Category: author_name|Nathan Ingraham
Sonos Move 2 review: Better sound and battery life comes at a cost
When Sonos released its first portable speaker, the Move, four years ago, it was an anomaly. Previously, the company had looked down on Bluetooth as low-quality and unreliable, and all of the speakers it sold required a power outlet. The Move, on the other hand, used Bluetooth or Wi-Fi and…
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Spider-Man 2 is following the Sony sequel playbook, and I’m not mad about it
Spider-Man is easily one of the most recognizable fictional characters of the last 50-plus years, appearing in countless iterations across comics, movies, cartoons, video games and other media I am surely forgetting. Fans will argue about the best iteration — but for my money, the Spider-universe Insomniac Games introduced in…
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Samsung Galaxy Tab S9 Ultra review: A little too big, a little too expensive
For Samsung, bigger is often better. The company led the way in popularizing the gigantic smartphones most of us now use, so it’s no surprise that it’s also made some shockingly large tablets recently. In this year’s Galaxy Tab S9 series, there are 11- and 12.4-inch models that line up…
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The Sonos Move 2 portable speaker has double the battery life of its predecessor
It’s been almost exactly four years since Sonos first introduced the Move, the company’s first portable speaker. The Move was a solid speaker when it was first introduced, but in the years that have passed, things like its lower-than-average battery life have made it harder to recommend. But even with…
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YouTube Music debuts Samples, a TikTok-style feed for music discovery
In the last few years, basically every platform of consequence has made its own take on TikTok's signature scrolling feed of vertical videos. YouTube Music is the latest. Today, the app will get a vertical video feed called Samples that YouTube describes as a one-tap way to quickly sample and…
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iPadOS 17 preview: A smoother multitasking experience (for those who really need it)
Just a year ago, Apple announced the biggest software update the iPad has ever seen. iPadOS 16 ushered in Stage Manager, a completely revamped multitasking mode that brought overlapping, resizable windows to the iPad, along with robust external display support (provided you had compatible hardware). There were a host of…
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