Sennheiser's new Momentum 5 headphones, priced at $399.99, were tested over several weeks for sound quality, noise cancellation, comfort and battery life. The company doubled the microphone count to eight for active noise cancellation and rates the battery at up to 57 hours, a figure the reviewer says held up in testing. The headphones also support Dolby Atmos and are positioned below rivals like the Sony WH-1000XM6 and Apple AirPods Max 2 in price.
techcrunch.com
· 2026-09-27
The U.S. Navy and Royal Navy jointly fired an exercise Mk 48 heavyweight torpedo from the uncrewed submarine XV Excalibur on September 13 at Scotland's BUTEC test range. The trial, conducted under the AUKUS Pillar 2 partnership and dubbed Project Broadsword, confirmed that an American torpedo could be mechanically, electrically and digitally integrated into a British autonomous underwater vehicle.
tomshardware.com
· 2026-09-27
PNOĒ, a Malden, Massachusetts-based company with operations in Athens, Greece, is releasing the PNOĒ 2.0, a mask-based device that measures oxygen consumption and carbon dioxide output without requiring a trained operator. CEO Apostolos Atsalakis said users can simply wear the mask, press a button, and breathe for eight minutes to get results. The device builds on metabolic testing technology long used to measure VO₂ max in sports labs and hospitals.
techcrunch.com
· 2026-09-27
Mojang revealed The Sift at Minecraft Live, its first new dimension since The End launched in 2011, coming to Java and Bedrock Editions in 2027. The dimension includes areas called the Meadows and the Carapace, along with new mobs that can act as companions or threats. It will first appear in Minecraft Dungeons 2, releasing September 29, ahead of the main game's arrival on Nintendo Switch 2 on October 27.
engadget.com
· 2026-09-26
Modder gebdag released GTA2 RTX Remix, a mod that brings full path tracing, dynamic day-night cycles and 60 FPS frame generation to Grand Theft Auto 2 using Nvidia's RTX Remix technology. Because the 1999 game used legacy DirectDraw and early Direct3D APIs incompatible with RTX Remix, the mod includes a custom Direct3D 9 renderer built from two DLL files that translate the old graphics pipeline into something RTX Remix can process.
tomshardware.com
· 2026-09-26
Nvidia has released version 2.0 of its RTX Mega Geometry SDK, which now streams high-density mesh geometry into VRAM on demand rather than requiring an entire scene's geometry to fit in memory at once. When a scene exceeds a set VRAM budget, the system reduces detail rather than repeatedly swapping data in and out of memory. The SDK, part of Nvidia's RTX Kit toolset, is available now on GitHub alongside the RTX Kit 2026.3 release.
tomshardware.com
· 2026-09-26
MacRumors found images and code within Apple's software revealing a refreshed HomePod mini in green, pink, light blue, white and black. The design appears largely unchanged from the original, which has been sold since 2020 without a hardware update.
engadget.com
· 2026-09-25
The September 25, 2026 episode of 9to5Mac Daily recapped reports on upcoming AirPods features and early details about iOS 27.2. The episode is distributed through Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, TuneIn, Google Play and an RSS feed, with an ad-free version available via a paid subscription.
9to5mac.com
· 2026-09-25
Amazon has expanded its early fall Prime Day promotions with a $50 discount on the new M5 Max Mac Studio, AirPods Pro 3 at $199 (down from $249), and Powerbeats Pro 2 at $50 off. Additional deals include a two-pack of Beats USB-C cables for $14, a 60% price cut on the Ring Battery Doorbell 2K to $40, and discounts on iPhone 18 Pro cases and chargers.
9to5mac.com
· 2026-09-25
Raspberry Pi Holdings reported revenue of $256.9 million for the six months ending June 30, a 90% increase, with adjusted EBITDA more than doubling to $40.3 million and pre-tax profit up 216% to $19.6 million. Unit shipments rose 17% to 4.2 million and the order backlog doubled to 2.6 million units, driving the company's stock up more than 30% over the past week.
hardware.slashdot.org
· 2026-09-25
Details and images found in Apple's own code by MacRumors contributor Aaron Perris suggest Apple is preparing a HomePod mini 2 in new muted color options, an iPad mini 8 with a repositioned front camera and A20 Pro chip, and an updated Apple TV 4K that looks similar to its predecessor. The leak follows Apple's recent launch of the iPhone 18 Pro and folding iPhone Duo.
theverge.com
· 2026-09-25
An industry commentary argues that SOC 2, the widely used compliance standard for data-handling trust, was built around assumptions that no longer hold as AI agents operate within company systems. The piece contends that agents can act under human credentials—such as an engineer's login—allowing risky activity to pass audits undetected because SOC 2 does not explicitly classify AI agents as a distinct identity type.
bleepingcomputer.com
· 2026-09-25
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