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It’s smaller and more portable than the brutish Move, yet large enough to sound much fuller than the pint-sized Roam. It can sit fixed on its charging cradle to rival the homebound Sonos Era 100, or follow you anywhere. In other words, it’s the epitome of Sonos versatility, and now that it’s working properly, it’ll be hard to pass up.Play OnOpening the Play’s brown cardboard packaging feels equal parts Scandi minimalism and sustainability, in line with recent releases like the Arc Ultra soundbar. Inside, a white acoustic wrapping gives way to a stout tubular speaker with a rubberized loop attached,…

More than 50,000 tech employees have lost their jobs so far this year. Asked why, most will say the same thing: artificial intelligence.Not because AI rose up and destroyed their workplaces, but because it assumed many of their responsibilities. And AI doesn’t draw a salary.So far this year, more than 50,000 tech workers have lost their jobs, and employers say AI tools are making it easier to cut staff.While layoffs began last year, companies have accelerated the process in 2026 by relying on AI to replace workers in roles such as software testing and customer service, according to employers.The trend…

Chipmaker Hailo Technologies Ltd. is reportedly preparing to list its shares through a merger with a special-purpose acquisition company. Calcalist revealed the plan today, citing regulatory filings from Hailo investor Delek Automotive. The offering is reportedly designed to shore up the chipmaker’s finances amid an “urgent need for liquidity.” Hailo laid off nearly 10% of its workforce in January and took out a $9 million loan around the same time. The company, which makes artificial intelligence chips for connected devices, was worth $1.2 billion in 2024. Delek’s regulatory filings indicate that the planned stock listing will reduce Hailo’s valuation to…

Today, there are 94 nuclear reactors operating in the United States, more than in any other country in the world, and these units collectively provide nearly 20 percent of the nation’s electricity. That is a major accomplishment, according to Dean Price, but he believes that our country needs much more out of nuclear energy, especially at a moment when alternatives to fossil fuel-based power plants are desperately being sought. He became a nuclear engineer for this very reason — to make sure that nuclear technology is up to the task of delivering in this time of considerable need.“Nuclear energy has…

HarperCollins is tapping into AI to bring some of its book franchises to life. Specifically, the publisher is teaming up with Toonstar, an AI animation studio, to turn them into digital shows. The first project will be an adaptation of Lisa Greenwald’s “Friendship List” series, which will also be joined by a graphic novel.You’d be forgiven for being unaware of Toonstar, a studio that received some buzzy early on for simplifying typically complex animation pipelines with AI, but has mostly remained under the radar. Its biggest claim to fame is producing StEvEn and Parker YouTube series, which has amassed 3.38…

Consultative selling promises better relationships and bigger deals. But the advantages go deeper than most sales teams realize, until it’s too late. Most B2B sales teams love to tell themselves they practice consultative selling because it sounds sophisticated. It looks good on a slide deck for a board meeting. But if you actually sit in on their discovery calls, you see the same old routine. They run through a checklist of pain points, pinpoint a gap, and then spend forty minutes mentioning how their product fills that gap. That is not consultative selling. That is just solution selling with a…

Here’s the astronauts’ out-of-this-world menu. NASA Screenshot by Corinne Reichert/CNETAstronaut eats: they’re not just Tang and Space Food Sticks these days. NASA shared a look at the menu for the Artemis II astronauts, and it doesn’t sound half bad.The Artemis II crew will enjoy more than 10 types of beverages, including coffee, mango-peach smoothies, green tea, apple cider, lemonade, a pineapple drink, cocoa and breakfast drinks flavored in their choice of chocolate, vanilla or strawberry. The most common food items they’ll eat include tortillas, wheat flat bread, vegetable quiche, barbecued beef brisket, mango salad, granola with blueberries, macaroni and cheese, tropical…

Mercedes-Benz is about to change something fundamental about how cars feel to drive, and it’s not just another software update. The company is bringing steer-by-wire tech to a production vehicle for the first time, starting with the refreshed EQS, and it’s a pretty big departure from how steering has worked for over a century. Mercedes-Benz And yes, this is the same kind of tech that’s been used in aircraft for years, and was even showcased on the Mercedes-Benz Vision Iconic. Now, it’s finally making its way into a luxury sedan. What does “steer-by-wire” actually mean here? In simple terms, Mercedes…

The history of the PC is littered with “revolutionary” features that ended up being little more than expensive paperweights. We’ve seen it with 3D screens, we’ve seen it with dedicated social media buttons, and lately, we’ve been seeing it with the initial wave of AI PCs. For the last year, the industry has been screaming about NPU TOPS and dedicated Copilot keys, yet the average buyer is looking at these machines and asking one simple question: “What does this actually do for me?” Microsoft’s execution of the Copilot+ PC launch was, to put it mildly, problematic. Between the privacy nightmare…

S’pore employers are moving towards skills-based hiring The Ministry of Manpower released its 2025 jobs report on Mar 20, and the numbers tell a story that would have seemed improbable just a decade ago.  Academic qualifications were not the main determinant in hiring for 79.6% of job vacancies last year, up from 78.8% in 2024 and 74.9% in 2023. The movement is slow enough to miss if you’re not looking, but steady enough to reshape who gets hired in Singapore. Employers who have made the shift to skills-based hiring report faster recruitment, access to a broader talent pool, and improved…