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Sean Hollister

Sean Hollister

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    Sean Hollister
    Working hoverboard, floating light bulb:

    I tried the Bambu Lab $63 kit that lets you 3D print your own magnetic levitating toys complete with wireless power for their lights! It’s part of its Maker’s Supply initiative where it stocks electronic and mechanical components to design around.

    Sean Hollister
    Sean Hollister
    The Steam Deck just got some awesome features in beta.

    You can turn on your Steam Deck LCD from across the room with a Bluetooth controller (only the OLED model did that at launch!) and I’m personally excited to finally use my Bluetooth headset’s microphone for chat while I game (sadly just in Desktop mode for now). Plus much more!

    All these changes already arrived in the Preview branch back in March and in April, but there be dragons that way. Much more accessible now.

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    Sean Hollister
    No wonder AMD folded its gaming business into its client business.

    AMD, like Nvidia, is becoming an AI chip company. In February, I showed you how even Nvidia’s networking business is now bigger than gaming. Today, AMD’s (largely rosy!) Q1 2025 earnings show how far gaming has shrunk compared to its desktop and laptop CPUs.

    Gaming used to be its own reporting segment, but that just changed this quarter. Gaming is also now smaller than AMD’s embedded business, which did $0.8B in revenue.

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    Sean Hollister
    Intel’s fake frames can now boost more games.

    Intel’s XeSS 2 launched last December with just two games in tow — but five months later, your Series 2 Core Ultra laptop chip (e.g. Ultra 9 285H) or Battlemage desktop card (e.g. Arc B580) can can do tailored low latency frame gen in a full 19 titles.

    Most are listed in the chart below. Intel tells us the others are Black Myth Wukong, Civilization VII, Fragpunk, Naraka Bladepoint, Steel Seed, The Talos Principle Reawakened, and Wild Assault.

    Image: Intel
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    Sean Hollister
    Crashing a full-size Lego car is now on my bucket list.

    “Is this the maximum speed? Should we just crash?” the F1 drivers laugh. Then, they do — and Lego bits fly everywhere! Such a brand stunt, and yet I’m so jealous. More on the cars here.

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    Sean Hollister
    Hyundai Ioniq 5 is finally eligible for the $7,500 tax credit.

    After Hyundai started making them in the USA, the popular EV became briefly eligible — but mysteriously lost eligibility weeks later, possibly over its batteries. Now, the Ioniq 5 is finally back on the list, until or unless Trump kills the credit entirely. It may not make a difference for many buyers: Hyundai was already offering its own $7,500 discount as a stopgap until the credit came back online.

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    Sean Hollister
    If you’re sad about the Polygon layoffs, here’s a possible starting point.

    Polygon isn’t dead, contrary to this website’s headline — a very small number of our former colleagues will join the site’s new owner, and I’m wishing them the very best. But that doesn’t detract from the simple beauty of Kaylee Rowena’s new microsite, which helps you follow lots of wonderful humans who weren’t given that kind of choice.