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Honor recently launched the Choice Earbuds X5 in India as the company's latest truly wireless stereo (TWS) earphones with support for active noise cancellation (ANC). The wireless headset is claimed to offer up to nine hours of playback with the ANC feature turned off — or up to 35 hours in total with the charging case — while the earphones have an IP54 rating for dust and water resistance. I've spent a couple of weeks using the Honor Choice Earbuds X5 and here's what I think of this wireless headset.Honor Choice Earbuds…

The Australian government sees the value of generative AI across local, state and federal governments. However, unseasonably long spending restrictions and concerns over automation disasters are slowing AI adoption, at least in terms of citizen-facing solutions. According to a Gartner survey of CIOs across APAC governments (with Australia sitting right in the middle of the trend), AI/machine learning and generative AI are the two biggest priorities to be implemented by 2026 (Figure A). And yet, other pressures…

The iPhone is a pretty great way to play games, especially if you own one of the iPhone 15 Pro models with its A17 Pro chip. But the truth is that you're probably going to want an iPhone game controller to get the best experience, and there is no shortage of options in that regard. Unfortunately, most of the best options have prices to match their capabilities but there's one new entry that might just prove you don't have to spend a lot to get a great controller.That entry is the new GameSir X2s, a game controller that's…

Matthew Miller/ZDNETZDNET's key takeawaysThe Soundpeats RunFreeheadset and I figured my readers who do not want to pay $100 to $200 for headsets might appreciate some thoughts on a low priced option.Also: The best headphonesI took the Soundpeats RunFree with me on a vacation to Australia and used them on several runs, as well as walks where I wanted to talk to my family in the US. At first glance, the RunFree headset appears to be designed as bone conduction headphones with a similar around-the-head and over-the-ear…

London-based tech firm Nothing’s latest Android attempts to shake up the budget phone market with something a little more interesting.Costing from £319 (€329/A$529) the Phone 2a aims to take the cool design and intrigue that made its higher-end models stand out and package it up into something cheaper but still novel, sits alongside the full-fat Phone 2 costing £579.The new model sticks with Nothing’s cool, semi see-through design. It has a big, smooth and bright OLED screen on the front with a semi-transparent back…

Asus ROG Zephyrus G14 (2023) The best compact budget gaming laptop Jump to details Dell G15 Advantage Edition The best budget gaming laptop under $800 Jump to details Asus TUF A16 Advantage…

Relationship between cumulative emissions and global warming, for the historical simulations plus four different SSP scenarios (ssp128, ssp245, ssp370, ssp585). Panel (a) plots cumulative emissions since 1850 (diagnosed using Eq. 1) against global warming since 1850 for each of the nine CMIP6 ESMs (colored symbols) and the Global Carbon Project (GCP) plus global mean temperature observations (black stars). The values shown here are 10-year centered…

The House of Representatives is moving to review the parameters of the 2024 budget due to the depreciation of the Naira against major currencies. The House, on Thursday, mandated its Committees on National Planning and Economic Development, Appropriation and Finance, to review the parameters in the budget, particularly the exchange rate. This resolution followed a motion of urgent public importance moved by Kafilat Ogbara (APC, Lagos) during plenary. The naira was on a free fall for months following the decision…

Argentina's President Javier Milei gestures while delivering his first policy speech to parliament during the inauguration of the 142nd ordinary session of Congress in Buenos Aires on March 1, 2024. Sixty-eight Nobel science laureates urged Argentina's self-professed "anarcho-capitalist" President Javier Milei Wednesday to restore budgets for science and technology that have been cut under his drive to slash public spending.…

Max Buondonno/ZDNETZDNET's key takeawaysThe Nothing Phone 2a. It costs $349, and it's one of the best budget phones I've ever used. So you can imagine my disappointment that it's not coming to the United States, at least not in the way you think.Also: Nothing Phone 2 review: If 'being extra' was an Android phoneThe 2a is basically a budget version of last year's Phone 2, and is the the phone Nothing hopes users of the Phone 1 will upgrade to, but it will only be sold in the United States through a developer program,…