Mashable Tech

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

SEE ALSO: The 7 best earbuds to buy in 2025 from Bose, Apple, and more To help you wade through the top options from brands like Apple, Beats, Bose, Sony, and Sonos, Mashable editors and reviewers tested dozens of headphones and earbuds. And you can always blast your music loud enough to drown out nearby conversations and street noise.

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Engadget

MARCH 17, 2025

We gave the AirPods Max a score of 84 in our review back in 2020 (yes, they've been around for that long without an update save, for the new charging port and colorways!). In our testing, the AirPods Max met Apple's promise of a 20-hour battery life with both ANC and spatial audio switched on.

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Digital Trends

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

What happens when you add head-tracking to the already immersive audio experience of Dolby Atmos Music? We put Apple's tech to the test.

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Engadget

MARCH 13, 2025

We heaped a fair amount of praise on these earbuds in our official review , calling them "a worthwhile update." " The sound is better-than-ever, thanks to new drivers, amplifiers, transducers and audio algorithms. The battery life is just average, but the charging case helps keep the music going.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 24, 2011

This tool turns your smartphone or desktop computer into an audio recorder that allows you to easily share audio messages and podasts with your supporters. This website allows users to build visually appealing interactive timelines using video, audio, images, location, social media, and timestamps. Cinchcast :: cinchcast.com.

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The Verge

JUNE 9, 2021

At launch, it’s a very hit or miss experience Late on Monday night, Apple flipped the switch on two new features for its Apple Music subscription service : immersive Dolby Atmos spatial audio and lossless-quality streaming. Eddy Cue is Apple’s senior vice president of services and the person who oversees Apple Music.

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Engadget

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

If youre currently in the market for a music-streaming subscription, have we got a deal for you. Pick up six months of Apple Music for just $3. Apple Music is a fine little streaming platform. The audio quality is on point, with lossless streaming available at no charge, and the UI is easy-to-navigate. Thats not a typo.

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The Verge

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

Twitch published a blog post today with the relatively anodyne title “Music-Related Copyright Claims and Twitch.” Twitch was unprepared for a sudden onslaught of copyright takedown notices from the music industry that started back in May. What was in it, however, was anything but. The bottom line?

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The Verge

AUGUST 30, 2021

Apple Music is pushing more extensively into classical music. Today, Apple announced that it has acquired Primephonic , a service that specializes in streaming the classical genre, and will incorporate the app’s functionality and playlists into Apple Music. They’ll also be getting a code to redeem six free months of Apple Music.

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The Verge

JANUARY 29, 2022

Joni Mitchell has decided to remove all of her music from Spotify, joining Neil Young in protest of Joe Rogan’s podcast that Young says spreads misinformation about the COVID-19 vaccines (via The Wall Street Journal ). “I I’ve decided to remove all my music from Spotify,” The Canadian singer-songwriter writes in a post on her website.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

Earlier this year, Apple officially discontinued Music Memos, an iPhone app that allowed musicians to quickly record audio and develop new song ideas. Walther had previously spent three and a half years at Spotify, following its 2017 acquisition of the audio detection startup Sonalytic , which he had co-founded.

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Engadget

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

Deals on music streaming services tend to be few and far between. But right now, you can snag one of the best deals we've seen, period, on Apple Music. Apple Music is a fine little streaming platform. The audio quality is on point, with lossless streaming available at no charge, and the UI is easy-to-navigate.

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The Verge

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

It was a unique device — instead of prioritizing an accessible price and smart assistant features, it was laser-focused on audio quality and considerably more expensive than its closest competitors from Amazon and Google, while being less capable as a smart speaker. As a result, the HomePod didn’t really take off. HomePod mini sound quality.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 24, 2025

The company encodes video files at an average 65 Mbps, versus 12 Mbps to 30 Mbps for other services according to FlatpanelsHD , and it delivers lossless audio at 6 Mbps, matching or exceeding the quality of 4K Blu-ray discs with Dolby Vision and Dolby Atmos.

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The Verge

DECEMBER 24, 2020

The concept is relatively simple: they’re a pair of eyeglasses with tiny little speakers and microphones embedded in the stems so you can listen to music and command Alexa. The Echo Frames have sold me on the concept of having discreet, personal audio available at all times. Echo Frames audio and battery life.

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The Verge

AUGUST 6, 2020

And aside from a few tweaks Sony made to how it upscales music, the 1000XM4s sound just like their predecessors — a very good thing, trust me. I’ve made a few voice memo recordings and had some calls with the 1000XM4s, and while the mics won’t give you pristine audio, your voice is reproduced clearly and intelligibly.

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The Verge

OCTOBER 22, 2020

Google has finally refreshed its midrange smart speaker with the impressively good Nest Audio. price as last year’s 3rd Gen Echo , the Nest Audio, and the HomePod mini. And sure enough, the Echo is physically deeper than the Nest Audio, which is a little bit taller. And Amazon, naturally, is not standing still.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 5, 2023

Startup Adthos this week launched a platform that uses AI to generate scripts for audio ads — and even add voiceovers, sound effects and music. ” Adthos uses generative AI to completely automate audio ads by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch

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Mashable Tech

MARCH 25, 2025

Boasting up to eight hours of listening time, these little buds will keep you busy with your favorite music, podcasts, or audiobooks for a very long time. Don't miss out on 33% off the Beats Studio Buds in Amazon's Big Spring Sale. Looking for more headphone and earbud deals?

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

AUGUST 10, 2011

Graduate student Maria Georgakarakou, who is blind, gave us a rave review for the Read2Go app which allows those with print disabilities to listen to books in the DAISY audio format. She predicted that the usability of Read2Go will encourage Bookshare members to read more books in the DAISY audio format.

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Engadget

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

Given its been nearly six years since the original, there are understandably substantial improvements to audio quality and battery life, as well as the addition of active noise cancellation (ANC). That component assists with everything from heart-rate monitoring to Spatial Audio and ANC.

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The Verge

JUNE 8, 2021

The audio quality has been further refined, and Sony added key features it frustratingly omitted last time — like IPX4 water and sweat resistance. The 1000XM4s also raise the bar for wireless audio and battery life in noise-canceling earbuds. Sony told me that when it tunes earbuds, it closely looks at current music trends.

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The Verge

JULY 30, 2021

The current mix, produced by the younger Martin in 2017, was made with Dolby Atmos theaters in mind, rather than personal listening via services like Apple Music. But now that it is available via streaming services like Amazon Music HD and more recently Apple Music , people are listening to it in smaller rooms or with headphones.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 17, 2024

For instance, there are many free resources online, including audio editing software, that dramatically cut podcasting costs. Ensure you regularly track metrics such as reviews, listener numbers, audience growth rate, and the conversion rate from listeners to donors. Produce content for a low cost. Cover a variety of topics.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 11, 2023

It’s Kyle again, Greg’s stand-in for Week in Review. (He’ll Apple launches a new service : Sarah writes that Apple is launching a music streaming service focused exclusively on classical music. audio Looking for quality listening material from experts in their fields? Happy Friday, folks.

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Engadget

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

These compact devices also now offer features that rival traditional, over-ear headphones, which can make them the go-to choice for music lovers, commuters, gym-goers and many in between. And remember: audio companies arent perfect, so despite lots of research, the earbud shape they decided on may not fit you well.

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The Verge

AUGUST 6, 2020

This spaciousness lends well to audio quality, which is dynamic and full-bodied. Some people will like that they won’t have to worry about missing travel announcements or someone trying to speak to them nearby, but I’m more of a tune-out-everything-else person when I listen to music.

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The Verge

MARCH 27, 2021

Bose’s sporty shades offer good sound, a steady fit, and total awareness It’s still fair to call audio sunglasses a niche category, but with Bose offering several models, Amazon in the game , and counting recent announcements from Razer and JLab , it’s certainly a growing one. Describing the sound quality of audio sunglasses can be tricky.

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Digital Trends

MAY 28, 2021

Tivoli Audio's first attempt to convert their famous Model One tabletop radio into a streaming music speaker didn't go well. Is the second time a charm?

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The Verge

MARCH 25, 2022

A cute look can’t hide the slow processor When I review a particularly ugly Windows laptop, I’ll often refer to it as having a “laptop cart” look. I’ve tested all kinds of Chromebooks, tablets, and budget Windows laptops in my tenure as a hardware reviewer, and man , this thing crawls. Lock slot on the left.

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The Verge

APRIL 6, 2021

But it’s also designed to slot into Sonos’ multiroom audio platform and showcase the versatility that comes with it. For this review, I’ll keep it simple and focus on speakers that resemble the Roam in size. But this is not a cylinder-style speaker that shoots audio in all directions. This speaker doesn’t float. Yes, I checked.

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NVIDIA AI Blog

MARCH 25, 2025

8B-instruct Image Generation: Flux.dev Audio: Riva Parakeet-ctc-0.6B-asr The PDF to podcast AI Blueprint will transform documents into audio content so users can learn on the go. Developers can even submit plug-ins to NVIDIA for review and potential inclusion. asr , Maxine Studio Voice RAG: Llama-3.2-NV-EmbedQA-1B-v2

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The Verge

MARCH 21, 2021

The buttons are mushy, which I can understand since that means they don’t click loudly as you’re listening to music. The music control buttons can be a little cumbersome. They support aptX HD, aptX, AAC, and SBC Bluetooth codecs, so they’re well-rounded for wireless audio. It can still feel a bit cheap.

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The Verge

OCTOBER 9, 2020

Good sound quality and best-in-class noise cancellation come in an awkwardly big case Bose’s original true wireless earbuds, the SoundSport Free, sounded fantastic but were foiled by connectivity problems and audio / video sync issues that the company never fully resolved. Music also automatically pauses when an earbud is removed.).

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Mashable Tech

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

The Sonos Arc Ultra is a $999 premium soundbar from the smart home audio brand, and it promises unmatched surround sound thanks to the brand's new Sound Motion technology, which works with Dolby Atmos to fill the room with realistic, perfectly realized sound. But even without extra audio firepower, I could feel the bass in my chest.

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The Verge

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

As you can imagine, the people here at The Verge spend a lot of time listening to a variety of digital sounds — whether it’s online meetings, music, podcasts, videos, or sound checks of their own multimedia productions. About six years ago, I reviewed a midlevel Bluetooth headset from Plantronics (now Poly) called the Explorer 500.

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The Verge

JUNE 14, 2021

The oval charging case is mercifully way smaller than the giant one that holds the Powerbeats Pro, and the red color of my review unit is quite eye-catching. They’ll also automatically play Apple Music’s new Dolby Atmos spatial audio tracks. Audio sharing is nowhere to be found. But the illusion only stretches so far.

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