AppleMagazine
WDC26
WHAT APPLE IS EXPECTED TO REVEAL DURING ITS ANNUAL DEVELOPER EVENT
4 min |
April 17, 2026
AppleMagazine
MICROSOFT ENDS THE SURFACE HUB ERA
Microsoft is reportedly walking away from one of its most ambitious hardware experiments in the workplace: the Surface Hub.
5 min |
April 17, 2026
AppleMagazine
META'S SMART GLASSES FACE A GROWING PRIVACY BACKLASH OVER REPORTED FACIAL RECOGNITION PLANS
Meta’s RayBan smart glasses do not currently include facial recognition, but a rapidly growing coalition of civil liberties, privacy, and digital rights groups wants to make sure that never changes.
6 min |
April 17, 2026
AppleMagazine
OPENAI LAUNCHES GPT-5.4-CYBER FOR VETTED SECURITY PROFESSIONALS
OpenAI has introduced GPT-5.4-Cyber, a specialized version of its GPT-5.4 model built for defensive cybersecurity work, while also significantly expanding its Trusted Access for Cyber program to reach thousands of verified individual defenders and hundreds of security teams.
5 min |
April 17, 2026
AppleMagazine
PRIME VIDEO BUNDLES APPLE TV AND PEACOCK IN LIMITED-TIME OFFER
Amazon is introducing a new streaming bundle that brings together Apple TV and Peacock Premium Plus under Prime Video for a discounted monthly price.
2 min |
April 17, 2026
AppleMagazine
QUALCOMM, CXMT AND THE RAM SQUEEZE
The biggest constraint in the 2026 smartphone market may no longer be the processor.
5 min |
April 17, 2026
AppleMagazine
DISNEY RESETS MARVEL
The future shape of the Marvel Cinematic Universe is becoming harder to predict as Disney moves deeper into a sweeping internal reorganization that is reshaping how the company develops, markets, and manages its biggest entertainment brands.
5 min |
April 17, 2026
Stereophile
Do you think you can tell?
Wish You Were Here isn't my favorite Pink Floyd album, but I can't deny its success or how often it has played within earshot over the course of my life. Released mid-1975 to mixed reviews, time worked in its favor: Today many consider it a peer to the group's masterpiece, The Dark Side of the Moon.
4 min |
May 2026
Stereophile
The end of the road for Megadeth
After ignominious dismissal from Metallica shortly before that band's debut recording, guitarist Dave Mustaine could have easily become a Greg Walls-esque footnote in metal history.
4 min |
May 2026
Stereophile
The show must go on
All “serious” music fans know pop music is kid’s stuff: too simple, too accessible, the embodiment of that cringeworthy moniker “disposable.”
4 min |
May 2026
Stereophile
Marten Mingus Septet Statement Edition
As I prepared this review of the Marten Mingus Septet Statement Edition loudspeaker ($199,000/pair), I asked the Marten people to tell me something about the company and its values.
10+ min |
May 2026
Stereophile
Listening to the Violet
When I was a child, my favorite trips were on a northwest-bound train called the Red Arrow.
10+ min |
May 2026
Stereophile
NEW BIG SPEAKERS FROM ATC AND MAGICO
ATC and Magico make loudspeakers that are highly regarded in the audiophile world.
2 min |
May 2026
Stereophile
ESOTERIC UPDATES ITS STREAMING PREAMP AND CLASS-A POWER AMP
While total music-business revenues grew 3.5% to $11.5 billion last year, vinyl surged ahead 9.3% to a cool $1 billion, according to the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). The last time vinyl sales topped $1 billion was 1983, according to historical RIAA data.²
1 min |
May 2026
Stereophile
dCS Varèse Transport
CD/SACD TRANSPORT FOR VARÈSE MUSIC SYSTEM
10+ min |
May 2026
Stereophile
Nordost QNet7
In the opinion of this hi-fi reviewer, the debate over the efficacy of audio-quality network switches should be over. As logic would dictate, when connections are made via a network switch, the quality of its inputs, outputs, oscillators (clocks), power supplies, and pathways affects the sound of everything downstream. It’s clearly audible.
6 min |
May 2026
Stereophile
STELLAVOX FOUNDER GEORGES QUELLET DIES
Georges Quellet, developer of the Stellavox tape recorders, died on February 26 at age 96.
2 min |
May 2026
Stereophile
ESOTERIC UPDATES ITS STREAMING PREAMP AND CLASS-A POWER AMP
Esoteric, the high-end audio subsidiary of TEAC, has upgraded its N-05 streaming preamplifier and its matching S-05 class-A power amplifier to XE status.
1 min |
May 2026
Stereophile
Do you like caramel—or lemon sherbet?
I get nervous when I hear that an audio company I like is suddenly under new ownership.
10+ min |
May 2026
Stereophile
MOON by Simaudio 371
The origins of Canadian audio manufacturer MOON, from the company called Simaudio, stretch back to 1980, when audio engineer Victor Sima created his first designs.
10+ min |
May 2026
Stereophile
Bowers & Wilkins Px8 S2 BLUETOOTH/WIRED ACTIVE HEADPHONES
The first headphones I owned, circa mid-1970s, were made by Pioneer.
9 min |
May 2026
Stereophile
Aurender N50
I was born and raised in Argentina. Ever since I was a kid, I’ve been fascinated by machines. My mother used to call me “Botones” (Spanish for “Buttons”) because I pressed every button and turned every knob I encountered.
10+ min |
May 2026
Stereophile
Pulling mussels from a (tape) shell
Each side of the one-sheet lyrics insert accompanying Squeeze's latest LP, Trixies (Love/BMG), has been divvied up into three equal columns that can be folded over to replicate a 4\" × 11 ½\" nightclub menu.
3 min |
May 2026
Stereophile
A listening party
The Thursday after AXPONA, I planned to go to a listening party, sponsored by our town's library and held at a local art gallery.
4 min |
May 2026
Stereophile
UNISON RESEARCH UNVEILS NEW HYBRID PRE- AND POWER AMPLIFIERS
Treviso, Italy-based Unison Research has launched the Unico PRE V2 preamplifier/DAC and Unico DM V2 dual-mono power amplifier.
3 min |
May 2026
Stereophile
Wide-range back and front horns
There was no limo, just a walk filled with Christmas-in-Chinatown sights from the F train east down East Broadway, past 169 Bar, under the Manhattan Bridge, to the Dim Sum Palace.
10+ min |
May 2026
Techlife News
INVESTORS PRESS AMAZON, MICROSOFT AND GOOGLE ON WATER AND POWER USE IN U.S. DATA CENTERS
A coalition of investors is increasing pressure on Amazon, Microsoft, and Alphabet's Google to disclose more granular data about water and power consumption at individual U.S. data center sites, arguing that existing reporting leaves significant gaps in understanding environmental and operational risk.
3 min |
Techlife News #754
Techlife News
MAC MINI AND MAC STUDIO FACE EXTREME SHIPPING DELAYS AMID GLOBAL RAM SHORTAGE
Apple customers attempting to configure higher-memory versions of the Mac mini and Mac Studio are encountering unusually long delivery timelines, with shipping estimates in the United States stretching as far as four to five months for certain builds.
2 min |
Techlife News #754
Techlife News
VISION PRO IS ABOUT TO GET STEAM LINK APP FOR GAMING - BETA NOW AVAILABLE
Apple Vision Pro is poised to gain access to a vastly expanded gaming catalog as visionOS prepares to support a native Steam Link app.
3 min |
Techlife News #754
Techlife News
META UNVEILS MUSE SPARK, ITS FIRST AI MODEL FROM SUPERINTELLIGENCE TEAM
Meta has introduced Muse Spark, the first artificial intelligence model developed under its newly formed Meta Superintelligence Labs, marking a strategic shift in the company’s approach to advanced Al systems.
3 min |