Oct 11
The president’s silent backing away from reporters reminded the “Late Night” anchor of an iconic “Simpsons” moment.
Oct 11
For our money, Sony’s WH-1000XM5 is the best set of wireless headphones on the market right now. They’re absolutely worth considering if you’re in need of a new set of cans or simply want an upgrade from what you’re already rocking. Now might be the right time to take the leap, as the WH-1000XM5 is on sale for Prime Day. The headphones are currently $348, which is $50 off the regular price.
Buy Sony’s WH-1000XM5 at Amazon – $348
The WH-1000XM5 offers almost across-the-board improvements over the WH-1000XM4, our previous favorite headphones. An overdue redesign makes this model more comfortable than its predecessors, thanks to improved weight distribution and synthetic leather ear cups.
These headphones have new 30mm carbon fiber drivers, which we felt deliver punchier bass than the M4. In fact, the all-round sound quality is more refined, save for occasional skips while connected to a MacBook Pro — which may be a Bluetooth issue. Bolstered by eight active noise cancellation microphones, double the number found in the M4, the M5’s ANC is better at minimizing background noise too. Speaking of mics, we found that the M5 offers the best call quality yet from the 1000X series.
Sony claims you’ll get up to 30 hours of listening time from a single charge, and that’s with ANC enabled. Our only major gripe with the M5 headphones is that they’re typically $50 more expensive than the M4’s regular price of $348. At least during the Prime Day sale, that’s no longer an issue.
Oct 11
Mesa Mayor John Giles sent a very clear message against the Republican gubernatorial candidate.
Oct 11
Amazon will be throwing a lot of Prime Early Access deals at consumers over the next 48 hours, but it turns out not every “deal” offers as big a discount as it claims. Sure, the sticker might say 50% off, but price history is a volatile thing: If a product is advertised as 50% off the manufacturer’s suggested retail…
Oct 11
Apple's second-gen AirPods Pro drop to their lowest price ever for Prime Day
Posted in: Today's ChiliApple’s second-gen AirPods Pro haven’t even been available for a month and you can still already find a deal on them. The price has dropped a bit as part of Amazon’s major Prime Day sale. You’ll be able to pick up a pair of the new AirPods Pro for $235, which is $14 off the regular price. Sure, that’s not the steepest discount ever, but it’s the lowest price we’ve seen for the earbuds to date.
Buy Apple AirPods (2nd-gen) at Amazon – $235
We gave the latest AirPods Pro a score of 88 in our review, an improvement over the 87 we gave to the first-gen set. While the design is ostensibly the same, Apple made some upgrades to the internals (including the introduction of an H2 chip), as well as one on the outside. Its latest higher-end earbuds have swipe controls. However, we found them somewhat finicky and had to steady the stem with a thumb in order to control the volume by swiping. The second-gen AirPods Pro also offer so-so battery life (six hours with active noise cancellation enabled and seven hours with it off) and we had mixed results with the Personalized Spatial Audio feature, with a sound profile that was too treble-focused.
Overall, though, we felt that the second-gen AirPods Pro are a solid upgrade over the first-edition earbuds. Apple has improved the sound quality (including for SharePlay audio) and it offers the best transparency mode in any earbuds. The new AirPods Pro deliver solid ANC performance as well. On top of that, the ability to seamlessly switch from one Apple device to another is handy for those who are entrenched in the company’s ecosystem.
As for the charging case, that now has a speaker, which should make it easier for people to pinpoint its location if they’ve misplaced it (having a U1 chip to locate it with Find My helps too). The case is IPX4 rated, like the earbuds, and it has a lanyard loop — though you’ll need to buy a lanyard separately.
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Oct 11
The former president proved his criminal intent “in front of thousands of witnesses,” said the MSNBC anchor.
Oct 11
Many commenters applauded the president for being a good father after seeing the private voicemail message Fox News aired.
Oct 11
The cafeteria workers at Waymo’s offices are forming a union, according to NBC News. As the news organization notes, that makes them the latest group of people to organize at one of Silicon Valley’s most prominent companies. Waymo’s food service personnel are also following in the footsteps of the 4,000 Google cafeteria workers who quietly unionized during the COVID-19 pandemic. The autonomous driving tech company used to be an experimental unit under Google before it became an Alphabet subsidiary.
Like Google’s other food service workers, Waymo’s are employed by contracting firm Sodexo. Workers cited the high cost of living in the Bay Area where Alphabet’s offices are located as the reason why they want to unionize. They said their $24-per-hour pay isn’t enough to live adequately in the city, where rents are astronomical, and that their health plan is prohibitively expensive. The workers are also asking for better treatment and benefits, since they don’t enjoy the same perks as full-time Alphabet employees.
Organizers for the unionization efforts at Waymo told NBC News that they’ve already gathered signatures from majority of the workers. Sodexo said that it “respects the rights of [its] employees to unionize or not to unionize” but didn’t say whether it will voluntarily recognize the union. If it does, the workers will have to file for an NLRB election to be able to join the other Alphabet cafeteria workers at Unite Here.
Oct 11
Oliver Kaplan, a young man from Manchester (England), went to the pub with his friend after a long day’s work. After having a good time, he ordered an Uber to get home safely, as he had done many times before. But this time, he woke up with a hangover and a £35,000 (~$39,000) bill for his Uber ride.
Perhaps “fortunately” for him, he had insufficient funds in the bank, and the transaction failed. He contacted Uber’s customer service because he remembered that the quoted price was $11 or $12, which was confirmed by the ride service.
His destination was set to arrive in “Australia,” even though the driver dropped him at the expected place. Therefore, it’s unclear what happened, but it seems like an issue in the back end rather than a user error.
You have to wonder how this could even happen in the first place. If you try plotting a course from the USA to Australia, the app won’t give you a quote or plan a route because… you can’t get there by car.
There have been instances where people entered the wrong address and dropped hundreds of miles from their destination, but it looks like the user was not at fault here. Imagine having to fight a $39,000 charge with your bank. That could be “interesting.”
Fortunately, Uber quickly recognized the problem and charged Olivier the proper amount. Now he has a great story for next Friday at the pub.
Man Wakes Up With £35,000 Uber Ride Bill
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Oct 11
The ex-president is turning into “spam come to life” over this increasingly unhinged conspiracy theories.
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