Sony has officially unveiled its first gaming monitor bearing the PlayStation logo, and its main promise is fairly simple: transform any old desk into a true PS5 station. This 27-inch screen has a very basic specification: 2560 x 1440 resolution and an IPS display to keep the colors looking sharp even when seen from the side. Not quite cutting-edge, but Sony has been generous with the thoughtful PlayStation features they’ve included.
Manchi, a company unknown to most hardware enthusiasts, just launched a Kickstarter for something called the UltraBar X. At first glance it looks like a skinny touchscreen someone stretched out and placed in front of a keyboard. Measure it though and the core piece is 199mm long, 50.4mm wide and 59.6mm tall – narrow enough to sit on any desk without taking up real estate from your mouse pad.
Blytical wanted photos that looked like they were shot with a thrift store camcorder, not another phone filter. He created Retro Cam, a handheld device that records true analog video and converts it into blurry, flickering stills as well as clips, all without using a single digital trick. It fits in your hand like a bulky point-and-shoot from the early 2000s, but each frame has the smooth blur and color drift of an old VHS tape.
Holiday seasons demand a TV that can last through those long – and we mean LONG – movie nights and the screaming sports fan in the other room. Hisense has just the ticket with the 50-inch E6 Cinema Series QLED 4K Smart Fire TV, now available for $218.99 – its price has been slashed by a whopping 42% from its original list price of $379.99. What does that get you for an entry level TV? A whole lot – namely quantum dot colour, full HDR support and seamless streaming all wrapped up in a very affordable package.
Pixar just released the first Toy Story 5 teaser today and we’re back in Bonnie’s room where Woody, Buzz and the gang are in for their biggest challenge yet. A frog-shaped smart tablet named Lilypad, voiced by Greta Lee, has arrived and the old guard of pull-string cowboys and space rangers are in trouble.
Open a photo in Google Photos today, tap edit and select “Help me edit”. From there, type or say a simple request and Nano Banana will do the rest. This model built by Google DeepMind is now live on both Android and iOS in the US.
Apple has just introduced a new way to carry an iPhone, and it comes from an unexpected source. The company collaborated with Japanese fashion house Issey Miyake to design the iPhone Pocket, a flexible knitted pouch that fits over the phone like a sleeve. This attachment, available beginning Friday, November 14, transforms the smartphone into something you can wear rather than stuff in your jeans pocket.
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You find yourself in a garden at the perfect time, when the golden hour paints everything in a warm gentle light. A bee hovers annoyingly close to your lens, a tiny speck of pollen clinging to its leg. In the background, a rose blooms in the distance – and then beyond that, a stunning mountain range stretches out to meet the horizon. No matter how good your camera is, even a fancy $10,000 mirrorless beast, you’re always going to have to make some compromises – choose the bee and the mountains will turn into a blur of creamy bokeh. Some have even tried light-field cameras that inevitably sacrifice resolution for a bit of extra versatility. Every one of them is some kind of compromise.
