Mechanical keyboards just got faster. Cherry claims its new switch, dubbed the Cherry MX Speed (aka Silver), is the fastest Cherry switch on the market.
“Thanks to an actuation point of 1.2 millimeters and the resulting, extremely short travel as well as a low activation force of only 45 cN, this high-precision linear switch is optimized for both low response times and high switching frequencies,” reads Cherry’s announcement of the switch.
It’s true that the Cherry MX Speed switch has a smaller actuation than any other MX switch, but as Tom’s Hardware author Seth Colaner points out, the difference is less than a millimeter. Most people won’t notice much of a difference, and the activation force of 45cN is actually identical to the MX Red.
Cherry makes the switches that click and clack in most mechanical gaming keyboards on the market. The new Speed switch is currently available only in Corsair keyboards; other keyboard makers have to wait six months to offer the speed switch. The Speed switch is currently offered in the Corsair K70, K70 RGB, and K65 RGB Rapidfire Keyboards. Here’s the breakdown:
The K70 offers a wide range of switches, including the Speed, while the K65 RGB is offered only with MX Red or MX Speed switches. Notably, the K65RGB is $10 cheaper when ordered with the MX Speed switch.
The MX Speed switch is available in solid gray plastic (hence the name Silver), but also in the transparent plastic necessary for backlit RGB keys.
This all makes the process of buying a mechanical keyboard just a little bit more complicated, but mechanical keyboard enthusiasts are nothing if not choosy. Even the slightest improvement over previous models will likely be greeted with enthusiasm.
Acer’s Predator Atlas 8 finally has a US release date and price, several months after the company first showed off the handheld in May. The highlight is the Intel Arc G3 Extreme chip inside, which has been adopted by only a couple of other consoles besides the Atlas 8. This version will go on sale exclusively at Best Buy on November 1 for $1,299.99.
Acer originally said the Atlas 8 would arrive in North America in October, but left pricing open at the time. The launch came amid the ongoing DRAM crunch, which has made memory more expensive across the PC industry and complicated pricing for hardware makers.
Google DeepMind's AI world model Genie 4 can now build interactive worlds that you can explore and reshape as they run. It also generates ambient sounds, music, and dialogue that respond to your actions.
The new world model builds on Genie 3 with improved realism, more natural human movement, and better simulations of real-world physics. It could eventually help with everything from game development to training robots.
Apple has an incredible talent for making me admire its products while simultaneously questioning what on earth it's thinking with the pricing. This isn't even something as bizarre as a monitor stand, but the audacity for starting a new laptop lineup from $2,000 doesn't surprise me.
The newly announced 14-inch MacBook Pro with M6 is just the latest to showcase this. The funny thing is, I already know that it's going to be a reliable workstation. You get a powerful new 2nm M6 processor, a gorgeous Liquid Retina XDR display, and up to 24 hours of battery life. We were impressed by the M5 MacBook Air, so the high-end M6 powered MacBook Pro definitely won't let us down.