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Review: $399 Beosound A1 Portable Speaker Shows Why Bang & Olufsen Commands a Premium

Bang & Olufsen recently released the third generation of its award-winning Beosound A1 portable Bluetooth speaker, and after playing with it for a good month, I’m scrambling to come up with negatives. Sure, at $399 it’s pricey, and this ultraportable unit from B&O is unashamedly pitched at the premium end of the Bluetooth speaker market, […]

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Apple’s stance on strong encryption gets the support of the FTC in US privacy U-turn

Apple’s commitment to end-to-end encryption is so strong that it withdrew a key privacy feature from the UK market rather than be forced to compromise it globally. The company also faced pressure on this front from the EU’s Digital Services Act (DSA). In a surprising twist, the White House came out in support of strong

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Labor Day Apple deals: Save on M4 MacBook Air/Pro, iPad, AirPods, accessories, more

Labor Day has arrived and we are tracking a sizable collection of notable discounts over at 9to5Toys across both Apple’s current lineup and some previous-gen gear. There is as much as $300 off just about all of the most popular M4 MacBook Pro models and $200 in savings on M4 MacBook Air, alongside discounts across

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Foldable iPhone Under-Screen Touch ID Rumor Dismissed by Analyst

Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo is standing by his prediction that Apple’s first foldable iPhone will feature Touch ID integrated into the side button rather than an under-display fingerprint sensor. In a post on X (Twitter) today, Kuo referenced his March forecast for the rumored 2026 device: “Six months ago, I predicted the foldable iPhone would

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