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Retro Gaming Innovation: Game Boy Gets a CRT Screen

Imagine holding your favorite Game Boy in one hand and experiencing its classic games with the warm, flickering glow of a CRT television! Thanks to a creative modder known as James Channel, this retro gaming dream became a reality. His latest project involves fitting a brand-new CRT screen from AliExpress into a Game Boy case, creating an unconventional yet functional device.

The Technical Journey to Gaming Nirvana/Madness

James's process was a testament to ingenuity and tenacity. He fused the CRT screen into the Game Boy case, rearranged circuit boards, applied copious amounts of hot glue for stability, and made other necessary adjustments. Remarkably, this homemade device actually works! However, its power consumption is high compared to an LCD display, resulting in a battery life of just two minutes and five seconds.

Not So Portable

The CRT screen's bulk makes it (a lot) less portable than the original Game Boy, limiting its mobility beyond your immediate surroundings. But for avid retro gamers, this custom mod offers a unique experience.

Would you consider modifying a vintage console like this? What other innovations in retro gaming would you love to see?

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During a recent episode of The Verge’s Decoder podcast, Logitech CEO Hanneke Faber shed some possible insight into the company’s view on one of its most important products. Saying that “the mouse built this house,” Faber shares the planning behind a Forever Mouse, a premium product that the company hopes will be the last you ever have to buy. There’s also a discussion about a subscription-based service and a deeper focus on AI.

For now, details on a Forever Mouse are thin, but you better believe there will be a catch. The Instant Pot was a product so good that customers rarely needed to buy another one. The company went bankrupt.

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UK school reprimanded for unlawful use of facial recognition technology

An English school has been reprimanded by U.K. regulators after it used facial recognition technology without getting opt-in consent from students.

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HP discontinues online-only LaserJet printers in response to backlash

HN Discussion

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“Immensely disappointing”: Nike killing app for $350 self-tying sneakers

It is hard to imagine that there was not someone inside of Nike that lost their faith in humanity when the pitch for these things was originally taking off.

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LLMs certainly hold potential, but as we’ve seen time and time again in tech over the last fifteen years, the hype and greed of unethical pitchmen has gotten way out ahead of the actual locomotive. A lot of people in “tech” are interested in money, not tech. And they’re increasingly making decisions based on how to drum up investment bucks, get press attention and bump stock, not on actually improving anything.

The result has been a ridiculous parade of rushed “AI” implementations that are focused more on cutting corners, undermining labor, or drumming up sexy headlines than improving lives. The resulting hype cycle isn’t just building unrealistic expectations and tarnishing brands, it’s often distracting many tech companies from foundational reality and more practical, meaningful ideas.

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The source code for DOOM on the Super NES was released on July 14th 2020. In this episode we take a closer look at how its developer Randy Linden was able to...

Well, the SNES isn't quite a "3D" console, but I'll say that Doom counts.

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