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This enthusiast’s keyboard and trackball used to launch nuclear missiles

Enlarge (credit: Pointless Tinkering/YouTube ) There’s no telling what you’ll find on eBay—like an old keyboard and trackball originally dedicated to firing off nuclear missiles. As detailed Tuesday by YouTube channel Pointless Tinkering , an enthusiast bought the keyboard off eBay simply because it “looked awesome” and had “some interesting buttons” saying things like “TRANSMIT, […]

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Drop Signature Series Islay Night hands-on: A $349, arrow-free experience

Enlarge (credit: Scharon Harding) You can often tell a custom-made mechanical keyboard when you see it. The keycaps have a selection of colors, shapes and/or heights that you haven’t seen united before. The owner swears the mechanical switches are something special, and they’re all housed in a chassis of their favorite color, topped off with […]

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Logitech thinks small with MX Keys Mini wireless keyboard

Logitech’s MX Keys Mini comes in multiple hues. [credit: Logitech ] Logitech has taken its advanced Bluetooth keyboard and made it smaller. Announced today, the Logitech MX Secrets Mini and MX Keys Mini for Mac drop the particular numpad and navigational keys of the full-sized Logitech MX Keys released two years ago in favor of […]

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Plug in a PS5 keyboard to access Returnal’s hidden “debug mode” codes

Returnaling, over and over, to remember the things we shot. [credit: Sony Interactive Entertainment / Housemarque ] It’s not too surprising that a game like Returnal would have some hidden cheat codes allowing players to lighten the game’s punishing difficulty. But the method—which requires players to plug a USB keyboard into their PS5—for entering those […]