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The Beats Powerbeats Pro 2 first hit store shelves six months ago. As expected, the wireless earbuds became a top seller that garnered high praise for their sporty performance across numerous verticals (e.g., durability, fit, sound). The buds were also criticized for a few glaring flaws. 

I shared many of the same positives and negatives as my industry peers upon the Powerbeats Pro 2’s debut. Half


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Electronic Arts (EA), the video game giant behind franchises like Madden and FIFA, is approaching a deal to go private, The Wall Street Journal reported Friday.

The deal, valued at around $50 billion, would be the largest leveraged buyout in history.

According to the Wal


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Google first teased some enticing upgrades for its Pixel Buds Pro 2 during the Made by Google event in August. More than a month later, Google is finally rolling out the update that makes its wireless earbuds earn the Pro label.

The Pixel Buds Pro 2 now get an Adaptive Audio feature in the Active Noise Control section of the Pixel Buds app. This ANC mode automatically adjusts the volume depending


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The author only lived in Japan for 3 years with her family, but says that 15 years later there are still things that she misses.
  • In 2005, my family moved to Japan when my then-husband was stationed there.
  • I look back fondly on the relaxing onsens, vibrant cherry blossom celebrations, and delicious food.
  • We only lived abroad for 3 years, but there are so many things I miss

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Love a TikTok so much that you want to keep it on your phone and treasure it forever? You can do that with the save video function built right into the app.

"Save video" allows you to save your favorite TikToks to your phone's photo library. Downloading TikTok videos allows you to have access to a TikTok even if the user deletes it, or if TikTok takes it down or removes the sound. Though this seems



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Wondering how to clear the cache on an iPhone? As we run several apps and navigate browsers like Safari and Chrome, we collect a lot of useless clutter along the way that fills up our phone's cache.

What, exactly, is a cache? For the uninitiated, it's a reserve for your iPhone that saves temporary data. On the plus side, it helps websites load more rapidly. However, it does have its downsides. For



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Today's Connections: Sports Edition requires some knowledge on golf and one of the great American cities.

As we've shared in previous hints stories, this is a version of the popular New York Times word game that seeks to test the knowledge of sports fans.

Like the original Connections, the game is all about finding the "common threads between words." And just like Wordle, Connections resets after


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  • Historically, I've always gambled on trips to Las Vegas, in part because I felt like I had to.
  • Recently, I visited Sin City and decided to steer clear of casinos — and I had my best visit yet.
  • Visiting Vegas' Eiffel Tower and taking a cooking class helped me see a new side of the city.

Out of all my previous trips to Las Vegas, I'd only not gambled once — and that was just because


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In one sense, Meta AI's Vibes — an endless scroll of AI-generated videos, submitted by creators and launched on the Meta AI app and website Friday — is the purest expression of what Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg wanted to build when he was designing Facebook in the first place.

Still tinkering in his Harvard dorm room, Zuckerberg explained to a potential partner why he wanted to design his social


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Apple's big AI revamp for Siri is getting closer and closer.

The iPhone maker has been overhauling its Siri voice assistant in hopes of making it comparable to AI tools from companies like OpenAI and Google. In fact, speaking of the ChatGPT creator, Apple has created its own version of OpenAI's AI chatbot to test out the new and improved Siri.

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