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Amazon’s new Echo Dot Max smart speaker bumps up the bass
Amazon took the wraps off its latest Echo Dot smart speaker during its fall hardware event on Tuesday. The Echo Dot Max is a new entry that updates the recognizable spherical design with a flat face housing the speaker’s control buttons and LED light ring. At $99.99, the Echo Dot Max is the same price […]
Amazon debuts its latest Fire TVs, including a new Omni QLED model
At Amazon’s annual hardware event, it announced a fleet of new Fire TVs, including an Omni QLED model, as well as new 2 and 4-series televisions that are all available to preorder starting today and will ship next month. These TVs feature what the company calls omnisense presence detection. It will allow the TV to […]
YouTube caves to Trump with $24.5 million settlement
YouTube has settled a lawsuit President Donald Trump filed against the company in 2021, according to The Wall Street Journal. Trump filed sweeping lawsuits against Google-owned YouTube, Meta (then Facebook), and X (then Twitter) after he was suspended from the platforms, and now all three companies have settled with the president. YouTube will pay $24.5 […]
SB 53, the landmark AI transparency bill, is now law in California
Senate Bill 53, the landmark AI transparency bill that has divided AI companies and made headlines for months, is now officially law in California. On Monday, California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed the “Transparency in Frontier Artificial Intelligence Act,” which was authored by Sen. Scott Wiener (D-CA). It’s the second draft of such a bill, as […]
Microsoft is bringing its Windows engineering teams back together again
Windows is coming back together. Microsoft is bringing its key Windows engineering teams under a single organization again, as part of a reorg being announced today. Windows chief Pavan Davuluri, who was just promoted to president of Windows and devices earlier this month, shared the changes to Microsoft's Windows teams in an internal memo. "This […]
Redefining How We Listen: Sierra Rena meets nwm ONE
Based in New York, Sierra Rena has styled global artists such as SZA and Tyla, while also making her mark as a fashion creator. Balancing both roles, she carries a clear career vision: to expand the boundaries of expression and introduce new values to the next generation. Her encounter with the future-forward sound experience of nwm ONE resonates with that vision, illuminating new possibilities for creativity.Captured through the lens of globally acclaimed photographer John Yuyi, with hair by NERO, makeup by Sena Murahashi, and styling by Sierra Rena herself, Hypebeast Japan translates the “future of sound” into a striking visual narrative. Rena also spoke with the platform to talk about her passion, the opportunity to style big name artists, how music plays a role in her life and more. nw...
Tile’s lack of encryption could make tracker owners vulnerable to stalking
Security researchers are shining the spotlight on a serious security vulnerability that could enable stalkers to track victims using their own Tile tags, as well as other unwanted violations of security and privacy. Research outlined by Wired shows that Tile’s anti-theft mode, which makes its trackers “invisible” on the Tile network, counteracts measures to prevent […]
CMF’s first over-ear headphones have an energy slider for boosting bass and treble
CMF, the budget-focused sub-brand that Nothing plans to spin off into a standalone subsidiary, has launched its first pair of over-ear wireless headphones. The CMF Headphone Pro borrows features like a multi-function roller control from Nothing’s Headphone 1 that debuted in July, but while Nothing’s over-ears feature a polarizing boxy design, CMF’s go hard on […]
Apple’s ‘Veritas’ chatbot is reportedly an employee-only test of Siri’s AI upgrades
According to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman Apple is testing Siri’s upcoming revamp using an internal chatbot called Veritas. The company’s struggles as it tries to keep pace in the AI race are no secret. The next-gen Siri has been delayed multiple times and the debut of Apple Intelligence was met with a tepid response. Veritas gives […]
TikTok is just another tool in Larry Ellison’s quest to run the world.
For most of his career Larry Ellison has been content to quietly let Oracle be the company, behind the company, behind the technology that makes headlines. Its biggest products being cloud computing and database products that it sells to enterprise customers like DHL, Northwell Health, and Fanatics. But, now in his 80s, Ellison has begun […]
Trump posts, then pulls bizarre AI video promoting MedBed conspiracy
Donald Trump is no stranger to outlandish conspiracies or strange social media posts. But, by any measure, his post on Saturday night was particularly bizarre. The president posted (and later removed) a clip on Truth Social of a fake Fox News segment with Lara Trump detailing the White House’s announcement of the world’s first MedBed […]
Salute: Kai Cenat Cements Status As World’s Greatest Twitch Streamer After Cracking 1 Million Subs
Kai Cenat is officially in class all by himself after cracking 1 million subscribers on Twitch, a feat no one has ever done.
