Author: Zach_Wilson
B&O has shrunk its high-end Beolab speakers into a stylish compact design
You know what a new speaker from Bang & Olufsen means: serious sonic performance wrapped in a seriously stylish design. The new Beolab 8 may well be the most beautiful speaker Bang & Olufsen has ever made too – we already rate the brand among the best Bluetooth speakers we’ve…
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Samsung’s new 98-inch 8K mini-LED makes 8K TVs finally make sense
Samsung has launched its flagship QN990C Neo QLED TV in the US, and at 98 inches, it’s the largest 8K TV the company has ever produced. At $40,000, the new TV is priced well above other 98-inch TVs on the market from the likes of TCL that use a mini-LED…
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Swatch x Blancpain Scuba Fifty Fathom: price, availability, specs
Swatch’s $400 sequel to the MoonSwatch is inspired by sea slugs and ditches quartz for the budget brand’s automatic movement. Source
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Google will soon require disclaimers for AI-generated political ads
Google will soon start requiring political advertisers to “prominently disclose” when they made their ads with AI, as reported earlier by Bloomberg. Starting in November, Google says advertisers must include a disclosure when an election ad features “synthetic content” that depicts “realistic-looking people or events.” That includes political ads that…
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YouTube is going to remove some ad controls for creators
YouTube is making some notable changes to the ad controls available to creators. Beginning in November, YouTube is dropping individual ad controls in YouTube Studio for pre-roll, post-roll, skippable, and non-skippable ads on new videos, according to a support document from the company bylined by “Rob,” a member of the…
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A Rube Goldberg chain of failures led to breach of Microsoft-hosted government emails
In the first half of July, Microsoft disclosed that the Chinese hacking group Storm-0558 had gained access to emails from around 25 organizations, including agencies in the US government. Today, the company is explaining how that happened thanks to a series of internal errors while sharply underscoring just how serious…
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