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To the company’s 75th anniversary, Sennheiser has a few pleasant surprises for potential customers of the HD 25. First, the headphones will be on sale for $99.95 rather than the usual $149.95. More interestingly, Sennheiser is selling a limited edition version of the headphone throughout June. This version comes with retro yellow earpads — inspired by the HD 414 — and retro packaging, though it’ll also come with black earpads should yellow not be your thing....

There’s a reason why Google’s parent company is the fifth richest company in the world. Because when you virtually control huge swathes of internet commerce, you’re bound to end up with some stunningly large coffers. Google accounts for 75 percent of all desktop search traffic and 95 percent of all mobile search traffic on the web. Search engine optimization (SEO) drives over 1,000 percent more traffic than organic social media....

There are more announcements than you could shake a WWI-era saber at, so let’s skip morning muster and get right into the action. Slitherine revealed four new games today, but before doing so it gave us some juicy updates. Previously-announced titles First up, we saw live gameplay footage of Warhammer Battlesector, and good golly this turn-based tactics game looks great: Slitherine showed off the army management system, and an outstanding new photo mode that allows you to capture action while the game engine remains active....

An interesting attempt has been made by UK car leasing company Vanarama, using genuine patents filed by Apple to create a virtual rendering of the iCar. Let’s take a closer look. Regarding the exterior, the company has drawn inspiration from Apple’s current and previous products. For instance, the Mac Pro’s circular vents inspire the bold mesh-like grille, with a glowing Apple logo at its center, recalling previous generations of the MacBook....

As Space.com noted, this is SpaceX’s first particular rocket that has managed to successfully land back on a pad after the launch for the third time. It’s also the heaviest payload Falcon 9 has ever carried (13,607.771 kg approx). Starlink satellites have a lightweight (227 kg) flat-panel design that allows SpaceX to stack them up on top of each other for a launch. Each unit has multiple high-throughput antennas and one solar array for power....

Swift testing is essential to curtail the spread of the pandemic. But it also exposes testers to the infection, risking their lives and further straining a workforce already stretched beyond its limits. In Spain, around 12% of the 35,000 diagnosed with the coronavirus are health workers. The fleet of robots would reduce their risk of exposure and quadruple the 15,000-20,000 tests Spain currently does a day, according to Bloomberg. [Read: Israel builds survey-reading AI that predicts coronavirus outbreaks] Raquel Yotti, the head of the Madrid-based Health Institute Carlos III, said at a health ministry press conference on Saturday:...

Now, Spotify is rolling out a similar feature that will help you keep track of all the new releases from your favorite artists. This feature, called What’s New, is accessible on your home screen via a bell icon. If there’s new content in your What’s New feed, you’ll see a blue dot on top of the bell icon. When you hit the bell icon, it’ll show you a real-time feed of new stuff from musicians and podcasts you follow....

The investment firm is known for its $200 billion holdings in the Chinese tech giant Tencent. This acquisition is one of the biggest in Prosus’ portfolio. [Read: This dude drove an EV from the Netherlands to New Zealand — here are his 3 top road trip tips] US-based Stack Overflow was established in 2008, and it quickly became home for developers and students who were trying to learn more about programming....

The tool, detailed in a paper published in JAMA Network Open, makes use of a deep learning model called HeadXNet to identify areas in the brain that are likely to have an aneurysm. The tool is meant to help clinicians augment their capabilities to detect aneurysm with greater accuracy. According to the findings, the tool “improved clinicians’ ability to correctly identify aneurysms at a level equivalent to finding six more aneurysms in 100 scans that contain aneurysms....

the Global startup ecosystem report (GSER):Agtech and new food edition. And it’s definitely worth a deep dive. Looking for the latest trends or need to know information for your own startup or even your next investment? The GSER provides comprehensive, data-driven research on startups, with 280+ entrepreneurial innovation ecosystems and 3 million startups. Let’s look at some of its findings and profile some cool startups in the agtech and new food space....

“I want you to let Spotify know immediately TODAY that I want all my music off their platform,” said Young to his management team and record label. “They can have Rogan or Young. Not both.” Young is the first high-profile artist to condemn Spotify for its handling of COVID misinformation, but far from the first person to single out Rogan’s podcast on the platform. The Joe Rogan Experience podcast has the highest amount of subscribers on Spotify....

Up front: The researchers conducted a series of studies and experiments involving more than 2,200 children. The team’s goal was to determine how gender stereotypes affected school-aged children in order to glean insights into the ongoing diversity problem in STEM. The scope of the study was apparently limited to measuring the interest of “boys” and “girls,” with no apparent mention of non-binary students. Background: The team surveyed the kids to learn what they believed when it came to boys’ and girls’ interest in computer science and engineering....

Today, astronomers know of more than 4,000 worlds orbiting other stars. Of these, 15 have exceedingly low densities, lower than that of cotton candy. Three of these planets — dubbed super-puff worlds — are found in the Kepler 51 star system, 2,600 light years from Earth. Larger than the size of Jupiter, these planets contain less than one percent of the mass of the largest planet in our solar system....

Supersonic planes halve the time it takes to fly from New York to London, from seven hours down to 3.5 hours, but such airliners were abandoned following Concorde’s final flight in 2003. Concorde had become financially unworkable after a high-profile crash in 2000, combined with excessive ticket prices, high fuel consumption, and increasingly high maintenance costs. — Boom Supersonic (@boomaero) June 3, 2021 If Boom’s supersonic aircraft is to succeed, it will depend on overcoming these issues that derailed Concorde....

Whether you’re searching for fresh ways to collect videos or photos, or you simply want to see the world from a bird’s-eye view, our Pre-Black Friday sale is currently serving up savings on an innovative device that’s ready to take your exploration to another level. For a limited time, you can purchase the Black GPS 4K Drone 106 Pro with Gimbal & Electronic Image Stabilization for only $58.61 (reg. $68) with code SAVE15NOV....

According to a court filing submitted earlier this week, Telegram has agreed to stop selling its Gram tokens. “Telegram has agreed to stipulate that it will not make any offers, sales, or deliveries of its expected cryptocurrency, called “Grams,” in order to maintain the status quo until this Court can resolve the legal issues at the heart of the matter,” the document reads. Telegram continues to disagree with the SEC over whether its Gram token is a security....

Yep, as the name suggests, it’s sort of like Wikifeet but for fake feet — and without any of the awkwardly specific comments. The site relies on a generative adversarial network (GAN) to produce eerily realistic images of feet. Of course, since these are all the figment of a computer’s imagination, you’re bound to see some gruesome deformities. So, buckle up. All you need to do is text +1-646-760-8955 and you’ll soon receive texts with AI-generated pics of feet....

Now, fresh analysis has shown that the average Robinhood trader hasn’t just underperformed in 2020 — they’ve also posted 6.2% fewer returns than the S&P 500 (a basic index of top US companies) over the past two years. [Read: Bitcoin vs. NASDAQ 100: Watch them thrive during the pandemic] Indeed, instead of making plays themselves, it appears the average Robinhood trader would’ve made more money had they simply put their money in the S&P 500 and waited....

God I hate it. So much. But we’ll get onto that: let’s discuss the good news first. Apple is supposedly redesigning the Apple TV Remote. 9to5Mac has been told by sources that the company is developing a new controller for its upcoming Apple TV. The new bit of hardware has been given the codename “B519,” as opposed to the current moniker for the Siri Remote, which is “B439.” Does this mean anything?...

We are all united in our hatred of log-ins and passwords, but what is the alternative? There has to be some way to combat fraud. There has to be a way to protect our accounts. This aforementioned group, called the Fast Identity Online Alliance, wants to use the sensors inside smartphones to utilize “facial recognition, fingerprint scans, voiceprints, and physical security keys” instead of easily phished passwords. They want to use biometric authentication to identify customers....