Kyle Barr

5 days ago | businessandamerica.com | Kyle Barr

The legendary former Apple designer Jony Ive has a few regrets. The man helped bring us the iPhone, which in turn was the advent of the smartphone and social media revolution. Now Ive is working with OpenAI—the company that sparked today’s AI fixation—to design some kind of AI-centric hardware that he says will help him atone for society’s lingering screen fixation.

5 days ago | gizmodo.com | Kyle Barr

The legendary former Apple designer Jony Ive has a few regrets. The man helped bring us the iPhone, which in turn was the advent of the smartphone and social media revolution. Now Ive is working with OpenAI—the company that sparked today’s AI fixation—to design some kind of AI-centric hardware that he says will help him atone for society’s lingering screen fixation.

5 days ago | gizmodo.com | Kyle Barr

Folks who sport bald heads—like me—know that finding a truly comfortable gaming headset can be an expensive struggle. I have had to eschew a number of what would be high-quality earphones from companies like SteelSeries and Corsair just because they chafe against my scalp’s bare skin. As a possible remedy, Razer promises its Clio audio-blasting head cushion will keep my noggin free of a headband and still give me access to high-quality, headset-level audio.

6 days ago | gizmodo.com | Kyle Barr

Lenovo is one of the few big hardware brands that seems to think “the next big thing” in laptops—beyond better processors and even more glowy RGB lights—is glasses-free 3D displays. The Lenovo Legion 9i should support 30 games with 3D effects, though it may be brought down by an enormous, tariff-boosted price tag. Ignoring the possible enormous price, I’m left holding out hope that lenticular lenses can find a niche in today’s gaming environment.

6 days ago | gizmodo.com | Kyle Barr

In an effort to expand beyond smartphones, Backbone is now selling an everything controller. Just like the Backbone One, the new $170 Backbone Pro turns a phone into a quick and dirty gaming handheld, but with added Bluetooth connectivity, it also connects to a PC or smart TV. If you’re the traveling kind, it promises to be the only quality (albeit expensive) controller you need to take with you. Or it would be a solid 2-in-1 gamepad if—unlike me—you apparently have enormous hands.