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If you’re fed up of waiting for Apple to add a way to stream lossless and hi-res music wirelessly, a new gadget could provide a solution. The earphone specialist Acoustune has announced the ATX001 transmitter – a new USB-C dongle that brings support for the aptX Lossless and LDAC codecs to Bluetooth 5.4-compatible wireless earphones. That’s thanks to the Qualcomm QCC5181 SoC, which supports a range of hi-res audio codecs. In tandem with the AMINA Studio companion app, users will be able to bypass the default audio processing on your existing phone. So, users will be able to plug the…

The Acer Nitro Blaze Link might run on Linux, but it’s no Steam Deck. Acer says it’s a “streaming-first handheld and companion device,” like a PlayStation Portal for your PC. Announced at Computex on Friday, it’s launching in Q4 2026 with a 7-inch (1920 x 1200) display, Wi-Fi 6, just 1GB of LPDDR4 RAM, and 8GB of eMMC storage. That’s technically not even enough RAM to run Stardew Valley, but the Blaze Link isn’t meant for playing games locally.Logitech launched a similar handheld a few years ago, the Logitech G Cloud, that cost $350, included 4GB of RAM and 64GB…

XBOX has announced it is postponing the release of its reboot of Fable until next year, but it isn’t down to a development delay. Microsoft says it is moving Fable to February 2027 in order to give it its moment in the sun amidst a busy Xbox games release schedule for the rest of 2026. In other words, Microsoft doesn’t it to compete with Grand Theft Auto 6. It’s understandable to a certain extent, but still a disappointment for those who’d been expecting the reimagining of the beloved action role playing game to arrive this autumn. Microsoft is still planning…

For nearly 80 years, Ferrari occupied a unique cultural space where its cars were aspirational, even for people who resented those who could afford them. The price, the exclusivity, and the opacity of the buying process allowed Ferrari to sail above ordinary criticism. You might not be able to afford one, but you still wanted one.With the launch of the all-electric Luce this week, however, the company fell down to earth, drawing the ire of the internet in the form of derision, mocking memes, and AI slop. People compared it to a vacuum, a Magic Mouse, and, most insultingly, a…

This week, an AI training startup called Shift said it would clean New Yorkers’ homes for free. It has plans to expand into other cities as well, including London, and looking around my flat, I get the appeal.But there’s a catch. There’s always a catch.In exchange for the cleaning, Shift wants footage of its cleaners at work: scrubbing dishes, wiping counters, dusting tables, mopping floors. It wants everything. Video of all the boring domestic labor we’d happily outsource if we could — and that robotics companies are racing to teach machines to do so they can sell us something to…

I’ve been using Ninja’s Luxe Café coffee machine for months now – whichever model you choose, it’s a semi-automatic experience available for under $500/£500 for the entry-level Premier model. Both the Premier and bigger brother Pro model involve you interacting with a portafilter to grind the beans and then move it across to the group head for brewing. Milk is heated/frothed in a jug, meaning it’s also up to you to combine the coffee and milk if desired to create your drink. Ninja clearly feels there’s a market for an even more automated experience, and the result of this is…

Davuluri notes that whatever is coming is “not a new OS version,” so that rules out the potential for Windows 12 to be announced at Microsoft’s Build developer conference next week. Separately, the Windows account on X posted a similar cryptic tweet, promising “a new era of PC” with coordinates pointing to where Computex is hosted in Taipei.Nvidia is rumored to be about to enter the Windows on Arm market again with its own chips, the N1 and N1X. I wrote yesterday that a partnership between Microsoft and Nvidia on these chips would make a lot of sense, and Microsoft…

Border security czar Tom Homan keeps threatening to “flood” New York City with ICE agents. But a new investigation shows that ICE has been quietly ramping up arrests in the New York area already — and disproportionately targeting Latino neighborhoods. The City, a local nonprofit news organization, found 430 street arrests in the metropolitan area between October 2025 and mid-March. Of these, 93 percent involved Latinos, even though they only make up 66 percent of the local undocumented population. More telling: Many of those arrested weren’t the intended targets at all. Agents grabbed them while looking for other people, according…

Mr Jones Watches has teamed up with Beano to release a limited-edition watch celebrating 75 years of Dennis the Menace. It’s out today, and only 750 will ever be made. The watch, like all Mr Jones watches, is a joy. It shows Gnasher making a daring sausage heist from Dennis’s sky-high mountain of mash. Dennis and Gnasher tumble across the dial, launched skyward by a rogue banana skin, with Dennis pointing to the minute and Gnasher, straining after a sausage, pointing to the hours. The banana ticks away the seconds, and, to keep things legible, the numerals are printed directly…

If you’re looking for a fast iPhone or AirPods charger that’s easy to toss into your purse, backpack, or carry-on, Anker’s Zolo Magnetic Wireless Charger is a smart pick. It’s tiny and comes with a built-in USB-C cable, and you currently can buy two for $23.99 ($16 off) at Amazon and Anker (with code WS7DV2PK68EW), which is the best price we’ve seen on the bundle.The Qi2-certified charging pads magnetically attach to MagSafe-compatible phones and AirPods, delivering up to 15W of power. That’s enough to top up an iPhone 17 Pro Max to 20 percent in about 19 minutes, which can…

Has Acer just revealed the perfect gaming handheld for the cost of living crisis? The Nitro Blaze Link is a streaming-first companion for your existing laptop or PC rather than a standalone system. With just the hardware bare essentials inside, it should also be immune from skyrocketing RAM and SSD prices. Low-power, streaming-first handhelds aren’t a new thing. The Logitech G Cloud has been doing the rounds for a few years now, while the PlayStation Portal is essentially the same deal but for PS5 owners rather than PC gamers. But as the cost of memory chips continues to skyrocket (thanks…

Acer is aiming to take on the MacBook Neo more directly with a new Swift Air 14, a new 14-inch laptop that starts at $699. The laptop will use Intel’s lower-cost Core Series 3 “Wildcat Lake” chips — either Core 5 or Core 7 models, both of which are six-core processors. It comes in green, pink, purple, and a gray-ish blue with an all-aluminum chassis. While the Neo is often criticized for its limited 8GB of RAM, the Swift Air will start with the same amount and be configurable with up to 16GB.According to Acer’s specs, the Swift Air will…