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Tito’s Full Restoration of the Sharp X68000 Helps a Pricey Console Go from Dusty Import to Arcade Powerhouse

By Jackson Chung August 16, 2026

Most people who spent the 1990s chasing perfect arcade ports never got the chance to sit in front of a Sharp X68000. Japan kept the machine almost entirely for themselves, and the admission cost made it prohibitively expensive for everyone else. A basic model was introduced in 1987 costing several thousand dollars ($8,818) today. What you got for your money was a Motorola 68000-based system with unique graphics and sound hardware that resembled modern arcade boards rather than any home computer. Capcom used these machines as development kits. Ports of Final Fight, Street Fighter II, and countless shooters arrived with fidelity that still surprises people who only know the console versions.

Red Bull Really Can Give a Rocket Wings

By Bill Smith August 15, 2026

Nate Scovill decided the Red Bull slogan needed a proper test. He bought cans of the stuff, cleared space in his workshop, and set out to see whether an energy drink could actually launch something into the air. His recent video walks through three attempts, each more serious than the last, until one of them finally left the ground under its own power.

What Turned Up Inside a Retired MoneyGram Kiosk PC Might Surprise You

By Jackson Chung August 15, 2026

Michael MJD picked up a decommissioned MoneyGram self-service kiosk PC that once sat in places like pharmacies, ready for customers to start money transfers or bill payments before heading to the counter. The unit arrived as a solid metal enclosure weighing around 60 pounds, built more like industrial equipment than a regular computer. An Elo DuraTouch resistive screen sat in front of a Dell monitor, with a card reader, speakers, wireless antenna, and a Belkin power strip riding along for the various ports. Power, USB, audio, ethernet, and display connections filled the back. It powered on by itself once electricity reached it, with no obvious external button needed.

Ferrari’s CZ26 One-Off Debuts at Monterey Car Week, is Silver Capsule with Red Edges

By Bill Smith August 15, 2026

Ferrari rolled a completely unique coupe onto the Monterey Car Week stage this week and called it CZ26. Built through the Special Projects programme for a single American client, the car started life as an SF90 Stradale and left Maranello two years later looking like something else entirely. Flavio Manzoni’s design team treated the SF90’s hard points as a fixed foundation and then drew a new body around them, one that leans hard into the clean geometry of 1970s Italian industrial objects while still delivering the performance numbers the donor car made famous.

Steady in Your Hand, Why the DJI Osmo Pocket 3 Still Earns Its Place in 2026

By Bill Smith August 15, 2026

Flipping the two-inch screen open is all it takes to start recording with the DJI Osmo Pocket 3, priced at $399 (was $499). That simple motion turns the camera on and gets you rolling in about two seconds, whether you hold it upright for vertical clips or keep it horizontal for wider scenes. The screen itself rotates freely and stays bright enough to read outdoors at 700 nits, so framing a quick walk-and-talk or a family moment never feels like a chore.