JLab Hear Review: What You Can Expect From $100 OTC Hearing Aids

Posted on 14 April 2025 by Stewart Wolpin

You are reading correctly. JLab’s Hear OTC hearing aid-slash-Bluetooth buds are just $100 – $99.99, to be precise.

And they don’t suck. Well, they kinda do. 

Read the rest of this review here at Techlicious.com.

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Sony Expands ULT Power Sound Portable Speaker Line

Posted on 9 April 2025 by Stewart Wolpin

Added ULT Bluetooth speakers feature ambient lights, longer battery life; new ULT Tower PA speaker can be paired with two wireless mics.

Read this report here at TWICE.com.

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Sony Revamps Bravia OLED, Mini-LED Lineup

Posted on 3 April 2025 by Stewart Wolpin

Three new Bravia TVs, projector, and sound systems coming this spring.

Read this whole report here at TWICE.com.

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SmartTechCheck Podcast – Skype, Nvidia GTC, MWC, BYD “fast charging”

Posted on 20 March 2025 by Stewart Wolpin

I join my fellow tech journalists Rob Pegoraro, John Quain, and host Mark Vena to take a deep dive into the demise of Skype, thoughts on Nvidia GTC, MWC which recently concluded in Barcelona, and BYD’s new “fast charging” technology.

Watch this podcast episode here on YouTube.

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These Slide Viewers Are An Easy And Affordable Way to Rediscover Memories

Posted on 12 February 2025 by Stewart Wolpin

Nostalgia (or newstalgia) lovers can now enjoy pictures from 35mm slides and similar film negatives with this compact gadget.

Read the rest of this roundup here at Popular Mechanics.

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Boost Mobile Bidding To Become Fourth Major U.S. Cell Carrier

Posted on 11 February 2025 by Stewart Wolpin

Former Sprint prepaid spinoff hopes to compete with AT&T, T-Mobile, and Verizon by offering lower-priced “Forever” guaranteed lifetime plans with unlimited talk/text/data, a 30-day trial, and 99% nationwide 5G coverage.

Read the rest of this report here at TWICE.com.

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Howard Geltzer, Who Helped Launch The Sony Walkman, Dies

Posted on 23 January 2025 by Stewart Wolpin

Howard Geltzer, who, with his wife, led the boutique Geltzer & Company public relations agency that helped launch Sony’s Walkman and other breakthrough consumer technology products in the 1980s and 1990s, died January 7 at LA’s Cedars-Sinai after a long battle with cancer.

Read the rest of the obit I wrote for my friend Howard here at TWICE.com.

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CES 2025: Era of AI Is Here

Posted on 23 January 2025 by Stewart Wolpin

Meta Chief Scientist: AI Will Develop Common Sense

Read the rest of this report here at TWICE.com.

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SmartTechCheck Podcast: CES recap, TikTok, Zoox, TSMC, Apple

Posted on 15 January 2025 by Stewart Wolpin

Mark Vena’s SmartTechCheck podcast with myself, Rob Pegoraro, and John Quain, recapping recap of the highlights at CES 2025, Zoox hits the Las Vegas streets, TSMC and Apple, and (what else?) TikTok’s future on the line.

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Apple AI Badly Fumbles News Alerts, Critics Call for Urgent Action

Posted on 13 January 2025 by Stewart Wolpin

To the surprise of no one, Apple’s new AI feature, Apple Intelligence, isn’t as smart or as informative as the company claims. Quite the opposite.

Apple is facing increasing criticism from several news organizations, most prominently the BBC, over how its AI system has falsely summarized the British broadcaster’s news stories.

Read the rest of this report here at Techlicious.

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