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Apple drops Bose from retail to sell own headphones, and more tech news today
August 09, 2025
1. Making waves in sound
Not one but three stories here around audio and smart devices.
The first is that Apple has, per aBloomberg report, quietly stopped selling third-party audio gear from its retail stores. Bose, Sonos, and some Logitech headphones and speakers have disappeared, leaving only Apple audio.
Speaking of smart speakers,Google’s new Nest Audiois getting very good reviews. I’ve even seen 9.5/10 scores, and our own Lily Katz fromSoundGuyswas on the case, awarding an 8.2/10 for the new device.
What’s good, and what’s not?
One more smart device review while we’re here:
2.US could get two budget OnePlus phones by the end of the month: likely Nord variants, currently code-named OnePlus N10 and N100 (Android Authority).
3.NVIDIA thinks it can solve video-calling’s greatest challenges with AI. Incredibly impressive demo, but will it hold up IRL? (Android Authority). NVIDIA had a bunch of other announcements too:a cheaper 2GB Jetson mini-computer,new pro GPUs, and other developer tools (Engadget).
4. Google’s G Suite is nowGoogle Workspace(TechCrunch).
5.Google and Oracle are headed to the Supreme Court: “The future of software hangs in the balance” (Protocol).
6. Spotify finally lets yousearch songs by lyrics(The Next Web).
7.Venmo has a credit cardand it seems fine? (Gizmodo).
8.The story of the UK incorrectly using Excel to store COVID-19 positive testswill be told as legend for years. The data was stored in columns, not rows, and that’s just the start of the problems (BBC).
9.‘The Wire’ inspireda fake turtle egg that spies on poachers(Wired).
- There’s a “bold new shitter”headed for the International Space Station(Jalopnik).
11.Mars hasn’t been this close to Earth in 15 years— here’s how to spot it (Medium)
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