* Task-Oriented Agentic Programming * Spotify Gets Bookish with Bookshop.org Partnership and Page Match * TikTok Deemed Addictive by the EU BTW, it seems like at least some of the posts on Moltbook (see last week's TTNN or pretty much anywhere on the internet if you've no idea
* Dario Amodei's "The Adolescence of Technology" * Intel Panther Lake is.... Good? * Clawdbot/Moltbot/OpenClaw Everywhere, All at Once * Tesla Ending Production of Model S and X More than ever probably, this week's stories are not listed in order of importance or in any logical
The MeloBuds N20 are budget earphones with ANC and app support. They are very inexpensive at around $30. Let's take a look and see if they play at or above their price range. See link to the YouTube review at the end of this post. Hardware The case
* Nex Computer's New Everything Phone * TikTok Deal Closes * Apple's Redoing the Humane AI Pin (?) Nex Computer's New Everything Phone A few months ago, I wrote an article about Google's upcoming Android PC and what it might take for such a product to
As I wait for Samsung to release their official "pro" keyboard case, I have been making do with a variety of keyboard cases from other companies. Every keyboard case has issues, some more tolerable than others. For the most part, I have been using the Sahara keyboard case
* Gemini is the New Siri * ChatGPT Health * Everyone is Using Claude Code (SIGH) I know, I know, all these topics are AI related. That kinda sucks, but let’s go… Gemini Is the New Siri The tech news never goes away, but this week felt a bit more muted, perhaps
YouTube video review link at end of this article! Hardware * 8.6 ounces (Nothing - 11.8 ounces; XM5 - 9.4 ounces) or 243.81 grams [website says 240g] * ~5.5cm earcups with ~14.5mm depth * 40mm and 13mm dynamic drivers * BT 6.0 with dual connection * Hi-Res Audio
* CES 2026 * AI Giants Make Money and Buy Energy * Grok on Lockdown Happy New Year! (let's hope) CES 2026 Of course, it is entirely unsurprising that CES was full of AI this year. The world is increasingly full of AI-powered tools and gadgets. If you were to ask
Hardware * 6.9 ounces or 195.61 grams * 7.3mm thick (using my calipers) * 7" Carta 1300 black/white display * 300 PPI, 256 level grayscale * Adjustable color temperature front light * Mediatek Helio G99 Octa-core 2.2GHz 6nm CPU * Mali G57 MC2 GPU * 4GB RAM * 64GB ROM * 3000 mAh battery
* TikTok Finally Sold (I guess...) * iRobot Bankruptcy * The New Legitimacy of Online Gambling TikTok Finally Sold (I guess...) This is arguably the biggest tech story of the week and is an almost perfect cap to the year - although much could still happen in the world between now and 12/
* Apple losing its appeal * Executive order on AI legislation * Disney's deal with OpenAI * Paramount's hostile takeover attempt Apple Losing its Appeal [note: Yeah, I see the ironic pun there. I am resisting.] Last week, I pondered the departure of Apple's Alan Dye and this
* Chief design officer Alan Dye leaves Apple for Meta * Samsung unveils its dual-fold 10” foldable * Micron stops selling memory to consumers; RAM is for AI now * Netflix agrees to buy Warner Bros Studios and HBO Max Alan Dye - Apple and Meta I am not intimately familiar with Alan Dye;
The earphones with MEMS drivers keep coming in hot. Today we have a look at the latest from SoundPeats to perhaps topple the Capsule3 Pro+ from its perch. Hardware The Air5 Pro+ (henceforth Air5P+) come in a standard SoundPeats-shaped case. It is very similar to the Capsule3 Pro+ (henceforth C3P+
About a year ago, I learned about a relatively new driver type for consumer wireless headphones, the small but mighty xMEMS driver. xMEMS had been used in microphones for many years but putting them in headphones was a relatively new affair. The theoretical advantages are that they are very small
YouTube Review: The SoundPeats Clip 1 are new clipbuds from budget audio brand SoundPeats. They are priced to compete with the Earfun Clip (~$70), which I recently reviewed here and on my YouTube channel. Let's see how these new buds compare to the Earfun. Hardware The SoundPeats case
YouTube Review: Gradually, as time passes, we are seeing more keyboard case options for the Samsung Galaxy Tab S11 Ultra. With the movement of the pogo pins, the charging slot for the pen, the reversal of the volume/power buttons, and updates to the cameras, old cases for the S8/
When I was testing the Nothing Ear 3, I got the Robin at about the same time but that first pair had a defective left earphone, and I had to get a replacement set. But just from that first listen with just the right earphone, I suspected the Robin’s
The more I think about the news that Google plans to replace the underpinnings of ChromeOS with Android, the more questions it raises in my mind. On one hand, this could start a new chapter in personal computing and change many aspects of hardware and software development for years to
When I gave up my Samsung Galaxy Z Fold5 for the S25 Ultra, I inherently sacrificed my ability to use a Wacom stylus on a larger display. While the S25 Ultra still has pen support, the smaller screen size was an adjustment for me. I had gotten very used to
Link to YouTube video review at the end of this post! I had heard of the brand SoundPeats but hadn't used any of their products until after I tried the Creative Aurvana Ace Mimi, which are Bluetooth earphones that have xMEMS drivers in them. I bought them because
I bought a Pixel 9 Pro XL 2 weeks before the unveiling of the new line of Pixel 10 phones, not because I was unaware of the Google event, but because I had seen the leaked photos and specs and decided that now was probably a good time for me
See link to YT review at the end of this post! These new over-the-ear headphones from Nothing have been covered well by a variety of technology and audio outlets. What else is there possibly to say about them that probably hasn't already been said in multiple languages and
Hey you! Check out the YouTube review where I compare them to the CMF Buds 2 - link at the bottom of this post! There are officially too many choices in the Bluetooth earbud/headphone space. There are options at every price point, and more often than not, the options
Scroll down for the link to the YouTube review! The 12.4" Galaxy Tab is a relatively new thing for me, at least in recent years. I have generally preferred the smallest 11" Tab because my primary use case was taking notes and using a few apps sporadically.