The Labor Day and back-to-school season isn’t only a good time to save on things like a new laptop. Case in point: Sonos’ latest sale. Whether you want to upgrade the sound in your dorm room or home office, you can save up to 25 percent on Sonos speakers and other gear right now. Included in the sale is the Era 100, which has a 10-percent discount at the moment.
Sonos debuted the Era 100 speaker in 2023 as a replacement for the Sonos One. It offers great sound quality and has built-in mics for Trueplay tuning and voice control. It’s worth mentioning that the Sonos Ace headphones are also on sale for $299, down from $399 — a 25 percent discount. The headphones have come a long way since they first launched, including the introduction of TrueCinema, which works with a Sonos soundbar to create the best spatial audio experience.
The built-in Qi2 magnets in the Pixel 10 series are one of the biggest hardware additions and, for the world of MagSafe accessories already on the market, a piece of good news is that there’s a little “lock” magnet to help keep those accessories in place, just like you find on iPhone.
Apple’s MagSafe standard is what brought phone magnets to the masses and, with it, a whole new collection of accessories. The main idea behind MagSafe and its industry-standard counterpart, Qi2, is to perfectly align the wireless charging coil with a charger to enable higher speeds and better efficiency. A great idea, but just the foundation of many other types of accessories.
Wallets, mounts, grips, kickstands, battery banks, and so many other useful accessories are made possible by placing magnets inside of your phone and its cases, and Qi2 is what makes that an industry standard that anyone can use.
One minor concern I saw floating around regarding Pixel 10, though, was whether or not the Qi2 magnets would include something to keep accessories in place. The actual ring of magnets does the “heavy lifting” for accessories, but the iPhone includes a secondary magnet underneath which keeps accessories such as wallets from sliding around the back of the device.
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On the Pixel 10 series, Google has done the same.
Using a magnetic film, we can see on our Pixel 10 Pro XL here that there’s a magnet below the main Qi2 ring, just like on iPhones, to keep accessories “locked” in place.
This does seem to be a part of the overarching Qi2 standard, rather than something Google chose to implement itself.
In digging through the Qi 2.1 specification, we found the diagram below which illustrates where the “orientation magnet” should be placed.
So, as Qi2 makes it way to other Android phones – at least, assuming other brands follow the standard Google is setting – you can expect the same to be the case.
This is also important because, in the current Wild West-style ecosystem of magnet accessories for Android devices, that orientation magnet just doesn’t exist. Looking at a “Qi2 Ready” case for the Galaxy S25 Ultra (the same is in Samsung’s official case) and one of OnePlus’ magnet cases for the OnePlus 13, there’s no orientation magnet in place, though I did find one in a dbrand case for my Pixel 9 Pro XL. It’s just so hit or miss on devices without Qi2 built-in.
Are you looking forward to seeing more magnetic accessories for the Pixel 10 and other Android devices?
A Framingham police officer on his way to a Wednesday morning briefing spotted two people walking on the sidewalk, one of whom appeared to be wearing a wig.
The keen observation led to the arrest and capture of a man wanted on a warrant out of Ohio, charging him with murder in connection with the death of a 2-year-old boy.
The officer, Andrew Lewis, was on his way to a briefing with the U.S. Marshals Service and the Massachusetts State Police Violent Fugitive Apprehension Section around 8:30 a.m. Wednesday, when he spotted the wig. At the briefing, officers were set to discuss their attempts to serve a warrant for the very man Lewis saw walking on the sidewalk.
Police subsequently arrested the man, identified as 25-year-old Dioblis Williams, of Columbus, Ohio. Williams is charged with being a fugitive from justice on a Massachusetts warrant, as well as murder on a warrant out of Ohio.
The murder charge is tied to the death of 2-year-old Ja’mir Jones, who was found in a bathtub in Columbus in 2020, Fox 28 Columbus reported.
On the afternoon of March 25, 2020, officers responding to a call for a drowning found Jones not breathing, according to the Ohio Attorney General. Officers called for a medic and began CPR, but the boy was pronounced dead at Children’s Hospital.
wif Police say Williams placed Ja’Mir in the bathtub unsupervised after the boy had an accident in his pull-up diaper, according to an affidavit filed in support of the charge against Williams, as reported by ABC 6.
An autopsy obtained by the station lists the boy’s manner of death as homicide, and lists the cause of death as blunt force trauma to the abdomen. The boy had bruises on his face, torso and neck, ABC 6 reported.
Williams is accused of repeatedly hitting Ja’Mir, causing his death, according to the station.
“Hallelujah, thank the Lord, thank the Lord,” Ja’Mir’s great-grandmother, Bernice Anderson Pearson, is quoted as saying by Fox 28. “I’ve been praying for this for five years, five long years.”
The warrant for Williams’ arrest was issued earlier this month, according to the U.S. Marshals Service.
“Today’s arrest is a reminder that you can run, but you can’t hide. Mr. Williams thought that he could evade arrest and accountability by hiding in Massachusetts. I hope that today’s arrest brings us one step closer to justice for a young child whose life ended tragically,” Acting U.S. Marshal Kevin W. Neal said in a statement.
Williams will be arraigned on the fugitive from justice charge before being extradited to Ohio.
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A staggering 95% of generative AI pilots at companies are failing, according to a recent report published by MIT’s NANDA initiative. But rather than giving up on the technology altogether, the most advanced organizations are experimenting with agentic AI systems that can learn and be supervised.
That’s where Maisa AI comes in. The year-old startup has built its entire approach around the premise that enterprise automation requires accountable AI agents, not opaque black boxes. With a new, $25 million seed round led by European VC firm Creandum, it has now launched Maisa Studio, a model-agnostic self-serve platform that helps users deploy digital workers that can be trained with natural language.
While that might sound familiar — reminiscent of so-called vibe coding platforms like Cursor and the Creandum-backed Lovable — Maisa argues that its approach is fundamentally different. “Instead of using AI to build the responses, we use AI to build the process that needs to be executed to get to the response — what we call ‘chain-of-work,” Maisa CEO David Villalón told TechCrunch.
The principal architect behind this process is Maisa’s co-founder and Chief Scientific Officer, Manuel Romero, who had previously worked with Villalón at Spanish AI startup Clibrain. In 2024, the duo teamed up to build a solution to hallucinations after seeing firsthand that “you could not rely on AI,” Villalón said.
The pair isn’t skeptical about AI, but they think it won’t be feasible for humans to review “three months of work done in five minutes.” To address this, Maisa employs a system called HALP, standing for Human-Augmented LLM Processing. This custom method works like students at the blackboard — it asks users about their needs while the digital workers outline each step they will follow.
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The startup also developed the Knowledge Processing Unit (KPU), a deterministic system designed to limit hallucinations. While Maisa started out from this technical challenge rather than a use case, it soon found that its bet on trustworthiness and accountability resonated with companies hoping to apply AI to critical tasks. For instance, clients that currently use Maisa in production include a large bank, as well as companies in the car manufacturing and energy sectors.
By serving these enterprise clients, Maisa hopes to position itself as a more advanced form of robotic process automation (RPA) that unlocks productivity gains without requiring companies to rely on rigid predefined rules or extensive manual programming. To meet their needs, the startup also offers them either deployment in its secure cloud or through on-premise deployment.
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This enterprise-first approach means Maisa’s customer base is still very small compared to the millions flocking to freemium vibe-coding platforms. But as these platforms are now exploring how to win enterprise customers, Maisa is moving in the opposite direction with Maisa Studio, which is designed to grow its customer funnel and ease adoption.
The startup also plans to expand with existing customers that have operations in multiple countries. With dual headquarters in Valencia and San Francisco, Maisa itself already has a foothold in the U.S., as reflected in its cap table; its $5 million pre-seed round last December was led by the San Francisco-based venture firms NFX and Village Global.
In addition, TechCrunch learned exclusively that U.S. firm Forgepoint Capital International participated in this new round via its European joint venture with Spanish bank Banco Santander, highlighting its appeal for regulated sectors.
Focusing on complex use cases demanding accountability from non-technical users could be a differentiator for Maisa, whose competitors include CrewAI and many other AI-powered, business-focused workflow automation products. In a LinkedIn post, Villalón highlighted this “AI framework gold rush,” warning that the “quick start” becomes a long nightmare when you need reliability, auditability, or the ability to fix what went wrong.”
Doubling down on its goal to help AI scale, Maisa plans to use its funding to grow from 35 to as many as 65 people by the first quarter of 2026 in order to meet demand. Starting in the last quarter of this year, the startup anticipates rapid growth as it begins serving its waiting list. “We are going to show the market that there is a company that is delivering what has been promised, and that it’s working,” Villalón said.
Samsung is hosting another Unpacked event on September 4, and this time it’ll only be available to watch virtually. The event will stream on and at 5:30AM ET, following the in-person launch events the company held for the in January and the new and in July.
With most of the company’s smartphone lineup accounted for, Samsung will likely use this Unpacked to introduce new tablets. The company announced the the earlier this week and now leaks point to a new Galaxy Tab S11 and S11 Ultra being in the works, The Tab S11 will reportedly feature an AMOLED screen, 12GB of RAM and a MediaTek Dimensity 9400 chip, rather than Samsung’s preferred Qualcomm Snapdragon chips. The Tab S11 Ultra will have similar features, but with a larger AMOLED, up to 16GB of RAM, the same MediaTek chip and a larger 11,600mAh battery.
Odds are also good that Samsung will announce the Galaxy S25 FE, a cheaper alternative to the normal Galaxy S25. Based on the leaks , the S25 FE will share many similarities with the , save for an improved 12MP selfie camera, up from 10MP on the S24 FE, a larger 4,900mAh battery and faster wired charging speeds.
Provided you’re willing to get up early, you’ll be able to see for yourself when Samsung streams its next Unpacked event on September 4. It likely won’t be the last event the company holds this year, either. The Android XR headset and Samsung’s are also expected to be released in 2025.
Following the broader Material 3 Expressive redesign last week, the Google Phone app is now more widely rolling out calling cards.
Once available, you’ll see an “Introducing calling card: Customize how you see your contact when they call you” promo at the top of the Home tab. (You might also be prompted inside Google Contacts for a more direct editing experience alongside other details.)
In the Phone by Google app, this takes you to a “Calling card” page that will list all the ones you’ve added for quick editing. This is accessible at any time from the Phone app’s Settings list (near the bottom).
Once you’ve selected a contact, you can take a new picture, open your gallery, or launch Google Photos to make a selection. Besides cropping the image and adjusting the framing, you can customize their name at the top with a carousel of font and color options.
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After setting, this image will appear on the incoming and in-call screens as a fullscreen image. (Keep in mind the solid bottom sheet for call controls.) Compared to Apple’s implementation or profile pictures in Google Messages, these images are unique to you. Likewise, you don’t get to set how you appear to other people.
We’re now seeing this roll out to stable users with version 188 of the Google Phone app. It’s coming alongside the Pixel 10 and ahead of the Material 3 Expressive launch with Android 16 QPR1.
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A man in a wheelchair died Tuesday afternoon after falling 8 feet from a deck at a home in Beverly, according to local news outlets.
The Essex County District Attorney’s Office confirmed Wednesday that a resident of 55 Amherst Road in Beverly had died, but said that no foul play was suspected. The district attorney’s office declined to offer more information on Wednesday, and Beverly police did not respond to a request for comment.
The man lived at a group home and was using an electric wheelchair when he fell through the deck’s fencing into an embankment around 4 p.m., The Boston Globe reported. Firefighters found the man in a trench near the back of the residence and declared him dead at the scene, WCVB reported.
Beverly police are investigating the incident. No further information about the man’s death — including his identity — has been released.
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Nvidia, the world’s most valuable company, reported another quarter of sustained sales growth in its earnings statement Wednesday, with $46.7 billion in revenue, a 56% increase compared to the same period last year. That growth was largely fueled by AI-dominated data center business, which saw a 56% year-over-year increase in revenue.
Nvidia also saw its net income grow substantially since last year. The company reported a net income of $26.4 billion in the second quarter, a 59% spike since the same period last year.
All told, the company brought in $41.1 billion in revenue from data center sales in the quarter, suggesting that AI companies’ demand for cutting-edge GPUs continues to grow. The company’s most advanced generation of chips, Blackwell, accounted for $27 billion of those sales.
“Blackwell is the AI platform the world has been waiting for,” said CEO Jensen Huang in a statement accompanying the release. “The AI race is on, and Blackwell is the platform at its center.”
Huang said that the company expects to see $3 to 4 trillion in AI infrastructure spending by the end of the decade. “$3 to 4 trillion is fairly sensible for the next five years,” he told one analyst.
The company made particular note of its role in the launch of OpenAI’s open source gpt-oss models earlier this month, which involved processing “1.5 million tokens per second on a single Nvidia Blackwell GB200 NVL72 rack-scale system.”
The earnings also gave a look at Nvidia’s ongoing struggle to sell its chips in Chinese markets. The company reported no sales of its China-focused H20 chip to Chinese customers in the past quarter; Nvidia did report $650 million worth of H20 chips had been sold to a customer outside China.
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The United States has long restricted sales of advanced GPUs to Chinese customers — but the geopolitical situation has changed significantly under President Trump. The company is now permitted to sell chips to China as long as it pays a 15% export tax to the U.S. Treasury, as a result of an unconventional arrangement that legal scholars have described as an unconstitutional abuse of power.
On the earnings call, Nvidia CFO Colette Kress made clear that the lack of shipment was a result of uncertainty around the arrangement, which has not been officially codified into a federal regulation. “While a select number of our China-based customers have received licenses over the past few weeks,” Kress said, “we have not shipped any H20 devices based on those licenses.”
Nvidia said it expects $54 billion in revenue in the third quarter. The company noted that its outlook for the third quarter, which could shift 2% in either direction, doesn’t include any H20 shipments to China.
Acclaim Entertainment, a big name in licensed games in the ’90s, is “returning.” (Although, much like the new Atari, this is technically a different company that bought the old trademark.) The new Acclaim will focus on publishing indie games and reviving classic franchises. We don’t know much beyond that, but we’ll learn more on September 10 in the Play Acclaim Showcase.
The company’s March announcement of its revival hinted at the resurrection of old franchises. But it’s unclear which of its classic games even could return under its umbrella. Acclaim was best known for the home console ports of NBA Jam, Double Dragon and Mortal Kombat. Other companies currently own those IPs. EA has NBA Jam, Arc System Works owns Double Dragon and Warner Bros. Games is still churning out Mortal Kombat titles. So, don’t hold your breath for those.
As far as we know, the new Acclaim doesn’t even own the rights to any of the old Acclaim’s original IPs. That includes the lesser-known Turok, Shadow Man and Re-Volt. But it’s easier to imagine those franchises being licensed or purchased than the more iconic ones.
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Even without old-school revivals, Acclaim can still boost indie titles. The company says it will provide funding, marketing and PR support for smaller studios. If it elevates the right diamonds in the rough, that could have a bigger impact than yet another nostalgia bomb.
Regardless, you don’t have to wait long to learn more. The Play Acclaim showcase will stream live on the company’s YouTube channel. Tune in on September 10 at 2:30PM ET to learn more.
Best Google Pixel 10/Pro pre-order deals: $200 in FREE Amazon credit, up to $350 on 10 Pro Fold, Pixel Watch 4, more
All three of these offers are also matched on the official Google Store where you can receive the same amount of FREE Google Store credit with your pre-order.Google Pixel 10 Pro Fold pre-order deals
The new Pixel Watch 4 has also been revealed and is now available for pre-order starting from $349.99 shipped. There are no FREE store credit offers at Amazon or the Google Store right now, but you can leverage the FREE credit on the phones above to score a deal on the new watches (if you plan on purchasing both of them at some point, anyway):
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The new Dbrand Pixel 10 case lineup is now ready to go, including its new transparent Ghost Case that will never yellow and the tried, tested, and true Grip Case with ultra clicky-buttons and a textured design. Both models are compatible with the Pixelsnap charger and work wonderfully with its Prism Screen Protectors as well various skins to personalize your Grip Case – you can land a Buy One Get One FREE offer on either Holo White or Triple White skins as well.
Or $30 when purchase alongside one of the cases above
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Samsung’s new Galaxy Flip 7 FE is $200 off in the Amazon Labor Day sale ($400 under the standard model)
While the $300 price drop we are tracking on the more popular Galaxy Z Fold 7 is likely a more alluring offer for many, those looking to get in on Samsung’s brand new foldable game can save a whole lot more with the Flip 7 FE – Amazon is now offering new all-time lows on at $200 off on both storage configurations.
Carrying over into its now live Labor Day sale, Amazon has both the entry 128GB model and the upgraded 256GB variant at $200 off the list prices:
Both models are currently up at full price directly from Samsung, providing you don’t want to trade up for them – you can land them at up to $500 off that way, which will bring the price down to as low as $300.
For many, the list prices on the new FE flippers is just too high by comparison to the standard models to jump in. But now at $200 off, or rather $400 less than the Flip 7 standard, the proposition perhaps becomes a far more enticing one for folks looking to save some cash on the new 7 series foldable lineup.
Acer’s Steam-ready Chromebook Plus 516 GE gaming laptop hits one of its lowest prices at $400
As part of its ongoing Labor Day sale, Best Buy is offering Acer’s Chromebook Plus 516 GE gaming notebook for $399.99 shipped. This particular notebook debuted last year with a $649 price tag and has mostly maintained that price, except for a few occasional drops to the $400 to $450 mark. It briefly hit $350 last month as part of the retailer’s Black Friday in July sale, and it’s now within $50 of that all-time low. This is one of the lowest prices we have tracked for this Chromebook since its debut, and you can learn more about it in detail below.
The Acer Chromebook Plus 516 GE stands out as a solid choice if you want a lightweight laptop that balances everyday productivity with a bit of casual gaming. This is a 2024 model that continues to deliver great value with an Intel Core i5-1240U processor, 8GB of RAM, and a 256GB SSD. It features a 16-inch display with support for a 120Hz refresh rate – better than what you’ll find on most Chromebooks in this range. What’s also good about this Chromebook is that you can run Steam on it, allowing you to access a wider library of games without any issues. Other highlights of this 516 GE model include a battery that’s rated for up to 10 hours of usage, an RGB keyboard, Wi-Fi 6E, and a 2.5G Gigabit Ethernet port for more reliable cloud gaming.
This set fetched $349 up until recently when select/most Bose gear saw official price hikes in the U.S. (they now carry a $359 list price). Today’s offer is $120 under the previous list price and $130 less than the new MSRP for the lowest we can find.
This lands within $29 of this year’s Amazon Prime Day price to match the lowest we have tracked there this year otherwise. There have also been some one-off discounts elsewhere, like over at Woot, for a touch less than that, but just about none of those options had proper color options and/or the full warranty.
Anyone looking to purchase a new set of over-ears right now probably has a few brands in mind: Bose, Apple, and Sony (among a couple others). And considering the new Sony XM6 release was easily one of the more popular of the year so far, they are likely to land on the top of your list…until you realize they are $450. The XM6 are fantastic and I personally love them, but that’s a hefty investment to say the least and you had better be the type to really put your over-ears to good use to drop that sort of cash.
All of that is to say if you’re not looking to drop $400+ on a pair of headphones, the latest Bose QuietComfort Bluetooth Headphones are one of my personal top picks (when they are in the $199 to $299 price range). You’re getting that lauded Bose audio reproduction and world-class active noise cancellation, but still staying well away from that $400 investment.
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