraJet is a small, radio-controlled (RC) hydroplaning boat made by CovaConcepts, a new startup run by Tamara, an inventor with a background in aerospace engineering. This isn’t your usual RC boat—it’s a hydroplane, which means it glides fast across the water’s top, not like hydrofoils that lift up using fins below. It’s kind of a mix between a hydroplane and an airboat because of its innovative way of propulsion.
The Perlesmith Mobile TV Stand for 23″ – 60″ screens can easily be moved from one room to another, and it’s being offered for only $37.49 shipped with promotion code: 9HVA2H9H, originally $79.99. It supports universal VESA mounting patterns from 100x100mm to 400x400mm, accommodating brands like Samsung, LG, TCL, Vizio, and more. Product page.
Nintendo’s Mario Kart World Direct today was essentially a 15-minute showcase focused on the upcoming Switch 2 exclusive, set to launch on June 5, 2025. For the first time in the series, Mario Kart World features a vast, interconnected world where courses are linked by roads. Players can drive between tracks, especially in Grand Prix mode, where you navigate from one course to the next as part of the experience.
Shown off at Milan Design Week 2025 and limited to just 1,000 units worldwide, Audio-Technica’s Hotaru is a fancy, high-tech turntable that costs $9,999. What makes it special is its acrylic platter, which floats above the base using magnetic levitation to keep it away from vibrations, giving you clearer sound.
While fans patiently wait for a Deadpool & Wolverine sequel, Marvel Entertainment has just quietly dropped a new Fantastic Four First Steps trailer that hints at the team’s origin and teases the planet-devouring Galactus. It’s generating a lot of excitement for Marvel’s First Family, set to hit theaters on July 25, 2025.
Forget your smartphone or smartwatch and need to make a contactless payment? Well, there’s Alipay’s PL1, which lets you pay using your palm print. This device comes from Ant Group, an affiliate of Alibaba, and is part of Alipay’s push to expand biometric payment options beyond QR codes and facial recognition.
