Engadget

APRIL 1, 2025

TVs are getting slimmer and sleeker, but that often comes at the expense of sound quality. Built-in speakers just dont cut it when you want room-filling audio for movies, gaming or even just hearing dialogue clearly. The original Ambeo soundbar is huge, so no matter how good it sounds, it will always be a tough sell for some people.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 16, 2021

You’ll need to prick up your ears for this slice of deepfakery emerging from the wacky world of synthesized media: A digital version of Albert Einstein — with a synthesized voice that’s been (re)created using AI voice cloning technology drawing on audio recordings of the famous scientist’s actual voice.

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Mashable Tech

MARCH 24, 2025

Deputy Reviews Editor Miller Kern gave them a nearly perfect rating upon tested, crediting their impeccable sound quality, great noise cancellation, and customizable sound. inch Liquid Retina display, a landscape camera layout that makes video calls appear better, and upgraded stereo speakers for better sound quality.

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The Verge

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

Epic is adding a new video chat feature to the battle royale game, where players can see livefeeds of their friends inside the game. Houseparty has powered Fortnite ’s cross-platform voice chat since last September.) It’s launching today, though initially, the feature will only be available on PC, PS4, and PS5.

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Engadget

APRIL 8, 2025

The company also reaffirmed that the upcoming console will be backwards compatible with Switch games. They have larger SL and SR buttons (the ones hidden when the Joy-Con are attached) to make playing multiplayer games on individual Joy-Cons more feasible. Looking to catch up on everything we know about the Switch 2?

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The Verge

MARCH 12, 2021

Voice control provides unique opportunities for accessibility — and some complicated setup As both a software engineer and an avid player of strategy games, chaosparrot struggled to reckon with the damage his work and hobbies had done to his hands. He decided to try using the same tech — not for coding, but for playing games. “I

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The Verge

AUGUST 19, 2021

The Vale: Shadow of the Crown , an audio-based adventure game by indie studio Falling Squirrel, is available on Xbox and PC today for $19.99. The game was developed in collaboration with the Canadian National Institute for the Blind, and made for and tested by blind and low-vision players. Title screen of The Vale: Shadow of the Crown.

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TechSpot

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Looking like a small, RGB-packed soundbar with a design that will likely be described as contentious, LG is marketing the GP9 as the perfect accessory for one of its UltraGear gaming monitors. It features the company's proprietary 3D Gaming Sound technology that incorporates a specially designed HRTF (head-related transfer function).

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

Earlier this year, Nvidia released RTX Voice, a beta software to process audio and suppress almost all background noise, and it worked amazingly well. My colleague Jon Porter made the sound of his clacking mechanical keyboard completely disappear. Nvidia Broadcast is a follow-up to the RTX Voice beta.

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

Roblox is taking its first steps to introduce voice chat by opening up a feature it’s calling “Spatial Voice” to select developers in an invitation-only beta, the company announced Thursday. Adding voice chat raises concerns about moderation. Illustration by Grayson Blackmon / The Verge.

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The Verge

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

If you’ve spent the day playing through Persona 5 Strikers and noticed the voice of the in-game digital assistant sounded familiar, it’s likely because it’s played by the original voice of Siri ( via Kotaku ). You can hear what she sounds like in the role in the video below, around the 9:44 mark.

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The Verge

DECEMBER 14, 2020

Today, Snapchat is getting a new original game called Bitmoji Paint. As the name suggests, the game involves Bitmoji — those cutely grotesque customizable avatars — and painting. s second title from its internal games studio, which began putting out games last year. Image: Snap. It’s Snap Inc.’s

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The Verge

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

A few options for each platform If you’re shopping for a gaming headset, you have a lot of options. Knowing a thing or two about headphones might aid in your search, but gaming headsets have only gotten more complicated to shop for — especially the wireless ones. This is the downfall of many otherwise good gaming headsets.

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 30, 2024

Learn why AI is a game-changer for major gift officers Making the Ask: AI as Your Strategic Partner Finding the Right Number One of AI’s superpowers is its ability to process staggering quantities of data to suggest optimal ask amounts. Does this reflect our organization’s voice and values? Don’t use AI for everything.

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The Verge

AUGUST 29, 2021

For years now, I’ve been using V-Moda’s BoomPro microphone to chat with people while gaming. You can instantly convert any headphones you already own into a gaming or conference call headset. The older BoomPro used an omnidirectional mic, which allowed more ambient sound to come through. USB-C adapters work fine too.

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The Verge

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

Players who have jumped into Sony’s new car-smashing PS5 game Destruction AllStars may have run into a rather obnoxious issue: voice chat in the game’s multiplayer matches is switched on by default. In another, I heard every word of someone teaching their friend how to play the game.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

From the first experience of surround sound to seeing your hands function and your body moving through a digital world, nonprofit marketers and fundraisers absolutely need to explore this next iteration of the internet. At this time, most apps are gaming-related and inexpensive. Get comfortable with your new Horizon Home.

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The Verge

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

A worthy RTX 3080 competitor for gaming As a teenager, I used to love AMD. AMD is promising it will match or outperform the RTX 3080 at both 4K and 1440p gaming. AMD is back in the game. In most of the games I’ve tested, the 6800 XT outperforms the RTX 3080 at 1440p. In other games, the 6800 XT excels at 4K.

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The Verge

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

They’ve switched from an open-air design to a sealed fit; have better sound, thanks to that decision (and a partnership with THX); and they offer adequate active noise cancellation. For Samsung , it’s the clever new speech detection feature that enables ambient sound as soon as you start talking. In Apple’s case, that’s Spatial Audio.

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TechSpot

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

First reported by Game Revolution, a dataminer discovered a number of unused audio files that sound as if they were recorded by several Mortal Kombat stars— Christopher Lambert as God of Thunder Raiden, Linden Ashby as Johnny Cage, and Bridgette Wilson-Sampras as Sonya Blade.

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Mashable Tech

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

12, the Corsair HS80 MAX wireless gaming headset is available for $79.99 Opens in a new window Credit: Corsair Corsair HS80 MAX Gaming Headset $79.99 Get Deal Woot is back with another killer deal, and this time it's for gamers who want premium sound without the premium price tag. SAVE $100: As of Feb. at Woot $179.99

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The Verge

MARCH 4, 2021

Qualcomm today announced Snapdragon Sound, which is what the company describes as “a chain of audio innovations and software” that work together to significantly improve audio quality when listening to music through wireless headphones, earbuds, and other devices. Image: Qualcomm.

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The Verge

MAY 7, 2021

Is Roblox a game or not? If you have ever wanted to see a bunch of mumbly nerds struggle to define what constitutes a “game,” well, is Epic v. What is the difference between an “app” and a “game?” This sounds like a stoner question but instead occupied a fair amount of the morning in Epic v. Apple the trial for you!

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

billion company was paved in real data from images, text, voice and video. Now, it is using that foundation to get into the synthetic data game, one of the hotter and emerging categories in AI. Scale AI’s path to becoming a $7.3 The company also hired Vivek Raju Muppalla as its director of synthetic services.

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The Verge

JANUARY 21, 2021

Almost a great gaming gadget The $199 GTW 270 Hybrid earbuds from audio company EPOS are, to my knowledge, the first truly wireless earbuds made for gaming — but the buds themselves aren’t the biggest selling point. It just feels new to experience this freedom with a gaming headset. They support Bluetooth 5.1

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 26, 2020

We took a lot of cues from other games, and I think you realize how motivating characters can be; when you remove the main character you have an emotional attachment to you’ll probably play that game less. They hired a voice actor for each character, and worked with Microsoft to create custom text-to-speech fonts. “It

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TechCrunch

MAY 19, 2022

Borat clips, for example, or Squid Game sounds. The typical Voicy user is, unsurprisingly, young and trigger happy, per the startup — which envisages gamer voice chat as a key target for a pipelines of social integrations it hopes to build out. Plus a cacophony of over-enthusiastic Internet memes in audio form.

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Many of Logitech’s previous wireless gaming headsets cost more than $100, but its latest is a relative bargain without compromising too much on comfort or features. The G435 Lightspeed looks like a traditional wireless gaming headset, except for one major omission: a boom microphone. That’s not to say it doesn’t have a mic at all.

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The Verge

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Supercardioid mic pickups have a narrower focus, so it could be great for picking up your voice and little else. Razer claims that its haptics can translate sounds into vibrations in real time. Given that these are actuators and not rumble motors, the sounds should feel more punchy and accentuated.

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The Verge

OCTOBER 5, 2020

Google’s latest smart speaker has good sound and an attractive price Four years is an eternity in the modern tech product world, but that’s exactly how long it’s been since Google’s first smart speaker, the Google Home , was released. Still, the Nest Audio’s shape is hard to describe without accidentally sounding pejorative.

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The Verge

DECEMBER 18, 2021

Now through January 6th, Epic Games is slashing prices on titles new and old. The Epic Games Store has officially kicked off its annual Winter Sale , bringing sizable discounts on fresh titles like Jurassic World Evolution 2 , Battlefield 2042 , and Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy. Read our full review. Read our full review.

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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. “The real game changer is that a small advertiser can run a great-quality ad in a minute or two,” Wedel said, pointing out the potential for localization and personalization.

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The Verge

APRIL 14, 2022

On April 1st, he announced on his personal blog that he was making a new Monkey Island game. This week, I had a chance to talk with both Gilbert and Grossman to learn a little bit more about the game and its development. The team has also shared the first official screenshots of the game, which we have included throughout this article.

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The Verge

MARCH 30, 2021

Bang & Olufsen has announced Beoplay Portal, its first wireless gaming headset. This way, you can take calls without totally detaching from game audio. The Bang & Olufsen app for iOS and Android has some new features that the Beoplay Portal benefits from, like microphone optimization and a game / chat audio balance.

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The Verge

OCTOBER 7, 2021

It even works across games, and has a social TV sharing feature built in partnership with Microsoft. Where this camera gets really interesting is the motion controls and gesture support for gaming. Games will be available on Sky Glass TVs that specifically support this new camera, including a Paw Patrol-branded title and Fruit Ninja.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

Monthly active users have almost doubled to 120 million this year and the company has seen 800,000 downloads a day thanks, in part, to the wildly popular game Among Us (which received a ringing endorsement from the popular congressional representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez ). AOC’s Among Us stream topped 435,000 concurrent viewers.

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The Verge

JULY 20, 2021

passthrough ports that offer full support for features like 8K video, 4K gaming at 120Hz, Dolby Vision HDR, eARC, and more. As has become relatively common for premium soundbars, Sony’s A7000 can tune itself for a room’s acoustics, using a microphone on the remote to “measure the height and width of a room” and optimize the sound profile.

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