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Our favorite cheap Bluetooth speaker maker has released a JBL Flip 6 rival, but it's half the price
By Carrie Marshall published
Tribit's brilliant budget Bluetooth speaker just got even better
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Spotify announces price hike, right after CEO enrages music fans by claiming the cost of creating 'content' is 'close to zero'
By Carrie Marshall published
Just a day after Spotify's CEO claimed that the cost of creating "content" is "close to zero," the music streaming service is engaging US subscribers further with a price hike.
![Target Speech Hearing prototype at the university of Washington](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/rKyLAwTcwBPoFhBMXWCdfB-320-80.jpg)
Researchers create AI-powered noise-cancelling headphones that let you hear one person by looking at them, and I love it
By Carrie Marshall published
Noise cancelling could get a whole lot smarter and enable you to focus (visually and aurally) on individual voices in noisy spaces.
![Spotify Car Thing](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/nxhw3jKudSqBzVfFHqBzP4-320-80.jpg)
Spotify shifts into reverse and starts offering refunds for Car Thing
By Carrie Marshall published
Spotify is now reportedly offering Car Thing owners refunds for their soon-to-be bricked devices.
![Beats Pill Plus speaker and app](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/KccFVz9TBxnsCXjEk9G2T-320-80.jpg)
New Beats Pill leak promises better sound and a 24-hour battery life
By Cesar Cadenas published
A new leak states the new Beats Pill speaker features a "racetrack woofer" for punchier bass and is getting modern design flourishes.
![Beats Solo Buds held in a hand](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Hco2CSmT2AcTnRVC6SQEYN-320-80.jpg)
Beats' smallest and most affordable wireless earbuds will launch on June 20 – but you can order them a few days earlier
By Jacob Krol published
Beats has confirmed that its most compact earbuds, Solo Buds, will launch globally on June 20, 2024, at $79 / £79 / AU$129.
![A phone displaying the Google search feature with the text 'what is this song?'](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/8EXU9mLpmuSm48zJW2XFXC-320-80.jpg)
'You hum it, I'll play it' finally comes to music streaming – thanks, YouTube Music
By Carrie Marshall published
YouTube Music's experimental song recognizer is finally rolling out to everyone on Android.
![New Sonos app home screen shown on an iPhone, held in a person's hand](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/dtbnR3YxnNLr5n9hhVQmrX-320-80.jpg)
Sonos defends its controversial app redesign, but many fans are still fuming
By Carrie Marshall published
Sonos users seem unimpressed by the CEO's response to their criticisms – and they've taken to forums to say as much.
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