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AI music is flooding streaming services — but who wants it?

This is The Stepback, a weekly newsletter breaking down one essential story from the tech world. For more on how AI is changing music and the music industry, follow Terrence O'Brie…

Microsoft's best workflow tools are free, but you won't find all of them installed on Windows

Some of the most useful tools are one download away.…

Linux 7.1 Fixes Audio For The Steam Deck OLED After Being Broken 2 Years On The Upstream Kernel

It turns out the Steam Deck OLED gaming handheld has not had working audio support with the mainline (upstream) Linux kernel since a change in late 2023 that was merged for Linux 6…

Why I own 4 different pairs of headphones, and how I effectively use each one

While a true 'all-in-one' pair of headphones may not exist for every user, these four come pretty close.…

Linux 7.1 finally fixes a 2-year-old Steam Deck OLED audio issue

Better late than never.…

Skullcandy Discount Code: 30% Off | May 2026

Save on today’s top Skullcandy Promo Codes for Crusher Evo headphones, 36% off Crusher ANC 2 noise-canceling headphones, and more with amazing deals.…

"Despite the name, they lack nuance" I've got a hearing impairment, so I tried the high-tech Nuance Audio smart glasses to see if they really can help me hear better without the hassle of a hearing aid

Can smart glasses help you hear better? As a hearing-impaired person, I wore the Nuance Audio high-tech smart specs to find out if they work.…

Turtle Beach WaveFront ISA Sound Cards Seeing Suspend/Resume Support On Linux In 2026

It's been an interesting 2026 in Linux development with beginning to phase out i486 CPU support, dropping ISDN and amateur "ham" radio support, and other code cleaning in the name …

Netflix: 28 of the Best Sci-Fi TV Shows You Should Stream Right Now

Netflix's sci-fi library is out of this world.…

I made an app - Plume: Word of the day with etymology and native-speaker audio, fully offline, no accounts (now with French and German)

Hey r/apple , I'm the solo indie developer behind Plume, a vocabulary app for iPhone/iPad built around one idea: a word a day, presented like a piece of editorial writing - etymolo…

Apple may take "several months" to catch up to Mac mini and Studio demand

Chip shortages and demand from AI enthusiasts are both playing a part.…

Apple AirPods Max 2 Review: The Best Over-Ears for iOS

If you're an iPhone user, the Apple AirPods Max 2 are still the best over-ear headphones you can buy.…

Sony Coupons: 45% Off Sony Headphones, WF-1000XM6 Earbuds, and Sony Cameras for May

Upgrade your setup with Sony’s newest releases. Save on industry-leading noise-canceling audio, and pro-level Alpha cameras.…

Undead co-op shooters, gorgeous hack-and-slash action and other new indie games worth checking out

Plus, more Ball x Pit is never a bad thing.…

“The more experienced listeners are, the less bass-heavy they want the sound”: JBL is changing the way its flagship headphones sound, and I've heard the difference — here’s how I rate it

The JBL Tour One M3 just got a major update with a new sound at the fore — I spoke with JBL about the changes, and heard them for myself.…

Turtlebox Ranger Bluetooth Speaker Review: Quality Sound With a Magnetic Personality

For audio enjoyment in the great outdoors, this compact speaker is tough to beat.…

The Nacon RIG R8 Spectre Pro HS proves that headsets can still be great value in 2026

A wireless, base station model with similarities to Nacon’s existing R5 that impresses with tight, distinctive, low-distortion audio.…

I took a great cheap Bluetooth speaker to the rainiest place possible, and it survived 7 busy days of abuse without a complaint — I'd definitely recommend it as a reliable music companion for your adventures

I took the Tribit Stormbox Micro 3 on a rainy trip, and its features and design ensured it was just as useful outdoors as on the dining table…

Think vibe-coding will turn you into a rich entrepreneur? You might want to read the risk brief

A new report from the Association for Computing Machinery says vibe coding carries serious risks around security, testing, and long-term code quality.…

This must-have miniature Macintosh retro dock gives your M4 Mac Mini a 1980s makeover — equipped with a 5-inch HD display and M.2 NVMe SSD slot

The Wokyis M5 Retro Dock Station will add USB ports, memory card readers, and an external SSD enclosure to your Mac mini while giving you a small '80s Macintosh on your desk.…

Mac Pro M2 vs Mac Studio M2: Which is the one for you?

While not the latest models, these powerhouse Apple devices are well-worth checking out - if you can find them.…

Apple warns Mac mini and Mac Studio shortages could last for months — local AI boom and memory crunch drive demand beyond Apple’s manufacturing capacity

Apple CEO Tim Cook warns Mac mini and Mac Studio shortages could continue for months as developers rush to buy high-memory Apple Silicon systems for running local AI models and age…

I Need to Have Constant Orgasms In Order to Function. There’s a Solution—My Husband Just Doesn’t Like It.

The only thing that helps is also the thing that hurts him most.…

Marvel Snap studio attempts to quell concerns after layoffs, but it isn't enough

Marvel Snap developer Second Dinner recently laid off developers, causing enough concern within its community that Ben Brode had to respond.…

Official lineup confirmed for second series of The Celebrity Traitors

Actors Richard E Grant, Michael Sheen and Bella Ramsey among star-studded cast hoping for victory as BBC’s hit spin-off series returns to screens Considering the Traitors is a game…

'The Devil Wears Prada 2' Review: Meryl Streep, Anne Hathaway return for a chic but bland sequel

Fox News Digital reviews 20th Century Studios' "The Devil Wears Prada 2" starring Meryl Streep, Anne Hathaway, Stanley Tucci and Emily Blunt. Directed by David Frankel.…

Benchmark for SageAttention kernels using real attention shapes logged from ComfyUI models (image / video / audio)

What this is — and what it is not This is not a benchmark of how fast a model generates an image or video. No model weights, no inference pipeline. The benchmark runs on randomly g…

LTX 2.3 Lora Loader Audio / Visual splitter

Apologies for my earlier post i should of tested it first! doh! - I just did not want to stop lora training as i have an issue and it takes 2 hours nearly to resume at 55k steps, .…

Apple warns Mac mini and Mac Studio shortages could last for months — local AI boom and memory crunch drive demand beyond Apple’s manufacturing capacity

Apple Mac Studio M2 vs iMac M4: Which is the one for you?

These two Macs have many differences and a few similarities. Is one of them better for you?…

Show HN: Mljar Studio – local AI data analyst that saves analysis as notebooks

Hi HN, I’ve been working on mljar-supervised (open-source AutoML for tabular data) for a few years. Recently I built a desktop app around it called MLJAR Studio. The idea is simple…

I built a touch-enabled ePaper Home Assistant dashboard, and it's better than any tablet

It looks good, it's easy to set up, and it's even touch-operated.…

<em>The Devil Wears Prada 2</em> Is Ripped Straight From the Headlines—Except When It Comes to Its Fantastical Ending

The sequel captures just how much the world of Runway and Vogue has changed in the past 20 years, complete with figures ripped straight from our reality.…

Apple Stops Selling Mac Mini With 256GB of Storage, Starting Price Rises to $799

Apple this week stopped offering a 256GB storage option for the Mac mini worldwide. As a result, the desktop computer now has a higher starting price. In the U.S., for example, the…

Audible's New In-Person Bookstore Turns Browsing into a Listening Experience

We came, we listened, we browsed. Audible's Story House could be a new wave.…

AirPods Max 2 one-month review: Spot the difference?

A month after Apple's AirPods Max 2 went on sale, there's a lot to like, but little of it is new, and there's not much reason to upgrade from the original model. AirPods Max 2 revi…

Mac mini pricing shifts, $599 config disappears from Apple store

Apple has quietly pushed the Mac mini entry price higher, as the once-standard $599 base model is no longer available on its U.S. online store. M4 Mac mini As of May 1, the $599 Ma…

‘Bookless bookstore’: Audio-only book shop opens in New York

There is no rustle of pages or stacks of best-selling novels at the pop-up store. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.…

Hondurasgate: Audios Reveal Trump, Milei & Ex-Honduran President Plot Against Mexico & Colombia and Latin America

Cannes Critics’ Week: Next Step Studio Sets Four Shorts Co-Created by Young Indonesian Directors

'Holy Crowd,' 'Original Wound,' 'Annisa' and 'Mothers Are Mothering' were co-written and co-directed by four international creatives.…

Username Studio — find short Telegram usernames with a local LLM

If you've ever tried to find a short, clean Telegram username — you know how painful it is....…

forge-audio: A lock-free audio substrate using deterministic rollback for PDC (plus a CUDA DSP offloader)

Hi all, I started building crates in November, right around the time I put the brush down as a Painter (23years) I wanted to share some of the things I have been working on mainly …

A Fresh View In May (2026 Wallpapers Edition)

Let’s welcome May with a new collection of desktop wallpapers! Following our monthly tradition, the wallpapers were created by the community for the community and can be downloaded…

Show HN: CD-DA Reader, Rust library to read audio CD data

I have lots of audio CDs and last year I did some systems programming, so I figured it would be cool to rip audio CDs using my own software. I used LLMs to understand how it is don…

Show HN: TTS Studio: AI-Powered Text-to-Speech Tool

Visual Studio 2026 still ships the form designer Alan Cooper drew in 1987

Every UI framework Microsoft has shipped since WinForms (2002) was sold as its successor. WPF, Silverlight, UWP, MAUI, Blazor desktop. Twenty-four years on, WinForms is still there…

OpenX32: Open Linux kernel for Behringer X32 mixer

Linux and Custom Firmware for the Behringer X32 Audio-Mixing-Console - OpenMixerProject/OpenX32…

Friday Studio AI runtime: Turn prompts, skills, & tools into reliable config

AI runtime that turns prompts, skills, and tools into repeatable configurations that you can reliably run and share. - friday-platform/friday-studio…

F1 Is One of the Loudest Sports on Earth. This Is What Audiologists Recommend to Protect Your Hearing at the Miami Grand Prix

Here's how McLaren protects its team and what experts want F1 fans to know before race day.…

A Conservative Studio<em> </em>Has Returned With an Adaptation of <em>Animal Farm</em>. It’s Not What You Think.

The first movie adaptation of Orwell’s classic was funded by the CIA. The new one is motivated by something else entirely.…

‘The Devil Wears Prada 2’ The Hot Stepper With $75M-$80M U.S. Opening; ‘Super Mario Galaxy’ First YTD To Cross $400M – Box Office Update

'The Devil Wears Prada 2' is off to an excellent start with $10M+ in Thursday previews stateside and over $50M worldwide. Domestic opening figured at $75M-$80M.…

Anne Hathaway Goes Viral After Knicks' Historic Win vs. Hawks — Here's Why

The Knicks beat the Atlanta Hawks by 51 points Thursday night, but Anne Hathaway emerged as the game's main character. Here's why.…

‘Project Hail Mary’ and the Politics of Science Fiction

Even the most entertaining tale carries a political message.…

Box Office: ‘The Devil Wears Prada 2’ Struts With Trend-Setting $10M in Previews

The 20th Century film reunites original stars Anne Hathaway, Meryl Streep, Stanley Tucci and Emily Blunt and is the first female-led property to kick off the summer box office.…

Photographer Builds His Own Tethering App to Solve Subscription Fatigue

This photographer built a $99 tethering app to break free from subscriptions.…

This Waterproof JBL Portable Speaker Is on Sale for $40 Right Now

The JBL Go 4 portable speaker is down to $39.95, a great price for this ultra-compact, waterproof Bluetooth speaker.…

Six months out, control of the Senate is a dead heat, traders on Kalshi say

While Democrats are favored to flip control of the House of Representatives, the upper chamber is a much closer race, traders believe.…

How a Trump-Endorsed Republican Could Become California’s Next Governor

Steve Hilton is leading in the polls in a state where Democrats outnumber Republicans by twenty per cent. Could he win in blue California?…

PS5 Gigaflop Mindseye Gets a Permanent Price Reduction, Free Update and PS Plus Premium Trial

Don't call it a comeback…

Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 AMA On Reddit Turns Into A Disaster Over AI Allegations

Warhorse Studios developers were bombarded with questions about a fired translator's claims…