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ReviewsThe Best Gaming Keyboard for Wannabe Esports Athletes
There are plenty of (very justifiable) tropes when discussing video games, but the one that I can’t let go of when I’m thinking of PC gaming is the keyboard being mightier than the sword. It can make or break your gaming experience. And there are so many mechanical gaming keyboards available that choosing the right … Continued
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Tech NewsGadgetsGod, This Standing Keyboard Is So Cursed
Now that this interminable election cycle has finally come to an end, we can get back to business as usual. Like gaping at this wholly unsettling standing keyboard that nobody asked for. But making shit nobody asked for is absolutely on-brand for Matt Benedetto, a designer who’s built a following off of his Unnecessary Inventions … Continued
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Tech NewsGadgetsThe Raspberry Pi 400 Is a $70 Computer Built Inside a Keyboard
It looks like a keyboard—and it is. But it’s also a computer. Today, the Raspberry Pi Foundation announced the Raspberry Pi 400, a complete $70 PC that’s built into a compact keyboard. It takes its inspiration from home computers from the 1980s, like the BBC Micros, ZX Spectrums, and Commodore Amigas. As for specs, the … Continued
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Tech NewsDesignJust Looking at This Food-Themed Mechanical Keyboard Makes Me Hungry
Even though I’ve been writing about video games and tech for a while now, there are still some subjects that I feel like I should have strong opinions on by now that I just…don’t. Mechanical keyboards, for example. I own one myself, sure. I asked for it as a wedding present solely because it’s pastel … Continued
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Tech NewsGadgetsRoli’s $300 Light-Up Keyboard Is Like if Rock Band Taught You How to Play Piano
Sometimes when I’m scrolling through my timeline, it feels like I’m the only person who didn’t pick up a new hobby during quarantine. I’m not too proud to admit that, while others were busy learning to paint or knit or rollerskate, I was content scrolling through TikTok and sinking dozens of hours into Stardew Valley … Continued
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ReviewsRazer’s Flagship Mouse, Keyboard, and Headset Just Got a Super-Fast Wireless Upgrade
In an ideal world, all our devices would be wireless, allowing increased freedom of movement without having to worry about stuff like range or battery life. And while we’re not quite there yet, Razer is trying to get closer to the future by updating its flagship gaming peripherals with its signature HyperSpeed Wirelesstech. Available today, … Continued
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Tech NewsNewsKonami Elbows Its Way into Esports with a Wildly Overpriced Line of PC Gaming Hardware
Today, Konami, owner of multiple sports clubs, maker of pachinko machines, and occasional developer of video games decided that instead of putting out a real update to PES that it would dive into the world of PC gaming with a new line of esports-focused hardware. Consisting of three budget/mid-range Windows desktops, two keyboards, and a … Continued
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Tech NewsAppleApple Might Make Future MacBook Keyboards Out of Glass, and I’m Concerned
When I saw that Apple recently filed a patent application for transparent keycaps made of glass, possibly for use in future Bluetooth desktop or MacBook keyboards, I was intrigued. This could be Apple’s solution to making a longer-lasting and more reliable keyboard, something the company has struggled with over the years. In its filing, spotted … Continued
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Tech NewsNewsThere’s At Least One Keyboard Worse Than Apple’s Butterfly Switch Fiasco
Reminding us that things can always be worse, YouTube’s Foone Turing has created a keyboard that is based around a floppy drive and a stack of floppy disks that somehow looks even more frustrating to use than Apple’s much-maligned butterfly keyboards. Instead of keys laid out in an obscure QWERTY arrangement that dates back to … Continued
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Tech NewsNewsWorst Co-Worker Ever Creates the Loudest, Clackiest Keyboard Imaginable
You can spend as much money as you want to customize a mechanical keyboard and install the fanciest switches, but it will never sound as satisfyingly clackety as this setup by Jatin Patel who built an unusual contraption that recreates the sounds of an old-school mechanical typewriter. The first iteration of Patel’s creation simply featured … Continued
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Tech NewsAppleApple’s Keyboard Nightmare Is Finally Over
In the spring of 2015, Apple made one of the most significant changes to its laptop line ever when it switched from scissor switch keyboards to its homegrown butterfly keyboard. But now, after five years, the butterfly keyboard is finally going away for good. In a press release issued today, alongside an updated MacBook Pro … Continued
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Tech NewsNewsLenovo’s Wireless Keyboard Puts the ThinkPad’s Iconic Nub on Your Desk
As the backlash over Apple’s wonky butterfly keyboards continues, Lenovo proves that you don’t always have to innovate to keep customers happy. The ThinkPad’s keyboards have a fiercely loyal following, and for $100 you can keep using the design that time forgot with this detached wireless version that will work any other laptop or computer. … Continued
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Tech NewsGadgetsLogitech’s New Keyboard Case Brings a Touchpad to Older iPads for Half the Cost of Apple’s
Apple’s efforts to reposition the iPad as a laptop alternative continue with its new Magic Keyboard accessory that includes a touchpad. Yet it’s only designed to work with the pricey iPad Pro models. However, iPadOS cursor support extends to cheaper tablets so Logitech has stepped up with its own trackpad-equipped keyboard case that also happens … Continued
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Tech NewsGadgetsTiny Keyboard Clones Photoshop’s Toolbar for Your Desk
If you spend a lot of time in Photoshop—we’re talking all of your working hours pushing pixels—you’ve undoubtedly mastered countless shortcuts to streamline your workflow, and are always on the hunt for more. If you can spare a little room on your desk, this tiny keyboard puts some of the most oft-used tools on Photoshop’s … Continued
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Tech NewsGadgetsTurn Your old Commodore Computer Into a USB Keyboard With This Easy to Install Adapter
To some, the idea of a computer that didn’t ship with a screen is simply bizarre. To others, Commodore’s computers were where their obsession with technology and gadgets began, and those with fond memories of banging away on those old clackety keys will be happy to hear that a simple adapter turns the Commodore 128 … Continued
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Tech NewsNewsHow Bad Is Apple’s Keyboard Problem? Even Hollywood Recognizes it
It’s almost gotten to the point where Apple is as well known for its terrible keyboards as it is for changing the world with personal computers and smartphones. But now that the latest cause to be championed at the Academy Awards is Apple’s hardware failures, maybe we’ll finally get the MacBook keyboards of our dreams. … Continued
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Tech NewsGadgetsSomeone Talk Me Out of Spending $900 on Some Keyboard Caps
I need your help. When I get anxious, I like to buy things. I’ve been good about it for the last few years. I buy a couch—because I need a couch. Or I buy a new computer case because my old one is too big for the space where I’m putting the computer. Sometimes, I’ll … Continued
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Tech NewsGadgetsYou Don’t Even Have to Look at the Screen to Use This One-Handed Phone Keyboard
As smartphone screens have grown, using their on-screen keyboards with one hand has become problematic for anyone without lanky digits. Dougie Mann’s TypeCase might be the solution. It’s a smartphone case packed with electronics and five buttons meant to make single-handed typing doable again. You don’t even need to look at the screen to do … Continued
