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Wired reviews and recommends the best smartphones that still include a headphone jack in 2026, highlighting models like the Motorola Moto G Stylus and TCL 60 XE Nxtpaper, while discussing the port's decline since Apple removed it.
MiniMax launches H3, an open multimodal generation model that handles text, images, video, and audio, generating up to 15 seconds of 2K video with native stereo sound, and plans to open-source the weights.
The Nothing Ear 3A earbuds offer solid ANC and audio performance at $99, but suffer from occasional bugs and bass-heavy default sound that requires EQ adjustment.
The EPOS H3 Hybrid gaming headset, combining wired and Bluetooth audio, is on sale for $24.99, 75% off its original price.
FreqWave EQ is a browser-based real-time equalizer that lets users customize web audio.
A technical blog post detailing fast integer-based oscillator implementations for the GBA and rp2040, covering saw, square, triangle, and pulse waves, with focus on speed over aliasing reduction.
Release 0.4 of audio.cpp adds C++/GGML inference for Higgs Audio v3 TTS 4B (10x real-time) and Fish Audio S2 Pro, with full GGUF loading and Q8 speed/VRAM gains.
Liso lets you highlight text on any webpage and converts it into audio for listening.
Fusion Embedding introduces a family of models that add audio to a frozen vision-language embedding backbone, enabling a unified space for text, image, video, and audio retrieval. The models train only lightweight adapters and achieve audio-image retrieval without paired audio-visual data.
Instagram is rolling out a feature that lets creators swap the audio track on old posts an unlimited number of times without losing likes or comments, as part of its broader effort to compete with TikTok by offering more flexible content editing tools.
Browser FX is a tool that adds real-time audio effects to your web browser.
Cagire is a free, open-source step sequencer where each step contains a Forth script instead of traditional note data, with a built-in audio engine called Doux. It supports live coding and is available for multiple platforms.
Skullcandy partners with Bose to improve audio quality and release new Crusher 1080 ANC headphones, aiming to shed its budget reputation.
A Claude Code plugin that plays Mr. Meeseeks audio cues when Claude is waiting for user input, enhancing the development experience with audio feedback.
VocalVia is a tool that converts documents and articles into editable multi-voice audio.
EQK is a Mac app that uses dynamic AI-powered equalization for audio.
GGUF quantizations of Tencent's Hy3 295B MoE model and NVIDIA's audio-capable 30B MoE model are released with detailed benchmarks, imatrix calibration, and full reproducibility data.
audio.cpp update introduces streaming support and four ASR/STT models (Nemotron 3.5, Higgs Audio STT, VibeVoice ASR, Hviske ASR) in native C++/GGML, achieving up to 2.41x faster than Python with competitive WER and VRAM usage.
A progressive web app that recreates the full soundscape of Tokyo's Yamanote Line, including station melodies, door chimes, announcements, and ambient train noise, allowing users to listen to all 30 stations in both directions via a shareable, offline-capable interface.