Kyle Barr

New York

Consumer Tech Reporter at Gizmodo

Breaking News Reporter for Gizmodo and all around odd creature. Likely either find me cooking or swinging swords. Email tips to [email protected] #amquerying

Articles

Unboxing Your Brand-New Switch 2? Don’t Remove This Piece of Plastic

5 days ago | gizmodo.com | Kyle Barr

Don’t be so excited for that new Nintendo Switch 2 landing on your doorstep June 5 that you tear into that big red box like a rabid kid on Christmas morning. Nintendo’s new handheld has one caveat that you should look out for on launch, namely the screen protector. If you’re used to taking the thin plastic film off your new devices’ screens, Nintendo suggests you ignore your first impulse and leave that layer right where it is. Nintendo published its instruction manual for the Switch 2 on Sunday.
Unboxing Your Brand-New Switch 2? Don’t Remove This Piece of Plastic

5 days ago | flipboard.com | Kyle Barr

1 hour agoAnd a whole host of other ways Nintendo warns you might break your new console. If you’re picking up a Switch 2 this week, resist the urge to remove the screen protector you’ll find applied to the console out of the box. This is actually a “film layer designed to prevent fragments scattering in the …
The Zuck and Luckey Reunion Enshrines Big Tech’s Dude Bro-ification

1 week ago | technewstube.com | Kyle Barr

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The Zuck and Luckey Reunion Enshrines Big Tech's Dude Bro-ification

1 week ago | gizmodo.com | Kyle Barr

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Palmer Luckey, the original founder of Oculus VR who has since become a military contractor, weren’t on the best of terms for many years. After all, Zuck is the one who fired Luckey after he helped establish Meta’s entire VR business. That’s now water under the bridge.
The Best Way to Play AAA PC Games on Handheld

1 week ago | gizmodo.com | Kyle Barr

As much as I treasure the Steam Deck as my closest gaming companion, the handheld’s limitations will inevitably become more stark with time. Valve’s handheld PC is still one of the cheapest of its class. It’s comfortable, relatively light, and provides a beautiful picture with the OLED screen (if you have that model like I do). But when I’m struggling to play graphically intensive titles without making my precious handheld feel ill, streaming has proved an antidote to my woes.
Apple Reportedly Says ‘Screw It’ and Jumps From iOS 19 to iOS 26

1 week ago | gizmodo.com | Kyle Barr

Apple iPhone fans may soon feel like their parents, who had to watch their baby grow up way too fast. The latest reports suggest the tech giant won’t stick to its old naming convention. The expected iOS 19 will instead be called iOS 26 to line up with the year following now. All your Apple products, from your iPad to your Mac to your Apple Watch, will all sport the new nomenclature and a blanket redesign. If all goes according to plan, next year’s update will be named iOS 27, and so on.
Retro Maker Anbernic Hopes to Make Handhelds Mainstream

1 week ago | gizmodo.com | Kyle Barr

Anbernic makes retro handhelds, practically an avalanche of retro handhelds. The company is known for pushing so many products out the door each year, customers can barely keep up. Now, the handheld maker seems to be one of the few pushing into the direct U.S. market in an effort to offer customers one of the bare few avenues of gaming for cheap.
Retro Maker Anbernic Hopes to Make Handhelds Mainstream

1 week ago | flipboard.com | Kyle Barr

Selling through major retailers in the states could ruin what made these handhelds so great in the first place. Anbernic makes retro handhelds, …
This DIY Lightsaber Proves That Spinning is Indeed a 'Good Trick'

1 week ago | gizmodo.com | Kyle Barr

A new version of the most picture-perfect replica of a lightsaber is drawing even closer to what we want to see from Star Wars’ most iconic weapon. The new rendition of this YouTuber’s DIY laser sword achieves a beautiful effect that’s most reminiscent of the original trilogy of films. That’s because the device is constantly spinning internally through a series of motors. Not only does this saber look the part, but it brings it closer to how both the lore and original movie makers envisioned it.
Classic Design, Classic Pictures, Classic Heft

1 week ago | gizmodo.com | Kyle Barr

The Polaroid Flip is one of those devices that sounds more fun in theory than it does to actually take it into the field. The $200 full-size instant camera looks a little too much like your parentsâ€™ 50-year-old Polaroid they used to take their vintage, cracked, and sun-spotted beach photos. Hell, that may be appealing to some of you nostalgic for your grandmotherâ€™s photo albums.