BJ, an independent builder, has created the Retro Song Bird, a device resembling a Game Boy cartridge reader that plays only the music and sound effects stored on Game Boy cartridges rather than the games themselves. It includes a built-in speaker, stereo line-out for external audio equipment, and USB audio streaming of each of the Game Boy's four sound channels, plus the ability to back up ROMs, save data, and export music as WAV files. Only a handful of prototypes exist currently, and the device is not yet for sale.
theverge.com
· 2026-10-08
Modern Wi-Fi routers often ship with multiple antennas—sometimes up to eight—because of a technology called MIMO (multiple-input, multiple-output), which allows several data streams to be handled simultaneously rather than one at a time. This shift away from single-antenna designs was driven by the explosion of internet-connected devices in homes and the growing demand for faster, more reliable connections.
engadget.com
· 2026-09-13
An analysis of highly competitive companies finds that their advantage comes from disciplined prioritization rather than pursuing every available opportunity. Firms that spread resources across many new initiatives, technologies, and revenue streams risk diluting the strengths that originally set them apart.
fastcompany.com
· 2026-09-08
PicoMQ is a new messaging system that delivers durable, HTTP-accessible streams while storing data on object storage rather than dedicated disks or brokers. It lets developers create a separate stream for each use case instead of consolidating records into shared topics, with each stream independently addressable and able to scale from idle to high throughput.
picomq.com
· 2026-08-24
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