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Update: As originally noted, Best Buy’s flash sale prices ended overnight. For other deals right now, check out Best TV deals for the big game and CNET’s Cheapskate page . My mom used to say that “the best surprises are the ones you don’t expect.” I always wondered if she stole that from Yogi Berra, but here’s a surprise …

Earlier this month, CNET’s David Carnoy praised Amazon’s first-ever true-wireless earbuds, the Echo Buds, but suggested you “wait for a sale.” Because while he liked the hands-free Alexa features and Bose-powered noise reduction — the latter putting the Echo Buds on the same playing field as Apple’s AirPods Pro — he felt the sweet spot would be more like $99. …

Smart hearables are a lesser-known category of tech that goes beyond playing music, handling calls and damping external noise. Using custom ear tuning, selective noise cancellation and real-time language translation, smart hearables shape or augment the audible world around us. Unlike visual forms of AR that ask us to awkwardly utilize screens or glasses, hearables go where we’re already happy …

Bose on Wednesday said it’s closing 119 store locations across North America, Europe, Australia and Japan in the coming months. The audio equipment company says the move is due to “the dramatic shift to online shopping.” Bose’s first US store opened in 1993. The company now says its products are increasingly being purchased online.  “Originally, our retail stores gave people …

This story is part of CES, where CNET covers the latest news on the most incredible tech coming soon. Wearing hearing aids carries a bit of a stigma. That’s why in recent years hearing aid companies have done their best to make them as discreet as possible, with designs that wrap behind your ears and have thin tubes to deliver …

This story is part of CES, where CNET covers the latest news on the most incredible tech coming soon. Only a few true wireless earphones also feature active noise canceling currently. Apple’s AirPods Pro and Sony’s WF-1000XM3 are two examples, but the reality is that when I put together a round-up of best noise-canceling true wireless earbuds a few weeks ago, I only managed to dig …

Bose is a good company to consider when looking for last-minute gifts for the music junkies on your list. While this year’s Bose holiday sales didn’t exactly bring out the biggest discounts, a number of deals are still worth highlighting, whether you’re buying for yourself or others. Bose SoundLink Micro wireless speaker is $30 off Bose’s SoundLink Micro, one of …

Here’s a public service announcement: Apple AirPods are not waterproof. They’re not even sweatproof. This may come as an unpleasant surprise to anyone who routinely exercises with them — and then discovers that water damage isn’t covered under warranty. Now, AirPods Pro are sweatproof, and so are Apple’s Beats PowerBeats Pro. But those true-wireless earbuds each sell for $250. Um, …

Yes, we’ve collected our favorite Amazon Cyber Monday deals here, and we’ve listed every Cyber Monday Amazon device sale as well. But if you want the full list of everything Amazon cutting the price on for Cyber Monday, you’ve come to the right place. Yes, many of these are just Black Friday deals extended, but they’re still pretty great. Many of these …

Black Friday 2019 is but a memory, and by all accounts customers dropped a ton of cash: According to Adobe, shoppers spent $7.4 billion that day, a 19.6% increase on last year. Among the big sellers were Frozen 2 toys and FIFA 20. The shopping season though, has just begun.  Check out the best Cyber Monday deals on iPhones, game consoles and …