Sean Hollister

While reporting out how the Nintendo Switch 2 breaks compatibility with third-party docks, I didn’t get enough from my USB sniffer to tell if there’s truly a special new encryption/authentication chip aboard the official one. But our friends at iFixit were kind enough to send over these incredibly clean, high-res photos of the dock’s circuitry. I don’t know what I’m looking for, but perhaps you might?

The Chinese company’s developing a reputation for quality compact webcams, and now it’s joining Elgato and Ugreen by updating them to work with the Nintendo Switch 2. None of the company’s cameras currently work, but the Tiny 2, Tiny 2 Lite, Meet 2, Tiny SE, and budget $69 Meet SE will all get the updates later this year, PR manager Rain Hu tells me. (Hu says our story helped!) Here’s a list of which webcams already work.

While the PS5 Pro may get crisper graphics in 2026, PlayStation architect Mark Cerny says his next console won’t come that quick. “My time-frame is multi-year here,” he told Tom’s Guide. Both Sony’s lawyers and Microsoft’s planners once suggested next-gen consoles would arrive 2028.

Apex (fka Amprius) is out, and ATL (aka Amperex) is in, as Anker recalls yet another five power banks due to overheating and fire risks. That’s on top of its million-battery recall and smaller recalls in 2024 and 2023.

Mechanism (née Deckmate) builds some of the most thoughtful and clever modular handheld accessories, with loads of mounts and adapters and a pillow to hold a handheld’s weight. Now, even though its own fancy Switch 2 case isn’t quite ready, it’s giving away this free 3D printed adapter.

Remember the first voice assistant I ever wanted to talk to twice? It’s headed by Oculus co-founder Brendan Iribe, and it just hired Oculus co-founder Nate Mitchell as chief product officer. They go way back: Mitchell joined Iribe’s Scaleform in 2009, they worked together at Autodesk and Gaikai (where we met), then co-founded Oculus. Now they’re hiring for AI glasses with, apparently, next-gen embedded OS.

I backed the TinyTV 2 on Kickstarter back in 2022, and it’s a delight! When you change the “channel” with its tiny remote or working dials, it’ll realistically flick to the middle of your next video just as if you were watching it live. (It syncs timestamps!) Yeah, it’s $60... but a gift or treat, perhaps? They also sell the transparent one.