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Skullcandy announced a new version of its Crusher wireless headphones today featuring a few of Bose’s audio technologies including its QuietControl ANC and head-tracking spatial audio. The Crusher headphone line differentiates itself from the competition through the use of both full-range and dedicated bass drivers in each ear cup to boost deeper frequencies. Skullcandy admits that approach can result in a loss of audio quality when the bass is heavily boosted, but its new Crusher 1080 ANC are meant to address and improve that with Bose’s help.Available starting today for $279.99 in black, candy, primer, and cement color options, the…
An AppleCare Plus subscription for a Mac or iPad will cost more soon, with prices going up by $0.50 per month or $5 per year for new sign-ups while remaining the same for existing subscribers, according to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman. Gurman says that under the new AppleCare Plus pricing, “a plan for a new 13-inch MacBook Air increased to $7.99 from $7.49, or to $79.99 from $74.99 annually,” following a move last year that similarly raised the plan’s price on iPhones. We haven’t seen the new pricing reflected on Apple’s site in the US or terms of service yet, and…
Apple is reportedly planning to bring OLED display technology to the iPad mini later this year, but the advanced screen technology could be undercut by an underwhelming refresh rate, according to a new leak. While the iPad mini OLED could arrive before the end of 2026, it may do so with a 60Hz refresh rate. The Korea-based leaker yeux1122 posting on Naver reckons the next iPad mini will have a low-temperature polycrystalline silicon (LTPS) OLED panel that’s locked at 60Hz. Very passé at this point. The iPad Pro uses the superior low-temperature polycrystalline oxide (LPTO) technology it brands as ProMotion.…
The Elon Musk-owned xAI is suing a South Carolina man who allegedly used the company’s Grok AI chatbot to generate child sexual abuse material (CSAM). In a lawsuit reported earlier by Reuters, xAI claims Terry Wayne Harwood “knowingly and intentionally used Grok to circumvent safeguards, alter nonconsensual images, and generate and distribute CSAM,” breaching the company’s policies.Harwood was arrested in February for allegedly possessing and distributing CSAM and is facing eight felony charges. The lawsuit claims “at least some” of the images related to Harwood’s criminal charges “were generated or altered” with Grok, and that Harwood bypassed Grok’s safeguards and…
Google has teased us with a sneak peak of the Google Pixel 11 series of smartphones ahead of the August 12 Made by Google event, and it appears the handset will debut a new lighting feature within the camera bump. A video posted on the Pixel 11 pre-order page shows that new golden frame, as well as a glowing orb next to the camera sensors that changes colour. That would be a new brand new innovation for this year’s models, but Google isn’t commenting on its purpose just yet. As 9to5Google points out it looks like a version of the…
Samsung has revealed exciting new foldable display technology, which could be its greatest weapon in the fight against the incoming foldable iPhone from Apple. The next generation Galaxy Z Flip 8 and Galaxy Z Fold 8 devices will benefit from new Flex Titanium technology, which is more durable while reducing the visibility of the display crease, Samsung says. Samsung says the tech uses a titanium-allow film and a titanium plate, which work together to “balance slimness, flexibility and strength within the foldable display structure.” The visible display crease has been an unavoidable inconvenience for foldable screens since Samsung launched the…
Suno data obtained in a hacking incident has exposed that the AI music generator was trained by scraping millions of songs and lyrics from online audio platforms, including YouTube Music, Deezer, and Genius, 404 Media reports. Given that Suno has avoided revealing what’s in its training datasets and how they were acquired, this a rare glimpse into what Suno has actually been taking from online platforms.That’s relevant because Suno has been the subject of several lawsuits that allege it used copyrighted materials to train its AI models. In a notable case filed by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA),…
A new teaser for Google’s upcoming Pixel 11 lineup reveals that the phones will feature some kind of glowing orb on the camera bar, as reported by 9to5Google.Google’s store page for the Pixel 11 has a short video that shows the glowing, color-shifting orb to the one side of the camera bar. The store page doesn’t share any more information about it, but perhaps the orb is the “Pixel Glow” light feature that has popped up in Android 17 betas. If I had to guess, the orb will likely have something to do with Google’s Gemini AI.We probably won’t have…
When soundbars first showed up, they were the no-nonsense alternative to full surround sound systems: one box solutions that upgraded your TV’s audio, without the need for separate satellites or subwoofers. They’re a lot more complex today – but don’t have to be. The Samsung HW-QS90H is an all-in-one that can still rattle the furniture, and do a convincing job with Dolby Atmos positional audio. The 7.1.2-channel bar is also designed to recalibrate its audio based on whether you stick it on a TV stand or mount it to the wall. Factor in the abundance of wireless connectivity, cable-free cleverness…
If there’s one thing that’s certain about the FIFA World Cup it’s that brands pay huge sums to be part of it. And there’s always plenty of tech brands who pay big money to be involved. But there are always some who don’t and try and jump on the bandwagon – and a key area for that is in headphones. The top tier of ‘FIFA partners’ is reported to pay around $200 million each per four-year cycle. In this bracket is Lenovo who powers the technology behind the tournament (sister brand Motorola is the official smartphone partner). Then there are…
Buckle in, folks… the following makes for grim reading for anyone wanting to upgrade their smartphone, laptop, games console or computer in 2026 and beyond. The global memory shortage shows no sign of abating any time soon, which means the prices of consumer electronics and computer components are only going in one direction. If you’ve been living under a rock, the tech world’s ongoing obsession with artificial intelligence (AI) has sent demand for datacenters soaring so high that the hardware suppliers simply can’t keep up. The ‘big three’ memory manufacturers – Micron, Samsung and SK Hynix – have diverted their…
Samsung gave a sneak peek of the “brand new shape” for its upcoming Galaxy Z Fold 8 in a new teaser for Spider-Man: Brand New Day. The video includes a few shots of Spidey taking a foldable phone off a 3D printer and opening it book-style, but each shot is heavily obscured by lens flares. This is likely the redesigned Galaxy Z Fold 8, which is rumored to have a wider, passport-like shape.Apple is also rumored to be readying a foldable iPhone with a similar design, which could launch later this year. Samsung’s expected to announce the wider Galaxy Z…