Month: January 2025
The Morning After: Everything Samsung announced this week (and future devices teased)
Welcome to a new newsletter, with a bit of a new direction. While our mid-week edition tackles news specifics, this end-of-the-week missive combines the biggest news with more context, more things to read and watch, recommendations, easter eggs, inside baseball and stuff that interests our readers, alongside the breaking news,…
Read More
Science Has Spun Spider-Man’s Web-Slinging Into Reality
When a US research lab accidentally created a sticky web-like substance, it turned to Peter Parker and comic-book lore for inspiration on what to do next. Source
Read More
Google agrees to crack down on fake reviews for UK businesses
Google will take firmer action against British businesses that use fake reviews to boost their star ratings on the search giant’s reviews platform. The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) announced on Friday that Google has agreed to improve its processes for detecting and removing fake reviews, and will take…
Read More
New Nvidia RTX 5080 benchmark rumor has got me worried that the GPU won’t be a major upgrade to the RTX 4080
Purported Nvidia RTX 5080 Geekbench results have been shared They suggest roughly a 20% gen-on-gen uplift compared to the RTX 4080 However, the RTX 5080 appears to come up short compared to the older RTX 4090 With the RTX 5090 now reviewed and fully evaluated – as an undoubtedly powerful…
Read More
Starkey Edge AI RIC RT Review: Best Prescription Hearing Aids
The best hearing aids we’ve tested to date require a visit to the ear doctor—and a sizable investment. Source
Read More
Sony’s next flagship headphones leak in official docs, and now I’m getting excited
FCC filing details battery, Bluetooth and construction Bluetooth 5.3, but no confirmation on LE Audio A redesigned and hopefully stronger hinge Sony has filed details of the Sony WH-1000MX6 headphones, and it looks like they could improve on the current model, the Sony WH-1000MX5, in two key ways: in how…
Read More