Sennheiser’s excellent Momentum True Wireless 2 earbuds started out at $300, but for the last several months have been selling for $250 and more recently drifted down to around $225 on Amazon. Now they’ve hit $200, which is their lowest price to date. The discount could mean their sales have slowed due to fiercer true-wireless …
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Apple’s newest operating system, iOS 15, was released in September and added features like better map directions and the ability to FaceTime with Android users. The new OS also offers a new way for gamers to share gameplay. While screen recording isn’t new to the operating system, iOS 15 will let players start and stop screen recording easily with a …
Read More »Here’s the affordable TCL foldable phone that could’ve been
For over two years, TCL has been showing prototypes of possible foldable phones to reporters. One had a 10-inch screen that bent into thirds. Another featured a screen that wrapped around the wrist. Yet another had a large screen that closed like a book, one featured a screen you pulled out to expand it into a tablet and a more futuristic model included foldable and …
Read More »Amazon makes its own TVs now, and one responds to ‘Alexa’ hands
Amazon has long worked with other brands like Toshiba and Insignia to produce Fire TV Edition sets equipped with its own smart TV system. Now the giant online retailer is getting into the TV hardware game itself. The Amazon Fire TV Omni and Fire TV 4-Series are the first Amazon-built TVs, according to the company. Preorders start today; they’re slated to …
Read More »Olive Pro earbuds look like AirPods Pro but have bionic hearing powers
In the last couple of years there’s been a lot of talk about smart hearable devices that aren’t medically certified hearings aids but are designed to be hearing amplifiers. Last year Olive Union released a single Smart Ear earbud that helped people hear better, and now it’s following that up with a set of stereo true wireless earbuds. The Olive Pro combines …
Read More »Final hours of the Best Buy Labor Day sale: SSDs, TVs, headphones and more
Labor Day is here and with it comes pretty serious deals. The annual Best Buy Labor Day sale ends today but you still have time to snare discounts on fast solid-state drives, 4K TVs, home appliances and more. See Labor Day sale at Best Buy Whether you’re looking to upgrade your gaming setup, invest in new workout equipment or pick up …
Read More »Amazon reportedly close to launching its own TV in the US
Amazon plans to roll out a self-branded TV in the US as early as October, Business Insider reported Thursday. The TVs, expected to be big-screen models in the range of 55 to 75 inches, will include compatibility with the company’s Alexa voice assistant, the news outlet said, citing unidentified sources. The US launch has been in the works for nearly …
Read More »Qualcomm debuts lossless Bluetooth audio streaming with aptX Lossless
As any audiophile can tell you, Bluetooth audio technology is all about compression. It’s much better compression than it was in the early days — when Bluetooth speakers and headphones were unforgivably tinny and thin — but in order to go wireless, Bluetooth technology was all about squeezing as much sound into as little bandwidth as possible, quality be damned. …
Read More »Bose QuietComfort 45 headphones add improved noise canceling, voice calling for $330
Rumored to be coming soon since July, Bose’s QuietComfort 45 headphones have now been officially unveiled. According to Bose, the QC 45s deliver better noise-canceling and voice-calling performance and add a transparency mode along with multipoint Bluetooth support. That last option allows you to pair the headphones with your PC and smartphone simultaneously, making them a more appealing option for …
Read More »The DSLR is fading away. Now what?
The single lens reflex camera has been the iconic mainstay of “serious” photography since the 1960s, and its digital version, the DSLR, has served that role during the 21st century. But a 50-year run at the top seems to be peaking as cameras with mirrors and pentaprisms are being pushed aside by mirrorless cameras. Now what? “You get a lot …
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