British audio company Bowers & Wilkins has crafted a wireless version of its P7 luxury headphones — but you’ll need deep pockets to afford them. The P7 Wireless, on sale as of today, will set you back $400, or £320 (we don’t have Australian price information, but that converts to roughly AU$527). For your cash …
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1 September
Apple may launch new Beats headphones alongside the iPhone 7
We already expect to see new iPhones and an upgrade to Apple Watch at the tech giant’s event next week, but now it looks like we might also get a new pair of Beats headphones. An email reportedly sent to French tech site iGeneration by the public relations team at Beats included an invitation to Apple’s event on September 7 …
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1 September
Amazon Alexa’s new home: Your PC?
Now playing: Watch this: Amazon wants to put Alexa on your PC 1:28 Amazon’s Alexa voice assistant may be talking her way into yet another important place: PCs. Lenovo, the world’s biggest PC maker, has held talks with Amazon on potentially using Alexa in its computers and other devices, according to a Lenovo executive with knowledge of the talks. The …
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1 September
Xiaomi’s new Mi Pay only works with one phone
Fresh from rolling out a new robot vacuum, Xiaomi today announced a new contactless payment system for its home market in China. The catch? It really only works on one of its phones, the Xiaomi Mi 5. That’s because the Mi 5 is really the only phone in Xiaomi’s lineup that supports NFC. It’s likely Xiaomi took NFC out of …
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1 September
Honorable mention goes to Netflix’s ‘Mascots’ in this new trailer
Some might say that sports mascots are already a parody of themselves, but no one can take the ridiculous and make it even funnier than Christopher Guest. The man who tackled the world of dog shows (“Best in Show“) and folk singers (“A Mighty Wind“), among other mockumentaries, now takes on team spirit for Netflix in “Mascots.” The first trailer …
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1 September
Acer built a massive $5,000
Sometimes companies just make things because they can. That seems to be the case with Acer’s Predator 21 X (the X is for EXTREME), a hulking beast of a laptop that weighs 8 kilograms, or 17 pounds, and features a 21-inch curved display. The curved display is a world’s first, and even the size is notable. Most laptop screens top …
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1 September
Apple will start scrubbing old and broken apps from App Store next week
Apple’s App Store has hundreds of thousands of apps, but the company says it’s time to get rid of some duds. Two categories will be scrubbed from the store, the company told developers, according to a message seen by TechCrunch. First to go will be old apps that aren’t compatible with modern iPhones and iPads, or that don’t abide by …
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1 September
ZTE wants you to design its next blockbuster gadget
What’s the best way to get you invested in a company? Offer the chance to participate in the creation of its products. That’s exactly what ZTE is doing with Project CSX, an initiative that taps the consumer base for ideas for its next gadget. There are few restrictions on the product, which just needs to be mobile and affordable. The …
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1 September
TomTom Spark 3 and TomTom Adventurer announced with GPS, heart rate tracking, music storage and more
Alongside the newly announced Touch fitness tracker, TomTom on Thursday showed off two new GPS sports watches at the IFA trade show in Berlin. There’s the TomTom Spark 3 and TomTom Adventurer, both of which are similar to last year’s TomTom Spark. The key differences are a slightly slimmer design with slimmer watch straps for a more comfortable fit. There’s …
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1 September
Samsung reportedly planning recall for Galaxy Note 7
Editors’ note: Samsung has now officially recalled the Galaxy Note 7 worldwide. See the full story here. Samsung is planning to announce a global recall of its new Galaxy Note 7 phone in less than a week, according to South Korea’s Yonhap News Agency, amid reports that batteries in some of the devices have exploded. Word that an unprecedented recall …
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