Bose's new QuietComfort Earbuds promise 11 levels of noise cancellation

Something to look forward to: Bose is one of the premier headphone makers and yet have been conspicuously absent from the truly wireless space. However, the new QuietComfort Earbuds and Sport Earbuds seem to provide a much needed challenge to popular Apple's AirPods.

Until today, Bose's only entry into the truly wireless earbuds market was their SoundSport Free earbuds. However, other companies such as Apple, Samsung, Sony, Jabra, Microsoft, and Google have all thrown their hats into the proverbial ring with their own respective

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Immortals Fenyx Rising is Ubisoft's take on Breath of the Wild

In context: Ubisoft is no stranger to pulling mechanics and themes from other popular games and implementing them in its own titles where appropriate, and that's precisely what it's doing with Immortals Fenyx Rising (formerly known as Gods and Monsters).

The RPG focuses on Greek mythology, but the structure of its open world, its exploration mechanics, and even its puzzle-solving features have all been heavily inspired by Breath of the Wild. You can climb up just about any surface, and as you do so

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Tyler "Ninja" Blevins returns to Twitch

Bottom line: Financial terms of the deal were not made public although according to some rumors, Ninja's deal with Mixer was worth between $20 million to $30 million a year. Even if his new deal with Twitch is on the lower end of that spectrum due to less negotiating leverage, that's still a truckload of cash.

Tyler “Ninja” Blevins is back on Twitch.

A little over a year after leaving the Amazon-owned live streaming service for greener pastures at Microsoft, Blevins


Data miners find Apple One subscription mention in Apple Music code

Rumor mill: Apple has been pushing both itself and developers to move to subscription-based services. The company already has several up for offer, including Apple Music, Apple TV+, News+, Apple Arcade, and iCloud. It now appears that it might be preparing to offer bundles of these subscriptions at discounted rates in a package called Apple One.

Apple may be rolling all of its subscription services into a single bundle called "Apple One." Data miners at 9to5Google decompiled the most recent APK

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Gateway partners with Walmart to make a comeback

What just happened? The Holstein dairy cow is back in business. Gateway, the iconic brand that revolutionized the personal computer industry starting in the mid-80s, recently announced a partnership with Walmart to bring new products to the market.

Dive deeper: Gone but Not Forgotten: Gateway 2000

Walmart will be the exclusive provider of Gateway laptops, 2-in-1s and tablets in the US and Puerto Rico. Laptops will be offered in a variety of configurations with both Intel and AMD hardware

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Apple says Epic Games is no 'corporate Robin Hood' in breach of contract countersuit

In a nutshell: As ugly as we knew it would get, the spat between Apple and Epic escalated this week. Cupertino filed a countersuit claiming the Unreal Engine developer breached a contract by implementing an alternative payment system in Fortnite. It also claims Epic is trying to portray itself as a "corporate Robin Hood," while, in reality, its greed is what is really at work.

In Apple's continuing legal battle with Epic Games, Cupertino is taking the offensive by filing a counterclaim against the developer for breach


Microsoft Surface Duo reviews: promising device, but it's not there yet


The first batch of Surface Duo reviews are out, they all highlight how cool the device's dual-screen hardware is, but the software experience is not as good, and at $1,400 it's far from great value either.

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Walmart is testing drones to deliver orders to shoppers

Editor's take: The idea of delivering packages via aerial drones has been in the mainstream for nearly a decade now. While several companies have made meaningful progress, it still feels like we are many years away from seeing drones zipping around above us on the regular.

Walmart has partnered with on-demand drone delivery company Flytrex on a pilot program to determine the feasibility of using automated drones to deliver select goods to local shoppers.

The pilot launched this week in Fayetteville, North Carolina. Walmart said it hopes to gain


LG unveils 163-inch MicroLED TV

In a nutshell: Massive TVs are in demand right now, and for many people, bigger equals better. As such, LG has launched a television that could satisfy your craving for consuming content on near cinema-size screens. Sadly, it’s aimed at enterprise customers rather than millionaires with gigantic living rooms.

LG’s Magnit TV not only boasts 163 inches of 4K resolution, but it’s also the company’s first microLED display. It’s being rolled out this week in

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Samsung and SK Hynix request US license to continue dealings with Huawei

What just happened? With the US about to hit Huawei with new sanctions that prevent companies from supplying it with components made with US technology, both Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix have filed requests for approval with the US Department of Commerce to continue dealing with the firm.

Back in May last year, Huawei was added to an entity list by the Trump administration that meant US companies could not do business with the Chinese giant without approval from the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS). In August, these restrictions were expanded

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