Senior Editor
Sean is a senior editor at The Verge, a very good website he helped found in 2011. He thrives at the intersection of gaming, technology, and toys, with a side of consumer advocacy because companies just can't help themselves, can they?
Sean previously led breaking news teams at The Verge and CNET and the reviews program at Gizmodo. He also has that voice.
Ethics statement, June 2023: Sean's wife is employed by Apple as a video producer. He therefore does not currently report or edit stories about Apple products or Apple as a company.
When you slow down escaping water to 82,000 frames per second, it looks unreal — like magic pixie dust glittering in the light. Here’s an entire hour of that. I’m mesmerized.
Just the latest example of a slow-mo camera unlocking the fourth dimension; in this case, it’s a Phantom TMX7510 operated by The Slow Mo Guys.
You can try the technical preview now if you’ve got RX 7000 or RX 6000 series discrete GPUs; it looks like it’ll also come to some laptops and handhelds with 780M integrated graphics.
Like Nvidia’s DLSS 3, AMD’s AFMF imagines new frames between existing ones for higher FPS — with many tradeoffs and caveats. AFMF 2 may reduce them.
$99 is pricey — and at 36Wh capacity and 40W PD output, it’s for small gadgets (1.5 charges for Z Flip, nearly full charge for Switch Lite). It only charged a Steam Deck 25 percent while playing 40 minutes of Animal Well. And the cable’s bead-like port covers kind of bang around.
But where else can you get charger, battery and cable in a single tangle-free package? Nice strong magnets, too.
That’s no exaggeration, it’s just me checking in on my 2022 story about the Logitech Powerplay Wireless Charging System, now on sale at Amazon for its best price in two years.
Mind you, that price is $94, not including a compatible mouse... but in hindsight, I’d gladly pay it.
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Asus ROG Ally X review: the best Windows gaming handheld by a mile
In some ways, it’s even better than Deck.
Before he left The Verge, my colleague Jon Porter was able to try the Optimus Popularis — the LCD keyboard that paved the way for every LCD keypad since. While we weren’t quite able to feature Jon’s hands-on images in our feature story, we figured you might appreciate them!
Psst: if you’ve got the even earlier Optimus Maximus lying around, I’d love to try it!
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“For the first time, U.S. subscribers can stream MLB Network 24/7 including select out-of-market games,” writes MLB. It’s $5.99 a month — or $6.99 to bundle live audio for every MLB team.
For football, NFL Plus costs $6.99 a month. Basketball is $14.99 a season for NBA League Pass, though the 2025-2026 season will now come to Amazon Prime Video as well.