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IFA 2028 has come to a close, and there were some pretty crazy, interesting, and fun pieces of tech shown off this year.
Check out my video on the craziest tech finds from IFA in Berlin!
If you’re not using these power user tips for notifications on the Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra, you really need to change that.
There are so many times when I’ve dismissed a notification on accident and had no idea what it was for.
Notification history is a game changer for notifications.
And then there’s summaries, snoozing, and more.
Here’s how to enable them.
There it is, folks. Bye bye, OnePlus for the EU.
Following our Notice of Business Adjustment, OnePlus has decided to conclude product rollouts in Europe. Your software updates, security patches, and after-sales support remain fully guaranteed per the official notice.
Going forward, this account will also feature select OPPO products and exclusive offers tailored specifically for the OnePlus European community. If you prefer not to see these updates, feel free to unfollow or adjust your notification settings anytime. Thank you for being part of the journey!
At SIAS in Shenzhen, China, I found out about Tanchjim for the first time.
Turns out, they’re pretty big and well known for making quality products.
I had a chance to check out the Tanchjim Gloria, their new flagship wired IEM at about $500 with this high-quality metal build to it that I really like.
Sound quality, it’s pretty dang good but with a little bit of a bass lift.
I’m really excited to explore more of their products and think they’re worth keeping your eyes on!
The one thing that I don’t like about many restaurants in Europe:
You have to pay for water (2-3 EUR)
I suppose that’s better than needing to pay a tip, however, they build the service charge into the bill. Often about 3 EUR.
I’m so used to drinking so much water, and they’re making me pace myself. 😅
The outer screen is also hard to see and lacks a nano-texture display. The brightness was simply turned down.
Wait for reviews before you freak out or start cheering, though I'm sure it'll be more than fine IRL.
If you’ve never been to an audio convention show where you can check out hundreds if not thousands of headphones, earbuds, speakers, and more, here are some tips that I have for you as someone they just went to one for the first time.
Hopefully, this will help you avoid some mistakes that I made, answer some questions and more.
And hopefully, I’ll see you next year at SIAS in Shenzhen, China.
Thanks to SHENZHENAUDIO for bringing me out and for throwing an awesome event!
If there’s one trend I’m noticing in tech it’s a light form of modularity where things can be a 2-in-1 in a way.
The Hohem EyePic is an early development product that operates both as a gimbal, but also as an action camera because the camera part of the gimbal detaches and you can stick it anywhere with a magnet or whatever, and monitor it from the body.
It’s pretty neat!
Something that Beyerdynamic is doing with their gaming headsets is making them wireless.
Interestingly, I’ve quite enjoyed their MMX 100 wired gaming headset. It has a sound that is a bit more of what I prefer over a typical Beyerdynamic sound signature, and it has a detachable microphone, which is great if you have an external mic that you use for live streaming and sounds much better.
Well, they now have a wireless version of the exact same headphone! The same benefits but now without wired, which is great!
And if you want an open-back version, you can get the Beyerdynamic MMX 130 Wireless Gaming Headset.
Crazy that Apple had applied for a patent for a foldable phone in 2011 and was granted said patent in 2015.
The first Samsung Galaxy Fold came out in 2019.
Beyerdynamic has a new pair of wireless Bluetooth Headphones, but at a more accessible price point than their flagship.
The Beyerdynamic AVENTHO Y is somewhat targeted towards Gen Z with its price point and colors, but it also brings that Beyerdynamic sound with an elevated high end plus some bass lift, leading to a more scooped sound, but still very Beyer.
Along with that sound, there was ANC that was solid and transparency that was just okay.
What makes it neat are the replaceable ear cups, the storage for a low-latency dongle inside of the ear cup, and the replaceable battery.
Pretty awesome!
It is honestly crazy how inexpensive but GOOD chi-fi can be.
MOONDROP just launched their Chu III wired IEMs which are 27.5 EUR or $25 USD. Yes, it’s cheaper than a sit-down lunch or dinner. Crazy!
It is made out of metal, so it doesn’t feel cheap at all, and the sound is surprisingly decent for the price. It’s definitely a scooped sound with what I’d say is a little bit of a buzzy high end and a more boomy bass, but it’s certainly more tasteful and balanced than most wireless earbuds from major players.
The only thing that is dreadful is the cable. It feels exceptionally cheap and plastic, although extremely flexible and compliant. If you can look past that, no big deal at all, and if you want to replace it, it’s not too difficult or expensive to do that either.
If you wanted to try some chi-fi out just for the fun of it without much of a financial cost, I’d say the Moondrop Chu III could be a fun impulse buy.
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Dario has written that we need to “pace the frontier,” and Sam has agreed. People may be surprised by my response: go ahead.
You guys are the frontier. By any reasonable metric — market share, revenue growth, model capability — the two of you have a duopoly on frontier intelligence. You’ve also claimed the lead is widening because of recursive self-improvement.
I don’t see what you see in the lab. If the unreleased models are scary enough that you think you should slow down, I support your decision to be responsible.
But stop pretending you need anyone else’s permission. Stop pretending antitrust law has to be suspended so you can form a cartel. Stop pretending you need a regulatory approval process that supersedes product liability. Stop pretending METR is independent when it is intertwined with Anthropic’s investors and staff. Stop pretending you need those same evaluators to police competitors who aren’t even at the frontier.
Most of all, stop pretending the motivation to slow down is purely altruistic. You face massive product-liability exposure if your products enable a truly damaging cyberattack. The market already punishes models that behave in unpredictable or unauthorized ways. After the Hugging Face episode, it is simply good business for OpenAI and Anthropic to trade some raw power for reliability and predictability. Call it alignment if you want. It is also just giving customers what they want.
Pacing the frontier would also create breathing room for a more intelligent conversation about regulation than Bernie Sanders’ “shut it all down.” China is very unlikely to join a global agreement, as you know, and that has to be taken into account as well.
So go ahead and pace the frontier. You are the ones setting it. The easiest way not to build superintelligence is for you to agree not to build it. Demanding your preferred regulatory framework as the price of that will look like blackmail of the public and the political system. So just do it.
If you do, you’ll buy goodwill for the next conversation. If you don’t, we’ll know this was just another bid for regulatory capture — or an election-season psyop.
Yes, China agrees with Dario and Sam that AMERICAN AI research should slow down.
“Yes. Please feel free to do that. We agree.”
Peak troll if that’s an actual quote from China. 😂
