Table of Contents Table of Contents Table of Contents Shokz OpenDots One: Best for most people Bose Ultra Open: Best upgrade pick Anker Soundcore AeroFit 2: Best ear hook design How We Tested What are open earbuds? What are the drawbacks of open earbuds? What about bone conduction headphones? What's next in our testing pipeline Noise-cancelling earbuds are a popular choice for many people, but if you're someone who wants to hear the world around them or finds an in-ear design uncomfortable, there's a better option out there: open earbuds.Though open earbuds share the common feature of sitting on the exterior of the ear, they come in many shapes and sizes, from clip models to ear hook models. Some are more geared toward working out, while others are better for everyday use. Below, we've compiled some of the best open earbud models available in 2025. This guide is a work in progress, so we'll possibly be shifting (or expanding) our recommendations as we continue to test pairs. The best headphones and speaker deals to shop this week Soundcore by Anker P20i True Wireless Earbuds — $19.98 (List Price $39.99) Sony WH-CH520 Wireless Headphones — $38.00 (List Price $59.99) JBL Flip 6 Portable Bluetooth Speaker — $99.95 (List Price $129.95) Bose SoundLink Flex Portable Speaker — $149.00 Sony WH-1000XM4 Wireless Noise Cancelling Headphones — $228.00 (List Price $348.00) JBL Bar 300 5.0ch Compact Soundbar — $249.95 (List Price $399.95) Our Pick Shokz OpenDots One Best for most people $199.95 Amazon The Good & The Bad Sound quality comparable to Bose earbuds Impressively long battery life Clip-design is lightweight and unobtrusive Multipoint pairing works well Silicone grip helps keep them in place during exercise Touch controls are intuitively placed and work well Can feel uncomfortable after several consecutive hours of wear Not a ton of extra features Our review Check out our full review of the Shokz OpenDots One. Who it's for If you plan on using your open earbuds primarily for working out but want the option of a solid pair of earbuds too, the Shokz OpenDots One provide the best bang for your buck. Why we picked this Brands tend to market open earbuds to folks who like to exercise, and for good reason: That's where their use case makes the most sense. Priced at $199.95, we find that the Shokz OpenDots One hit the sweet spot between providing some of the best sound you can find on open earbuds, while giving the major fitness features you want, all without breaking the bank.The clip-on ear design is secure but not too snug, only causing some discomfort after multiple hours of wear (in other words, probably less time than you'll spend working out). The cuff design is helped by a silicone grip on one side of the earbud, which also acts as a touch panel, in addition to the battery barrel.As great as their design is, Mashable contributor Alex Bracetti found these earbuds really shone in their audio quality, even comparing them to Bose's open earbuds: "Shokz isn’t known for its sound quality, but the OpenDots One leave quite the impression. The 11.8mm drivers deliver crisp and lively sound to keep runners fueled on long runs." Considering these earbuds are $100 less than the Bose, getting comparable sound is no small feat. And if you're not in love with how they sound out of the box, the equalizer settings on the Shokz app allow you to fine-tune your experience. Where these earbuds definitively beat the Bose Ultra Opens is in their battery life, boasting 10 hours per charge to Bose's seven (and four with immersive audio). Their case also holds significantly more charge: 40 hours, to Bose's 19.5.However, that is where their feature list pretty much ends. It's not necessarily a negative, especially if you prefer buds that do the basics, but do them well. Details Battery life: 10 hours per charge (40 with case) IP rating: IP54 GET IT Bose Ultra Open Best upgrade pick $249.00 Amazon The Good & The Bad Excellent sound quality Option to use immersive audio Comfortable clip design that doesn't pinch, even after hours of wear Small charging case Plenty of color options available Tactile on-ear controls located on battery barrel Multipoint connection can be touch and go Battery life could be better, especially compared to other options Microphone quality could be better Lowest water and dust-resistance rating of any option on our list Expensive Our review Read our full review of the Bose Ultra Open earbuds. Who it's for If you want to use open earbuds but don't want to sacrifice having the best sound quality possible, the Bose Ultra Opens easily compare to in-ear options. You'll just have the shell out. Why we picked this It's hard not to be at least a little floored the first time you try the Bose Ultra Open earbuds — they simply sound way better than any pair of open earbuds has a right to. Sure, they can be a little more distant depending on the angle (easily adjustable) and have less of a booming bass than some in-ear designs (a plus for some people), but despite their quirks, they more than deliver on the sound front. Mashable contributor RJ Andersen writes in her review, "The sound was well-balanced, and even with my ear completely uncovered, I didn’t notice any issues with the audio sounding distant or muddy. Instead, the Ultra Open Earbuds sounded clear, natural, and pretty lush." While they sound great out of the box, Bose gives you the option between stereo and Immersive Audio (aka Bose's spatial audio setting) once you connect it to the companion app. Of course, you'll also have access to four equalizer presets and one custom equalizer setting. For $300, we expected to be impressed, and based on the sound alone, we were.But Bose didn't stop there. Although the Ultra Opens share the same cuff-like design as our top pick earbuds, we didn't find any uncomfortable pinching or squeezing, even after hours of wear. They stood out as the most comfortable pair of open earbuds we tested. The design thoughtfulness extended to the on-ear controls, which feature a button at the top of the battery barrel that sits on the outside of your ear. The result was a control that was just as easy as a touch control to use, but way less likely to be triggered by accident.For all their good, the Ultra Open earbuds aren't quite perfect. Their battery life is on the lower end, their mic quality wasn't great on calls, and their IP rating makes them the least outdoor workout-friendly. (As IPX4 earbuds, they have an unknown amount of dust resistance and splash resistance, meaning they can handle sweat fine, but might not fare as well if you're out in heavier rain). Still, while they're not the most rugged pair, they are the most premium sounding — if you mainly work out indoors, and don't find yourself on extra-long runs all that often, these drawbacks are workable. Details Battery life: 7 hours per charge, 4 hours with immersive audio (19.5 hours with case) IP rating: IPX4 GET IT $249.00 Amazon Anker Soundcore AeroFit 2 Best ear hook design $99.98 Amazon The Good & The Bad Solid sound quality for the price Tons of equalizer options Adjustable ear hook helps you find the right fit Has the best battery life and water and dust-resistance rating of all the earbuds we tested Case has wireless charging Customizable touch controls (and option to turn them off entirely) Impressive language translation feature with companion app Back and forth conversation with translation feature is a little awkward to use Sound quality isn't as good as more expensive options Didn't feel quite as secure as clip-on earbuds Who it's for If you want open earbuds that are excellent for workouts, still great for daily use, and don't cost a ton, you want the Anker Soundcore AeroFit 2 earbuds. Why we picked this Once you start to get to the budget-friendlier end of open earbuds, you realize that it's not a given that they sound decent. Peaking becomes more common, you lose even more of the detail of a song, and audio leaking is more rampant. We didn't have those problems with the Anker Soundcore AeroFit 2 earbuds.The newer release from the brand improved upon the older model by making the ear hook adjustable. While most ear hook earbuds come with some degree of flexibility, the AeroFits offer four locked-in angles, making them the most comfortable (and snug) open-ear hook buds we've tried so far. Despite sitting in the large case that comes with the ear hook territory, Soundcore's version here is at least lower profile.As for their performance as workout earbuds, the AeroFit 2s have the best IP rating of any of our picks, being both dust protected and able to survive jets of water. They have 10 hours of battery life per charge, so even distance runners would be hard pressed to run them down in one use. The touch controls also hit the right mark for sensitivity, making them great to easily pause and play music (if you prefer, you can also turn them, and their sound queue, off entirely). These earbuds surprised us most with their AI language translation feature that you can use through the companion app. Either in real-time or with a push-to-talk function, the earbuds were able to accurately translate French and Mandarin to English. Soundcore advertises that they can translate into over 100 languages. While we weren't able to get the real-time translation to work to facilitate a back-and-forth conversation, the push-to-talk allows you to speak in English, and the translation in the opposite language comes out through your device's speakers. The other person's dialogue comes through as text on the app and in audio through your earbuds, with only a slight delay. While the use cases for this feature might be more limited, we found it a clever way to leverage the open ear design that lets you engage with another person while still wearing earbuds. Details Battery life: 10 hours per charge (42 with case) IP rating: IP55 GET IT $99.98 Amazon Related Stories Topics Bose How we tested We spent three weeks trying out open earbuds priced for $120 to $300. Here's what we looked at:Comfort and fit: A major part of open earbuds appeal is that they're less obtrusive than traditional earbuds and headphones, so we made sure that all of our picks were comfortable to wear for at least a couple hours. We also made sure to exercise in the earbuds, including running and yoga, to test how well they stayed put.Sound quality: As open earbuds project the sound into your ear, we knew these earbuds wouldn't sound the same as in-ear earbuds or over-ear headphones. With that said, we also expected the sound to have some dynamic qualities, come through clearly, and avoid any obvious peaking.Durability: Open earbuds are a popular pick for folks who like to exercise, so we made sure each pair that we tested (and included on our final list) was at least sweat resistant. We played around with the maneuverability of the ear hooks and cuffs to make sure an accidental instance of putting them on a little too rough wouldn't mean the end of the earbuds.Battery life: Thanks to the lack of ANC, open earbuds generally get better battery life per charge. Still, we made sure to include pairs with decent case battery life, and that offer quick charge options because nothing is worse than getting ready for a run and realizing your earbuds are dead. What are open earbuds? Open earbuds allow you to get as close as you possibly can to the feeling of not wearing earbuds at all. Unlike in-ear earbuds which sit in your ear canal (as the name states), open earbuds sit just outside your ears. Some models hold the speaker component in place with an ear hook while others opt for an ear cuff.People generally opt for open earbuds for three main reasons:They provide a private listening experience while leaving you almost completely aware of the world around you. It's like the best transparency mode you've ever used.For some people, not having an earbud physically in their ear is generally more comfortable.The hooks and cuffs (along with the general awareness of your surroundings) make them a great option for keeping them in place, and keeping you alert, while you're working out.What are the drawbacks of open earbuds?As you may have gathered from the section above, open earbuds don't generally come with active noise cancellation. That's mostly thanks to how much sound they let in (by design) and the difficulty of cancelling out sound without having the device covering your actual ear canal.Also thanks to the whole open ear-canal situation, these aren't going to be the earbuds for audiophiles. That's not to say open earbuds sound bad — if you've never tried them, we promise they sound much better than you're imagining — but you will lose out on some of the nuance of a song without having the earbud actually in your ear.That said, many pairs still have equalizers on their companion apps to help you make them sound their best. Our upgrade pick, the Bose Ultra Open earbuds, even have a spatial audio feature that worked surprisingly well. Most open earbuds will also boast some form of special technology that keeps them from leaking too much sound. While these pairs do pretty well in keeping the sound just to you, most pairs (including our picks) while be prone to some leakage, especially at higher volumes.Finally, some open earbuds — mainly those with ear hooks — tend to have slightly bulkier cases. If you like to travel light, it's something to be aware of.Bone conduction earbuds work exactly like the name implies they do — they use your skull to conduct sound waves, instead of projecting the sound into your ear, like most of the picks are on list. Typically, a band runs from either side of the users head to help hold the headphones in place.Shokz, the brand behind our top pick, is a popular maker of these kinds of headphones. While we do consider them open earbuds, we have yet to test any bone conduction earbuds — look out in the future for that update. On that note: What's next in our testing pipelineThe open earbuds market is rapidly expanding, so we'll be testing more as we can get our hands on them. Up next, we'll be trying out budget pairs of open earbuds under $100, as well as more pairs from Shokz. In addition to the earbuds that made our final guide in May 2025, we tested out the Nothing Ear (Open) earbuds ($149), the Sony Linkbuds Open ($199.99), the Anker Soundcore AeroClip earbuds ($169.99), and the Shokz OpenFit Air ($119.95). While none of the above were bad earbuds by any means, we found our picks to outshine them in their comfort and sound quality, especially when considering their respective prices. MORE:

Apple Music (for iPhone)4.5 ExcellentBottom LineApple Music’s radio stations, curated playlists, lossless playback, Dolby Atmos support, and excellent music-related content make it one of the best streaming audio services.US Street Price$10.99Learn MoreApple Music ReviewVSSpotify4.5 ExcellentBottom LineSpotify leads the streaming music pack with its deep music well, countless podcasts, early album access, collaborative playlists, and AI-powered curation.US Street Price$11.99Learn MoreSpotify Review (Credit: Apple/Spotify/PCMag)Plans and PricesApple Music's Individual plan ($10.99 per month) and Family plan ($16.99 per month, covering six people) cost slightly less than Spotify's equivalent tiers ($11.99 and $19.99 per month, respectively). Both services offer a discounted Student rate for $5.99 per month. These premium packages lack ads and offer unlimited skips per hour. You'll enjoy offline playback on mobile, too. That's where the price similarities end.Spotify has a Duo package ($16.99 per month) aimed at couples that saves a few bucks if you don't need a full Family plan. Don't want to spend any money on streaming music? Check out the ad-supported Spotify Free, which limits your skips per hour and only lets you listen to shuffled songs—you can't play tracks on demand.Apple Music, on the other hand, lacks a free tier. It's a subscription or bust. However, you get a free three-month trial upon purchasing AirPods, an iPhone, or another eligible Apple hardware.If free sounds good, Spotify is a worthwhile choice. If an ad-free subscription with a lower price than Spotify's premium offerings is more your speed, go with Apple Music. Winner: Tie(Credit: Apple Music/Spotify/PCMag)Content: Music, Video, Podcasts, and AudiobooksApple Music and Spotify have more than 100 million songs on their platforms, plus many playlists and videos. That means no matter the service you select, you'll have a lifetime's worth of tunes. So, it's the other content that may sway you in one direction or the other.Apple Music offers live radio, which Spotify lacks. That includes local stations and six dedicated Apple stations. However, Spotify trounces Apple Music with nearly seven million podcasts and 250,000 audiobooks. Those are huge numbers. Apple Music features just two million podcasts and zero audiobooks. Simply put, Spotify has more entertainment variety.Winner: Spotify(Credit: Spotify/PCMag)Music DiscoveryAny streaming music service worth its salt must have a good search engine and recommendation system. Spotify is the older and more experimental of the two platforms, giving you many ways to find content. For example, its For You page has a fantastic, easy-to-read layout that displays playlists and recently played albums. Scrolling up or down spotlights the latest releases from your favorite artists and related music acts.Recommended by Our EditorsSpotify's algorithms auto-generate playlists based on your listening preferences. For example, the Discover Weekly playlist is a cool, weekly mixtape of new music and deep cuts catered to your listening preferences. In addition, AI playlists are a cutting-edge feature that Spotify is exploring. Although still in beta, it lets you generate playlists via text prompts and even emoji. It’s a fantastic way to discover new music if you’re in an adventurous mood. However, if you're more of a hands-off listener, fire up Spotify's AI-powered disc jockey, DJ X, who queues your favorite tracks and adds new ones for variety. Of course, Spotify has curated playlists that cover a wide gamut of musical genres. Like Spotify, Apple Music's Home tab gives you quick access to new and familiar songs. The service also lets you create Stations, which are essentially endless queues of music based on whatever you’re listening to at the moment. Apple Music's Discovery Station is similar to Spotify's Discover Weekly playlist, as it features a music queue based on your listening habits. Apple Music features many curated playlists across different genres, just like Spotify.Both services have a search-by-lyric feature. So, if you can't quite remember a song title but you remember the hook, you can use those words to prompt a search. For example, type, "I said, 'Hey what’s going on,'" into the search box and you'll get results for the song "What’s Up?" by 4 Non Blondes (as well as the arguably superior Slackcircus cover). Apple Music's discovery and recommendation systems are good, but Spotify's AI-powered DJ and playlists top them.Winner: Spotify(Credit: Apple/PCMag)Music Streaming QualitySpotify supports audio streams of up to 320kbps. The audio is serviceable for casual listening and could potentially save you money due to its lower data usage compared with Apple Music. That said, Apple Music has better quality audio, no question. Apple Music streams range between 16-bit/44.1 kHz (CD Quality) and lossless 24-bit/192kHz audio files, which is crisp, high-definition audio. The service also supports spatial audio with Dolby Atmos. Not every track supports it, but many do. Apple even provides extensive playlists with music that takes advantage of this audiophile-centric format. Keep in mind that this audio disparity may not affect your day-to-day listening experience, depending on how you consume music. This is especially true if you listen via Bluetooth headphones. Bluetooth streaming comes with audio compression and bandwidth limitations, so you won't enjoy the depth and richness Apple Music delivers. Wired connections are a different story. So, audiophiles with high-quality headphones may pick up Apple Music's sonic superiority.Winner: Apple Music

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Intel releases new GPU driver with optimizations for Dune: Awakening and more Taras Buria Neowin @TarasBuria · May 24, 2025 08:08 EDT Intel has released a new non-WHQL driver for supported graphics cards and processors. You can now download version 32.0.101.6795 with optimizations for Dune: Awakening, Elden Ring Nightreign, and F1 25. Monster Hunter Wilds performance improvements to systems with the Intel Arc B-series graphics cards. Intel claims users will get up to 9% higher average FPS at 1080p and up to 6% more average FPS at 1440p. Other than that, the driver does not contain any fixes or additional changes. The list of known bugs, however, has a few new entries in addition to the bugs from the previous driver: Overwatch 2 (DX12) may experience an application crash while launching the game with High or Ultra graphics quality settings on systems with the Intel Arc A-Series graphics cards. Blender 4.4 may fail to complete rendering while using the Cycles render engine on systems with the Intel Core Ultra Series 2 processors. You can install Intel 32.0.101.6795 non-WHQL driver on PCs with 64-bit Windows 10 and Windows 11 with the following graphics products from Intel: Discrete GPUs Integrated GPUs Intel Arc A-Series (Alchemist) Intel Arc B-Series (Battlemage) Intel Iris Xe Discrete Graphics (DG1)Intel Core Ultra Series 2 (Lunar Lake and Arrow Lake) Intel Core Ultra (Meteor Lake) Intel Core 14th Gen (Raptor Lake Refresh) Intel Core 13th Gen (Raptor Lake) Intel Core 12th Gen (Alder Lake) Intel Core 11th Gen (Tiger Lake) You can download the driver from the official website here. Full release notes are available here (PDF). Keep in mind that this is a non-WHQL driver, which means it could be less stable than certified WHQL drivers. Tags Report a problem with article Follow @NeowinFeed

An anonymous reader quotes a report from Jalopnik: With the gradual rise of semi-autonomous vehicles, there will likely be multiple cameras pointing back when you pull out a phone to take a photo or record video of a car. One reddit user found out earlier this month that car-mounted lidar sensors can damage a phone camera under certain circumstances. It was the technological equivalent of staring directly into the Sun. Their phone's camera was toast, but only because it was close-up and pointed directly at the lidar sensor. Reddit user u/Jeguetelli posted worrying footage of a brand new Volvo EX90 from his iPhone 16 Pro Max. Nothing was wrong with the crossover SUV. That was the problem. The lidar sensor mounted in a pod above the windshield shot out a laser barrage of near-infrared light into the camera. The damage was immediate and obvious, leaving behind a red, pink and purple constellation of fried pixels. You can tell the permanent damage was to that specific lens because the image returned to normal after zooming out to a different lens. Jeguetelli didn't seem too concerned about the incident because he had Apple Care. In a statement to The Drive, Volvo confirmed that bad things can happen. "It's generally advised to avoid pointing a camera directly at a lidar sensor," the Swedish manufacturer said. "The laser light emitted by the lidar can potentially damage the camera's sensor or affect its performance." "Using filters or protective covers on the camera lens can help reduce the impact of lidar exposure. Some cameras are designed with built-in protections against high-intensity light sources." Read more of this story at Slashdot.

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One of the most notable features of President Donald Trump’s “big beautiful bill” passed by the House early Thursday is a series of tax cuts exempting tips, overtime, and Social Security from taxes. The White House said no taxes on overtime and tips “makes good on two of President Trump’s cornerstone campaign promises and benefits hardworking Americans where they need it the most—their paychecks.”  The so-called populist tax measures have garnered headlines and won praise from Republican lawmakers, as well as unions representing police and firefighters. And lawmakers in 19 states from Massachusetts to Mississippi have proposed their own “no tax on overtime” bills this year, according to the Economic Policy Institute. What has received far less attention, aside from a legal blog or two, is that the Trump administration just made it more difficult for millions of American workers to earn overtime—and actually benefit from the tax measure. The U.S. Department of Labor has quietly paused its appeals of a ruling by a Texas judge that reversed the Biden administration’s changes to the overtime rule—which expanded the right to overtime pay for 4.3 million salaried American workers. The rule had increased the salary threshold for overtime exemption from $35,568 to $43,888 on July 1, 2024, and then to $58,656 on January 1, 2025. A spokesperson for the Department of Labor did not immediately return requests from Capital & Main for comment. The rule was spearheaded by Biden administration Secretary of Labor Julie Su, who noted the irony of Trump’s tax proposal on overtime pay, telling Capital & Main: “You can’t benefit from ‘no taxes on overtime’ if you’re not even paid overtime.”  She added: “When you work longer hours, you should be paid for it. That’s why we expanded overtime pay to 4 million more Americans. This administration has walked away from that rule, showing yet again that you can’t have an administration of billionaires and depend on them to fight for working people. Cutting the number of workers eligible for overtime means less money in workers’ pockets.” Judy Conti, government affairs director of the National Employment Law Project, called the tax measure a “gimmick,” noting that the Trump administration “is already making it easier to classify people as independent contractors, rather than employees, and they aren’t entitled to overtime at all.”  Trump’s allies in the House, including Ways and Means Chairman Jason Smith, have claimed that the measure could impact more than 80 million hourly workers. But in reality, only 8% of them are estimated to earn overtime pay on a regular basis, according to the Budget Lab at Yale. “That Doesn’t Help Me” Among those workers is Terri, a cashier at a Dollar Tree store in Brooklyn, who was nonplussed when asked about “no tax on overtime.” “So what? That doesn’t help me. I don’t even get overtime, no matter how many hours I work.” The workers who would benefit from the exemption tend to be employed in sectors such as manufacturing, mining, and public safety. One of the most vocal supporters of the measure is the International Association of Fire Fighters, whose members often work many hours of overtime a month.  “Firefighters already work 53 hours a week before even qualifying for overtime pay. That’s 35% more hours a week than the average worker. The proposal to eliminate taxes on overtime would bring meaningful relief to firefighters, helping them keep more of what they earn while working long hours to keep their communities safe,” Edward Kelly, general president of the International Association of Fire Fighters, said in a statement to NBC News. The measure is estimated to cost some $866 billion over the next 10 years, per the Budget Lab at Yale.  And state measures could have a devastating impact on their budgets, hurting their ability to pay for essential services. In Alabama, which became the first state to exempt overtime pay from state taxes, the measure cost the state $230 million in the first nine months of 2024, cutting off millions in funding for the state’s Education Trust Fund, according to the Economic Policy Institute. In the end, exempting overtime from taxes “is not a real pro-worker policy,” write EPI’s David Cooper and Nina Mast. “Instead, it is a giveaway to businesses that would create new inequities in the tax code while expanding employer power and draining public budgets of resources for all the things—schools, infrastructure, safety, health—that workers, their families, and their communities actually need to thrive.” This piece was originally published by Capital & Main, which reports from California on economic, political, and social issues.

When you live in a small apartment or if you want to keep things minimalist, you want to have appliances that can save you on space and clutter. But a lot of times, the ones that work the best are those that take up a lot of space and have huge storage. Or so we thought. There are now companies that have made it their mission to create the thinnest or slimmest things. Dyson is one of those. Dyson has unveiled its latest innovation in home cleaning technology: the PencilVac, touted as the world’s slimmest and most powerful cordless vacuum cleaner. With a diameter of just 38mm, comparable to Dyson’s Supersonic hair dryer, and weighing approximately 1.8 kilograms, the PencilVac combines minimalist design with advanced functionality, making it an ideal solution for compact living spaces and hard-to-reach areas. Designer: Dyson The PencilVac’s slender form factor houses Dyson’s newly developed Hyperdymium motor, the smallest and fastest the company has produced to date. Spinning at 140,000 RPM, this motor delivers 55 air watts (AW) of suction power, ensuring efficient cleaning despite the vacuum’s compact size.The device’s design allows it to lay nearly flat, with an operational height of less than 10cm, enabling it to clean under furniture and in tight spaces with ease. Departing from Dyson’s traditional cyclone technology, the PencilVac employs a two-stage linear dust-separation system that captures 99.99% of microscopic particles, releasing cleaner air back into the environment. Its unique Fluffycones cleaning head features four conical brush bars that rotate in opposite directions, effectively detangling long hair and ejecting it as small hairballs to prevent clogging. Additionally, green LED lights on either side of the brush head illuminate dust particles, ensuring thorough cleaning. The PencilVac is equipped with an LCD screen that displays battery life and power mode, providing users with real-time information during cleaning sessions. It offers up to 30 minutes of runtime in Eco mode and features a hot-swappable battery system for extended use.The vacuum also connects to the MyDyson app, allowing users to access settings, maintenance alerts, and usage statistics. Currently available in Japan, the PencilVac is expected to launch in the UK in 2026, with pricing details yet to be announced. Its combination of sleek design, powerful performance, and innovative features positions it as a compelling option for urban dwellers and those seeking a high-tech, space-saving cleaning solution. The Dyson PencilVac proves that powerful performance doesn’t have to come in a bulky package. It redefines what a vacuum cleaner can be: thin, light, and smart enough to keep up with modern lifestyles. Whether you’re tidying up a studio apartment or navigating the tight corners of a minimalist home, the PencilVac offers a sleek and intelligent cleaning companion that doesn’t compromise on efficiency. With Dyson continuing to push the envelope on innovation and form, the PencilVac might just be the future of compact home cleaning. The post Dyson shows off the slimmest but still powerful vacuum cleaner first appeared on Yanko Design.

The Oracle Jet represents the current state of the art in easy, high-end, delicious home espresso. Geeks will quibble. Most espresso lovers won’t.

Pages on the Mac has a reputation for being too basic because Apple gives it away for free, but it hides exceptionally powerful word processing features.Pages for Mac looks bare, but offers you options when you need themThis is an exaggeration, but broadly Microsoft Word wants you to be impressed with all of its features — while Apple Pages wants you to get on with your writing and layout. So Pages gets out of your way, and as good as that is, it has an unexpected side effect.Since you can't see a ribbon toolbar with dozens of options, and since the menus are not over flowing with choices, you can think Pages lacks features. It is still the case that Microsoft Word has more, but Pages is replete with features that are just a click away. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums

In case you haven't checked out Archinect's Pinterest boards in a while, we have compiled ten recently pinned images from outstanding projects on various Archinect Firm and People profiles. Today's top images (in no particular order) are from the board Details. Tip: use the handy FOLLOW feature to easily keep up-to-date with all your favorite Archinect profiles. ↑ Yunomi in Los Angeles, CA by Design Opera Architects; Photo: Taiyo Watanabe ↑ Deer Harbor in Eastsound, WA by Prentiss + Balance + Wickline Architects; Photo: Andrew Pogue Photography ↑ Grass House in Washington, DC by BLDUS; Photo: Ty Cole ↑ The Crown Coffee Laboratory in Oakland, CA by Studio Terpeluk; Photo: Joe Fletcher ↑ Pine Cove in Harpswell Center, ME by Woodhull ↑ Whidbey Uparati in Whidbey Island, WA by Wittman Estes; Photo: Andrew Pogue ↑ Ningbo Apartment in Ningbo, China by Increments Studio ↑ Villa Sidonius in Prague, Czech Republic by Stempel & Tesar architekti; Photo: Filip Šlapal ↑ PLP City Range mixed-use ...