Noble Audio has the Sceptre, a pocket-sized USB-C Bluetooth transmitter meant to boost wireless audio quality from phones, laptops and tablets. The device is intended to exceed the quality offered by a device’s existing hardware. Sceptre is powered by Qualcomm’s QCC5181 Bluetooth chipset and supports LDAC, aptX Adaptive, AAC and SBC codecs. Of course, to…
There’s more going on when we yawn than we had realised VIVEK PRAKASH/AFP via Getty Images Yawning isn’t just a deep breath indicating tiredness or boredom, but a process that reorganises the flow of fluids out of the brain, according to MRI scans that also suggest we each yawn in a slightly different way. Most…
A federal jury in Arizona has ordered Uber to pay $8.5 million in a lawsuit brought by a passenger who said she was sexually assaulted by one of the ride-hailing app’s drivers. The case marks the first time that Uber has been found liable for the safety of its drivers in a sexual assault case….
The long wait for The Super Mario Galaxy Movie is nearly over, as the film . To keep the hype train rolling, Illumination and Universal Pictures have dropped a . It’s exactly 30 seconds long, so you’ll probably be seeing it again on TV this Sunday during the Super Bowl. It does feature some nifty…
Billionaire Elon Musk recently spoke at the World Economic Forum Krisztian Bocsi/Bloomberg via Getty Images Elon Musk is a busy man, heading up multiple billion-dollar companies. While he is increasingly a divisive figure, there is no doubt that Tesla and SpaceX, his two most important ventures, have done much to advance the future of electric…
On Thursday, OpenAI released GPT-5.3-Codex, a new model that extends its Codex coding agent beyond writing and reviewing code to performing a much wider range of work tasks. The release comes as competition continues to heat up among artificial intelligence companies vying for market share in the AI-powered coding tools space. OpenAI says GPT-5.3 combines…
The countdown is on, and Super Bowl LX, between the New England Patriots and Seattle Seahawks, is nearly here. This weekend, the Big Game will be held at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, CA. The NFL Championship Game kicks off at 6:30PM ET this Sunday, Feb. 8. Pre-game coverage starts at 12PM ET. Like all…
The plaques and tangles associated with Alzheimer’s disease usually cause devastating symptoms, but some people seem to be resilient to them Associated Press / Alamy Some people develop Alzheimer’s-related brain changes without experiencing symptoms of the disease, such as memory loss. We don’t know exactly why this occurs, but two recent studies are inching us…
Big Tech is on a spending spree, forecast to drop a staggering $650 billion on artificial intelligence (AI) in 2026 alone—and that’s just for Alphabet, Meta, Microsoft, and Amazon. The companies are ramping up their investment in an increasingly competitive, high-stakes arms race, pouring hundreds of billions into massive data centers and semiconductors, in hopes of…
Disney+ subscribers in some European countries have lost access to advanced HDR features like Dolby Vision, TechRadar and FlatpanelsHD report. The issue was first spotted by German Disney+ subscribers on Reddit, but currently also impacts subscribers in Portugal, Poland, France and the Netherlands, according to FlatpanelsHD. “Dolby Vision support for content on Disney+ is currently…
