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A couple of weeks back we took a look at the CMF Buds 2 Plus, the premium model in Nothing's new budget lineup of audio products. Today, we are reviewing the Buds 2, which is the middle model in the Buds 2 series. The Buds 2 come in at $59/₤39 or just INR 2,699. For the price, you get most of the features of the Plus model but with some... Read more ›
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She spent two months working remotely from Bali. At the end of her trip, she traveled to Sumba, a nearby island. Read more ›
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Want to push back against the bigoted attacks targeting trans and gender-nonconforming people? Here are specific ways you can help—with your time, money, and everyday actions. Read more ›
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Ireland's basic income pilot program for artists ends in August. For three years, 2,000 artists and creative workers received about $370 a week. Read more ›
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A new study "adds a whole extra level of detail to our understanding of caffeine's impact on the brain during sleep," reports ScienceAlert: Caffeine was shown to increase brain signal complexity, and shift the brain closer to a state of 'criticality', in tests run by researchers from the University of Montreal in Canada. This criticality refers to the brain being balanced between structure and flexibility, thought to be the most... Read more ›
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It wasn't much of a secret, but Microsoft's Xbox-branded third-party handheld is finally official. As rumoured, it's been made in partnership with ASUS, and is launching later this year. Read more Read more ›
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Dean DeBlois' live-action adaptation of his animated hit arrives in theaters June 13. Read more ›
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The U.K. electricity grid "was built to deliver power generated by coal and gas plants near the country's major cities and towns," reports the BBC, "and doesn't always have sufficient capacity in the wires that carry electricity around the country to get the new renewable electricity generated way out in the wild seas and rural areas. "And this has major consequences." The way the system currently works means a company... Read more ›
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Connections: Sports Edition is a New York Times word game about finding common sports threads between words. How to solve the puzzle. Read more ›
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The new ROG Xbox Ally and ROG Xbox Ally X are technically the first Xbox handheld gaming consoles Read more ›
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Klarna CEO Sebastian Siemiatkowski previously said its AI assistant was already doing the work of 700 full-time customer service agents. Read more ›
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Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference is from June 9 to 13 this year, and the company has a lot to answer for. Apple Intelligence hasn't exactly lived up to its original pitch, but, at its WWDC keynote presentation at 1PM ET / 10AM PT on June 9, the company has the chance to make the case for why that might not matter. You can tune in right here once the livestream... Read more ›
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Microsoft and Asus have been working together over the past year to create not one, but two new ROG Xbox Ally handhelds. Both of these Xbox Ally devices, part of the Project Kennan effort I reported on earlier this year, include a new full-screen Xbox experience on Windows that’s designed to be more handheld-friendly and […] Read more ›
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iOS 26's shimmery new Liquid Glass design will be a precursor to the 20th-anniversary iPhone, according to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman. In his Power On newsletter today, Gurman said that the 20th-anniversary iPhone will feature curved glass edges, extraordinarily slim bezels, and a truly edge-to-edge screen with no cutout. Inside Apple, he said that the device is known as the "Glasswing," in reference to a type of butterfly that has transparent... Read more ›
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YouTube just expanded its ad-blocking capabilities, closing down a few loopholes that Firefox and other ad-blockers used to stop ads. Read more ›
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With its 11th July release date closing in, Activision has announced a Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 + 4 demo, but it's a pre-order exclusive, making it the opposite of 'try before you buy'. Read more Read more ›
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Been missing 'The Expanse' and wish it were a video game? Owlcat Games may fulfill your dream with the action-RPG 'Osiris Reborn.' Read more ›
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We could see new iPhone, Mac and Apple Watch software called iOS 26, MacOS Tahoe and WatchOS 26. Apple is rumored to overhaul all of its OSes with a unifying visual interface. Read more ›
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Startup partners with engineering, IT firms WSP and Cubic to source private-sector data for government clients. Read more ›
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Plus: BetaKit is SABEW Canada's Best in Business (again). Read more ›
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Tech leaders say energy-hungry infrastructure will catalyze startup creation, but critics warn of "oversold" benefits. Read more ›
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I have been all over Canada for the last few weeks attending the nation’s tech events. One of those events was the Upper Bound AI conference, hosted in sunny Edmonton to a record-breaking 6,000 people. The Alberta Machine Intelligence Institute (Amii) organized the event, and this week on the podcast, we have Amii CEO Cam Linke. Recorded live from Amii’s wonderful office space, we discuss the growth of Upper Bound,... Read more ›
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Canadian-founded software services giant continues acquisition spree with gas, electricity brokerage platform. Read more ›
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Leaders from Float, Clio, and Hiive discuss the changing role of finance leaders in 2025. Read more ›
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