By Kyle Barr Published April 25, 2025 | Comments (0) | Nintendo Switch 2 and official Nintendo accessories © Alex Cranz / Gizmodo This week’s Nintendo Switch 2 preorder madness, both in the U.S. and abroad, offered more perspective on just how popular Nintendo’s new handheld console will be at launch on June 5. Already, it seems consumers are willing to bite their tongue and drop upwards of $450 on the successor to the original Switch. If you’re lucky enough to buy a device, you’re staring down the barrel of $70 or $80 games, plus near-$100 for additional controllers if you stick with Nintendo’s first-party accessories. Third-party accessories tend to be cheaper, but the licensed and more-niche peripherals set to sell alongside the Switch 2 seem to be inferior in some ways compared to Nintendo’s official gear. For instance, if you’re looking for the most authentic retro experience on the Switch 2, you’ll have to trade practicality for price. The return of the GameCube controller—again—seemed like a major win for gamers at first. But then Nintendo offered the confusing caveat that it’d only work with GameCube titles available via a Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack subscription. © Nintendo Confirming to Nintendo Life, Nintendo clarified that you can indeed use the GameCube controller to play other Switch 2 games so long as they account for the lack of a left bumper button and a right analog stick that’s shaped like a nipple. Even still, the new GameCube controller won’t work with any other console but the Switch 2. When asked for clarification, Nintendo sent Gizmodo the following statement: The Nintendo GameCube controller is designed for use with the Nintendo GameCube — Nintendo Classics collection of games and is an optional way to play those games. Since it doesn’t have all the buttons and features found in other controllers that can be used with the Nintendo Switch 2 system, there may be some issues when playing other games. The Nintendo GameCube controller can only be used on Nintendo Switch 2 and is not compatible with Nintendo Switch. Nintendo recently updated the listing for its GameCube controller on its website. Initial reports suggested the controller would cost $65, but the product page now just says it’ll launch alongside the Switch 2 on June 5. Only those who go through Nintendo’s priority sale on the My Nintendo Store may have the option to buy it first on May 8 through May 12. Gizmodo reached out to Nintendo to confirm a final retail price, and we’ll update this post if we hear more. Still, even if the controller ends up retailing for $65, it’s much cheaper than the new $85 Pro controller and $95 Joy-Con 2 (Nintendo recently bumped up each peripheral’s price by $5, citing U.S. tariffs). Both of those first-party controllers feel very good in-hand, but the premium prices only add the to cost of what’s already a pricey Switch 2. The Switch 2 GameCube controller isn’t the only accessory that may not function as you’d think. If you paid close attention, the April 2 Switch 2 Direct suggested gamers could face other issues with latency and jagged images when streaming to friends using Nintendo’s $55 1080p-resolution Switch 2 camera. Hori, which makes licensed Nintendo products, is selling a Piranha Plant camera that retails for $60. You’d think because it costs more than the official Switch 2 camera that the resolution might be better, but nope, it’s actually worse! While adorable, the Piranha camera is only 480p resolution, which isn’t even standard HD. Hori has another less-cute camera that’s compatible with Switch 2. You can find on Amazon’s Japan webpage, but it too is limited to 480p resolution. It costs 3,981 yen, or about $28 in the U.S., though we can only assume prices will be higher at home due to tariffs. On the upside, both of Hori’s cameras can plug directly into the Switch 2’s USB-C port while handheld, which is something Nintendo’s official camera can’t do. Until we’ve tried out the cameras we won’t know how they compare to Nintendo’s. It’s possible the lower resolution on Hori’s cameras could mean less lag and the image quality is negligible on the Switch 2’s screen. Nintendo’s store page mentions you can use “any compatible USB-C camera you’d like,” on Switch 2, which does insinuate you should be able to use most third-party webcams, but the company has yet to confirm that. If that’s the case, you could have way more camera choices. Why didn’t Nintendo just update the GameCube controller to function more like a modern gamepad? Why is Hori cheaping out on the resolution of its cameras? I wish I had real answers. So before you run out and buy any Switch 2 accessories, just make sure you know exactly what they can do. Daily Newsletter You May Also Like By Kyle Barr Published April 24, 2025 By Kyle Barr Published April 23, 2025 By Kyle Barr Published April 22, 2025 By Kyle Barr Published April 18, 2025 By Kyle Barr Published April 15, 2025 By Germain Lussier Published April 14, 2025

Apartment I / Luiz Solano Escritório de ArquiteturaSave this picture!© Camila Alba Architects: Luiz Solano Escritório de Arquitetura Area Area of this architecture project Area:  160 m² Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2025 Photographs Photographs:Camila Alba Manufacturers Brands with products used in this architecture project Manufacturers:  Atko Concreto, Lola Muller, Sem Juntas, reka iluminacaoMore SpecsLess Specs Save this picture! Text description provided by the architects. The Apartment I is located on the top floor of the Araucária Building, constructed between 1964 and 1969 by Rino Levi. In general terms, the original layout divided the apartment into three cores: the bedrooms, arranged linearly and separated by wardrobes; the living room and kitchen; and an appendix, where the service area is located.Save this picture!The design for Apartment I takes the original division of the layout to the extreme. All internal masonry walls are demolished, and the cores are delineated by wardrobes. There are primarily two lines of wardrobes that divide the cores and organize the program of the apartment. They are perpendicular and intersect in the passage between the living room and the office.Save this picture!Save this picture!The first line contains the kitchen counter, the entrance door, the planter, the building's ventilation shaft, the living room bathroom, and the wardrobe that separates the bedroom from the office. The second line is basically made up of the wardrobe that divides the living room from the office, which spans the entire length of the apartment and also separates the bedroom from the bathroom.Save this picture!The central module houses the living room and kitchen in a 9 x 9 meter square. On one side, facing north, there is a floor-to-ceiling window and a concrete brise-soleil on the building's facade. This space has only a few objects that assist in its use: a planter, where there was an inverted beam in one of the demolished bathrooms; a stainless steel cylinder, replacing the original fireplace; and a kitchen island, also made of stainless steel.Save this picture!The bedroom module contains the office and a bedroom with a bathroom. It is accompanied the entire length by the wardrobe that separates it from the living room. Between the office and the bedroom, there is a wardrobe that opens on both sides. This wardrobe can eventually be replicated to create an additional bedroom in the upper half of the office, where there is another access door.Save this picture! Project gallerySee allShow less Project locationAddress:Avenida 9 de Julho, 4782 - São Paulo, Sp - BrazilLocation to be used only as a reference. It could indicate city/country but not exact address.About this office Published on April 25, 2025Cite: "Apartment I / Luiz Solano Escritório de Arquitetura" [Apartamento I / Luiz Solano Escritório de Arquitetura] 25 Apr 2025. ArchDaily. Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/1029493/apartment-i-luiz-solano-escritorio-de-arquitetura&gt ISSN 0719-8884Save世界上最受欢迎的建筑网站现已推出你的母语版本!想浏览ArchDaily中国吗?是否 You've started following your first account!Did you know?You'll now receive updates based on what you follow! Personalize your stream and start following your favorite authors, offices and users.Go to my stream

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Electric vehicles generally include a lot of bells and whistles as selling points, but a startup called Slate Auto is hyping up an alternative. Earlier this week, the Jeff Bezos-backed company unveiled the Slate Truck—a bare-bones EV pickup with a purported base price of around $20,000 to $25,000. Major hurdles remain before these EVs are cruising (at moderate speeds) down roads, but if successful, the new trucks could help many drivers make the switch from gas to electric. While the base model lacks accessories, Slate says it will offer a number of upgrade options. Credit: Slate Auto Slate’s selling point is its simplicity. The Slate Truck base models lack a stereo, infotainment system, power windows, and other now-standard accessories. These allegedly can be installed as upgraded features (for additional costs). However the off-the-lot EV will still aim for a 5-star crash rating with forward collision warnings, up-to-eight airbags, and active emergency brakes. Slate will also offer upgrades like a do-it-yourself “flat-pack accessory SUV kit” to transform the EV from an open-air truck to a five-seat ride. The base truck will include a 57.2 kWh battery pack with rear-wheel drive and a 150-mile target range. An additional 84.3 kWh battery pack option that aims for a 240-mile range will also be included. The inclusion of an NACS charging port allows for easier recharge options, along with the ability to reach 80 percent battery charge in under 30 minutes. The Slate Truck lacks an infotainment system, and instead relies on a smartphone hookup. Credit: Slate Auto That said, don’t expect powerhouse performance from the minimalist EV.The Slate Truck will offer 0 to 60 mph in eight seconds, while topping out at only 90 mph. Some real-world factors might also complicate the Slate Truck’s rollout. While the company vows to manufacture the vehicle’s basic components in the US, its motor, wheels, battery, and other parts may be liable to the Trump administration’s ongoing tariff war. Slate vows much of the manufacturing will take place in a “reindustrialized” Midwest factory that Ars Technica suspects will be located in Troy, Michigan. Again, the administration’s chaotic tariffs stances and EV opposition may prove more difficult for Slate to navigate. But in terms of a concept, it’s hard to not to get at least a little excited about a throwback utility truck with EV sensibilities. The post Minimalist EV pickup truck has no stereo and a $20,000 price tag appeared first on Popular Science.

News Paleontology Ancient, water-loving rhinos gathered in big, hippolike herds The beasts lived and died together after an erupting supervolcano blanketed their world in ash Fossils of the barrel-bodied rhino Teleoceras (shown) are among the most common ancient herbivores excavated at Ashfall Fossil Beds State Historical Park in northern Nebraska. The animals perished roughly 12 million years ago due to impacts from the eruption of the Yellowstone supervolcano. James St. John/Flickr (CC BY 2.0) By Jake Buehler 2 hours ago Millions of years ago in Nebraska, chunky, stumpy-legged rhinoceroses were party animals, crowding together in huge herds at watering holes and rivers. Chemical signatures in the fossilized teeth of the extinct, corgi-shaped beasts suggest they didn’t roam widely, instead forming big, local herds unlike the more solitary rhinos of today, researchers report April 4 in Scientific Reports. About 12 million years ago during the Miocene Epoch, the Yellowstone supervolcano erupted and covered much of North America in ash. Around a watering hole that eventually became Nebraska’s Ashfall Fossil Beds State Historical Park, about a foot of the debris fell on the landscape. Sign up for our newsletter We summarize the week's scientific breakthroughs every Thursday.

Nature, Published online: 25 April 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-01319-1Firing tiny doses of laser light into people’s eyes allowed them to perceive a never-seen-before hue.

An inscription with the name of Ramesses III has been discovered in southern Jordan.

Hello! I made a retro sci-fi manga render based heavily on the manga BLAME! I didn't recreate any environment in particular, but I modeled everything based on numerous references from the manga. I included the main reference I used for the look and feel in the images, as well as a viewport render showing the extent to which grease pencil was used for details such as wires and cracks. I hope you like it! submitted by /u/Dog_Among_Kings [link] [comments]

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