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The best Sony headphones deals at a glance: Sony WH-1000XM4 $198 (save $151.99) Get Deal Best noise-cancellers on a budget Sony WH-CH720N $98 (save $81.99) Get Deal Best on a budget Sony WH-CH520 wireless headphones $38 (save $31.99) Get Deal Best for bass lovers Sony ULT Wear noise-cancelling headphones $148 (save $101.99) Get Deal Best earbuds deal Sony WF-1000XM5 noise-cancelling earbuds $213 (save $116.99) Get Deal It's no secret that we're big Sony fans. The audio brand's speakers , earbuds , and headphones regularly top our list of favorites. But the list of Sony headphones on its own is pretty comprehensive, with a model sitting at just about every price point. So, which Sony headphones are the best of the best? Glad you asked. Mashable's team of experts tested just about every pair of headphones and earbuds in Sony's lineup to help you choose which ones are right for you. We've ...

What do horror and comedy really have in common? More than you’d think. Both genres rely on timing, surprise, and provoking reactions you can’t hold back. From Jordan Peele to Zach Cregger, comedy veterans are proving they know exactly how to scare us — and why the line between a laugh and a scream is thinner than it seems. from Mashable https://ift.tt/Zby9UPz via IFTTT

In the fourth episode of its seventh season, Dropout's Game Changer introduced an intriguing new game. Stand-up comedians Jeff Arcuri, Josh Johnson, and Gianmarco Soresi had to do competitive crowd work, spinning comedy out of their audience's most outlandish — and sometimes, downright traumatizing — stories. SEE ALSO: 'Game Changer' smartly weaponizes its social media following in 'Fool's Gold' Titled "Crowd Control," the episode's audience featured a competitive bearder, identical triplets, and the survivor of a serial killer attack, prompting a wide range of reactions and jokes from the competing comedians. Ultimately, though, the episode proved a fascinating exploration of walking the line between comedy and empathy, making it one of the season's most compelling installments. Now, Dropout is spinning "Crowd Control" off into its own show, joining the likes of other Game Changer spin-offs like Make Some Noise , Dirty ...

As it turns out, she’s just not that into you. Not because of who you are — but because she doesn’t exist. That’s the grim reality facing women in professional golf right now. As The Athletic reports in its “Stalking in Sports” series , LPGA athletes are increasingly being impersonated in catfishing scams that prey on older men, leaving players to deal with the fallout — harassment at tournaments, threats at home, and genuine fear for their safety. SEE ALSO: Deepfake voice scams are more sophisticated than ever: How to keep your family safe The scam itself is nothing new : fake accounts posing as women golfers on Instagram lure men, often in their 60s or 70s, into private messaging apps like Telegram. Soon, the scammers are convincing them to send money in the form of crypto or gift cards in exchange for promises of VIP tournament access or even private dinners. LPGA athletes have been sounding the alarm about catfishing since at least 2022 , but The Athletic's investigati...

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has announced plans to investigate both Meta AI Studio and Character.AI for offering AI chatbots that can claim to be health tools, and potentially misusing data collected from underage users. Paxton says that AI chatbots from either platform "can present themselves as professional therapeutic tools," to the point of lying about their qualifications. That behavior that can leave younger users vulnerable to misleading and inaccurate information. Because AI platforms often rely on user prompts as another source of training data, either company could also be violating young user's privacy and misusing their data. This is of particular interest in Texas, where the SCOPE Act places specific limits on what companies can do with data harvested from minors, and requires platform's offer tools so parents can manage the privacy settings of their children's accounts. For now, the Attorney General has submitted Civil Investigative Demand...

If you're at all interested in what Google has in store for its Pixel 10 lineup, you're not going to want to miss the annual Made by Google livestream event at 1 p.m. EST on Wednesday, Aug. 20. There have been plenty of leaks ahead of this event , including loads of Pixel 10 specs , the Pixel 10 Pro Fold, the Pixel Watch 4, Pixel buds, and more. We'll be covering the event live, and you can watch as Google unveils all the new Pixel devices (and hopefully some surprises as well). SEE ALSO: The next Made By Google event is coming in August: All the devices and news we expect There are plenty of ways to watch the big event, including a live feed from CNET , but if you want it straight from the source, head to Made by Google's YouTube channel to watch the show. It already has a trailer set up , and, if you're as eager as we are, you can turn a notification on so your YouTube account will make sure you know when the show goes live on August 20 at 1 p.m. ET. ...

Oh hey there! If you're here, it must be time for Wordle . As always, we're serving up our daily hints and tips to help you figure out today's answer. If you just want to be told today's word, you can jump to the bottom of this article for today's Wordle solution revealed. But if you'd rather solve it yourself, keep reading for some clues, tips, and strategies to assist you. SEE ALSO: Mahjong, Sudoku, free crossword, and more: Play games on Mashable SEE ALSO: NYT Connections today: Hints and answers for August 4 Where did Wordle come from? Originally created by engineer Josh Wardle as a gift for his partner, Wordle rapidly spread to become an international phenomenon, with thousands of people around the globe playing every day. Alternate Wordle versions created by fans also sprang up, including battle royale Squabble , music identification game Heardle , and variations like Dordle and Quordle that make you guess multiple words at once .  Wor...

The first-ever World Humanoid Robot Games have come to a close with some new world records, but don't expect them to beat humans in a 100-meter dash any time soon. The three-day robotics event in Beijing, China that saw humanoid robots compete in everything from boxing to cleaning concluded this weekend. According to the World Humanoid Robot Games, more than 280 teams from 16 countries, including the US, Germany, Brazil and the host country, entered their robots into the event. A majority of the teams came from universities, but several teams came from established robotics companies like Unitree and Fournier Intelligence. Hundreds of robots competed in traditional sporting events like running, soccer and table tennis, along with events for more practical tasks, like cleaning or sorting medicine. Unitree snagged gold medals in four categories, including the 1,500-meter, 400-meter, 100-meter, and 4x100-meter dash events. According to Unitree, the fastest speed achieved by one of ...

A quirk of nature that helps magnify extremely distant cosmic objects allowed a space telescope to see a star that existed when the universe was only 900 million years old.  NASA's Hubble observatory made the discovery in 2022, making it the farthest and earliest star ever seen. Astronomers named it Earendel , meaning "morning star" in Old English.  A year later, scientists followed up with the James Webb Space Telescope because it has a larger mirror and collects light at longer infrared wavelengths. At that point, scientists thought they may have spotted a companion star, something they were surprised was technically possible, even with Webb's unprecedented power.  Now, a new study suggests that the astonishingly distant starlight of Earendel may be coming from more than just a single star or close pair. The paper, published   in  The Astrophysical Journal Letters , analyzes the previous Webb telescope data with computer models and finds a compelling c...

Oh hey there! If you're here, it must be time for Wordle . As always, we're serving up our daily hints and tips to help you figure out today's answer. If you just want to be told today's word, you can jump to the bottom of this article for today's Wordle solution revealed. But if you'd rather solve it yourself, keep reading for some clues, tips, and strategies to assist you. SEE ALSO: Mahjong, Sudoku, free crossword, and more: Play games on Mashable SEE ALSO: NYT Connections today: Hints and answers for August 4 Where did Wordle come from? Originally created by engineer Josh Wardle as a gift for his partner, Wordle rapidly spread to become an international phenomenon, with thousands of people around the globe playing every day. Alternate Wordle versions created by fans also sprang up, including battle royale Squabble , music identification game Heardle , and variations like Dordle and Quordle that make you guess multiple words at once .  Wor...