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A surrealist masterpiece.

Andrew Liszewski
Andrew Liszewski
Ikea’s Matter-compatible glowing donut is now available in the US.

First announced at CES 2026, the Ikea Varmblixt donut lamp is now available from the company’s online store and retail locations across the US. It’s still priced at $99.99 and comes with one of Ikea’s Bilresa remotes for cycling through 12 preset colors. To connect it to your smart home and unlock new colors you’ll need a Matter hub.

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Ikea’s Varmblixt donut table lamp being adjusted by someone pressing a wireless remote.
Image: Ikea
Nvidia has lost the plot with gamers

Nvidia wanted its cake immediately.

Sean Hollister
Jay Peters
Jay Peters
Vampire Survivors’ deckbuilding spinoff launches on April 21st.

Vampire Crawlers will cost $9.99 on PC and consoles, and it’s coming to mobile later this year. There’s a demo on Steam you can try right now, it’s good!

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Terrence O'Brien
Terrence O'Brien
Mister Rogers is getting his own YouTube channel.

Until now, Mister Rogers Neighborhood has only been available on YouTube in a limited capacity via the PBS Kids account and sketchy uploads. But now it will have an official home on YouTube thanks to a partnership between Fred Rogers Productions and Little Dot Studios, which has, let’s say, diverse interests.

Andrew Webster
Andrew Webster
We’ve got Stranger Things at home.

Now that Stranger Things is overthe main series, anyways — you can finally own the whole thing on disc. Arrow Video is releasing a box set of the complete series on Blu-Ray and 4K UHD, which will be available in July. I hope the collection spans exactly 11 discs.

I went to the Pentagon to watch Pete Hegseth scold war reporters

A second row seat to the reality TV White House’s propaganda push.

Tina Nguyen
Richard Lawler
Richard Lawler
The MLB creates a distraction from last season’s betting scandal by cutting a deal with Polymarket.

Their partnership, reportedly worth up to $300 million over three years, includes giving Polymarket “access to Official League Data from Sportradar, MLB’s exclusive global distributor of data for prediction markets.”

This is after Emmanuel Clase de la Cruz and Luis Leandro Ortiz Ribera were indicted in November over allegedly rigging bets on pitches.

Elizabeth Lopatto
Elizabeth Lopatto
More on free speech hero Afroman.

I enjoyed this write-up of the Afroman defamation trial, which, by the way, he won. Mike Masnick cuts to the core: the police think they should be able to do whatever they want, including screwing up, without fear of embarrassment.

“The whole point is to make the cost of accountability so high that people stop trying. But Afroman showed up in an American flag suit and explained, calmly and clearly, that he makes funny songs, that these officers raided his house for no good reason, that they broke his stuff, and that he has every right to talk about it.” I think I’ll watch his videos again to celebrate.

Terrence O'Brien
Terrence O'Brien
A simple mod with a sliver of thermal pad boosts the MacBook Neo’s performance.

Once we knew how easy it was to disassemble and repair Apple’s cheapest laptop, it seemed obvious that modding it would be a thing. Thankfully, it’s a lot less likely to wreck your Neo than this storage upgrade. Though it’s not clear how it will affect the CPU’s longevity.

Andrew Webster
Andrew Webster
A weekend project.

Project Hail Mary premieres tomorrow, and it’s the kind of big, exciting sci-fi movie I’d highly recommend seeing on a big screen. For more on the movie, check out my review as well as my interview with author Andy Weir and screenwriter Drew Goddard about adapting the story for film.

This is not a fly uploaded to a computer

A lot of buzz, but not much evidence.

Robert Hart
Jennifer Pattison Tuohy
Jennifer Pattison Tuohy
Another smart oven shuts down.

The company behind the Brava Oven, the innovative smart kitchen gadget that cooks with light, has announced it ceased operations on March 6, 2026. It will no longer sell its $1,300 countertop ovens or provide software updates.

If you own a Brava, the good news is that the Brava Cloud is currently working. The bad news is that “may change, be limited, or be discontinued at any time.”

Andrew Liszewski
Andrew Liszewski
8BitDo’s latest Retro Receiver brings wireless controller support to the Nintendo 64.

The new $24.99 adapter plugs into the N64’s front ports and serves as a wireless bridge for modern Bluetooth controllers including Xbox, PlayStation, and Switch gamepads. The company also released a new $39.99 2.4GHz version of its 8BitDo 64 controller with a similar adapter for use with the N64 or Analogue 3D.

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<em>The N64 Retro Receiver supports rumble functionality and includes a USB-C port for firmware updates.</em>
<em>The adapter is compatible with 8BitDo’s controller lineup but also any standard Bluetooth gamepad.</em>
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The N64 Retro Receiver supports rumble functionality and includes a USB-C port for firmware updates.
Image: 8BitDo
Jess Weatherbed
Jess Weatherbed
UK fines 4Chan over online safety compliance…again.

After initially hitting 4Chan with a paltry £20,000 (about $26,500) penalty for hindering its investigation, Ofcom has now fined the website £520,000 ($690,000) for failing to comply with age assurance obligations. Should non-compliance continue, 4Chan risks facing additional daily fines of up to £800 (about $1,060).

Dominic Preston
Dominic Preston
Vibe living.

First it was vibe coding, now it’s vibe design. We either need to vibe less, or a whole lot more.

peregui:

Can somebody make a tool so I can vibe live

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Jess Weatherbed
Jess Weatherbed
Samsung plans to spend $73 billion on AI chip expansion.

The company is increasing production and research investments by 22 percent in 2026 in an attempt to overtake SK Hynix’s lead as Nvidia’s dominant memory provider. Co-CEO Jun Young-hyun says demand for agentic AI is fueling a surge in orders, with funds being funneled toward “future-oriented” sectors like advanced robotics.

Dominic Preston
Dominic Preston
Vivo’s X300 Ultra arrives this month.

The flagship launches in China on March 30th, though we don’t know if the promised international launch will be at the same time. We’ve also gotten our first good look at the phone, which includes a snazzy two-tone body. It’ll launch alongside the more affordable X300S, and both phones will support Vivo’s telephoto converter lenses.

Render of Vivo X300 Ultra
Render of Vivo X300s
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Vivo has already revealed the new 400mm telephoto converter attached to the X300 Ultra here.
Image: Vivo
Jess Weatherbed
Jess Weatherbed
Alexa’s AI upgrade lands in the UK.

It’s the first European launch for Alexa Plus. It will be available for free during early access, then will cost £19.99 (about $26.50) a month, or free for Prime subscribers. The update should “feel genuinely British,” according to Amazon:

“Alexa Plus knows what a ‘cuppa’ is, will understand what you mean when you say you are ‘knackered,’ and knows that ‘it’s nippy’ means it’s chilly outside. It may even drop ‘you’re taking the mickey’ or ‘Bob’s your uncle’ into conversation.”

T.C. Sottek
T.C. Sottek
GoldenEye, she found my weakness.

I never knew I needed a full live concert of the original soundtrack from 1997’s GoldenEye 64, but now I can’t live without it. I wish I had seen Cor64 perform this live at LA’s Pauhaus, but the next best thing is watching it on YouTube:

Jay Peters
Jay Peters
BMW’s new i3 is “more or less the successor of the i4.”

That’s according to BMW SVP Bernd Körber, speaking to Motor1.com. BMW announced the new i3 EV on Wednesday, but it appears that the i4 won’t be around much longer.

Jay Peters
Jay Peters
Tomb Raider developer Crystal Dynamics is laying off staff — again.

The studio, which is working on a remake of the first game and a new title and has announced a few sets of cuts in the past 12 months, is laying off 20 staffers, as reported by Kotaku.

Crystal Dynamics says it “remains fully committed to the future development of our already announced Tomb Raider titles.”

Jay Peters
Jay Peters
Perplexity has released its Comet browser on iOS.

The iOS launch for the AI-powered browser follows an Android release in November.

Charles Pulliam-Moore
Charles Pulliam-Moore
An AI-generated Val Kilmer will star in a new movie.

Though Val Kilmer — who died last December — was too sick to actually shoot any scenes after being cast in writer / director Coerte Voorhees’ upcoming film As Deep As The Grave, Variety reports that Kilmer’s estate has agreed to let an AI-generated facsimile of the actor appear in the movie.

Jay Peters
Jay Peters
iOS 26.4 apparently makes the keyboard more accurate when you’re typing fast.

According to 9to5Mac:

iOS 26.4 specifically focuses on fixing a bug where characters on the keyboard appeared as if they were tapped, but were not actually inserted. Those missing characters then affected how Apple’s Auto-Correction feature was able to predict what you actually meant to type.

Apple has released a release candidate of the update, indicating it should launch publicly soon.

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