CES 2026 was light on new headphones yet heavy on open earbuds, signaling a move away from noise-isolating designs.

The Sony LinkBuds Open are not like most wireless earbuds. Instead of creating a complete seal in your ear canal to block sound from entering, they have a physical hole in their ring-like design. This ...

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NEW YORK, Dec. 10, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Today at the inaugural Shokz Innovate event in New York City, Shokz introduced OpenSound, a next generation audio technology architecture built to advance ...

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The HD 620S are the latest addition to Sennheiser’s legendary HD 600 series of headphones that are targeted at audiophiles and professional audio users and come with a premium price tag of $300/Rs ...

Taylor worked with AP from 2018 to 2025, most recently as Google Editor. Active noise cancelation has become an expected feature in all but the cheapest wireless earbuds, and it's pretty commonplace ...