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You may have a little Apple fatigue after last week's barrage of Macs, iPhones and iPads. The company wasn't done, however. Surprise! Here is an updated pair of AirPods Max. It's a predictable surprise, perhaps, but one I wasn't expecting after so many other new devices.
It's also the first true update. The AirPods Max 2 look identical to their predecessor, but now have an H2 chip. First, the AirPods Pro 2 improve noise cancellation by 50 percent and add support for Adaptive Audio and Live Translation. It's a much-needed update for headphones that, barring a USB-C option, haven't changed since 2020.
They're still priced at $549. In Apple's recent press images for its cheapest MacBook ever, a child was using AirPods Max while working on their $599 MacBook Neo. Love it.
The new headphones are up for pre-order on March 25 and will ship in early April.
- Mat Smith
The other big stories (and deals) this morning
Samsung ends Galaxy Z TriFold sales three months after launch
NVIDIA and Bolt team up for European robotaxis
Samsung Galaxy S26 review: The smartphone status quo
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 Samsung is set to discontinue the Galaxy Z TriFold globally after just three months on sale (via Bloomberg).
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 Apple and Nike are at it again. But this time, their collaboration doesn't involve Apple Watch bands or a shoe-tracking iPod. Instead, the companies are launching a new color option for Beats' fitness-focused earphones. Meet the Powerbeats Pro 2 - Nike Special Edition.
"This isn't just a new colorway," Beats CMI Chris Thorne wrote in a press release. "It's a collision of two brands that de?ne performance, culture and sports — the attributes of today's athlete."
Okay, cool, but marketing-speak aside, this is, in fact, just a new colorway. However, depending on your taste, it might be one you're into. Nike's "Volt" palette takes center stage, with its love-it-or-hate-it electric yellow-green motif. The two companies share logo duties, with the Beats "b" on the left bud and Nike's swoosh on the right. Meanwhile, the charging case takes you to Speckle City, looking like something Jackson Pollock flung a can of leftover shoe paint onto.
Apple / NikeOtherwise, these are the same Powerbeats Pro 2 earphones that launched last year. You get heart-rate tracking, decent ANC and Spatial Audio. You can revisit Billy Steele's review
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With Memory Pictures Viewer you have access to a picture viewer with something new - GPS coordinate visualization that allows you to see where the photo was taken. Memory Pictures Viewer takes full advantage of the power of the EXIF metadata header. This header comes embedded with JPEG photos taken off from a digital camera or a smartphone. Smartphones' cameras have been used quite widely to take candid shots, and a great thing about them is that they come with GPS, and the GPS information gets embedded in the photos.
[License: Freeware | Requires:
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We sifted through the rumors to find the upgrades most likely to make it to Apple's next smartwatch.
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