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YouTube Premium appears to be getting more expensive again, with subscribers in several countries reporting fresh price increases. Singapore has the clearest confirmed change so far, while Android Authority reports higher prices showing up in parts of Europe. The latest reports follow another recent YouTube Premium price hike in the US. In Singapore, The Straits Times reports that an individual subscription is rising from S$13.98 to S$15.98 per month, while the family plan jumps from S$27.98 to S$31.98. New subscribers are already paying the higher rates, while existing members will see them take effect after at least 30 days. Elsewhere,…

Adobe Firefly has spent the past few years learning to make images and video. Now Adobe wants it handling the soundtrack too. Generate Music, Generate Speech, and Generate Sound Effects are now generally available in Firefly, giving creators tools for producing music, narration, and custom effects without leaving Adobe’s AI workspace. Adobe says Generate Music can create fully licensed, royalty-free tracks, while Generate Speech supports voices in more than 20 languages. That gives Firefly a much bigger role in video production. Instead of generating a clip and then bouncing between other tools to finish it, creators can now keep more…

Genesis has long built its reputation on taking familiar luxury formulas and giving them a few unexpected twists. It first revealed its original Neolun concept two years ago, and now the new mass-production GV90 takes that to another level. The flagship electric SUV arrives as Genesis’ largest and most ambitious model yet, combining a massive 123.5kWh battery, 657 horsepower, coach doors, a lounge-like interior and what the company claims is the world’s first roof airbag. The result is less of a conventional SUV and more of a rolling technology showcase for Hyundai Motor Group. Oh, and the electric SUV is…

If you’ve ever wondered whether that oddly generic track blowing up your playlist was made by a human or an AI, Apple Music is about to make it a lot easier to tell. According to an email sent to industry partners, first obtained by The Hollywood Reporter, Apple Music will roll out AI labels sometime later this year. No exact date yet, but the wheels are officially in motion. What exactly will these labels do? Back in March, Apple Music quietly introduced transparency tags that let record labels and distributors flag content that was “materially generated using AI.” The new…

After unveiling its flagship Xperia 1 VIII in May, Sony is now gearing up to launch another device. The company just confirmed its next Xperia launch event for August 24. While it hasn’t named the device it plans to announce, all signs point to the mid-range Xperia 10 VIII. When to watch, and what the leaks suggest Sony will stream the event live on YouTube at 11 AM Japan time on August 25, so US viewers can tune in at 10 PM ET or 7 PM PT on August 24. Beyond confirming the date and time, the company hasn’t shared…

Steve Jobs’ return to Apple is usually told as one of Silicon Valley’s great comeback stories. A new account suggests there was another, far less public chapter that helped make it possible: a classified relationship between Jobs’ struggling computer company, NeXT, and the CIA. According to a report by Sharon Weinberger in The Wall Street Journal, the CIA quietly became an important customer for NeXT in the late 1980s, buying thousands of specially configured workstations at a time when Jobs’ company badly needed sales. The arrangement, the report argues, helped keep NeXT afloat and gave Jobs several more years to…

This post is brought to you in paid partnership with JISULIFE.  If you’ve been eyeing Dyson’s new handheld fan and wondering whether it’s really the best pick for surviving a heatwave, there’s a strong case that the answer is no. The JISULIFE Ultra2, the flagship from the world’s leading handheld mini-fan brand, beats Dyson’s handheld on the performance numbers that matter most, including airflow, cooling speed, and battery life. More importantly, it turns those numbers into the kind of everyday comfort you’ll actually notice, and it’s the one worth reaching for when the temperature climbs. Why the Ultra2 is worth…

My phone is filled with pictures of my cat—shocker, I know! From some perfect frames to their funny moments, you cherish each shot you take of them. But my cat has two settings whenever I point a phone at him. He either becomes completely uninterested in whatever adorable thing he was doing, or suddenly moves quickly enough to make pressing the shutter at exactly the right moment almost impossible. This is exactly where the Magic Capture on the Pixel 11 Pro came in. It took the challenge of photographing my cat without me having to do much. Google designed the…

X-Sense SC07 MSRP $37.00 Released January 2026 “Genuine life-safety certification and a live CO readout at an amazing value” Pros Costs a third of the competition LCD gives you a live CO number in PPM rather than a beep pattern to decode Sealed 10-year battery means zero 3 a.m. chirps Cons Photoelectric only, with no ionization or dual-sensor backup Only a five-year warranty Quick Summary In my near 50 years of age, there is a humorous topic that often comes up in conversations: that one time when the smoke alarm battery ran out at 3:00 am and woke someone up…

I used the M1 MacBook Air as my primary laptop for nearly four years. During that time, I used it for everything from drafting news stories to editing photos for reviews, working from flights to weekend workcations. And if there was one thing that earned more compliments than the slim chassis and overall design, it was the speakers. Whether I am watching an Apple keynote on YouTube, a stand-up comedy special in my room, a movie with a couple of friends on a workcation, or simply hearing the charging chime and notification sounds, the M1 MacBook Air always sounded remarkably…