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Spider-Man Swings Into Retro TV Gaming With This 2004 Jakks Pacific Device

By Bill Smith June 7, 2026

Retro gaming finds often arrive with layers of dust and stories. This Spider-Man plug-and-play TV game from Jakks Pacific, released in 2004, fits that pattern perfectly. James Channel recently pulled one from an online marketplace and gave it the full treatment: cleaning, testing every mode, and opening it up to see what made it tick. The result shows a licensed product that leaned hard into its character theme while delivering the kind of simple, self-contained entertainment common in that era.

Apple’s Foldable iPhone Ultra Finally Looks Real in These New Dummy Unit Shots

By Jackson Chung June 7, 2026

Photo credit: Sonny Dickson
New photos of a production-style dummy device for Apple’s first foldable iPhone have surfaced online. They come from leaker Sonny Dickson and offer the clearest view of the design yet. Sonny Dickson, the leaker, provided images from several perspectives. The unit appears in both closed and fully open variants, with a screen installed for a more realistic appearance than the previous crude iteration.

Meet Pikachu and Gyarados at Wakura Onsen’s New Free Pokemon Footbath

By Bill Smith June 7, 2026

Wakura Onsen has introduced a new attraction that mixes traditional hot spring relaxation with some familiar Pokemon characters. This brand-new Pokemon Footbath is located in Yuttari Park on the Noto Peninsula, specifically in Nanao City, and was just opened just a stone’s throw away from the Nanao Bay beach.

The AI Robot Air Hockey Player That Skipped Every Practice Session on the Actual Table

By Bill Smith June 6, 2026

Engineering physics students at the University of British Columbia finished a capstone project that produced something unusual in robotics. Their air hockey robot learned every move inside a computer simulation and then stepped onto real hardware ready to face human opponents with no further adjustments. The approach bypassed the usual slow and risky process of training directly on physical equipment.

$5,599 HP Limited Edition Scuderia Ferrari AI PC Laptop Brings Automaker’s Exposed-Engine Philosophy to Computing

By Jackson Chung June 6, 2026

A collaboration between HP and Ferrari produced a machine that feels more like a rolling sculpture than typical hardware. Only 4,999 examples of the Limited Edition Scuderia Ferrari AI PC will ever exist. Each carries its own serialized number and arrives in packaging that treats unboxing as part of the experience.