When Apple dropped the M5 Max into the latest MacBook Pro, the obvious question was how far the chip could be pushed beyond the usual creative and productivity workloads. Andrew Tsai decided to find out, loading up 20 Windows games and running them through the CrossOver translation layer. The results were surprising to say the least, with the MacBook delivering solid frame rates in demanding titles that were never designed with Apple silicon in mind.
Handy Geng is a rural Hebei province, China-based maker with a talent for taking ordinary equipment and pushing it somewhere nobody expected. After suffering a humiliating defeat at the hands of his younger brother during a full commitment LARP battle, complete with cardboard barrel armor / oversized weapons, and after taking several very convincing hits from a spiked war hammer that sounded considerably more painful than it had any right to, Geng decided that conventional retaliation simply was not going to cut it.
Wesley Treat had his face scanned as part of a collaborative 3D model library project with other makers, and when he saw his own scan sitting in the archive he decided it deserved a more permanent form. The result is a strangely fascinating aluminum portrait, roughly life sized and built from dozens of flat welded panels, that now lives in his workshop and stops people in their tracks the moment they walk past it.
Photo credit: Sarang Sheth | Yanko Design
A recently uncovered Sony patent shows how users could connect a smartphone directly to the DualSense controller. The entire concept revolves around connecting two pieces of hardware that most people already own and using them to create a seamless gaming experience directly into PlayStation. Some drawings included with the application show a phone simply placed on top of the controller’s analog sticks and triggers. A magnetic thingy holds everything together, so you can simply plug your phone in and it transforms into a single, compact handheld item.
Jonathan Thompson took his son’s old fat bike and a load of 4130 chromoly tubing, and in two weeks, he had weld, brazed, and bolted together a machine that looked like it had been recovered from a scrapheap in some post-apocalyptic wasteland. He took that bike to the 2025 Bespoked Handmade Bike Show apocalyptic build-off in Manchester and finished second. To this day, the bike draws a crowd since every feature of it has a purpose in the event that society fails.
A trio of small helicopters called SkyFall are heading to Mars in late 2028, riding aboard NASA’s first nuclear powered interplanetary spacecraft. Built on everything the agency learned from Ingenuity, the first helicopter ever flown on another planet, the two vehicles are designed to go considerably further. Each one carries a suite of scientific instruments including high resolution cameras and ground penetrating radar capable of searching for buried ice beneath the surface, with the data collected expected to prove invaluable for planning future human missions to Mars
Conversations about smartwatches recently took an unexpected turn. People who already own one, as well as those who are new to the scene, generally agree that the Apple Watch SE 3,priced at $219 (was $249), is a reliable model that does not break the bank or overcomplicate matters.
Photo credit: Sreang Hok/Cornell University
Cornell University researchers developed a new method for washing fruit that combines tiny bubbles in water with low frequency sound. Every day, people clean fruits and vegetables to remove dirt and residues, which can come from the farm or the store.
Sony announced a price increase on its existing PlayStation 5 hardware lineup this morning. As of April 2nd, the normal PS5 disc edition in the United States will cost $649.99, while the digital-only version will cost $599.99. The big boys, the PS5 Pro, will be $899.99, while the portable PlayStation Portal remote player will cost up to $249.99. The PS5 disc will cost £569.99 in the UK, the digital edition £519.99, the Pro £789.99, and the Portal £219.99. Over in Europe, the disc variant will cost €649.99, the digital edition €599.99, the Pro €899.99, and the Portal €249.99. In Japan, the PS5 will cost ¥97,980 on disc, ¥89,980 on digital, ¥137,980 on Pro, and ¥39,980 for Portal.
