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‘Greatest headphone ever’: Skullcandy pulls no punches as it teases new cans for launch next week, and I think I’ve deduced what they are

Skullcandy’s website teases ‘best headphone ever’ New bassy over-ears with a collab The timer is counting down to a July 15 launch While Skullcandy has had a fairly quiet 2026, that looks set to change in a few days. On the Utah brand’s website, it has begun teasing a brand new audio product. But what? […]

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Microsoft is moving to annual price adjustments for its commercial cloud services – could more bill shocks be on the way?

Microsoft moves to exchange rate control once a year, not twice a year Many commercial products saw price increases due to AI, security Other recent changes can all add up to big price changes In an effort to make pricing more predictable for customers and partners, Microsoft is dropping its current twice-yearly exchange rate audit

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‘Driver support lies’: Valve now lets you install Windows 11 on a Steam Machine, but many people don’t want to be fooled twice

Valve releases Windows 11 drivers for Steam Machine This means you can install Windows 11 on the console-like PC You probably shouldn’t Valve has released official Windows drivers, which should mean that anyone looking to install Windows 11 on their Steam Machine compact PC will be able to do so. But I, and many other

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‘Not for everyone’: Sony announces its most premium wired earbuds yet, but their ideal utility case is nothing if not niche

Sony announces the new Sony IER-M500 Its most premium wired buds yet Designed for aspiring musicians more than average listeners Sony: big name in the wireless audio space, with the WH-1000XM6 headphones getting rave reviews from us, but not so much of a player in the wired headphone game. Sony barely gets a mention on

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China warns users of alleged ‘security backdoor vulnerabilities’ in Anthropic’s Claude Code, tells users to uninstall for security reasons

China’s National Vulnerability Database warns that Claude Code contains spyware Alibaba recently banned Claude from internal use due to fears of user tracking Anthropic says it’s designed to prevent model distillation and illegal use China has accused Anthropic’s Claude Code of containing what it describes as “security backdoor vulnerabilities” after the country’s National Vulnerability Database

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Nextcloud leaks 367,000 records – European cloud giant reveals staff and customers in major breach

The exposed ElasticSearch cluster at Nextcloud contained ~367,000 records (8GB), including employee data, client contracts and scripts Sensitive information such as staff emails and customer company information was left unencrypted; Nextcloud secured the archive within two days of the announcement The company attributed the incident to hosting misconfiguration and stressed that customer servers were unaffected,

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Do you have ChatGPT’s new voice mode? How to check – and 5 things you should try first

GPT-Live is rolling out to all ChatGPT users now It can both speak and listen at the same time for more natural chats Real-time translations are also now possible ChatGPT has a shiny new AI voice model called GPT-Live, which has a number of useful tricks – including being able to listen and speak at

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“The gap between AI ambition and infrastructure reality is widening” Google Cloud report finds that 83% of organizations need to overhaul their infrastructure to maximize the agentic AI opportunity

Most companies struggle to implement agent AI effectively, and legacy infrastructure is one of the main reasons, the report finds Google surveyed IT leaders, with 83% stating that infrastructure upgrades are necessary IT managers are also concerned about the hidden costs of agent AI, such as increased power consumption and operational complexity If there was

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Nintendo’s iOS and Android racer Mario Kart Tour is shutting down later this year with no offline mode planned

Mario Kart Tour closes on September 29 Nintendo has confirmed that an offline mode is not planned for release Nintendo said: “We sincerely thank the many players who have loved and supported the game since the service began so long ago” Nintendo has announced that the servers for Mario Kart Tour will close later this

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My favorite game of 2026 so far just got a big free expansion – and you don’t even have to own the actual game to play it

Zero parades has a free to play TTRPG It adapts the game’s settings and mechanics to pen and paper It also comes with a free premade one shot to help you learn the game Let’s face it, 2026—with its component price hikes, sweeping layoffs, cancellations, expensive AAA titles, and Sony’s promise to stop making physical

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