Sony WH-1000XM6 headphone specs and details leak early
Sony’s WH-1000XM5 (left) and last-gen WH-1000XM4 (right). Sony will launch a successor to its WH-1000XM5 noise cancelling headphones on May 15th, according to leaked information reported by Dealabs and Android Authority. Details of the new headphones model, called the WH-1000XM6, come from a now pulled Amazon Spain listing for the product that was first spotted by a Reddit user. The XM6 will feature an upgraded noise-canceling processor called the QN3 HD, which according to Dealabs, will...
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FTC loses appeal to stop Microsoft’s Activision Blizzard deal that already happened
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has lost its appeal of a ruling in its case against Microsoft’s $68.7 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard. In 2023, the FTC requested a preliminary injunction to prevent the companies from finalizing the deal while its legal challenge to the acquisition from 2022 was in progress. “With control of Activision’s content, Microsoft would have the ability and increased incentive to withhold or degrade Activision’s content in ways that s...
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Android’s splashy new paint job won’t yank Gen Z from iPhones
“Make me a fit that’s athleisure but elevated.” The kids are always saying this. Android’s new design language looks extremely… Gen Z. That much is obvious from the concept images in the leaked blog post that surfaced today (published by Google, as it tends to do). While the theme is customizable, Google highlighted pink, purple, and coral throughout the interface. It’s a decidedly younger, bubblier, and more fun design that screams “look at all this fresh pain...
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Apple’s Eddy Cue: ‘You may not need an iPhone 10 years from now’
Eddy Cue at the Allen & Company Sun Valley Conference on July 9th, 2024. | Photo by Kevork Djansezian / Getty Images<br> Eddy Cue, Apple’s senior vice president of services, gave an ominous warning today that the iPhone could go the way of the iPod 10 years from now. And the reason, as one might guess, is artificial intelligence. Cue’s remarks came during the Google Search antitrust remedies trial today while discussing how AI has the potential to reshape the tech industr...
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Google searches are falling in Safari for the first time ever — probably because of AI
Google searches fell in Safari for the first time ever last month, Apple’s senior vice president of services, Eddy Cue, said during Google’s antitrust trial on Wednesday. “That has never happened in 22 years,” Cue added. Cue linked the dip in searches to the growing use of AI, which the company is now considering putting into Safari. The rise of web search in AI tools like ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, and Microsoft Copilot may make users less inclined to visit Google as their ...
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Figma’s big AI update takes on Adobe, WordPress, and Canva
Figma is expanding its creative software ecosystem to allow product designers to complete entire projects without jumping to third-party apps. Four new products for website building, AI coding, branded marketing, and digital illustration were introduced at Figma’s Config event today, aiming to fill in any gaps holding Figma back from being an all-in-one platform that supports the entire product design lifecycle. For example, while existing products like Figma Design, Slides, and FigJam ...
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How Microsoft shrunk its Surface devices
Microsoft has brought me inside the Surface hardware lab from time to time over the years, showing me how its engineers test the hinges and fabrics that go into its products. They’re usually typical engineering demonstrations, but last month I was invited to Microsoft’s headquarters in Redmond, Washington, to see how the company built its two new smaller Surface Pro and Surface Laptop devices. And this time around, I was pleasantly surprised to be shown how Microsoft uses magnets,...
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Spotify will let you hit ‘snooze’ on good songs you’re getting tired of
Spotify is testing a new “Snooze” button that will let you temporarily remove a track from your recommendations in case you need a short break from hearing it. The option will appear for songs you choose to hide from your playlists, and it will prevent Spotify from putting them in your recommendations for 30 days. Spotify is testing the Snooze button with Premium subscribers first, but it says it will “bring it to more listeners soon.” Along with this update, Spotify is making a chang...
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