Borrowing the design of Bose’s open-style earbuds, the JVC Nearphones attach to the side of your ear and position a 10mm driver inside so you can hear your music plus everything else around you. They’re smaller and lighter than the $299 Bose Ultra Open, and at $99.95 they’re a more affordable solution if you find regular earbuds uncomfortable.
Feels like it’s been ages since we heard anything about Pixar’s Elio from co-directors Domee Shi, Madeline Sharafian, and Adrian Molina. But the studio has just dropped another trailer teasing how an alien bathroom is one of the most beautiful things young Elio (Yonas Kibreab) will see on his space adventure when the film hits theaters on June 13th.
The controversial head of the SEC was targeted by Donald Trump during Trump’s presidential campaign. It is customary for the SEC chair to resign when a president from the other party is elected. That cheering you hear? It’s the crypto lobby.
Gaetz announced he was withdrawing from consideration for Attorney General on Thursday — shortly after being asked to comment on the House Ethics Committee’s report into alleged sexual misconduct with underage girls.
Per CNN, the a woman said she had two sexual encounters with Gaetz in 2017, when she was 17 years old. A hacker reportedly gained access to a file with “damaging” details about Gaetz, including the woman’s testimony.
So this is NSFW because it’s just gonna holler profanity at you, but if that’s what you’ve wanted — well, Bluesky is the kind of platform that lets you build it.
Sources tell Reuters that EU regulators will likely look into whether Amazon is favors its own products on its retail platform — a violation of the European Union’s Digital Markets Act.
In March, the European Commission confirmed that it was looking into Amazon’s ranking practices. At the time, an Amazon spokesperson said the company’s practices were compliant with the DMA.
In an interview with Daily Star, the game’s director, Naoki Hamaguchi said that while he understands fans’ desire for an Integrade-style DLC for Rebirth, he thinks what they really want is simply the next entry in the series and it’s best to let the team focus on that instead. A bit of a bummer, though not unexpected as Nintendo made the same decision for Tears of the Kingdom.
The automaker is preparing for a big reveal of a new car in Miami on December 2nd — amidst the internet jeering at the perplexing “JaGUar” rebrand this week. Besides its HVAC-like appearance, the car's rear seems to have a closed-off windshield, à la Polestar 4.
It’s been less than a month since Fortnite’s last concert, where Snoop Dogg and Ice Spice performed in Times Square. But the game is already gearing up for another performance, this one more virtual, to close out Chapter 2: Remix on November 30th. It’ll include the debut of a new Juice WRLD track — you can check out all the details right here.
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Wicked is a dazzling reminder of how good movie musicals can be
Jon M. Chu’s Wicked adaptation gets at the heart of what makes musicals such a spectacular form of storytelling.
Satechi’s new, perfectly-sized stand / hub for the M4 Mac Mini will be available this spring. You’ll be able to outfit it with NVMe storage without paying Apple’s ludicrous upgrade prices. And yes, it features several USB-A ports along with an SD card slot.
Pricing will be available closer to when it ships next year.
The Netflix animated series was a clever reinvention of Scott Pilgrim, but according to creator Bryan Lee O’Malley, the story in season 1 of Scott Pilgrim Takes Off is all we’re getting.
Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) and Rep. John James (R-MI) are prepping a new bill granting Meta’s wish of putting the onus for age verification on app store operators, The Washington Post reports. Parents could reportedly sue those companies if their kids are exposed to things like sexual material, but businesses could shield themselves by implementing age verification.
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The move will “enhance synergy” and “foster synergies” all while “creating greater synergy,” according to the announcement that mentions synergy seven times.
Alphabet’s top lawyer says the agency’s proposed remedies, which include selling off Chrome, are part of “a radical interventionist agenda that would harm Americans and America’s global technology leadership.”
If adopted, Kent Walker says the security and privacy “of millions of Americans” would be endangered, trade secrets would be sent to foreign companies, AI progress and innovation would be stymied, and the world as we know it would basically end.
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Peak Design’s Outdoor Backpack is a more versatile everyday bag
The 25L model is an improvement on perfection, but not without some help.
DOJ says Google must sell Chrome to crack open its search monopoly
Divesting Android is still on the table.
The Register points out an advisory from D-Link for a series of business routers asking owners to “Please Retire and Replace” these models: DSR-150 / DSR-150N / DSR-250 / DSR-250N.
The problem? A “stack buffer overflow vulnerability, which allows unauthenticated users to execute remote code execution,” published after their EOL, so D-Link isn’t fixing it and will instead offer owners a discounted upgrade.