Meta has new $299 smart glasses. I don’t want them. But, as I wrote for Stuff, I’d happily try some AirPods Pro for my eyes.

Retroid released another retro doodad. It’s more or less the Retroid Pocket 6 (my current gaming fave) but optimised for 4:3 systems. Here’s my piece on this end-game 4:3 handheld.

I’m an AI sceptic but have used it. My piece for Stuff outlines how – and what I thought it was good for. (Spoiler: not much. And even when I had some success, I felt guilty with all the waste.)

The N64 turned 30. Yeah, I know. Sorry if you’re old enough to remember using one at the time. Drown your sorrows with my piece remembering the foggy fun it unleashed and six of the best N64 games.

Apple updated RAW. I wrote about what this means from a consumer standpoint for Amateur Photographer.

I appeared on the PhotoActive podcast alongside co-hosts Kirk McElhearn and Jeff Carlson. The subject? Apple’s AI shenanigans in iOS 27. Have a listen here.

Brexit turned 10. It’s still a shitshow. People wonder why. Advocates moan that ‘proper Brexit’ hasn’t happened. But the UK did leave the EU, and so the original mandate was discharged. It’s done. The problem is that although individual Brexiters knew what they were voting for, Leave was a coalition of entirely incompatible versions of Brexit, largely driven by entitlement and outright bullshit. That means it’s an impossibility that the entire Leave group can ever be satisfied.

I hope one day that the UK will be back in the EU or at least the single market. But I also hope we never again have another referendum that is so poorly considered in terms of its setup and the lack of consideration for the ramifications.

The EU is effectively killing periodical imports. It took aim at Temu. It hit magazines and comics, which will no longer be viable to send. I’m pro-EU – see above – but, good grief, this legislation is daft. (Friends in music also suggest this will basically end their physical exports to the EU.)

Apple hiked its prices this week. The Apple TV is now hilariously overpriced. Although it’s not funny that broader Apple tech – notably the entry-level iPad and the MacBook Neo – are now less accessible to the masses. Back in March, I wrote about how AI is eating the tech world and your favourite gadgets will be next. (An editor later changed the title. Tsk.) I got crap for this piece at the time, since it was framed around retro-gaming doodads. But now? It’s everything. No one can say they weren’t warned.

Speaking of warnings, PlayStation is deleting paid movies from people’s accounts. Play Has No Limits should be the new slogan. It’s not the first time Sony’s pulled this move either.

As ever, if digital content you’ve bought isn’t DRM-free and is locked to a single device or service, you don’t own it. You just paid for a long-term rental. Maybe think about your purchases accordingly.