Australian YouTuber TrashBench decided an old outdoor air conditioner unit sitting in the trash deserved a second life as the biggest radiator his test bench had ever seen. He took the outdoor half of a discarded Fujitsu split-system rated for four kilowatts of cooling, emptied the refrigerant, and kept only the parts that matter for water cooling: the large finned coil, its axial fan, and the pump.
Arctic Fox Technologies has built a wired mouse, called Super Mouse, that places a 3.1-inch square touchscreen directly beneath the area where a palm rests during normal use. The unit measures 109 by 91 by 29 millimeters, carries a boxier profile than most everyday models, and arrives in yellow, white, or gray finishes. Standard left and right buttons sit above a scroll wheel, with two programmable Hyper Keys positioned nearby for actions that feel better as a physical press. Power and data both travel through a single USB-C cable, so the device stays tethered to the computer at all times.
Journalists at the Los Angeles event today lifted the lid on Apple’s new MacBook Pro and immediately felt the weight drop before the screen even lit up. The 14-inch model comes in at three pounds, half a pound lighter than the previous version, while the 16-inch version sits at four pounds. In the hand it feels closer to a thinner machine, and several people noted that the difference shows up right away when the laptop goes into a bag.
Apple finally put a touchscreen on a MacBook Pro and paired it with a tandem OLED panel called PROLED XDR that reaches 2000 nits of peak brightness for both HDR and ordinary SDR content. Available in 14.2-inch and 16.3-inch sizes, the display hits a 10,000,000:1 contrast ratio, supports ProMotion that ramps from 10Hz to 120Hz, and covers both the P3 and Adobe RGB color spaces with more than 80 percent of Rec. 2020.
Anduril has partnered with Qualcomm to launch BlueChip, a new line of rugged laptops designed and assembled in the United States for government agencies, the military, first responders, and public safety teams. Palmer Luckey’s defense company already has working prototypes, and it expects to start taking orders in 2027.
Apple launched an updated 24-inch iMac today that uses the company’s newest M6 chip and keeps nearly every outside detail from the version that arrived two years ago. Buyers still choose from the same seven colors: blue, green, pink, yellow, purple, orange, and silver. Each machine ships with matching keyboard and mouse or trackpad, and the thin all-in-one body sits on the same stand as before.
McDonald’s China and Lenovo just put a wireless mouse on sale that looks exactly like a carton of fries. The Fry Mark carries the familiar red-and-yellow box shape, with a top shell molded into a cluster of golden fries and the golden arches sitting on the base. Over sixty percent of that outer casing comes from plastic recovered from old Happy Meal toys.
Apple introduced the 14-inch MacBook Pro with the M6 chip on October 27, placing a 2-nanometer processor inside the same portable aluminum body that has defined the line for years. The M6 uses a 12-core CPU that includes what Apple calls the world’s fastest CPU core, paired with a 12-core GPU that embeds a Neural Accelerator in every graphics core. A dual 16-core Neural Engine handles the AI work, while unified memory starts at 16GB and can be ordered up to 32GB, with bandwidth reaching 170GB per second on the higher configurations.
Apple invites media to a Los Angeles experience this Wednesday for what reports describe as the long-awaited high-end MacBook Pro refresh. Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman and other sources point to 14-inch and 16-inch models that finally bring touch support and OLED screens to the Mac lineup. The gathering carries the tagline “Pro and tell,” with a press release expected around 10 a.m. Pacific Time followed by hands-on time for attendees. Shipping could begin as early as November 6.
Laptop stands usually arrive as thick aluminum frames or plastic ramps that claim portability while still demanding a dedicated sleeve in a bag. Less by Design treated that bulk as unnecessary once the basic job of lifting the rear edge became clear. Existing options like the Roost deliver solid height through aluminum and rubber pads yet weigh several ounces and stretch nearly ten inches long. Thin adhesive risers stay light but barely clear the desk surface. Both approaches left room for something that could disappear into a pocket yet still hold a laptop at a useful angle.