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JBL just announced its largest-ever battery-powered party speaker

JBL just announced the PartyBox 720, which is an extremely chonky party speaker. As a matter of fact, it's the company's largest-ever battery-powered party speaker. The thing is bigger than many human children. It boasts 800W of power with up to 15 hours of playtime via a replaceable battery. There are two 9-inch woofers and a pair of 30mm dome tweeters, which should provide for robust audio. The company has included its proprietary AI Sound Boost technology, which increases audio without disto

Acer’s new Amadana and CE270 monitors are unusually, strikingly stylish

is a senior editor and founding member of The Verge who covers gadgets, games, and toys. He spent 15 years editing the likes of CNET, Gizmodo, and Engadget. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Did you know Acer acquired a Japanese design firm called Amadana late last year that makes classy coffee gear, retro calculators, air purifiers, and all manner of minimalist low-fi tech? Neither did I till today — but it goes a long way to explaining wh

Samsung’s new party speakers are less subtle than ever

is a news editor with over a decade’s experience in journalism. He previously worked at Android Police and Tech Advisor. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Samsung may be partly to blame for unleashing the party speaker upon the world — its Giga line launched over a decade ago — but in recent years its entrants to the field have been strangely restrained, with only small light strips along the sides. Not so with its two new Sound Towers, whi

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Chicago has the most lead pipes in the nation

This story is a partnership between Grist Inside Climate News , and WBEZ, a public radio station serving the Chicago metropolitan region. As Gina Ramirez buckled her 11-year-old son into her car last month for their daily drive to school, she handed him a plastic water bottle. “I would love to be able to have him put a cup under the tap if he was thirsty,” Ramirez said. She can’t. Ramirez lives in a home on Chicago’s Southeast Side that’s serviced by a lead water pipe, a toxic relic found in

Google stock jumps 8% after search giant avoids worst-case penalties in antitrust case

Google CEO Sundar Pichai during the press conference after his meeting with Polish PM Donald Tusk at Google for Startups Campus In Warsaw in Warsaw, Poland on February 13, 2025. Images) Alphabet shares popped 8% in extended trading as investors celebrated what they viewed as minimal consequences from a historic defeat last year in the landmark antitrust case. Last year, Google was found to hold an illegal monopoly in its core market of internet search. U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta ruled aga

Google can keep its Chrome browser but will be barred from exclusive contracts

Google CEO Sundar Pichai during the press conference after his meeting with Polish PM Donald Tusk at Google for Startups Campus In Warsaw in Warsaw, Poland on February 13, 2025. Images) Alphabet shares popped 8% in extended trading as investors celebrated what they viewed as minimal consequences from a historic defeat last year in the landmark antitrust case. Last year, Google was found to hold an illegal monopoly in its core market of internet search. U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta ruled aga

Audi's Concept C previews the company's next-gen EV aspirations

It's a dynamic time right now in the automotive industry. Many manufacturers that previously pledged themselves to dive head-first into the wonderful world of electrification are now pumping their literal and metaphorical brakes on the idea, leaning back into hybrids, plug-ins, and various other transitional means of propulsion. Audi is one of those brands that has been softening its stance on the EV front lately, pledging to continue supporting internal combustion-powered machines so long as t

Upgrading to the iPhone 17? Nearly 70% of users plan to after launch - here's why

Kerry Wan/ZDNET Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways More than 68% of iPhone users plan to upgrade to an iPhone 17. Battery life is the top reason cited for upgrading. The high price of a new iPhone is one reason for not upgrading. Will you be lining up to buy an iPhone 17 when the new phone debuts later this month? If so, you're in good company. A majority of the 2,000 existing iPhone owners recently polled by phone reseller SellCell said they aim to

The Kafka Replication Protocol with KIP-966

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This ultra-rare ’90s LaserDisc game console can finally be emulated on a PC

Here in the year 2025, it's not every day that a classic gaming console from the 20th century becomes playable via emulation for the first time. But that's just what happened last week with the release of Ares v146 and its first-of-its-kind support for Mega LD titles designed for the Pioneer LaserActive. Even retro console superfans would be forgiven for not knowing about the LaserActive, a pricey LaserDisc player released in 1994 alongside swappable hardware modules that could add support for

Tesla has a new master plan—it just doesn’t have any specifics

Yesterday afternoon, while much of the country enjoyed Labor Day, Tesla CEO Elon Musk published a new master plan for the company to his social media platform. It's the fourth such document for Tesla, replacing the goals Musk laid out in 2023 when he said the company would sell 20 million EVs a year in 2030. This time, it is not entirely sure what Tesla's plan actually entails. The text, which was reads as though it was written by AI, is at times anodyne, at times confusing, but always free of s

Trump is moving Space Command to Alabama

is a news writer who covers the streaming wars, consumer tech, crypto, social media, and much more. Previously, she was a writer and editor at MUO. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. President Donald Trump is moving US Space Command’s headquarters from Colorado to Alabama, he announced during a press conference on Tuesday. The change reverses former President Joe Biden’s 2023 decision to leave it in Colorado Springs, where its temporary head

<template>: The Content Template element

The <template> HTML element serves as a mechanism for holding HTML fragments, which can either be used later via JavaScript or generated immediately into shadow DOM. This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since ⁨November 2015⁩. Attributes This element includes the global attributes. shadowrootmode Creates a shadow root for the parent element. It is a declarative version of the Element.attachShadow() method and ac

Over 30 years later, a rare LaserDisc game console gets its first PC emulator

Here in the year 2025, it's not every day that a classic gaming console from the 20th century becomes playable via emulation for the first time. But that's just what happened last week with the release of Ares v146 and its first-of-its-kind support for Mega LD titles designed for the Pioneer LaserActive. Even retro console superfans would be forgiven for not knowing about the LaserActive, a pricey LaserDisc player released in 1994 alongside swappable hardware modules that could add support for

Sony WH-1000XM5 Deal: $100 Off Sony’s Last-Gen Flagships

Some people always want the newest version, but if you're willing to compromise a little, you can have Sony's noise-canceling WH-1000XM5 (9/10, WIRED Recommends) for just $300 from Amazon, a steep discount on their usual price. Even though their successor is available, they still offer an extremely good value and number among our favorite active noise-canceling headphones, particularly when you can save $100. For years now, Sony has been pumping out generation after generation of the WH-1000XM

Here’s why Apple’s cheapest iPad is actually the most practical model

As a techie, it’s easy to get caught up in the trap of buying the most expensive devices with the most features. And, for the most part, it’s still a problem. That said, I recently made the decision to switch to Apple’s cheapest iPad, the budget model with an A16 chip. I’m pleasantly surprised with how incredibly useful it truly is – while costing less than a third of an iPad Pro. iPadOS 26 I’ve mentioned it in passing before, but iPadOS 26 sort of ruined how I use my iPad. I liked how using m

Call of Duty is getting the movie treatment, courtesy of Paramount

Paramount has just signed a deal with Microsoft and Activision to make a movie based on the iconic Call of Duty franchise. The valuation of the deal hasn't been revealed, but CoD is a mighty lucrative IP . We don't know much about the specifics of the deal, other than it covers a live-action feature film that Paramount will develop, produce and distribute. This means we don't have any information about the cast, creative team or what game or era the film will pull from. After all, there have b

Introduction to Ada: a project-based exploration with rosettas

Context This practical walkthrough, designed as a short tutorial, was created upon joining AdaCore as a Field Engineer. In this new role, I’ll be working directly with customers to help them succeed with Ada. Although I was first introduced to the language nearly two decades ago, this new position inspired me to revisit its fundamentals, and I used the excellent https://learn.adacore.com portal as a quick refresher. While that platform takes a concept-based approach, I chose to complement it wit

Sony WH-1000XM5 Deal: $100 Off Sony's Last-Gen Flagships

Some people always want the newest version, but if you're willing to compromise a little, you can have Sony's noise-canceling WH-1000XM5 (9/10, WIRED Recommends) for just $300 from Amazon, a steep discount on their usual price. Even though their successor is available, they still offer an extremely good value, and number among our favorite active noise-canceling headphones, particularly when you can save $100. For years now, Sony has been pumping out generation after generation of the WH-1000XM

Tesla's latest 'Master Plan' isn't a mission statement, it's a discursive mess

Tesla has released part four of its so-called "Master Plan" in a post on X. Unlike the more focused " Secret Tesla Motors Master Plan ," which outlined concrete plans for future products, this "Master Plan Part IV" reads more like a rambling utopic fever dream that was partly written by Grok, while touching on Tesla's AI-powered products. Tesla says it intends to "deliver unconstrained sustainability without compromise," and that the company is "unifying our hardware and software at scale" in o

The easy way to make a website with Markdown

Next.js 15 Markdown Boilerplate A minimal Next.js 15 application that renders content from Markdown files. Features Render Markdown files as dynamic pages Add React components anywhere in your Markdown The folder structure becomes the URL path Global styles using Tailwind CSS and DaisyUI See a live example at nextjs-markdown-boilerplate.vercel.app/ How to use it I'm lazy, so I made this extremely simple. Pages Just write some markdown in a .mdx file, and it will automatically become a

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Static sites enable a good time travel experience

Varun wrote about gamifying blogging and personal website maintenance which reminded me of the time when I awarded myself some badges for blogging. I mentioned this to Varun who asked if I had any screenshots of what it looked like on my website. My initial answer was “no”, then I looked at Wayback Machine but there were not pictures of the badges. Then, a bit later it hit me. I don’t need any archived screenshots: my website is built with Eleventy and it's static so I can check out a git comm

Apple's iPhone 17 'Awe dropping' event is next week — Here's what we expect on September 9

We're now just about a week away from the Apple's "Awe dropping" event, where the company is likely to unveil the iPhone 17. This year's theme of "Awe dropping," which was featured in Apple's invitations to the media sent on August 26 doesn't reveal much by way of clues, but maybe the "dropping" is in reference to lightweight devices dropping somehow? Anyway, the keynote will be livestreamed on YouTube September 9 at 1PM ET from Cupertino. We'll have three Engadget team members reporting and liv

‘Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery’ To Debut in Theaters Before Netflix

As anticipation grows for the third installment in Rian Johnson‘s Knives Out murder mystery series, Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery, Netflix has revealed that the upcoming film will have a limited theatrical release before it premieres on the streamer. According to Variety, Wake Up Dead Man will have a two-week run in select theaters across the U.S., starting on November 26 until December 12—the day the film premieres on Netflix. The movie stars former James Bond actor Daniel Craig, who

You can charge your Apple Watch, phone, and laptop all at once with this 240W USB-C cable

is a senior reporter who’s been covering and reviewing the latest gadgets and tech since 2006, but has loved all things electronic since he was a kid. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. It’s not an entirely new idea given Nomad’s Universal Cable from earlier this year can charge an Apple Watch and an additional device at the same time, but Zens’ new Pro 2 and Pro 3 USB-C cables offer additional functionality and some welcome future-proofing

I tried Bose QuietComfort Ultra Earbuds' AI noise cancelling, and can't go back to regular ANC

Jada Jones/ZDNET Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways Bose's second-generation QuietComfort Ultra Earbuds 2 debut with one major AI-powered upgrade. Adaptive ANC powered by AI may not sound the most exciting, but it's incredibly useful. Bose's improved noise-canceling algorithm points it absorbing most of the company's AI budget. In the fast-paced race to load AI into every smartphone, laptop, tablet, and earbud, the flashiest AI-powered features usua

The best web hosting services of 2025: Expert tested and recommended

GoDaddy has offered as wide an array of services as possible for individuals and small businesses needing an internet presence. Why we like it: It's widely known as a brand and many customers enjoy the service. GoDaddy is a great option if you prefer to stick with a well-known web hosting provider, or you're looking to open an e-commerce store. It's also recently introduced AI-based services to help you find the right domain name and to assist you with branding. The comprehensive domain name s

The best Labor Day sales you can still get today from Apple, Dyson, Sony and others

Labor Day may bring about the unofficial end to summer, but on the bright side, it can be a good time to save on tech. While seasonal holidays like Memorial Day and Labor Day aren’t the boon for tech deals as Prime Day or Black Friday can be, you can still find some good deals across the web. That’s particularly true if you’re going back to school soon, or are shopping for someone imminently heading back to campus. Labor Day itself may have come and gone, but that's not the case for its corre

Samsung Galaxy Z TriFold gets a rumored launch date, and it’s sooner than you think

AssembleDebug / Android Authority TL;DR A new leak suggests Samsung’s dual-hinged Galaxy Z TriFold will launch on September 29 in South Korea. The same event will reportedly feature launches of the Project Moohan (possibly rebranded to “Galaxy XR”) headset and potentially tease new AI-powered smart glasses. Previous leaks have suggested that the Galaxy tri-fold could be priced upwards of 4 million KRW (~$2,930) and be limited to China and South Korea. Samsung has long been working on a gener

The Morning After: DJI’s tiny Mic 3 can record four subjects at once

It was a quiet Labor Day weekend for tech, but the Engadget team has kept busy testing out new gear from the likes of DJI, Sony and Bose. I want to kick things off with the new flagship DJI Mic 3. The wireless mics have a wholesale design change from the Mic 2, plus many improvements in sound quality, noise reduction and the number of subjects you can record at once — though there is one downgrade compared to the last model. I’ve had one for over a week, so I’ll share some impressions as well.