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AirPods 5 Brings ANC to $129, but 9to5Mac Says AirPods Pro 3 Still Lead in Three Areas
AirPods 5 bring ANC to $129, but 9to5Mac says the pricier AirPods Pro 3 still lead on fit, heart rate and hearing-aid features.
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AirPods 5 bring ANC to $129, but 9to5Mac says the pricier AirPods Pro 3 still lead on fit, heart rate and hearing-aid features.
Amazon has cut prices on two Arlo home security devices, according to Android Authority. The Arlo Video Doorbell 2K (2nd Gen) is down to $28.50, a 64% discount, while the Arlo Essential XL Wireless Security Camera 2K (3rd Gen) is $59.99, a 25% discount.
Anthropic says a Claude-powered biology lab found a previously uncatalogued genetic pattern, but biologists dispute that it is a true scientific discovery, and one Copenhagen researcher says his team found the pattern first.
Scrimba founder Per said on Hacker News that the company launched Scrimba Explain, an LLM-powered tool for generating HTML-based explainer videos, and demonstrated it with HN.watch, where Hacker News links open auto-generated videos.
Google said Gemini Gems will become skills on Nov. 17, 2026, while Pixel Buds gain Gemini voice controls and older Pixel Watches get 3D emoji.
Norton offers up to 76% off antivirus plans until tomorrow, matching Black Friday 2025 prices, TechRadar reported.
Motorola’s rumored Razr Wide Fold may pack a 6.92-inch 165Hz display, 5,000mAh battery and Snapdragon 8 Gen 5, new leaks say.
TechRadar reports the retro Mac-style RayCue 128K SE 13-in-1 USB-C dock is $85.99 on Amazon, down from $99.99, with the early Prime Day offer ending in a few hours.
Apple released iOS 27.0.1 to fix iPhone 18 Pro Face ID restarts and other bugs, plus iOS 26.7.1 security fixes and macOS updates including macOS 27.0.1 Golden Gate, according to 9to5Mac.
Merseyside fire officials said a lithium-ion battery caused the blaze that killed Elisha Brabin, 36, and her three children in Bootle. The fire service urged people to use approved batteries and chargers.
Bose has announced wired USB-C Noise Canceling Earbuds with active noise cancellation, 24-bit/48kHz audio, an in-line remote and an IPX4 rating. They cost $99 and go on sale Oct. 15.
TechRadar has identified 12 Amazon Haul home office tech deals, including chargers, fans, laptop stands, cable organizers and a wireless mouse. Most items are priced under $15.
TechRadar's Lucy Buglass gave positive verdicts to The Creep Tapes season 3 and the game Silent Hill: Townfall, and urged viewers to skip Shudder's Parasomnia.
Meta launched Meta Enterprise Platform to sell its AI stack to businesses, naming MongoDB CEO Chirantan “CJ” Desai to lead the unit as MongoDB shares fell more than 17%.
Engadget's guide recommends manual app removal, WinUtil and restore points to debloat Windows 11 safely.
Indie developer Vidit Bhargava built Duo-Man, a virtual Walkman app that uses the iPhone Duo's two screens to mimic cassette playback.
NymVPN asks users to update apps before a planned decentralized credential system upgrade. No date was set.
9to5Mac Daily's Sept. 28, 2026 episode recapped a $5.7 billion verdict against Apple over Taptic Engine patent infringement, alongside leaks and reports about a new Apple TV 4K, HomePod mini, iPad mini details, and a new Vision Pro with different form factors under consideration.
Momentic Inc. launched Mo, an AI agent that tests software from natural-language instructions, product documents or issue tickets, with the aim of removing script maintenance from quality assurance. The company said customers including Notion have been testing the agent.
Omdia data cited by TechRadar shows open-ear earbuds sales rose 12% in the year to the second quarter of 2026 while the wider true wireless market fell about 2%. Clip-on models took 61% of open-ear sales, and sub-$50 buds grew more than 320%.
Gene-edited non-browning bananas from Tropic could reach UK shoppers after Defra approved a marketing notice.
Amazon's Alexa for Shopping can track a product's price and alert US shoppers when it hits a chosen level, and eligible Prime members can have the assistant place the order automatically. Engadget's guide walks through the settings and the limits of Auto Buy.
Blitzy says autonomous coding’s hardest problem is understanding the system, not writing code, and uses Neo4j knowledge graphs to keep agents grounded in large codebases.
TechRadar asks whether .WEB can reshape the domain landscape; the provided text is limited to author Owain’s biography.