Photo by Chris Welch / The Verge We’re flush with great options for noise-canceling headphones that sound good, but if you care most about sound quality (without spending pricey audiophile money) a great choice is the Bowers and Wilkins PX7 S2e — which are on sale for $279 ($120 off) in all five color options at Amazon, Best Buy, and direct from Bowers and Wilkins. The PX7 S2e may not have the most charming sounding name, but they do have a clean design and warm, detailed sound that even competes with the much pricier AirPods Max. In addition to sounding excellent and offering niceties like a transparency mode, they favor proper physical buttons and a proper on / off switch over the touch controls found on some other headphones like Sony’s WH-1000XM5. Their 30 hours of... Continue reading…

Image: Kristen Radtke / The Verge People across the country received racist text messages in the days after Donald Trump was elected to a second term for president, and now federal authorities are investigating. “In multiple states, including Alabama, North Carolina, Virginia, and Pennsylvania, Black women, men, and students have reported receiving racist text messages from an unknown source, urging them to report to a plantation to pick cotton,” the NAACP said in a press release. Messages said variations of, “You have been selected to be a house slave,” or “You have been selected to pick cotton at the nearest plantation,” according to screenshots and news reports. They also often instruct recipients on where to go or when to be ready “With all of your belongings.” CBS... Continue reading…

Apple is widely expected to make a big change to its iPhone lineup next year. The iPhone 17 series should still include four phones, but the Plus model is going away. Replacing the Plus is an ultra-slim iPhone that should have around the same size screen as the Plus. We've been calling it the iPhone 17 Air. While the name would fit the new form factor, it's not official. Apple is said to be considering making all its products thinner, not just the iPhone. We saw this happen with the M4 iPad Pro and Apple Watch Series 10 earlier this year. The iPhone 17 Air should follow next year. Thinner MacBooks are reportedly also in the works. The newest iPhone 17 Air tidbit comes from well-known Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo. He said the iPhone 17 Air will be one of the two drivers of iPhone sales growth next year. The other? A more mature Apple Intelligence software package that helps Apple's AI catch up to rivals. Continue reading... The post Here’s what the iPhone 17 Air and AI mean for Apple in 2025 appeared first on BGR. Today's Top Deals Best Apple deals for November 2024 Best Fire TV Stick deals for November 2024 Today’s deals: $280 Acer Aspire 3 laptop, $23 TP-Link WiFi extender, $199 Shark vacuum, $60 Keurig, more Today’s deals: $150 off eufy Robot Vacuum Omni C20, $30 Fire TV Stick 4K Max, $99 Beats headphones, more

The Justice Department on Friday disclosed an Iranian murder-for-hire plot to kill Donald Trump, charging a man who said he had been tasked by a government official before this week's election with assassinating the Republican president-elect.

Elon Musk reportedly joined Donald Trump on the president-elect's phone conversation with Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

Welcome to Beyoncé country. When it comes to the 2025 Grammy Award nominations, "Cowboy Carter" rules the nation. She leads the nods with 11, bringing her career total to 99 nominations. That makes her the most nominated artist in Grammy history.

The S&P 500 zoomed past the psychologically significant 6,000 mark for the first time Friday, building on a sharp rally after Donald Trump won a second term as U.S. president.

President-elect Donald Trump on Friday blasted rumors that he's selling his shares in Truth Social as "untrue" and called on the "appropriate authorities" to investigate who's been spreading the claims. 

U.S. District Court Judge Tanya Chutkan ruled Friday that special counsel Jack Smith has until Dec. 2 to decide how the prosecution will proceed in its 2020 election interference case against President-elect Donald Trump.

The manslaughter trial of Daniel Penny, a 26-year-old Marine veteran, continued in New York City court Friday. Penny was charged after placing a homeless man, Jordan Neely, in a fatal chokehold while on the subway in May 2023. Penny's lawyers requested a mistrial, claiming ...