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Hisense U7H Series TV and Hisense A7H Tornado 2.0 TV were launched in India on Monday. The U7H series is available in 55-inch and 65-inch sizes. Both smart TVs sport 4K displays with a 120Hz refresh rate, alongside various features including full array local dimming and Quantum Dot colours equipped with AMD FreeSync Premium. The A7H Tornado 2.0 TV is offered in 55-inch option and it comes with JBL-tuned 6-speaker system with 102W sound output. The TV features the Google TV interface and comes with a remote finder…

Last Updated: September 26, 2022, 12:48 ISTIn such a scenario, you are often clueless about how to handle the situation.The rules will be implemented soon and people might have to pay a fine if they don’t follow the rules.The Indian Railways keeps making changes to the schedule of trains and norms to make it as convenient for passengers as possible. The aim is to ensure that rail travel becomes hassle-free. Yet again, Indian Railways has made changes in its sleeping rules for passengers. Often, when we are about to sleep,…

Summer is officially over, and as the days get longer, it’s only natural that we take stock of the season’s biggest moments in music. There are a lot of themes and events that nabbed summer’s attention—from major box office releases to a string of live festivals and fashion shows. But in music, nothing has dominated conversation as much as house and dance music’s triumphant rise to mainstream popularity. In June, Drake entered the world of dance with his seventh studio album, Honestly, Nevermind. The project, which…

I can hear the sound in my head just by looking at the console. | Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge I really like my Xbox Series X. It’s a nice-looking, quiet console that puts hundreds of games at my fingertips thanks to Xbox Game Pass. But every time I turn my Xbox on, I scramble to turn down the volume so that the console’s startup sound doesn’t alert everyone in a 50-mile radius that I want to play some Fortnite. Thankfully, Microsoft is testing an Xbox software update that will let you mute…

Warner Music Group Corp. WMG -0.86% named departing YouTube business chief Robert Kyncl as its next chief executive, betting on a tech veteran as the industry expands into social media, gaming and the metaverse.Mr. Kyncl will succeed Steve Cooper, who said he would be stepping down in 2023 after 11 years on the job as the music company’s longest-running CEO. The two men will serve as co-CEOs in January, and…

Logitech thinks that console and PC gamers, not just audiophiles, might appreciate having custom-molded ear tips for enhanced bass and sound quality. The $229.99 G Fits, releasing in October, borrow the same party trick from the 2020 UE Fits: a one-time, 60-second setup that uses LEDs to heat and morph the ear tips to the shape of your inner ear. It’s identical to how we laid it out in the UE Fits review, where Chris Welch notes that the companion mobile app will remind you to firmly hold each earbud in your ear and to…

On a suffocating afternoon in early September, the cavernous Hollywood Palladium was unnaturally empty. Inside, the South-Central hip-hop artist Blxst (pronounced “Blast”) ran through a soundcheck before his second sold-out show at the 4,000 capacity venue. Midway through, he and his band rehearsed their rendition of “Die Hard,” the Kendrick Lamar song on which Blxst begs for another chance despite missing each one prior. Live instruments illuminated the track’s layered melodies, the emotion swelling each time they…

At a glanceExpert's Rating ProsStrong ANCGood Battery LifeSnapdragon SoundConsNeeds app to access all features Snapdragon Sound only available with some phonesNot cheapOur VerdictStrong ANC, high-quality audio and long battery life make the Edifier NeoBuds S a tempting option for those who want premium earbuds. You’ll need to download the app if you want the full experience, and remember that Snapdragon Sound is limited to a handful of smartphones at present. Earbuds with active noise cancellation (ANC) are becoming…

Apple has brought Mac-like startup and shut down sound for iPhone 14, but it is hidden. Know how to enable it. The iPhone 14 product line has a bunch of new exciting features and one of them is a new accessibility feature that lets the device play a sound when the phone is turned off or on. This new feature is only limited to newer iPhone series and hence, it is not available on an iPhone 13 Pro or others. These startup or shutdown chimes are built into the…

Image: ShutterstockNASA has released an audio clip of the sounds of space rocks smashing into the Red Planet captured by the Mars Insight lander's seismometer. Rather than a crash or boom, the sound of meteoroids hitting Mars is more like a "bloop", not unlike part of the Skype ringtone, that happens first when the meteoroid enters Mars' atmosphere, then when it explodes into pieces, and finally impacts the surface.The sound was captured by Insight when a meteoroid struck Mars on September 5, 2021. It was the first…