Fairbuds 2 Earbuds Let You Swap Worn Batteries Instead of Buying a New Pair
Wireless earbuds have come a long way, ever since Apple started the trend of removing the 3.5mm headphone jack from smartphones. Most sound fine or…
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Pokémon Beats Pill Adds Charms Without Raising the Price
2026 is the year when Trainers everywhere celebrate Pokémon’s 30th anniversary, so we expected a lot of new merchandise, themed events, and collaborations with other…
Meet Apple HomeView: A weirdly genius combination of the iMac, Watch, iPad, and HomePod
Apple’s design team apparently raided four different family albums and stitched the best bits into one object. HomeView has the iMac G4’s floating-screen silhouette, Apple…
Retro-modern Fosi Audio DAP Neo revives the lost glory of listening to music on iPod
Rewind a couple of decades, and I have the glorious era of the Apple iPod flash right in front of my eyes. A time when…
Why CMF’s New Milk Carton Speakers Are So Irresistible To Look At
Everyone has held a milk carton, which is exactly why CMF’s new speakers are so hard to stop looking at. CMF, the budget sub-brand of…
Edifier’s $52 gaming soundbar lets you ditch your headset without losing voice chat
Gaming soundbars became popular in the 2017s, but the trend faded; in the last couple of years, this category of audio accessories has seen renewed…
Divoom Astrotoo Is a Desktop Speaker Dressed as a Retro Computer
Desktop speakers usually have a pretty straightforward job and an equally straightforward appearance. That makes sense when all you want is music, but it doesn’t…
The HomePod is finally getting a screen (and a robotic arm) this October 13th
Apple event names usually read like perfume ads. Wonderlust, Scary Fast, It’s Glowtime. So when invites landed this week for an October 13 event called…
4 Times a Day the StillFrame Headphones Switch Jobs For You
A lot of people spend the entire eight hours of a working day just sitting in front of their screens. You probably have your speakers…
This $249 Player Brings Back the iPod Wheel, and With It, the Lost Art of Owning Your Music
Vinyl came back. Film cameras came back. Flip phones came back, and somehow so did wired earbuds, which I personally never stopped defending. The pattern…
Samsung Galaxy Buds On let you listen to music without blocking your ears
Clip-on earbuds have arrived in a big way, giving another versatile way to enjoy music whether you’re in the gym or making your way to…
Your Old Barbie Dolls Actually Become Speakers and Power Banks
When I was young, a lot of my stuff was pink. Not just any pink. It had to be Barbie pink. I eventually grew into…
Logitech built the all-day work + play headset that doesn’t scream “IT department”
I don’t want to be the one to call you out on a fine Wednesday morning, but your tech bag is a mess. You’ve got…
Bose Noise Cancelling Wired Earbuds are an absolute steal for $99
Wired earbuds are making a strong comeback for good reason. You don’t have to worry about charging the case, freak out about the buds dying…
HiBy’s $99 W4 Is the Headphone Adapter That Refuses to Look Like One
You’d think wired headphones and earplugs would have gone the way of the dodo, along with the 3.5mm jack in smartphones. Of course, everyone still…
Nothing’s $399 Headphones Take Aim at Sony, Bose, and Apple at Once
Consumer electronics have usually been opaque, literally and figuratively, but there was a time when manufacturers actually glorified transparent designs. Nothing tried to bring back…