Bose’s recently launched Noise Cancelling Headphones 700, due to hit stores on June 30 for $400, were the main attraction at a media preview event the company hosted at a New York City hotel on Wednesday. But it also trotted out another new product, the Earbuds 500, its next-generation true wireless earphones that it hopes …
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Need a speaker you can take with you to the beach? The pool? The quarry? (I don’t know, do people still go swimming at quarries? If Breaking Away taught me anything…) Make sure it has an IPX5 rating or better so it can withstand the inevitable splashes. Like this one: For a limited time, and while supplies last, ZDNet Academy …
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Is your dad a beer-drinking man? Then allow me to point you at a fantastic Father’s Day gift option. For a limited time, the Fizzics DraftPour is just $79.99 when you apply promo code FNF50 at checkout. That’s $50 off the current sale price and the lowest I’ve seen on this cool gadget. See it at Fizzics The DraftPour promises …
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We liked Ultimate Ears’ original Wonderboom Bluetooth speaker, which sounded good for its compact size and was also waterproof. Now the company has launched the Wonderboom 2, which is a touch bigger than the original and sounds slightly better, with more bass and a special Outdoor Boost mode that boosts treble. It’s available now in some European countries and for …
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A supportive wristband. Keycaps. And something called a mouse “bungee.” Those are the first three products launching in Ikea’s new line of 3D-printed accessories for gamers. Released under the “Uppkoppla” label, the products are designed to improve gamers’ ergonomic experience. Uppkoppla is apparently based on a Swedish word, uppkopplad, that means “connected” or “online.” Pricing is not yet available, but …
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This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. At Apple’s WWDC 2019, it’s like Marvel and DC Comics characters crossing over into the same movie. Or the Yankees and Red Sox sharing the same dugout. You can hear the exasperated voice of Seinfeld’s George Costanza: “Worlds are colliding!” Well, sort of. One of …
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This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. Apple’s iOS is getting a spinoff. A new leak spotted right before the company’s WWDC developer conference revealed the new name for the iPad focused version of iOS: iPadOS. Spotted by a number of notable Apple followers, including developer Steve Troughton-Smith, the company appears …
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When 5G arrives in force, it won’t just be for you. It’ll be for the robots, too. Or maybe more precisely, for you and the robots working together. That was the point of one of the demonstrations Thursday at Verizon’s 5G lab in Cambridge, Massachusetts, as a knee-high humanoid robot trundled up and down several steps and along the length …
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This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. Apple Music is officially replacing iTunes after 18 years as part of an app suite for the latest MacOS, which was announced at WWDC 2019 in California. The update is part of MacOS Catalina (coming in fall 2019), which also includes Apple Podcasts and the …
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This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. Apple’s kicked off its WWDC developers conference on Monday, introducing several products and software updates including the Apple Pro Display XDR, MacOS Catalina and iOS 13, and the new Mac Pro. Though the audience sounded excited enough about the devices, it was to the collective …
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