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The Switch 2’s Pro Controller Beats the Competition, for All the Wrong Reasons

gizmodo.com Kyle Barr 2025-07-20 04:00:59

With Donkey Kong Bananza now making its case as the real launch title for the Nintendo Switch 2, I needed a controller that could keep up with Kong’s crashing fists. When it came to a game that epitomized joy and catharsis in equal measure, Nintendo’s own Pro device proved a leading contender as best all-around, but not for the reasons you may think. I spent my own money on an $85 Switch 2 Pro controller. Accounting for tax, it was closer to $95, which is nearly one-fifth of the total price I p

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The new 8BitDo Pro 3 gamepad is open for pre-order now

engadget.com Unknown 2025-07-28 06:10:06

Engadget has been testing and reviewing consumer tech since 2004. Our stories may include affiliate links; if you buy something through a link, we may earn a commission. Read more about how we evaluate products . With so many different handheld gaming devices entering the market, having a flexible gamepad that works with many different hardware platforms can be a valuable addition to your gear collection. A promising new option arrived today with the pre-order announcement of the 8BitDo Pro 3 .

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The Pro 3 is 8BitDo’s first controller with swappable buttons

theverge.com Andrew Liszewski 2025-07-28 23:00:00

is a senior reporter who’s been covering and reviewing the latest gadgets and tech since 2006, but has loved all things electronic since he was a kid. 8BitDo has released a new version of its wireless Pro controller that was last updated in 2021. Many of 8BitDo’s recent controller releases, including the Ultimate 2, feature an asymmetrical joystick layout like Nintendo and Microsoft use. But the new Pro 3 mirrors the design of the PlayStation DualSense controller, with side-by-side sticks that

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The Switch 2 Pro Controller does not seem easy to repair at all

engadget.com Unknown 2025-08-01 14:09:05

The Switch 2 is in many ways a more premium and powerful version of the original Switch, but its sleek design seems to have come at a cost. Not only is the console itself difficult to repair, but a new iFixit teardown video shows that the Switch 2 Pro Controller isn't any easier. Based on iFixit's teardown, you have to completely disassemble the Switch 2 Pro Controller to access the parts you'll likely need to fix first. Accessing the joysticks and battery requires removing an adhesive-secured

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iFixit: the Switch 2 Pro is a ‘piss-poor excuse for a controller’

theverge.com Andrew Liszewski 2025-08-01 22:44:29

is a senior reporter who’s been covering and reviewing the latest gadgets and tech since 2006, but has loved all things electronic since he was a kid. iFixit has shared a full teardown video of the Switch 2 Pro controller and is not impressed by how difficult it is to access the $85 accessory’s internal components, including its rechargeable battery that will inevitably lose its ability to hold a charge over time. The online repair site goes so far as to call the Pro 2 a “piss-poor excuse for

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Regarding Prollyferation: Followup to "People Keep Inventing Prolly Trees"

news.ycombinator.com Nick Tobey 2025-07-31 15:24:53

Last month I published a blog post about the parallel invention of Prolly Trees, where I observed the repeated independent invention of a certain type of data structure within a relatively short period of time. In short, I described the concept of a Merkle Tree created by applying a content-defined chunker to a file, hashing the chunks, and then recursively reapplying the chunker to the concatenated list of hashes until only a single chunk remained. Each iteration of this process defined a sepa

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McDonald’s AI Hiring Bot Exposed Millions of Applicants' Data to Hackers Using the Password ‘123456’

wired.com Andy Greenberg 2025-08-06 02:28:50

If you want a job at McDonald’s today, there’s a good chance you'll have to talk to Olivia. Olivia is not, in fact, a human being, but instead an AI chatbot that screens applicants, asks for their contact information and résumé, directs them to a personality test, and occasionally makes them “go insane” by repeatedly misunderstanding their most basic questions. Until last week, the platform that runs the Olivia chatbot, built by artificial intelligence software firm Paradox.ai, also suffered fr

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I tested DJI's palm-sized drone, and it captured things I had never seen before (and it's now only $159)

zdnet.com Adrian Kingsley-Hughes 2025-08-07 02:42:00

ZDNET's key takeaways The DJI Neo is available from DJI and Amazon for $199 for the basic kit, and $289 for the Combo kit. This 135-gram drone is incredibly portable and highly capable, making it perfect for bloggers, YouTubers, and social media types. The Neo's wind resistance is lower than other DJI drones, and real-world battery life is significantly lower than advertised. View now at Amazon View now at B&H View now at DJI more buying choices What's the deal? The DJI Neo now starts at $15

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This Is the Best Gaming Controller for Your PC, and Now It’s 45% Off for Prime Day

gizmodo.com Gizmodo Deals 2025-08-10 18:45:23

You don’t have to use a PlayStation or Xbox controller to play on your computer. Gaming accessories being so trendy, it shouldn’t have been surprising to see Amazon jump in and create its own controller. Now, the Luna wireless controller is maybe the most popular option on the market and for Prime Day, it’s reaching a record-low price. This deal is exclusive to Prime members, so if you’re not already subscribed, you’ll need to take advantage of Amazon’s 30-day free trial to access the offer. Cu

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The Ploopy Knob is an open-source control dial for your PC

theverge.com Andrew Liszewski 2025-08-13 14:24:28

is a senior reporter who’s been covering and reviewing the latest gadgets and tech since 2006, but has loved all things electronic since he was a kid. Ploopy has announced another desktop accessory called the Ploopy Knob that can function like a control dial for adjusting volume, scrolling documents, or scrubbing through media on a computer. The Canadian company isn’t exactly a household name like Logitech, but Ploopy’s open-source peripherals offer a lot of customizability, and like its mouse

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Beachgoers Startled by Rare Cloud That Looks Exactly Like a Giant Tsunami Wave

futurism.com Unknown 2025-08-13 17:15:44

Beachgoers Startled by Rare Cloud That Looks Exactly Like a Giant Tsunami Wave "They look scarier than they really are." Cloud Nein A viral video making the rounds on social media shows beachgoers in Portugal encountering an enormous and unnervingly tsunami-like cloud rolling in. Footage shows an enormous, foreboding wall of dark clouds rapidly approaching a lush beach. It was frightening enough for plenty of beachgoers to pack up their belongings and seek shelter away from the waterfront.

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This Unique Controller Is Cool but Pointless for Most Gamers

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-08-14 07:00:06

Pro-level game controllers have been becoming more mainstream over the past several years, offering gamers a host of new features not found on the controllers that came with their systems. These features include extra mappable buttons, swappable gamepads and other customizability options. However, I don't think I've ever seen a controller that offers two dedicated button layouts within the same device. The Stealth Pivot from Turtle Beach lets you physically rotate the gamepads to reveal a whole

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Crunchyroll blames third-party vendor for AI subtitle mess

engadget.com Unknown 2025-08-14 21:57:48

At the start of last year, Crunchyroll President Rahul Purini told The Verge the company was "very focused on testing" generative AI tools for subtitling and captioning speech to text. The comment came just months after the streamer temporarily took down the debut episode of one of its newest shows, The Yuzuki Family's Four Sons, after people complained about poor subtitles. Much of the translation was nonsensical, with missing punctuation in many sentences. At the time, some fans speculated th

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Creator of "Indie Band" Who Insisted It Wasn't AI-Generated Just Admitted the Truth

futurism.com Unknown 2025-08-15 12:54:14

A "band" that sparked a heated debate for heavily relying on generative AI — and still somehow accumulating over half a million listeners on Spotify — has finally admitted the truth. Earlier this week, a self-proclaimed "indie rock band" called The Velvet Sundown claimed on its "official" X account that it "never" used any AI, accusing "so-called 'journalists'" of "pushing the lazy, baseless theory that The Velvet Sundown is 'AI-generated' with zero evidence." It was a preposterous claim that

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This Pro-Level Controller Is Great, but It Comes at a Price

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-08-16 15:00:06

Turtle Beach is no stranger to making high-performance gaming hardware, either through its PDP brand or its own in-house accessories. The company is perhaps best known for its gaming headsets but has leveraged its decades of experience to bring us other great gaming accessories like the Stealth Ultra wireless controller. Well, mostly great, as we'll see. What I like about the Stealth Ultra Jason Cockerham/CNET Turtle Beach didn't try to reinvent the wheel with the Stealth Ultra. The standard

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Prepare to Share All Your Pics With Meta If You Turn On Facebook's New AI Photo Tool

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-08-17 06:44:00

There's good news and bad news: The bad news is that Meta's continued development of generative AI has led it to add a privacy nightmare setting to its Facebook app. The good news is that, in a big departure from Meta's status quo, you have control over whether you participate. It's all about whether the company and its AI get access to your camera roll and all the pictures there, even the ones you haven't posted anywhere. Meta, Facebook's parent company, has been trying to keep up with AI hea

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Crunchyroll Accidentally Left AI Slop in Anime Subtitles

futurism.com Unknown 2025-08-17 10:20:56

Crunchyroll, the massively popular anime streaming service and distributor, just got caught using obvious AI slop in its subtitles. The slipup was made in the premiere episode of a new series called "Necronomico and the Cosmic Horror Show" — and trust us, there's no guesswork involved in sniffing out the AI here. Around the 19:12 mark, the show's German subtitles feature a big fat "ChatGPT said:" jammed into the dialog. A classic, lazy error. (We double checked, and it's still there as of this

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Crunchyroll's lazy AI subtitles have anime fans furious

engadget.com Unknown 2025-08-18 06:56:21

At the start of last year, Crunchyroll President Rahul Purini told The Verge the company was "very focused on testing" generative AI tools for subtitling and captioning speech to text. The comment came just months after the streamer temporarily took down the debut episode of one of its newest shows, The Yuzuki Family's Four Sons, after people complained about poor subtitles. Much of the translation was nonsensical, with missing punctuation in many sentences. At the time, some fans speculated th

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Xbox Elite Wireless Controller 2 Is Overkill for Most People, but Still Delivers an Epic Gaming Experience

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-08-18 09:00:14

The Xbox Elite Wireless Controller Series 2 (or Elite 2 for short) has arguably been the industry gold standard for a pro-level game controller for the past decade. Over the years dozens of competitors have cropped up, hoping to give Microsoft a run for its money. While the Elite 2 still isn't perfect, it still sets the bar high. What I like about the Xbox Elite Wireless Controller Series 2 One of the best things the Elite 2 has going for it is the layout -- it's almost identical to the standa

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People Keep Inventing Prolly Trees

news.ycombinator.com Nick Tobey 2025-08-19 07:01:54

Multiple Discovery refers to when a scientific discovery is made independently by multiple individuals around the same time. The most well-known examples are Isaac Newton and Gottfried Leibniz's independent invention of calculus, and Charles Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace's independent formulation of the theory of evolution. (Source: https://xkcd.com/626/) There's even a hypothesis that multiple discovery is the norm, rather than an exception: that invention is an result of social conditions

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Meta Is Being Incredibly Sketchy About Training Its AI on Your Private Photos

futurism.com Unknown 2025-08-21 15:21:20

Meta is demanding access to all of your photos, even the ones you haven't uploaded anywhere yet — and it's being incredibly shifty about what it intends to do with them. As The Verge reports, the Mark Zuckerberg-owned company refuses to rule out the possibility that it will use your phone's camera roll to train its AI models, and could only provide the assurance that it's not "currently" doing so. If the situation changes in the future, it would be a striking testament to the AI industry's desp

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I love this wireless remote for more productive workouts, plus it's 20% off

zdnet.com Allison Murray 2025-08-22 14:11:00

Allison Murray/ZDNET Get 20% off this TikTok Remote Control that comes in six different colors when you buy it at Amazon this week. Also: The best July 4th tech deals available now Let's face it, scrolling through our phones is like breathing in this day and age. Whether your preferred scrolling time is spent on TikTok, Instagram, Reddit, or a chatbot, it's begrudgingly become a daily habit for many of us (I'm looking at you, Millennials and Gen Z). No, it's not the most useful way to spend

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12 New Summer Anime Releases to Add to Your Watch List Right Now

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-08-23 10:30:03

It's time to relax into some deliciously good summer anime, with the return of titles like Dan Da Dan, Sakamoto Days and Kaiju No. 8, as well as some fresh arrivals. Can you believe Grand Blue Dreaming is back on TV after all this time? We don't blame you if you get excited or if your downloads go crazy. To help you prep your watch list this season, we've highlighted a selection of TV series on various streaming services, such as Crunchyroll and Netflix. Monsters, drama and more stories await y

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Facebook is asking to use Meta AI on photos in your camera roll you haven’t yet shared

techcrunch.com Sarah Perez 2025-08-22 04:31:38

Facebook is asking users for access to their phone’s camera roll to automatically suggest AI-edited versions of their photos — including ones that haven’t been uploaded to Facebook yet. The feature is being suggested to Facebook users when they’re creating a new Story on the social networking app. Here, a screen pops up and asks if the user will opt into “cloud processing” to allow creative suggestions. As the pop-up message explains, by clicking “Allow,” you’ll let Facebook generate new ideas

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Facebook test uses Meta AI to process photos you've yet to upload

engadget.com Unknown 2025-08-23 05:00:21

Facebook has been showing some users a pop-up message asking them if they want to allow the social network to create collages, recaps and AI restylings using photos they've yet to upload from their camera roll. According to TechCrunch, Facebook has been showing users the message when they upload a new Story on the app. It doesn't pop up for everyone, however, since we weren't able to replicate the event. In that notification, Meta wrote that in order to create ideas for users, it'll select media

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Facebook is starting to feed its AI with private, unpublished photos

news.ycombinator.com Tina Nguyen 2025-08-23 06:08:28

is a senior reporter for The Verge, covering the Trump administration, Elon Musk’s takeover of the federal government, and the tech industry’s embrace of the MAGA movement. For years, Meta trained its AI programs using the billions of public images uploaded by users onto Facebook and Instagram’s servers. Now, it’s also hoping to access the billions of images that users haven’t uploaded to those servers. Meta tells The Verge that it’s not currently training its AI models on those photos, but it

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The 8 Best Drones (2025): Flight-Tested and Reviewed

wired.com Sam Kieldsen 2025-08-25 02:30:00

By beaming an ultra-low latency live feed from its camera directly into a pair of goggles, a first-person view (FPV) drone puts you right in the cockpit of a small and agile aircraft able to squeak through the smallest of gaps and pull off breath-taking moves like flips, barrel rolls, loops and vertical plunges. These aren’t drones you buy to get pristine photos of wide open vistas so much as to experience (and document) an adrenaline-inducing rollercoaster ride through a tight, obstacle-populat

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The Switch 2 Pro Controller Makes a Comfortable Upgrade, but Still Falls a Bit Short

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-08-27 14:00:09

The Switch 2 Pro Controller is a standalone controller that pairs with the new Switch 2 and provides a more comfortable gaming experience than the standard Joy-Cons. While it might look similar to the old model, the second-gen controller has a number of new features to help it earn that "Pro" title. The 2 Pro retails for $85 -- a pretty significant jump over the original's $70. The good news is that, if you want to save some money, the Switch 1 Pro Controllers do work on the Switch 2. Since it'

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Why Pay for a DualSense When This Luna Controller Costs Half the Price for Early Prime Day?

gizmodo.com Gizmodo Deals 2025-08-28 10:38:19

Amazon may not be the first name that comes to mind for gaming, but it’s definitely a major player in the industry. With Twitch at the heart of streaming and its own cloud gaming service, Luna, Amazon is everywhere for gamers. The company has also designed a controller specifically for Luna but it’s far more than just a cloud gaming accessory. In fact, most people use the Luna Controller as a universal gamepad for a wide range of devices—PCs, Sony PlayStation, Xbox, and more. Right now, the Lu

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This Mobile Controller Is Better Than Backbone for the Same Price

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-08-30 07:00:08

The difference between an average mobile gaming experience and a legendary mobile gaming experience often comes down to the hardware you're using. Thankfully, we've seen a whole slew of dedicated mobile gaming controllers hit the market in the past few years. Elo is a new gaming hardware manufacturer founded by a former e-sports player, and he set out to create a pro-level mobile controller accessible to everyone. The Vagabond is the result of nearly two years of work and has easily swept in to

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The Switch 2’s Pro Controller Beats the Competition, for All the Wrong Reasons

The new 8BitDo Pro 3 gamepad is open for pre-order now

The Pro 3 is 8BitDo’s first controller with swappable buttons

The Switch 2 Pro Controller does not seem easy to repair at all

iFixit: the Switch 2 Pro is a ‘piss-poor excuse for a controller’

Regarding Prollyferation: Followup to "People Keep Inventing Prolly Trees"

McDonald’s AI Hiring Bot Exposed Millions of Applicants' Data to Hackers Using the Password ‘123456’

I tested DJI's palm-sized drone, and it captured things I had never seen before (and it's now only $159)

This Is the Best Gaming Controller for Your PC, and Now It’s 45% Off for Prime Day

The Ploopy Knob is an open-source control dial for your PC

Beachgoers Startled by Rare Cloud That Looks Exactly Like a Giant Tsunami Wave

This Unique Controller Is Cool but Pointless for Most Gamers

Crunchyroll blames third-party vendor for AI subtitle mess

Creator of "Indie Band" Who Insisted It Wasn't AI-Generated Just Admitted the Truth

This Pro-Level Controller Is Great, but It Comes at a Price

Prepare to Share All Your Pics With Meta If You Turn On Facebook's New AI Photo Tool

Crunchyroll Accidentally Left AI Slop in Anime Subtitles

Crunchyroll's lazy AI subtitles have anime fans furious

Xbox Elite Wireless Controller 2 Is Overkill for Most People, but Still Delivers an Epic Gaming Experience

People Keep Inventing Prolly Trees

Meta Is Being Incredibly Sketchy About Training Its AI on Your Private Photos

I love this wireless remote for more productive workouts, plus it's 20% off

12 New Summer Anime Releases to Add to Your Watch List Right Now

Facebook is asking to use Meta AI on photos in your camera roll you haven’t yet shared

Facebook test uses Meta AI to process photos you've yet to upload

Facebook is starting to feed its AI with private, unpublished photos

The 8 Best Drones (2025): Flight-Tested and Reviewed

The Switch 2 Pro Controller Makes a Comfortable Upgrade, but Still Falls a Bit Short

Why Pay for a DualSense When This Luna Controller Costs Half the Price for Early Prime Day?

This Mobile Controller Is Better Than Backbone for the Same Price

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