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Early Black Friday cuts hit Nothing, JLab and Sennheiser audio

A roundup lists early Black Friday prices on noise-cancelling headphones and earbuds, from £19.99 JLab buds to Nothing's first discounted Headphone (1) Pro. […]

Podcasts take 33% of audio time for US listeners aged 18-34

Nielsen's Q3 2026 audio report puts podcasts at 21% of ad-supported listening overall, while among 18-34s podcasts take 33% of all audio time against 42% for radio. […]

Eminem's publisher sues Suno over 269 compositions

Eight Mile Style has filed a copyright suit in California against the AI music service Suno. It says Suno trained on its songs without permission or payment. […]

Honor Magic9 Pro Max records video in ARRI's LogC3 curve

Honor worked with ARRI on the video pipeline of the Magic9 Pro Max. The phone can shoot in LogC3, but only on two of its three rear cameras. […]

Small-market radio group turns to in-car data to prove its audience

7 Mountains Media, which runs stations in 18 markets, skips traditional ratings. Its CEO explains why it bought premium in-car analytics instead. […]

OpenRB-338 revives ReBirth RB-338 as free open-source software

Developer pingw33n has released OpenRB-338, a free app that recreates the 1997 ReBirth RB-338 on macOS, Windows and Linux. It claims bit-accurate audio. […]

Television co-founder Richard Lloyd dies at 75

Richard Lloyd, the guitarist who helped found the New York punk band Television, has died. The cause was a bile duct cancer. […]

Elvis rights owner sues Suno over AI voice cloning

Elvis Presley Enterprises has filed suit against AI music firm Suno. It says the service copies the singer's voice and trained on his songs without a licence. […]

Huawei FreeBuds SE 5 Max claim 80 hours of playback for $56

Huawei's new budget earbuds list an 80-hour total with the case, LDAC and 52dB noise cancelling. The headline figure comes with conditions. […]

House committee chairs ask Nvidia's Huang for a closed-door briefing

Three Republican chairs want Nvidia's CEO to explain the company's defenses against foreign espionage after reports tied him to a suspected Chinese asset. […]

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