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Some Speaker Pairings to ConsiderA budget optionSony’s affordable three-way bookshelf speakers are my speakeasy secret to an ultra-affordable sound system. They’re uncommonly good for their asking price, with three separate drivers, including a tweeter, a 5.12-inch woofer, and a high-range “super tweeter” for sparkling treble. Their bass isn’t awesome, so you may need to add a subwoofer down the road, but this is the best way I know to get great audio on a budget.A Midrange PairElac, powered by former Pioneer guru Andrew Jones, is one of the best speaker brands for affordable performance I’ve tested. The Debut 2.0 is…
Ahead of the 2026 NFL Draft, the league teamed with two Steelers greats to hammer home some messages.With the 2026 NFL Draft coming to Pittsburgh on April 23-25, the NFL brought in legendary Pittsburgh Steelers Cam Heyward and Jerome Bettis, as well as a sledgehammer, to get the word out in its new ad, “Smash the Glass,” which debuted on Wednesday.In the ad, created internally with L.A.-based NFL Creative Marketing, Heyward and Bettis are in the Steelers’ Hall of Honor, with Heyward ready to take a sledgehammer to a Super Bowl ring display to ensure the Steelers’ rings are featured…
London-based hardware company Nothing is on track to release a pair of smart glasses next year, Bloomberg reported, citing anonymous sources. The glasses will likely feature cameras, microphones and speakers, and will connect to a smartphone and the cloud to process AI queries, the report said. CEO and co-founder Carl Pei was initially resistant to the idea of smart glasses, but he has since told employees that he wants to focus on a multi-device strategy, expanding the company’s remit beyond its existing smartphone lines and audio gear, Bloomberg said. The company is also planning to release a pair of earbuds…
Comparing Our Favorite E-ReadersHonorable MentionsBelow, you’ll find a few more e-readers we like but don’t necessarily love as much as our top picks.Boox Go 7 ($250) and Boox Color Go 7 ($290): Boox is known for its wide range of e-paper tablets, including the Palma 2 recommended above. If you’re looking for something a little larger with a similar Android-based experience, the Go 7 and Go Color 7 are a solid choice. There are page turner buttons, and it’s a nice square shape that’s easy to hold and use. The Go 7 is black-and-white, but you can get a color…
When April 1 rolls around, trust no one—especially not the brands in your feed. April Fools’ Day has become an annual marketing tradition, with brands trying to one-up each other with pranks to grab attention. But in an age of AI slop, cynicism reigns supreme, so it’s getting harder to trick discerning consumers.These brands tried anyway. Some even broke into the real world with products you can actually touch and feel for a limited time. ADWEEK rounds up April Fools’ Day marketing stunts that stood out.Yahoo Most phone users know the feeling of picking up their device for a quick check, only to…
Uber and Chinese autonomous vehicle company WeRide have launched robotaxi operations without a human safety operator in Dubai as part of a broader expansion in the Middle East. Riders can now book the vehicles through Uber’s app, with operations in commercial and industrial districts like Dubai Silicon Oasis, Dubai Investment Park Second, and Jabal Ali Industrial First, as well as suburban areas and the maritime trading hub Al Hamriya Port. The service is operated locally by Tawasul, a mobility and fleet operator in the United Arab Emirates. The companies first introduced robotaxis to Dubai in December under a pilot program but…
Last winter, my husband and I received a Sun Home Luminar 5-Person Sauna to test. I live in gray and rainy Portland, Oregon, which has a pretty robust sauna culture to combat the February blahs.Not only was I ecstatic, but almost everyone I knew was too. For the several weeks that I had the Sun Home box in my driveway, I received a constant stream of texts from friends. “Do you have a sauna?” they all asked, hoping to get invited over soon.Since then, I’ve had several friends build their own backyard saunas, and I realize my experience may have…
Big companies always have a pecking order First the CEO. Then CFO—who often eventually becomes CEO. This conveyor belt of corporate succession is replicated across every sector on earth. But in fashion, the CFO is a back-office function. It is the creative director who sits alongside the CEO, sometimes as a junior partner, sometimes as an equal, occasionally as the more powerful of the two. In an industry where the product is aesthetics and the currency is desire, the person who decides what the clothes look like, how they feel, what they mean and how they are presented shapes everything.When analysts at Bernstein…
Whoop, the fitness and health tracking wearable company, has closed a $575 million Series G funding round at a $10.1 billion valuation — nearly triple its last reported valuation of $3.6 billion — in a deal that brings together sovereign wealth funds, major health institutions, and some of the world’s most recognizable athletes. The round was led by Collaborative Fund and includes participation from Mubadala Investment Company, Qatar Investment Authority, 2PointZero Group, Abbott, Mayo Clinic, Macquarie Capital, IVP, Foundry Group, Accomplice, Affinity Partners, Glade Brook, B-Flexion, Promus Ventures, and Bullhound Capital. Individual investors include Cristiano Ronaldo, LeBron James, Rory McIlroy,…
The US National Aeronautics and Space Administration is about to write a new chapter in the history of space exploration. The agency is preparing for the launch of Artemis II, a mission that will mark the return of crewed flights around the moon after more than half a century.In addition to its technical relevance, the project stands out for integrating a crew that symbolizes a new stage in terms of representation: It will include the first woman, the first Black person, and the first non-US astronaut to travel to the lunar environment.The names of the members were announced a little…
Rec Room, once hailed as a promising giant in the social gaming world, announced Monday it would be shutting down its platform on June 1. If you’re a fan of the platform or have ever spent time creating or exploring in its virtual worlds, this news probably hits hard. Over the years, Rec Room attracted more than 150 million players, becoming a go-to spot for social gaming, especially during the pandemic when everyone was looking for ways to connect online. Founded in 2016 by Nick Fajt and Cameron Brown, Rec Room garnered significant attention and investments, reaching a valuation of…
Others TestedPhotograph: Pete CottellLifeboost Mindflow for $40: The flavor of this instant powder is snappy and astringent at first, then it mellows into a warm middle ground after a few sips and a short cooling period. By the middle of the cup I forgot I was drinking something other than coffee, and the mild acidity on the finish–likely a product of the CognatiQ Coffee Fruit Extract that’s lauded on the back of Mindflow’s mylar pouch–tastes similar to a nice cup of Ethiopian or Rwandan coffee if you close your eyes and pretend for just a moment. Regarding its potency, if…
Sweden-based caller ID app Truecaller said Tuesday that it has hit the milestone of 500 million monthly active users on its platform. The company said that it also crossed the mark of 150 million users outside India, its biggest market with over 350 million monthly users. The company said that it added 50 million users in 2025, and its user base has doubled in the past five years. In April 2025, Truecaller said it had more than 450 million users. The company also noted that more than 4 million people subscribe to its paid plans. “More and more people need…
Luis von Ahn could have retired to a beach somewhere years ago. Best known as the CEO of the learning app Duolingo, von Ahn in the 2000s invented the captcha, those infuriating little online tests that force people to prove they’re not robots. But after selling his creation to Google in 2009, von Ahn didn’t waste any time launching his next venture: a company borne of his experience growing up in Guatemala, one that’s now among the most prominent education platforms in the world.Von Ahn’s mom, a doctor, spent all of her extra income to send him to private school,…
Meta lost a lawsuit against the state of New Mexico last week, marking the first time that the company has been held liable by the court system for endangering child safety. This was a landmark decision on its own — but the next day, Meta lost another case when a jury in Los Angeles found that the company knowingly designed its apps to be addictive to children and teens, therefore endangering the mental health of the plaintiff, a 20-year-old known as K.G.M. These precedents open the floodgates for a wave of lawsuits concerning Meta’s intentional pursuit of teen users, despite…
Word documents, and even PDF files, aren’t necessarily safe. These normally innocuous files can be injected with malicious “poison” code or simple scripts of code that can be a serious security risk.You probably already know it’s dangerous to open files from sources you can’t necessarily trust. If you’re an activist or journalist—or anyone who occasionally depends on anonymous tips to do their jobs—you might run into a situation where potentially useful information is inside a Microsoft Word document or PDF file that you can’t exactly vouch for. Wouldn’t it be nice if you could open those files and read them…