Bose used to make lots of wired headphones. But it’s been a minute. Specifically, it’s been 11 years. Since then, wired headphones entered 2026 having a serious moment, with sales up for the first time in five years—10 percent in the back half of 2025 and 20 percent at the start of 2026. Young people
Meta’s new AI agent Muse took the spotlight at the company’s annual Connect event, where CEO Mark Zuckerberg made it clear that Facebook’s parent company plans to push AI features everywhere. On the latest episode of TechCrunch’s Equity podcast, Kirsten Korosec, Sean O’Kane, and I discussed Meta’s AI announcements seemed to steal the spotlight during
Early holiday sales will kick off in the next few weeks, like Amazon’s October Prime Day sale that’s Oct. 6 and 7. And between the NFL season in full swing and new shows launching for the fall, now’s a good time to start taking your TV upgrade seriously if you’re considering a new one. Choosing
Honor launches its new Magic 9 flagship phones in China today, and the 9 Pro Max features a design revamp, a capable camera, and a colossal battery. This is Honor’s first flagship launch — Robot Phone aside — since it announced its collaboration with camera company Arri. The initial impact is twofold. The new camera
Welcome to the latest edition of Power Play! From now until the midterms, senior writer Molly Taft will be sharing their thoughts every Sunday on this political season’s hottest issue: data centers. We welcome reader comments, and will be answering questions from the comments section in future editions. The post-lunchtime Climate Week panel featuring tech
After more than a decade building a caller ID business serving over 500 million users, Truecaller is now taking the scam intelligence it gathered along the way to the open web, with no app or sign-in required. The Swedish company on Sunday launched Scam Checker, a new web and Android service that lets users paste
