Month: September 2024
Bang & Olufsen debuts the $1,549 Beoplay H100 headphones
Luxury audio brand Bang & Olufsen is know for its high-end design and equally exorbitant prices. Typically the company’s earbuds and headphones are more expensive than most competitors, but not astronomically so. That’s changed with the company’s flagship noise-cancelling headphones though. Following the $999 Beoplay H95, B&O has announced the…
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Volvo EX90 first drive: not fully baked
Volvo’s flagship electric SUV, the EX90, has been a long time coming. And even though it’s hitting the road a full year behind schedule, some of the standout technology and features will still be in a “learning” phase. Volvo is promising some innovative features, but the tech still feels a…
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Brazilian Supreme Court panel upholds X ban, while Starlink refuses to comply
A panel of five Brazilian Supreme Court justices voted Monday to uphold a decision (PDF) requiring the National Telecommunications Agency (Anatel) to limit access to X, the service formerly known as Twitter. Justice Alexandre de Moraes issued the ban on Friday in response to X owner Elon Musk’s refusal to…
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Jacob Wohl is running an AI lobbying company under a pseudonym, Politico reports
LobbyMatic claims on its website that its AI-powered software can do everything — like automatically monitor congressional hearings or “supercharge research” into legislative and regulatory issues. Jumping on the AI hypewagon is a perfectly respectable career move. The problem is that sources have told Politico that Wohl and Burkman are…
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China threatens retaliation against Japan for chip restrictions
China recently threatened serious economic retaliation against Japan if it imposed further restrictions on the servicing and sales of chip making equipment to Chinese companies. It’s reported that China could react by cutting Japan’s access to minerals which are essential for automotive production. Cars are one of Japan’s biggest exports,…
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Micro-LED TVs: Are they still the next big thing?
Micro-LED TVs are something of a white whale for the biggest TV manufacturers. The display technology has plenty of potential, promising emissive pixels and infinite contrast without sacrificing brightness levels and deep blacks. It also doesn’t suffer from the degradation in performance associated with organic display types like the best…
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