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Sennheiser has unveiled its RS 275 TV Headphones, which are bundled with a BTA1 digital receiver. These headphones use Auracast technology to provide low-latency audio at a range of up to 50 meters, and can connect to other devices enabled with Auracast or Bluetooth Classic. For those unfamiliar, Auracast is broadcast Bluetooth audio; we have an explainer about it after CES 2024 put this audio tech onto the big stage.

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Elon Musk just took the stage at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland and announced that Tesla's Optimus humanoid robot will be sold to the public by the end of next year. Musk is the master of unrealistic timetables, but this may be the nuttiest one yet.

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We already knew xAI's Grok was barraging X with nonconsensual sexual images of real people. But now there are some numbers to put things in perspective. Over an 11-day period, Grok generated an estimated 3 million sexualized images — including an estimated 23,000 of children.

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Scarlett Johannsson, R.E.M., Vince Gilligan and over 700 other artists are demanding that tech companies stop “stealing” their work in order to train AI models. A new campaign called “Stealing isn’t Innovation” demands that AI companies take “the responsible, ethical route” through licensing and partnerships, according to the website.

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A phone and Bose headphones using reverse charging via a USB-C cable, on a yellow background

Battery life on the devices we use every day is never enough.

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The YouTube logo appears on a smartphone screen in this photo illustration in Athens, Greece, on August 5, 2025.

YouTube is officially rolling out its AI-assisted age verification next week to catch users who lie about their age.

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Dreame Aqua10 robot vacuum and H15 Pro CarpetFlex vacuum on blue, orange, and gray backdrop

The biggest vacuum drop so far this year has just happened — over half a year after CES.

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sam altman appears on stage in gpt-5 announcement event

As part of today's GPT-5 announcement, OpenAI also revealed that it's bringing four new personality options to ChatGPT.