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Apart from announcing new Authentics home speakers at IFA 2023, JBL is also introducing the Soundgear Sense, a fresh set of true wireless earbuds featuring an open design that lets users stay connected to their surroundings while enjoying some music.

JBL Soundgear Sense

IP54 and more

The Soundgear Sense earbuds have ear hooks, an IP54 sweat-resistant rating, and a detachable neckband. This neckband option not only adds flexibility to use them as wireless earbuds or traditional neckband earbuds but can provide extra security during activities like exercise.

JBL promotes the open design of the Soundgear Sense as a significant leap beyond traditional transparency modes in other earbuds, enabling a genuine connection with the external environment. Carsten Olesen, President of Consumer Audio at JBL’s parent company Harman, explains:

“We wanted to take this to the next level and create a naturally open design that provides a true connection with the outside world.”

No Noise Cancellation, but Great Battery Life

While noise cancellation isn’t offered due to the emphasis on sound awareness, the Soundgear Sense boasts four microphones for calls and a total battery life of six hours from the earbuds and 18 hours from the case. They come in black or white and support multi-point connectivity.

Availability and Price

In Europe, the new headphones will launch on August 31st, with the Soundgear Sense priced at €149.99 / £129.99 (~$163). They are slated for release in the US next year.

JBL’s New True Wireless Earbuds Bring Open Design And Detachable Neckband

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During IFA 2023 the popular brand TCL unveiled its latest NXTPAPER smartphones, offering advanced eye comfort and TÜV certification for low harmful blue light. The devices are able to provide a full-color paper-like viewing experience, that the company claims to be “perfect for everyday binge-watching”.

In addition, these phones have an integrated sensor that automatically adjusts display brightness and color temperature based on the time and environment, enhancing eye comfort even during nighttime usage.

The TÜV certified display can eliminate glare with a paper-like matte texture and it was also designed to resist fingerprint smudges, making outdoor reading on sunny days more enjoyable to the users. The full-color electronic display comes with a specially tailored NXTPAPER UI, allowing users to switch between full-color manga and a black-and-white experience to suit their preferences.

TCL 40 NXTPAPER

The TCL 40 NXTPAPER has a 6.78” FHD+ NXTPAPER display, and dual speakers (3D boom sound powered by DTS). In the camera department, we have a 32MP for selfies and on the back a 50MP rear triple camera system (including a 5MP ultra-wide camera and a 2MP macro sensor), so users can capture details in various settings.

The paper-like display experience is enhanced when paired with the TCL 40 NXTPAPER’s compatible T-pen1, making tasks like note-taking and sketching easier. In terms of memory, users have 256GB of storage, 8GB RAM, and 8GB virtual RAM expansion for an improved multitasking experience.

TCL 40 NXTPAPER 5G

The TCL 40 NXTPAPER 5G, on the other hand, brings, as the name says, 5G connectivity, boasting a 6.6″ HD+ NXTPAPER display, the same paper-like viewing experience from its sibling ( with the NXTPAPER UI). In memory lane, this model brings 256GB of storage and 6GB RAM (expandable by 6GB virtual RAM).

As for the rear camera system, it includes a 50MP primary camera, a 2MP depth sensor, and a 2MP macro sensor. AI camera capabilities are an extra feature to make the captured images even better. For selfies, the brand opted for an 8MP camera.

Pricing and Availability

• TCL 40 NXTPAPER: Priced at €199 (~$217), available first in Europe in September, with a global release later this year.
  TCL 40 NXTPAPER 5G: Priced at €249 (~$271), available first in Europe in October, with a global release later this year.

Full Color Paper-like Viewing Experience! Meet TCL’s New NXTPAPER Smartphones

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Our Flag Means Death, the sleeper hit pirate romance/comedy that is “loosely” based on the true lives of two infamous pirates—Ed “Blackbeard” Teach and Stede Bonnet—returns with an official teaser trailer for season two. As Taika Waititi’s Blackbeard deals with heartbreak and Rhys Darby’s Bonnet (The Gentleman Pirate)…

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It looks like Instagram is about to significantly increase the maximum length of Reels posts, according to reputable mobile developer and leaker Alessandro Paluzzi. The current hard limit for these videos is three minutes, but screenshots provided by Paluzzi indicate a forthcoming leap to 10 minutes. This would effectively transform the social media site into a more robust video-sharing platform like YouTube.

This move would also allow Meta’s Instagram to further compete with rival TikTok, as the latter already lets users post videos up to ten minutes in length. TikTok and Instagram seem to be caught in some sort of ouroboros of mimicry, with one app regularly adopting features originally unveiled by the other.

As TikTok and Instagram vie for a share of the long-form video pie, YouTube’s moving in the opposite direction. It’s been making a push to gain more ground in the short-form video space, recently adding a suite of creator tools and a TikTok-esque music-discovery feed. The days when you could easily label Instagram as the “photo one”, TikTok as the “short video one” and YouTube as the “long video one” are gone. It looks like they all want to be “does everything one.”

Engadget reached out to Meta for clarification regarding the move toward long-form video content. The company confirmed that the leaked images are real but that they represent an “internal prototype” that’s not being tested externally. 

Update, August 30th, 2023, 1:36 PM ET: This story has been updated to include a statement from Meta.

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The contactless payment system for New York City’s subways has a security hole. Anyone with access to someone’s credit card number can see when and where they entered the city’s underground transit during the last seven days. The problem lies in a “feature” on the website for OMNY, the tap-to-pay system for the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA), which allows you to view your recent ride history using only credit card info. Further, subway entries purchased using Apple Pay — which gives merchants a virtual number instead of your real one — still somehow link to your physical credit card number.

The MTA’s loose implementation could allow stalkers, abusive exes or anyone who hacks into or purchases a person’s credit card information online to find out when and where they typically enter the subway. Joseph Cox of 404 Media initially reported on the story, detailing how (with a rider’s consent) he tracked the stations they entered — with corresponding times. “If I had kept monitoring this person, I would have figured out the subway station they often start a journey at, which is near where they live,” Cox wrote. “I would also know what specific time this person may go to the subway each day.”

“This is a gift for abusers,” Eva Galperin, the Electronic Frontier Foundation’s director of cybersecurity, told Engadget. The OMNY website also allows passengers to create a password-protected account, but it sits below the more prominent “Check trip history” section atop the page, requiring only a number and expiration date without any further security input. “It is a real problem that the option to track your location — without any kind of password security — is available first on the website,” noted Galperin. She says the MTA could have “fixed this simply” by including a PIN or password requirement alongside the credit card field.

Metropolitan Transportation Authority

The website still shows your travel history even if you paid with Apple Pay. The iPhone maker says its tap-to-pay system gives merchants a virtual number rather than the physical card’s number. “And when you pay, your card numbers are never shared by Apple with merchants,” a marketing blurb on the company’s website reads. But an Engadget staffer confirmed that entering their actual credit card number linked to the used Apple Pay account — without having directly used that card to ride — still revealed their seven-day point-of-entry history.

When asked about the OMNY website linking the two regardless, the MTA told Engadget it can’t see the credit card numbers of customers who use Apple Pay. Apple didn’t immediately respond to an emailed request for comment about how the MTA website associates the two without vendors having access to the physical credit card number.

The MTA says it will consider security changes as it improves its system. “The MTA is committed to maintaining customer privacy,” MTA spokesperson Eugene Resnick wrote to Engadget in an email. “The trip history feature gives customers a way to check their paid and free trip history for the last 7 days without having to create an OMNY account. We also give customers the option of paying for their OMNY travel with cash. We’re always looking to improve on privacy, and will consider input from safety experts as we evaluate possible further improvements.”

This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/nyc-subway-security-flaw-makes-it-possible-to-track-riders-journeys-195600685.html?src=rss