Gadgets

Lego and Daft Punk have revealed a new collaboration that will include an upcoming set based on the pyramid stage design from the duo’s 2007 Alive concert tour. The Daft Punk Concert set was originally submitted to the Lego Ideas platform in 2020 by a father-son duo from Belgium, according to Variety, but has finally been approved for production by Lego after amassing 10,000 supporters.

The keys were always the worst part of the MPK lineup, so the “upgraded keybed” is good news, even though it’s clearing a pretty low bar. But Akai’s pads remain the best in the biz, and the second-gen MPK Mini Plus adds polyphonic aftertouch. Plus, it’s got a full-color display and more hands-on controls than the original.

The original $49.98 Wyze Bulb Cam that launched last year had an adjustable camera, but the new $99.98 Wyze Bulb Cam Pan Color doubles the price and introduces a motorized mount so its 2.5K camera can rotate 360 degrees and tilt 180 degrees to keep moving subjects in frame. Installation is as easy as screwing it into a standard E26 socket, and its 1,100-lumen bulb can be set to one of 16 million different colors.

YouTuber Tim Pan put the new Apple foldable through a total of 11,500 folds, a thousand of which were in freezing conditions. Like Joanna Stern, he found the hinge holds up well, but like any other foldable, the crease gets a lot more visible (and a bit more even after only 500), matte display or not.

I just left two prize packages with FedEx today, and yet I’ve still got plenty more in the Today I’m Toying With giveaway! I start a new giveaway each Wednesday, each runs for one week, and you can enter every week — as long as you do before each deadline of 9AM ET Wednesday. We’re now on Giveaway #17. Tell a friend!

Humble is now offering the Sci-Fi Exposure bundle at its site, with pledges for all eight games costing $25. You’ll get Bungie’s 2026 version of Marathon (great game), all three remastered Crysis games, RoboCop: Rogue City, and both Ghostrunner games, to name the most notable inclusions. Proceeds are split between Humble, the publishers, and the charity.water non-profit organization.

First announced in September, the headset has a recommended retail price of $99.99 and will be available starting November 19th (the same day GTA VI launches), with pre-orders opening at 10AM ET on October 29th.

I wish I had seen earlier that Criterion’s rare “everything’s half off” sale was happening. Alas, there’s an hour left until in-stock products go back to their regular prices. I could inflict a lot of financial damage with just a few minutes of perusing the catalog. Unfortunately, if you were hoping to grab The Complete Kubrick, Criterion’s new $599.95 4K Blu-ray collection at half off, it’s sold out for now.

Ever since a colleague recommended the squishy Muid Benson Lying Flat Duck Night Light, I’ve been obsessed. Back to its best price of the year at $13.59 ($3 off) at Amazon, it offers adjustable warm lighting, a 30-minute timer, and even doubles as a smartphone holder, because why not?

It lacks the panning and tilting capabilities of Wyze’s $79.98 Solar Cam Pan 2K, but for $10 less the new $69.98 Wyze Solar Cam pairs a 2K color night vision camera with a 1.77W solar panel that keeps a 5,200mAh battery charged with just an hour of sunlight a day. The included solar panel can be detached and installed up to 10 feet away for better sun exposure, while an optional microSD card can store months of motion-activated video recordings.

ByteDance, Alibaba, and Tencent have reportedly collectively ordered more than 3 million of Nvidia’s RTX Pro 5500 GPUs, among the most powerful still compliant with US export controls. Those orders far exceed planned production, however, and Reuters reports that Nvidia has warned customers they might only get 5 to 10 percent of what they requested.

While two colors have already sold out, Woot has the 8BitDo Pro 3 in grey for $46.99, 33 percent lower than the list price. This wireless controller is compatible with the Nintendo Switch and Switch 2, as well as Windows, Apple, SteamOS, and Android devices. Despite its budget-friendly price tag, the Pro 3 is surprisingly well-equipped, with TMR joysticks, an included charging dock, and swappable buttons. Read our review.

Days later, Energize Lab still hasn’t even acknowledged that its “AI charm bot” is literally profiling you, storing everything you tell it in the cloud, and that a single hacker can read all those conversations, hijack the bot’s personality, and make it lie to you.

The branding of the Hidisc HD-TCHD2MPDBK Type-C HDMI Mirroring Cable isn’t exactly simple, but if you’re looking for a Switch 2 dock that’s easy to stash they’re not going to get more streamlined than this. The cable’s launching in Japan for 1,980 yen (around $12.50) but you’ll need to connect and provide a USB-C power source in order for the Switch 2 to output video.