Month: July 2022
Pixel Buds Pro review: Google’s best earbuds yet
In both 2020 and 2021, Google debuted new versions of its Pixels Buds, the second of which was a $99 model with loads of features. For the third year in a row, the company has new true wireless earbuds, but this time it added a key feature: active noise cancellation…
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Google Pixel Buds Pro review: the sweet sound of redemption
It wasn’t a sure thing that the Pixel Buds Pro would turn out to be good. Google has had a mixed, inconsistent track record with wireless earbuds so far. The original Pixel Buds in 2017 had such an unconventional design that something as fundamental as putting them back into the…
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Did Russia’s biggest ISP just try and steal Apple network traffic?
Audio player loading… Russia’s biggest internet services provider has apparently tried to re-route traffic made by Apple service users through its own servers. Experts have claimed Rostelecom announced routes for part of Apple’s network, a practice known as Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) hijacking. The internet works in a way that…
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Instagram will start asking some users for their race or ethnicity
Instagram will begin asking some US users for race and ethnicity data in order to study how different groups experience the platform, the company says in a blog post published today. A random assortment of Instagram users will get a pop-up in the app that leads to a survey asking…
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Backbone made a PlayStation version of its excellent iPhone controller
It’s no secret that the Backbone One is one of the best mobile gaming controllers you can buy. So it should come as no surprise then that the company is partnering with Sony to release a PlayStation version of its accessory for iPhones. The new Backbone One – PlayStation Edition…
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The first official PlayStation-friendly iPhone controller is a Backbone One
Sony has enlisted accessory company Backbone to make a PlayStation-ified version of the excellent Backbone One mobile controller for iPhone. It gives off PS Vita vibes, except somehow, Sony was okay with Backbone keeping its Xbox-like analog stick arrangement. The $99.99 controller, which can be pulled open to fit iPhones…
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