The still-hard-to-find PS5 became Sony’s fastest-selling games console after hitting more than 10 million sales worldwide on July 18, the company revealed Wednesday. The next-gen PlayStation, which came out last November, reached that milestone a month faster than the PS4 did after its 2013 launch. It also highlighted some PlayStation Studios games sales — Spider-Man: …
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Back in September, OnePlus co-founder Carl Pei started to contact friends in the tech industry to tell them he wanted to start something new. Since then, Pei has dropped small teasers for his new company, Nothing, even as the details were still wrapped in mystery. On July 27, we’ll see the first product from his venture — the Ear 1 …
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There’s no shortage of excellent true wireless earbuds you can buy, but Apple’s AirPods Pro and Sony’s WF-1000XM4 are among the cream of the crop. Sony’s earbuds are only a bit more expensive at $280 (£250, AU$450) compared to $250 (£249, AU$249) for the AirPods Pro, so the decision really comes down to what phone you have and your primary …
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A good smart speaker relies on both being able to hear your voice from a distance and being able to play music decently. If you’re grabbing a speaker with the Sony logo on it, there’s a pretty good chance you’re going to get decent audio. Toss in Google Assistant being able to do basically everything and it doesn’t get much …
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Adobe’s Super Resolution feature in Lightroom and Photoshop is remarkable technology that uses artificial intelligence to quadruple the size of your photos. It’s not perfect, but it’s a great way to breathe new life into older shots and to print photos larger with twice the number of pixels in both width and height. Here’s what it is and how to …
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Sony has announced two new high-end home theater systems, the HT-A9 and the HT-A7000 soundbar, which feature Dolby Atmos and Sony’s 360 Reality Audio. The most unusual of the two systems, and therefore the most “Sony,” is the $1,800 HT-A9. The A9 consists of four identical speakers, vaguely resembling the Amazon Echo Studio, and they all connect wirelessly to a …
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One of the best and yet least-understood HDMI features is ARC, or Audio Return Channel. It’s a feature that enables you to simplify your system and is compatible with most TVs, receivers and soundbars. In its most basic form, ARC uses an HDMI cable to send audio from a TV back to a receiver or soundbar. That means you can …
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Streaming-gear favorite Elgato has finally tossed a webcam at its gaming fans, the 1080/60fps Facecam. It’s the biggest challenger we’ve seen thus far for Razer’s Kiyo Pro, for the same $200 (£189), with class-leading software, including a real Mac app, that helps compensate for some of its weaknesses. It doesn’t have a built-in mic, which makes sense given that its …
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The iPad, iPad Air and iPad Pro lines have all been updated with new models in the past 9 months, so it makes sense that the iPad Mini, the last of the bunch, will come next. That is indeed the case, according to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, who in his newsletter reports a redesigned iPad Mini “should be a go” for …
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The Nintendo Switch is getting a few key upgrades in a new OLED-screened model coming Oct. 8. But does it mean it’s a system you need to wait for? The Nintendo Switch has been around for over four years. There have already been a few upgrades since 2017: A version of the original Switch with better battery life arrived in late …
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