Tag: author_name|Mat Smith
The Morning After: What to expect from Amazon’s big devices event today
The fall tech events just won’t stop. Today, Amazon has its fall hardware event, which is likely to reveal improvements to voice assistant Alexa and some new Echo homes for it to live inside. It’s been a couple years since the Echo Show got an update, and it’s been even…
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The Morning After: US and China agree to agree on a TikTok deal
After the proclamation of a TikTok ban, which fizzled out, during President Trump’s first term, the idea of a TikTok lockout across the US was back on the table when he returned for a second presidency. Now, after too much will-they-won’t-they, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said a TikTok…
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The Morning After: Meta’s Ray-Ban Display is the closest thing yet to true smart glasses
Revealed at Meta’s Connect 2025 conference, the Ray-Ban Display has a small, integrated display on the right lens, designed for quick, discreet glances at notifications, directions and even video calls. The clever part is its subtlety; to an onlooker, you’re just wearing a pair of Ray-Bans, not accessing a tiny…
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Nothing’s Ear 3 buds have a walkie-talkie style ‘super mic’
Nothing has unveiled its latest premium earbuds, the Ear 3 ($179), which look ready to pair tastefully with its newest Phone 3. The company has refined its headphone series with an aluminum finish (in places) across both the buds and the case. Also housed inside the case is the Ear…
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The Morning After: The verdict on AirPods Pro 3
Apple’s third-gen pro earbuds make a very strong case for upgrading. Alongside all those iPhones and Watches, Apple revealed the AirPods Pro 3, packing in major new features, like live translation and heart-rate sensing, all while tangibly boosting active noise cancellation (ANC). Those ANC upgrades? Ultra-low-noise microphones combine with advanced…
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The Morning After: HBO Max is going to get more expensive
As is often the case, the tech news tide is out after Apple’s iPhone 17 event. (Did we do a dedicated newsletter on all the announcements? Yes, yes we did.) Before the weekend, though, there’s still more to read about. But let’s start with the not-great tech news. David Zaslav,…
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