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Samsung reportedly set to announce bone-conducting earphones at Galaxy Z Fold 7 launch

Mashable Tech

The rumor comes from noted leaker Ice Universe on Weibo , the Chinese social media site. Per the post (translated by Google Translate), Ice Universe says that “Samsung Electronics MX division will release bone conductive headphones at the Samsung Fold conference in July.”

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Echo Dot vs. Echo Pop: Which Amazon device should you buy during the Big Spring Sale?

Mashable Tech

The Pop can serve as a more discreet Alexa assistant than the Echo Dot (which is fairly universally recognized as a smart home gadget). In my side-by-side comparisons of the Echo Dot and the Echo Pop, I couldn’t detect a difference in sound quality between the two devices.

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Researchers devise a way to levitate small objects from reflective surfaces using sound waves

TechSpot

As Science Alert highlights, engineers Shota Kondo and Kan Okubo from the Tokyo Metropolitan University split a transducer array into blocks, making it more manageable. Next, they employed an inverse filter to recreate sounds based on the acoustic waveform, which makes it easier to tweak the phase and amplitude of.

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Want to stay healthier and fulfilled later in life? Try volunteering

Fast Company Tech

Does that sound far-fetched? Halvorsen is an associate professor of social work at Washington University in St. Seoyoun Kim is an associate adjunct of sociology at the University of Michigan. Theres scientific research backing it up. This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license.

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The idea that university degrees don’t matter is a Silicon Valley fantasy

TechCrunch

Secrets to Gaining Admission to the World’s Topic Universities,” and is CEO of Crimson Education , a university admissions consulting company. The dropouts are no ordinary dropouts – they had won places at the most prestigious universities in the world and took high school extremely seriously. Jamie Beaton. Contributor.

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5 Oculus Quest Tips for Nonprofits New to the Metaverse

Nonprofit Tech for Good

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. The universal menu includes: Apps : View and launch apps from your library.

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The brain behind the Google Pixel camera is building a universal camera app for Adobe

The Verge

Marc Levoy, the researcher who used software to turn Google’s Pixel camera into a powerhouse, has joined Adobe to build a universal camera app, Adobe announced today. At Adobe, it sounds like Levoy could be planning to make a great camera not just for Pixel users, but for anyone with a smartphone. Image: Google.

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