Nathan Edwards is The Verge‘s Senior Reviews Editor. He has been writing and editing reviews of computer hardware and consumer tech since 2007. He spent five years at Maximum PC building desktops and reviewing components, and seven at Wirecutter, where he was the first editor for PCs and home networking, and eventually led the computing, mobile, networking, and peripherals beats, among others. He enjoys mechanical keyboards, cargo bikes, making his life more complicated while trying to make it less complicated, and developing new hyperfixations. His French is terrible and his Osage is almost beginner-level. 𐓏𐓘𐓯𐓤𐓘͘
According to an NPR report, “Members of the DOGE team asked that their activities not be logged on the system and then appeared to try to cover their tracks behind them, turning off monitoring tools and manually deleting records of their access — evasive behavior that several cybersecurity experts interviewed by NPR compared to what criminal or state-sponsored hackers might do.”
0This would be a mildly funny April Fools’ Day gag if it were a fake product announcement. But CYL Any Keys is a real keycap set you can buy today. And it’s from GMK, so it’s a high-quality mildly funny April Fools’ Day gag, with doubleshot legends and support for mAny different keyboard layouts.
I’m holding out for MTNU Any Keys, though.
I’ve spent the past week typing on an early unit of the Norbauer Seneca, a mechanical keyboard that’s entirely custom, from its Topre-like electrocapacitive switches to its astonishingly smooth stabilizers. I also spoke at length with its creator about the process of making the board and why it’s so damn expensive. Stay tuned next week, feel free to ask about it in the comments, and meanwhile: just look at this keyboard.
I guess people are pretty interested in Framework’s new Strix Halo desktop, Strix Point 13-inch (it’s translucent!) and 12-inch convertible laptop, because I’ve never been put on hold to visit a dang website before.
My colleagues who are veterans of the PS5 restock wars tell me this is normal. Y’all are really out here waiting in line online?
Google updated the name last week for Maps users in the US, though Maps users in Mexico still see Gulf of Mexico and people outside either country see both names. Mexican President Claudia Scheinbaum said Monday that the country would “proceed to court” if Google did not reverse the change. Google defended the change in an earlier letter to the Mexican government, saying that it follows “longstanding maps policies impartially and consistently across all regions.”
Marcin Wichary, the author of Shift Happens — an exhaustively researched, beautifully designed and photographed history of the keyboard — is back with a deep dive into Gorton, a font found on keyboards, intercoms, camera lenses, and engraved signs across the world, with a special focus on Manhattan. The article is classic Wichary: it goes very deep and is full of beautiful photographs and interactive elements. It’s a real delight after the week we’ve had.
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The Classic-GLO is an $89 glow-in-the-dark mechanical keyboard kit from Novelkeys. It’s just as fun to build and nice to type on as the Classic-TKL I tested and really liked last year, and now it glows in the dark. You know, just in case you need a little more joy on your desk. It comes in three colors, and I tried them all. Check it out: