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Build an RGB gaming PC for under $100.

I kinda love this not-Lego-brick model gaming rig, complete with build-it-yourself components including motherboard, RAM, “GeForce RTX” graphics card, power supply, and two SSDs. And RGB lighting, obviously.

There’s also a 90’s beige box PC kit with a tiny brick floppy drive and CD-ROM drive, as well as a little keyboard and mouse.


Press photo of a miniature gaming desktop model made out of Lego-like bricks. The model is mostly gray-colored with typical gamery accents, including RGB lighting and little brick models of a motherboard, graphics card, PSU, and storage drives.
It’s only a model.
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Good luck getting one of Fujifilm’s limited-edition X100VI units.

From March 21st to March 23rd, 100 cameras will be sold daily on a first come, first served basis for $1,999. ($400 more than the regular X100VI).

It’s already plenty hard to buy the “regular” X100VI — it’ll be even harder when there’s only 300 of them.


Fitbit by Google is now just Google Fitbit.

Three years after completing its $2.1 billion acquisition of Fitbit, Google has taken another step towards integrating the fitness-tracking company into its hardware lineup with some updated branding.

Recent changes on the Fitbit website, first spotted by 9to5Google, include an updated wordmark that uses capitalized Google Sans font and ditches the dotted arrow logo, which is still featured on the brand's favicon.


A screengrab of the Fitbit website showing updated Google branding.

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Here’s the updated “Google Fitbit” branding on the top left of the website homepage.
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Google is prepping “Powered Off Finding” for Android phones.

You may still be able to use find your Pixel 8 or 8 Pro when it’s off using Google’s Find My Device network in Android 15, writes Mishaal Rahman for Android Police.

Rahman says older Pixel phones, including the Pixel Fold, don’t appear to support the in-progress feature, though.


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Apple will face an AirTags class-action lawsuit.

Judge Vince Chhabria of California’s Northern District found that three plaintiffs had sufficiently claimed “negligence and product liability” in the suit, which alleges that AirTags “help stalkers track their victims,” Bloomberg reported Friday.

Bloomberg quotes Judge Chhabria:

“Apple may ultimately be right that California law did not require it to do more to diminish the ability of stalkers to use AirTags effectively, but that determination cannot be made at this early stage,”


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You’ll get your OLED iPads when they’re good and ready.

Apple’s updated tablets should arrive after “a variant of iPadOS 17.4” is finished around the end of this month or “sometime in April,” Mark Gurman writes in the subscriber version of Power On for Bloomberg today.

He also writes that the new USB-C AirPods — the entry-level model and a mid-tier version with noise-canceling — are expected “around September or October.”


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How to get free, on-demand music in the pre-streaming service era.

I’ll be telling my grandchildren this was Napster.


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Looks like Samsung thinks you’ll put a ring on it.

Rumor has it that Samsung will start mass production on the Galaxy Ring in May to the tune of 400,000 units. Of course, that’s just an estimate and could tweaked down the line. But if true, it hints that Samsung’s feeling confident about its forthcoming smart ring. Like I said, 2024 is really shaping up to be the year of the smart ring.


The Xiaomi 14 Ultra photography kit is a beaut.

I’m busy testing the Xiaomi 14 Ultra’s camera but please take a minute to appreciate this gorgeous photography accessory kit. It updates last year’s version with a beefier battery that can power the phone. Just feast your eyes on that gorgeous two-stage shutter button!

One thing I’m noticing so far? It’s heavier than the previous version. That’s not so hot.


Xiaomi 14 Ultra with photography kit.

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Lego’s D&D set will be unveiled on March 19th.

The highly anticipated Dungeons and Dragons set — inspired by this “Dragon’s Keep: Journey’s End” fan design — will be revealed at 1PM EST / 10AM PT next Tuesday. The actual release date hasn’t been announced yet.

The new minifig teaser below Lego’s countdown timer looks like a balanced adventuring party, and will probably work well as actual D&D character miniatures.


A screenshot taken of the Lego D&D minifig teaser.
My guess (from left to right): an elven spellcaster, a human paladin/cleric, a dwarven fighter, and either a rogue or ranger.
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Masimo jailbroke iPhones to try to keep the Apple Watch banned.

That’s according to the US Customs and Border Protection’s (CBP) recently-published January 12th ruling that approved Apple’s modification meant to lift the Apple Watch ban.

CBP chief Dax Terrill wrote that Masimo installed “otherwise restricted software that, but for the jailbreaking, would not have been feasible.” He concluded that the software change “would appear to resolve the issue of infringement.”


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Checking in on the Rabbit R1’s note-taking prowess.

This quick demo from Rabbit CEO Jesse Lyu certainly helps make the case for the Rabbit R1 as a little AI helper gadget as it records audio and transcribes and summarizes it for you.

Yes, there are already smartphones with on-device AI capabilities like this. But look at the little reel-to-reel animation! So charming!


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Merry Dexmas, Pixel 8 owners.

Okay, it’s not exactly Dex, but Mishaal Rahman reports that the latest Android 14 beta allows Pixel 8 phones to use DisplayPort over USB-C for screen mirroring. Plug your phone into a monitor or TV and you’ll be able to output your phone’s display to the big screen — no adapter required. You can’t run a whole desktop environment ala Dex just yet, but that might be in the works.


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Plus, in this week’s Installer: the new Nothing Phone, Rivian’s upcoming crossover, the M3 MacBook Air, and much more.

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Now I want a Mario Kart 8 Lego Cup DLC.

Maybe that’s just wishful thinking after the Mario Kart tease for 2025 tacked onto the end of this Lego Mario Day video. I’m sure it’s just new sets, but that doesn’t stop my mind from racing with possibilities.

In the meantime, the video also has details on other, more immediate products, like a Luigi’s Mansion-themed set.

Here’s a short version of the Mario Kart clip.


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Withings ScanWatch 2 and Light review: simple vibes for the tech-fatigued

These watches hit a nice balance between style and function without bombarding you with information.

Satechi’s new USB-C hub has 8K video output but no USB-A ports.

The Multiport Adapter 8K with Ethernet V3 spotted by MacRumors costs $99 and features three 10Gbps USB-C ports, one 5Gbps USB-C port, an Ethernet port, a UHS-II SD card reader, and an HDMI 2.1 port that supports displays up to 8K/30Hz or 4K/144Hz, but only on Windows.

There’s also 85W passthrough charging, meaning you can juice up a MacBook Air or MacBook Pro.


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This Lego set puts a 2D-style Gotham City onto your wall.

Lego has revealed its $299 Batman: The Animated Series Gotham City set (#76271), which features 4,210 pieces making up landmarks like the Gotham City Court and Arkham Asylum.

It also includes four minifigures of Batman, Catwoman, Harley Quinn, and the Joker. The set comes out on April 4th, and you can check out even more pictures of it from Lego’s website.


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Oh look, the Oura Ring’s on Amazon now.

Prime members can get free shipping, and Oura’s Amazon store will sell six finishes of the Oura Ring Horizon and four finishes for the Oura Ring Heritage. Sizing kits and extra chargers are also available for $10 and $59 a pop.

This makes a lot of sense. Last year, Oura partnered with Best Buy to bring its rings to its retail stores. This feels like a natural continuation.


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Today I learned you can buy an explosive fire extinguisher for your 3D printer.

The Wham Bam Cloud Personal Printer Sentry is a $29 gadget designed to protect your home if your printer catches fire, by exploding into a cloud of extinguishing powder if direct flame touches it for 2-3 seconds.

Most reputable 3D printers have thermal runaway detection; I don’t know if it works in practice; insert lp0 joke! Totally just bought one anyhow.


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It’s the end of the (software support) road.

The Samsung Galaxy S10 Lite and Note 10 Lite were the final two members of the S10 series still getting security updates — until now. 9to5Google notes that their promised four years of updates are up, and they’re no longer on Samsung’s security scope page; just last month they were still listed for quarterly updates. It was a good run, guys.


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Meta’s outage took Quest VR headsets out too, but it’s trying to fix that.

It wasn’t just Meta’s social networks that went down yesterday — internet-connected Quest headsets, which should be able to work offline, showed an error message that prevented their main interface from loading, making them useless, as UploadVR detailed today.

Mark Rabkin, Meta’s VP of VR, blamed a login server bug yesterday, adding that Meta will try to make sure Quest devices are “more resilient.”