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Bose Announces New Flagship QuietComfort Ultra Headphones
Bose has introduced a brand new Ultra version of its QuiteComfort headphones and earbuds, announcing a trio of new products that update the lineup of its flagship range. The all-new collection debuts the QuietComfort Ultra Headphones and QuietComfort Ultra Earbuds, a product duo that offers an even more elevated take on the brand's already premium wireless headphones. The trio is rounded off by the QuietComfort Headphones, a slightly less feature heavy set of cans, but ones that promise to to deliver on the signature sound users have come to associated with the range.The new QuietComfort Ultra Headphones replace the brand's popular NC 700 headphones from 2021. They've been completely re-engineered from the inside out and feature a proprietary signal processing system that has been coupled ...
Google won’t repair cracked Pixel Watch screens
/ Just as California passes a new right-to-repair act, Google has confirmed it currently offers no repair options if your Pixel Watch screen cracks. a]:text-gray-13″>If you buy something from a Verge link, Vox Media may earn a commission. See our ethics statement. a:hover]:text-gray-63 [&>a:hover]:shadow-underline-black dark:[&>a:hover]:text-gray-bd dark:[&>a:hover]:shadow-underline-gray [&>a]:shadow-underline-gray-63 dark:[&>a]:text-gray-bd dark:[&>a]:shadow-underline-gray”>Photo by Chris Welch / The Verge If you crack the screen on the Pixel Watch, getting it officially repaired by Google isn’t in the cards. Several Pixel Watch owners have vented their frustrations about the inability to replace cracked screens, both on Reddit and in Google support for...
The next emoji coming to your phone include head shakes and a phoenix
/ Emoji 15.1 has been approved by the Unicode Consortium, meaning that your devices will be getting new emoji in the future. a:hover]:text-black [&>a:hover]:shadow-underline-black dark:[&>a:hover]:text-gray-e9 dark:[&>a:hover]:shadow-underline-gray-63 [&>a]:shadow-underline-gray-13 dark:[&>a]:shadow-underline-gray-63″>Emojipedia’s renderings of what some of the new emoji in Emoji 15.1 might look like.
Nintendo Drops Plenty of Announcements During Nintendo Direct
Nintendo Switch owners will be eating for a while.
Spotify Artists Can Now Pay To Be Recommended in Your Feed
Spotify’s Home feed currently offers recommendations based on a user’s past listening and the artists and genres they tend to veer towards. Moving forward, however, its recommendations won’t be totally organic.The streaming service is now giving artists the option to pay to appear as sponsored recommendations to users. Spotify is calling the tool “Showcase,” billing it as a campaign tool for artists and managers to get their music in front of untapped audiences.In its announcement of Showcase, Spotify lauded that new singles accrue most of their streams not immediately upon release but in the months following, citing that an average of “75% of a release’s first-year streams happen after the first month.”The Home feed is the most popular tab on the Spotify app – it is also where the app fir...
Tesla’s new car-building process could be a huge industrial breakthrough
/ Tesla is close to implementing a new die-cast process that could significantly reduce costs and simplify vehicle manufacturing beyond the abilities of the rest of the industry. a:hover]:text-gray-63 [&>a:hover]:shadow-underline-black dark:[&>a:hover]:text-gray-bd dark:[&>a:hover]:shadow-underline-gray [&>a]:shadow-underline-gray-63 dark:[&>a]:text-gray-bd dark:[&>a]:shadow-underline-gray”>Photo by Loren Grush / The Verge Tesla is closing in on a new manufacturing process that could significantly reduce costs and increase production of its electric vehicles. According to sources who spoke to Reuters, the new process will enable the automaker to die-cast almost the entire vehicle underbody as a single piece instead of building out about 400 parts using convent...
Meta’s Horizon Worlds social platform is finally coming to mobile and the web
/ Meta is bringing its flagship virtual reality title to other platforms. a:hover]:text-black [&>a:hover]:shadow-underline-black dark:[&>a:hover]:text-gray-e9 dark:[&>a:hover]:shadow-underline-gray-63 [&>a]:shadow-underline-gray-13 dark:[&>a]:shadow-underline-gray-63″>Super Rumble on mobile.
Google Pixel Tablet parts and repair guides are now available on iFixit
/ The self-repair champions now sell genuine Pixel Tablet components, including batteries, screens, and speakers that customers can install themselves at home. a:hover]:text-black [&>a:hover]:shadow-underline-black dark:[&>a:hover]:text-gray-e9 dark:[&>a:hover]:shadow-underline-gray-63 [&>a]:shadow-underline-gray-13 dark:[&>a]:shadow-underline-gray-63″>It’s now easier for Pixel Tablet owners to replace their device’s battery, screens, and other components.a:hover]:text-black [&>a:hover]:shadow-underline-black dark:[&>a:hover]:text-gray-e9 dark:[&>a:hover]:shadow-underline-gray-63 [&>a]:shadow-underline-gray-13 dark:[&>a]:shadow-underline-gray-63″>iFixit also offers some components as a bundle alongside its own-branded repair tools, ...
Monster Hunter Now strips the MonHun experience down to its very basics
/ The location-based game from Pokémon Go developer Niantic works well in short bursts, but it’s missing much of the strategy that makes Monster Hunter so engrossing. a:hover]:text-gray-63 [&>a:hover]:shadow-underline-black dark:[&>a:hover]:text-gray-bd dark:[&>a:hover]:shadow-underline-gray [&>a]:shadow-underline-gray-63 dark:[&>a]:text-gray-bd dark:[&>a]:shadow-underline-gray”>Image: Niantic There are few game titles more literal than Monster Hunter. This is a world filled with monsters, and your job is to hunt them. But what makes the series so engrossing is the gameplay loop tied to those hunts: the way you prepare by collecting the right gear, weapons, and potions; how you spend time studying your target before heading into battle; and finally, using the ...
Starfield on GeForce Now is among the best and worst ways to play
/ Hands-on with the free and RTX 4080 tiers. a:hover]:text-black [&>a:hover]:shadow-underline-black dark:[&>a:hover]:text-gray-e9 dark:[&>a:hover]:shadow-underline-gray-63 [&>a]:shadow-underline-gray-13 dark:[&>a]:shadow-underline-gray-63″>Starfield’s New Atlantis.a:hover]:text-black [&>a:hover]:shadow-underline-black dark:[&>a:hover]:text-gray-e9 dark:[&>a:hover]:shadow-underline-gray-63 [&>a]:shadow-underline-gray-13 dark:[&>a]:shadow-underline-gray-63″>This reads 56 fps, but I saw as low as 47 fps when turning around at this spot. Click for larger image.a:hover]:text-black [&>a:hover]:shadow-underline-black dark:[&>a:hover]:text-gray-e9 dark:[&>a:hover]:shadow-underline-gray-63 [&>a]:shadow-underline-gray-13 dark:[&...
LAist employees clash over Bari Weiss ad campaign
/ Also, Clubhouse is back with a major pivot that largely says goodbye to live audio rooms. a]:text-gray-13″>If you buy something from a Verge link, Vox Media may earn a commission. See our ethics statement. This is Hot Pod, The Verge’s newsletter about podcasting and the audio industry. Sign up here for more. Today I will cover a controversial ad campaign that has raised questions at LAist, a pivot at Clubhouse, and a group of late night hosts who are taking their podcast to Las Vegas. Before I start with the news, one brief side note: Herb Scannell, the head of Southern California Public Radio, announced his retirement just yesterday. Nick Gerda of LAist does a good job of laying out what Scannell’s exit means for SCPR — which includes LAist 89.3 (formerly...
Update everything: Chrome, Firefox, Brave, and Edge just patched a big flaw
/ A software vulnerability could give hackers easy access to your computer. Major browser makers have fixed it, but the problem is more widespread than that. a:hover]:text-gray-63 [&>a:hover]:shadow-underline-black dark:[&>a:hover]:text-gray-bd dark:[&>a:hover]:shadow-underline-gray [&>a]:shadow-underline-gray-63 dark:[&>a]:text-gray-bd dark:[&>a]:shadow-underline-gray”>Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Google, Mozilla, Microsoft, and Brave have each issued critical security patches, reports Stack Diary. The patches address a vulnerability that an attacker could use to gain access to or run malicious code on your computer, and the companies acknowledge it’s been actively exploited in the wild. NIST classifies the vulnerability as severe. Other compan...
