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Bose QuietComfort Headphones (2nd gen) review: Upgraded in all the right places

Ultra-level features and a few design tweaks highlight the updates on the second-gen QuietComfort Headphones.

Packard Bell is back, but there’s a catch

If the name Packard Bell sends you back to beige desktop towers, chunky CRT monitors, floppy disks and dial-up modem screeches, Acer has a surprise for you.

Apple’s iPhone Handoff feature will cost you $5 a month on T-Mobile

Apple will release iPhone Handoff with iOS 27 this month, but it will only be available to T-Mobile subscribers in the US at launch.

iPhone 18 Pro Max vs Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra: How these XL phones compete

Apple or Samsung? It really comes down to which ecosystem you prefer.

CA governor signs ‘landmark’ laws on youth use of social media and AI chatbots

They’re aimed at protecting minors, but the rules are not universally supported.

Anthropic caught scientists using Claude to further biological weapon research

Anthropic produced an extensive collection of case studies covering the ways its current AI models have been misused.

Meta is testing Community Notes in Latin America. Fact checkers are worried.

The company is suggesting that its work with traditional fact checkers could come to an end.

Don’t buy the ‘regular’ AirPods 5

The first time you need to adjust volume, you’ll wish you’d spent that extra $20.

IDScan is offering free credit monitoring and ID protection after leaking driver’s licenses

The platform was linked to an FBI investigation into a dark web marketplace last week.

A native Gemini app is finally available for Windows PCs

There’s a keyboard shortcut to open it up, just like the Mac version.