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Sony WH-1000XM6 hands-on: back to the fold
Sony WH-1000XM6 hands-on: back to the fold

Sony's WH-1000XM6 noise-canceling headphones have arrived three years after their popular predecessors. That's a longer gap than usual for the lineup, but don't expect any earth-shattering changes. Wh...

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Microsoft’s simplified Surface lineup puts another device on the chopping block
Microsoft’s simplified Surface lineup puts another device on the chopping block

Microsoft has been quietly killing off a number of Surface devices over the past few years. At first it was the Surface Headphones and Surface Earbuds that started to disappear, then came news of a ch...

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Chrome’s Android app will now let you zoom in on text without affecting the webpage
Chrome’s Android app will now let you zoom in on text without affecting the webpage

Google is rolling out a handy update for Chrome on Android, as it will now allow you to zoom in on text without affecting the appearance of the webpage. You can use a slider to enlarge text, and then ...

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Cheap stuff that doesn’t suck, take 2
Cheap stuff that doesn’t suck, take 2

While we all wait to find out what effect the upcoming — well, maybe upcoming — tariffs will have on prices, many of us are making mental lists of some of the items we might need that, hopefully, ...

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America’s immigration system was a landmine, and Trump set it off
America’s immigration system was a landmine, and Trump set it off

Last Friday, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents arrested Newark mayor Ras Baraka outside a detention center. Baraka was trying to visit the facility - which opened recently and is operat...

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Threads follows Instagram with more links in bio
Threads follows Instagram with more links in bio

Threads is making it easier for creators to share personal links with their communities and followers. The link-sharing update announced today now allows Threads users to add up to five links to their...

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This modern cassette boombox will lure you in with glowing VU meters
This modern cassette boombox will lure you in with glowing VU meters

We Are Rewind, a Paris-based company that has relaunched the cassette player with modern features like support for wireless headphones and rechargeable batteries, has announced a larger boombox versio...

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Thanks, Trump tariffs, now I gotta replace my phone battery
Thanks, Trump tariffs, now I gotta replace my phone battery

After five years, I was still happy with my phone, even though its battery had started the inevitable process of slowing to a stop. But Donald Trump's tariff nonsense pushed me to make a decision: buy...

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Apple is placing warnings on EU apps that don’t use App Store payments
Apple is placing warnings on EU apps that don’t use App Store payments

Apple is trying to dissuade Europeans from using iOS apps that support alternative payment options by making them look scary. Daring Fireball’s John Gruber spotted that a red exclamation mark icon i...

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YouTube now has a podcast chart, and Joe Rogan is on top
YouTube now has a podcast chart, and Joe Rogan is on top

YouTube now has a chart that tracks the top 100 podcasts in the US. The Joe Rogan Experience took the number one spot during the week of May 5th to the 11th, followed by Kill Tony, Rotten Mango, and 4...

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