The Beats Solo 4 came out last summerthey're Beats' latest headphones. Beats are a more affordable alternative to Apple headphones, and you can often find them with substantial discounts. You can now get the Beats Solo 4 for $99.95 (originally $199.95) after a 50% discount. This is matching the lowest price they've been since their release, according to price-checking tools. The Solo Buds and Studio Buds + are also both also seeing their lowest price right now. Beats Solo 4 $99.99 at Amazon $199.95 Save $99.96 Get Deal Get Deal $99.99 at Amazon $199.95 Save $99.96 Beats by Dre, which is owned by Apple, did some upgrades to the fourth model of their popular Solo headphone seriesmainly, having the ability to talk to Siri without using your hands. But they also added personalized spatial audio to your ear shape, giving you "3D audio" that follows the movement of your iPhone (as long as that media supports spatial audio), as well as extending the battery life to an impressive 50 hours of run time.The headphones are on-ear headphones (as opposed to over-ear headphones, which are bigger and cup around your ears), and they lack Active Noise Cancellation and an adjustable EQ option on its app. I like that they still give you the option to plug in a stereo 3.5-mm cable in case you don't want to be wireless. The sound is just as good as you'd expect from Beats headphones: a well-balanced sound with powerful bass and highs. If you don't have an Apple device, you'll miss out on a few features, like the Siri integration, and they lack an Android-friendly codec. The flip side of that is Apple users get great value from these headphones, with AAC and SBC codecs, one-touch pairing with most Apple devices, automatic pairing with devices using iCloud across the Apple ecosystem, audio sharing, and simultaneous connection with certain Apple products (like your iPhone and Apple Watch) according to PCMag's "good" review. Almost every Beats headphone is seeing some hefty discounts at the moment. Check out these other deals:Beats Studio Pro: $179.95 (originally $349.99)Beats Powerbeats Pro Wireless Earbuds: $159.95 ($249.95)Studio Buds +: $119.99 (originally $169.95)Beats Studio Buds: $99.99 ($149.95)Solo Buds: $49.95 (originally $79.99)

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Everyone has a favorite moment from Super Bowl LIX. Eagles fans likely will long cherish the decisive victory over the Chiefs. Some will discuss Kendrick Lamars game-changing halftime show. Me? I was happy to see Puppy Monkey Baby again.The former Mountain Dew mascot, which made its disturbing debut in 2016 and was widely hated by pretty much everyone, was part of DoorDashs 2025 Super Bowl commercial, a spot that crammed in more corporate mascots than anyone thought possible. For some reason, that stirred some nostalgic feelings in me and I took to Facebook to post, I, for one, am THRILLED to see the return of Puppy Monkey Baby!!! Thats when things got weird.I made the post, basically, to amuse myself. A short while later, during a less-interesting commercial break, I decided to see if any of my friends were equally excited about the weirdest of all possible mascots. (They were, for the most part, not.) However, I had received a notification from Meta saying I could manage invites to friends on and off Facebook by creating an eventand it had taken the liberty of choosing the time, date, and informational copy for this event, which it dubbed, Puppy Monkey Baby Returns!The wait is over! the page read. Puppy Monkey Baby is back and better than ever! Join us for a fun-filled evening of laughter, joy, and excitement as we celebrate the return of our beloved Puppy Monkey Baby. With special performances, giveaways, and surprises, this is an event you wont want to miss!This preview, it added in small print at the bottom, was generated by AI.Ah. Yes. Of course it was.On the one hand, this made sense. Puppy Monkey Baby looks like something an AI system would generate when its in the midst of one of its hallucinogenic fever dreams. And perhaps keywords such as baby and thrilled led the system to think I was about to become a father and wanted to celebrate.But where in the heck did it get the idea that there would be special performances? And giveaways? Not only was I learning about a party I hadnt planned for a nightmare-fueled corporate mascot, but I had to offer prizes to people who came?When Fast Company contacted Meta, a spokesperson for the company confirmed it was a new feature. This feature can help people create events directly from their Facebook posts through AI suggestions, said the spokesperson. You can choose to either edit or disregard a suggested event and provide feedback on the quality of the AI-generated suggestion, which helps us improve the experience. Meta has said in the past that its AI systems are still a work in progress. And on Monday, the company was expected to begin carrying out a series of company-wide layoffs, reducing its headcount by as much as 5%as it prepares to spend $60 billion on AI development in 2025.One upside, I suppose, is that at least Facebook didnt automatically invite any of my friends to this nonexistent party, which was scheduled for 5 p.m. the next day. (Good thing, too! The time it gave me to prepare would have meant a menu largely made up of leftover buffalo dip and cold pizza.)I looked online to see if I could find anyone else whod seen one of their posts seemingly transformed into an invite. There werent many (and none that I could find whose mystery invites revolved around Puppy Monkey Baby), but I wasnt entirely alone. One users political post in January saw him getting the strange notification about managing invites for friends.Invites are kinda-sorta hot once again, following the introduction of Apples Invite app for iCloud+ subscribers. Meta has never been shy about cloning features of other tech companies (i.e. Instagram Stories, a copy of Snapchat Stories, and Reels, very TikTok-esque). That said, theres no evidence that Meta is looking to extend its invite or event segment beyond its current walls.Metas in a fight with Google, Microsoft, X, OpenAI, and more for supremacy of this burgeoning market and is looking for ways to incorporate it into peoples lives.This, um, misfire, shall we call it, should serve as a warning to Meta and those other companies. Sometimes, its best to keep your experiments locked in the lab while youre still working on them. Otherwise, we just might end up with a very different sort of Puppy Monkey Baby.

In the span of three plays in the second quarter of the most-watched event on television, Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes was sacked multiple times before launching the football soaring through midaironly for it to be intercepted and returned for a touchdown by his teams opponent, the Philadelphia Eagles. And as that series of unfortunate events unfolded for the Chiefs in Super Bowl LIX, it seemed America rejoiced.As one X user wrote before the big game: The amount of people I know who will be rooting for the Eagles simply because they dont want the Chiefs to win is a beautiful thing. Hate conquers all.Hate conquering all certainly seemed to be the storyline of Sundays spectacle. The Eagles handily destroyed the Chiefs, a team whose successful season has been muddied by overexposure and controversy. And during the halftime show, Kendrick Lamar publicly embarrassed his rapping peer Drake, an artist who much of the country has turned against. From the game itself to the diss-filled halftime show, people who love to hate enjoyed their evening as schadenfreude defined much of the night.The word schadenfreude has its roots in Germanschaden meaning harm, freude meaning joy, and schadenfreude then meaning happiness found in the misfortune of others. And Americans have certainly embraced this act in recent years: Schadenfreudes popularity has grown exponentially since the start of the millennium, according to Googles word-use tracker.The Super Bowl was no exception.A three-peat deniedThe Chiefs might have been the most hated team in the NFL when the Super Bowl aired. It seemed much of America wasnt necessarily rooting for the Eagles to win, but rather against any happiness for Kansas City. After Philadelphias victory, one X user celebrated with: THE GREAT EVIL HAS BEEN DEFEATED.The dynasty-in-progress had won the past two Super Bowls, and this year they became the first team in NFL history to make a third consecutive Super Bowl after winning the first two. Had they won Sundays game, they would have been the first team in NFL history to three-peat (win three times in a row) in the leagues Super Bowl era. But many viewers didnt want to see that happen.The Chiefss unpopularity is in part due to perceived referee favoring. Many of the Chiefss victories this season have been decided by questionable, game-changing referee calls. And although the NFL commissioner vehemently denied any rigging allegations, that didnt stop fans from making them. After one questionable playoff win, even rapper Lil Wayne declared to his 34 million X followers that he hates the cheating azz Chiefs.The cheating allegations may have little merit, as data shows that the Chiefs dont receive nearly as much help from referees as many assume. But haters have found other reasons to dislike the team; New York Magazine columnist Jake Nevins wrote that although the Chiefs may not be cheaters, they are boring and swagless, smug and exasperating.As Super Bowl LIX progressed and the Chiefs struggled to put anything together offensively, delight at that struggle only grew. Statistically, Mahomes had one of the worst quarterback games in Super Bowl history. Fans in Philadelphia responded by gleefully burning a puppet of Kermit the Froga character many have said sounds exactly like Mahomesin a bizarre sort of effigy.Ultimately, the Chiefs lost in a much-more-embarrassing manner than the final 4022 score suggests. And broadcasters knew that would make many viewers very happy. Nick Wright, a talk-show host known for his obsession with the Chiefs, posted Monday morning that his eventual broadcast about the loss would be undoubtedly delightful for everyone but me. And the joyfully hateful comments followed: One user responded, cant wait to hear you cry today, and another said, you deserve it.Pop star Taylor Swift, too, had her turn in the haters spotlight: The Super Bowl stadium erupted into raucous boos after she popped up on the jumbotron. Since the singer began dating Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce in late 2023, the NFL has faced criticism for featuring too much footage of Swift during its game broadcasts. (But, maybe Swift shouldnt feel too bad: Eagles fans have also famously booed Santa Claus.)A winning diss trackCNN claimed that Drake lost worse than the Chiefs at Super Bowl LIX. And based on Kendrick Lamars spite-fueled halftime show, that may be true.When the NFL announced that Lamar would be headlining this years halftime show, many immediately knew the centerpiece of the performance would be the critically beloved (and now Grammy-winning) diss track of Drake: Not Like Us.The feud between the two rappers has been ongoing since 2013. And on the largest stage of all, with millions of eyes and ears on him, Lamar took the opportunity to spotlight rumors that his rapping rival has a tendency to date younger women.During the show, Lamar rapped: Say, Drake, I hear you like em young and told viewers, hide your little sister from him. His diss track also includes a lyric calling Drake a pedophile, and while Lamar didnt say the word out loud during his performance, the audience gladly did it for him, yelling and cheering.The world noticed this joyous hate on full display. As one X user put it: A whole stadium calling you a pedophile during the Super Bowl has to be rock bottom, right? And the diss wasnt limited to the lyrics. Lamar also brought out tennis star Serena Williams as a guest for the halftime show, who performed a crip walk dance during Not Like Us. Williams and Drake were rumored to have briefly dated in 2011 and 2015, and Drake has publicly dissed the athlete in two of his songs. The audienceand social mediawent wild.But as the hater bowl concluded, there were many victories to celebrate genuinely, not spitefully. Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts overcame the odds to win his first Super Bowl after losing to Patrick Mahomes two years ago. Philadelphias running back Saquon Barkley also won his first Super Bowl after a tumultuous departure from the New York Giants. And before the game even started, the broadcast began with a moving tribute to victims of the New Years Day terrorist attack in New Orleans, with two survivors taking the field as honorary captains.

Weve been using iPod Shuffles for so long that we forgot the iPod Nano existed. Meet the PhotoTag the iPod Nano to the conventional tracking device weve been using all these years. You see, tracking devices are great theyre perfect for keeping tabs on things that are valuable, or things that get lost. The problem, however, is that these devices dont do much beyond tracking your location and occasionally playing an alert sound. In short, theyre basic and without a display, sort of like the iPod Shuffle.What the PhotoTag does is put a tiny E-Ink display on the tracker. You can use the display to add contact information, a QR code, your face (for better identification), or if youre using the tracker on a pet collar, the face of your cat or dog. The Phototag takes the AirTag and gives it an extra killer feature without taking away any functionality. The $29 tag is IP64 waterproof, has a replaceable CR2032 cell, is iOS/Android compatible, and boasts an impressive 10-month battery life. Chipolo, Tile, AirTag, you guys have some lessons to learnDesigner: PhototagClick Here to Buy Now: $29 $59 (51% off) Hurry! Discount for a limited time.While most tracking devices usually come with incredibly bland designs that dont do anything beyond highlighting their company logo, the Phototag puts a large-ish (at least by tracking device standards) 1.5-inch E-ink screen front and center. Unlike conventional e-ink screens, this one has a 4-color display capability, which means you can upload color photographs to it and have them visible even in glaring light. E-ink famously has low power consumption, which means the Phototag can last as long as 10 months on a full battery and even if the battery dies, the display never switches off, making it uniquely useful.So why put a screen on a tracker? Well, the iPod analogy works best, believe me. Sure, you can listen to music on an iPod Shuffle without really NEEDING to look at album art or thumbnails but having a small screen for viewing artwork and artist details makes all the difference. It turns the act of music listening into something much more intuitive, giving you a much more user-friendly overall experience. The Phototag aims to do the same for trackers. Sure, you could slip an AirTag into your purse, but alternatively, you could string the Phototag around your backpack and it serves two purposes it helps you track your bag, but it also acts as a unique identifier for everyone, because you can display your photo or contact details on it. The tag looks fairly benign so nobodys going to mistake it for a high-end tracker. In fact the E-ink screen looks like a print-out to begin with.Want to place a tracker on your pet? The Phototag famously offers a much better alternative than your Chipolo or Tile tracker. You can load your pets face or name onto the Phototags display, strapping it to your cat or dog. Unlike any other tracker, the Phototag comes with a contact button that instantly displays your contact details in case your pet goes missing and is found by a stranger. That same tech works remarkably well on luggage too, allowing staff to identify the owner just in case your luggage gets lost or misplaced.The ability to upload QR codes opens up even more possibilities, whether for linking to emergency information or a social media profile. Heck, you could probably even load your boarding pass on your tag and strap it to your backpack, allowing you to cruise through the airport without breaking a sweat.Like Apples AirTag or Tiles lineup, the Phototag connects via Bluetooth to both iOS and Android devices, offering real-time tracking through a dedicated app. The smart alarm feature helps locate missing items with an audible alert, while automatic push notifications ensure you never leave something important behind. In essence, its everything youd get with your average tracking device, plus a game-changing new feature that Im surprised doesnt exist yet.The Phototag comes wrapped in a robust machined aluminum casing. The button is aluminum too, and the entire tag is rated IP64 water and dust-proof, making it durable to the elements. Youve got a standard CR2032 battery on the inside (the same as the AirTag), which lasts for 10 months and can easily be replaced whenever needed.The Phototag starts at a surprisingly affordable $29, matching the price of Apples own tag. Its marginally bigger than most trackers, but the benefits outweigh any cons its size brings. At 1.77 x 1.36 inches in size (and 0.3 inches thick), the Phototag is still tiny enough to easily slip around your keys, on a lanyard on your bag, or the collar of your pet. A lanyard hole lets you easily string the device onto your EDC or your pet collar, although the folks behind the Phototag do sell leather accessories like a bag-tag and a pet collar that fit the Phototag perfectly well.The Phototag comes in 3 color options, is compatible with both iOS and Android devices, and ships globally starting April 2025.Click Here to Buy Now: $29 $59 (51% off) Hurry! Discount for a limited time.The post The $29 AirTag Killer? This Smart Tracker Has an E-ink Screen for Photos & Contact Information first appeared on Yanko Design.

With the release of Apple Intelligence and ChatGPT integration, you can now use Siri to get AI answers from OpenAI's service.Using Siri to get answers from ChatGPT.We previously covered how to use the ChatGPT extension in Apple's Notes app. That article described how to install, set up, and enable Apple Intelligence and ChatGPT - and how to use them together in the Notes app.If you've also enabled Siri and the ChatGPT extension in Apple Intelligence system settings you can now use Siri itself to prompt ChatGPT for answers. There's also an additional feature in which you can type prompts directly into Siri and have it use ChatGPT for responses. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums

AsAvowedslaunch draws closer, finer details on the RPG continue to emerge. Game director Carrie Patel confirmed recently that on Xbox Series X, the RPG will be able to run at up to 60 FPS. Now, in another interview, she has offered further information on that front.Speaking with Last Stand Media, Patel revealed thatAvowedwill feature both Performance and Quality modes, prioritizing higher frame rates or higher resolutions respectively. She also revealed that a Balanced Mode will be included as sort of in-between Quality and Performance for those with 120Hz screens.Patel didnt provide specific details on the targets for each mode, nor did she confirm whether all three will be available on Xbox Series S as well. That said, leaker extas1s has claimed on Twitter that on Xbox Series X,Avowedsgraphics modes will target 60 FPS, 40 FPS, and 30 FPS, while only the latter two will be available on Xbox Series S.Avowedis due out on February 18 for Xbox Series X/S and PC. Reviews will begin going live on February 13.

HELL is UShas looked increasingly promising with each new showing, and it seems like new information has emerged on exactly when it will release.Developer Rogue Factor and publisher Nacon have previously confirmed that the game will launch sometime in 2025. Now, Twitter user @PlaystationSize who tracks the PSN backend for unannounced information and updates has claimed thatHELL is USwill launch on September 4.The game will allegedly also have a Deluxe Edition option available. Priced at $80, it will give users advanced access starting September 1. What the standard editions price will be remains to be seen.Presumably, this means well be seeing more ofHELL is USin the not-too-distant future. With leaks claiming that a State of Play showcase is scheduled for later this week, that might be where Nacon announces a release date. It was also part of the lineup in Septembers State of Play presentation.Whenever it launches,HELL is USwill be available on PS5, Xbox Series X/S, and PC. Hell is UsRelease Date : September 4Deluxe Edition ($80) : September 1 pic.twitter.com/jE8DllzrsJ PlayStation Game Size (@PlaystationSize) February 10, 2025

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