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Two of our favorite Anker power banks are on sale, plus the rest of this week’s best tech deals
We’ve spent another week keeping an eye on the worthwhile tech deals out there. Unfortunately, if you’re looking for a discount on the brand new Apple Vision Pro, those headsets are firmly sticking to their $3,499 price tag. But plenty of other devices that we’ve tested and recommend are on sale this week. Anker accessories, including two of our favorite power banks, the Prime and the Nano are on sale. A few different retailers are offering a $400 discount on the Google Pixel Fold. And our favorite Bluetooth trackers for iPhone users are just $79 for a four-pack. If you do pony up for Apple’s spatial computing wonder, note that the compatible AirPods Pro are still within a dollar of their all time low. Here are the best deals from this week that you can still get today.
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Get To Know Our Team: Tim – Operations Manager (Game/App Flighting)
Get To Know Our Team Tim Operations Manager (Game/App Flighting) Hi, everyone! Wynn here. Back again with another Xbox Insider Team interview. Today we’re sitting down with Tim—an Operations Manager, man of few words, and… wait, are you a cat? You said we could choose whatever we want for our pictures! So, I’m my cat. […]
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A Quiet Place: Day One’s first trailer promises to show you how “our world went quiet”
The first trailer for A Quiet Place: Day One is here, offering a look at what happened the day the series’ alien invasion took place.
Since the first A Quiet Place back in 2018, we haven’t seen much of the day the sci-fi horror film’s aliens arrived on earth, apart from a flashback at the start of A Quiet Place Part 2. Where the first two films focused on the Abbott family, the parents being portrayed by Emily Blunt and her real-life husband John Krasinski, this prequel will introduce us to a selection of new characters, again offering a pretty star-studded cast. Top of the billing is Lupita Nyong’o, no stranger to horror having appeared in Jordan Peele’s Us, and probably best known for her role in Black Panther, who’s joined by actors like Alex Wolff (Hereditary), Joseph Quinn (Stranger Things), and Denis O’Hare (True Blood). There will be at least one familiar face, though, as Djimon Hounsou (Gladiator) is returning as his character from Part 2.
You can check out the trailer for the upcoming prequel above, which you probably won’t be surprised to discover has about three words total said aloud in the whole thing. With there being so little dialogue, there’s obviously not too much indication as to what is actually going on, but the big thing is obviously that we’ll get a more in depth look as to what the average joe went through the day the aliens arrived.
One of our favorite noise-canceling earbuds is cheaper than ever
We recommend the Bose QuietComfort Ultra Earbuds in our guide to the best wireless earphones for those who just want the strongest active noise cancellation (ANC) possible in a true wireless design. If you’ve been looking to pick up a pair, take note: A recent sale has brought the earphones back down to $249, which takes $50 off their usual price and matches the previous low we saw during the holiday season. The offer is available at several retailers, including Amazon, Walmart and Bose’s own online store, and it comes as part of a wider spate of discounts on the company’s headphones, earbuds, soundbars and Bluetooth speakers.
Engadget Senior Reporter Billy Steele gave the QuietComfort Ultra Earbuds a score of 88 in his review last September. Again, ANC performance is the big attraction here: The earphones do a superb job of reducing external sound across the board, and Bose’s app lets you lower the intensity of the ANC if it ever feels uncomfortable. (Though, as with most noise-canceling headphones, voices and other higher-pitched sounds will come through a little clearer than bass- and midrange tones.) The actual earpieces are larger than most other pairs, but they’re comfortable, with soft silicone tips that don’t create too much pressure in the ear.
Bose’s sound signature is a bit bass-heavy out of the box, but not to the point of sloppiness, so it should particularly satisfy fans of hip-hop and pop. If you want a little less low-end, you can tweak the EQ curve through Bose’s app. This model also comes with an optional spatial audio feature dubbed “Immersive Audio,” which aims to give any song a greater soundstage and sense of width. Some tracks will still take to it better than others, but Steele found it to offer impressive detail on the whole.
There are some issues to keep in mind, though. The QuietComfort Ultra Earbuds lack wireless charging by default; to add it, you need to buy a $49 case cover. They also can’t connect to two devices simultaneously. The built-in mic is fine for phone calls, but not good, and the six to seven hours of battery life is similarly just OK. With Immersive Audio on, the latter drops closer to four hours. Sony’s WF-1000XM5, the top pick in our guide, offer a wider feature set and excellent ANC performance in their own right (though they may be less comfortable for those with smaller ears). Apple’s AirPods Pro, meanwhile, still include a bevy of conveniences for iPhone owners. Still, if you want a true wireless set that focuses on ANC and spatial audio, this is a decent discount.
In other Bose deals, the over-ear version of the QuietComfort Ultra are also $50 off at $379. That pair delivers top-notch ANC as well, but it’s harder to justify when Sony’s WH-1000XM5, our favorite wireless headphones overall, is currently on sale for $50 less. The older QuietComfort Earbuds II are available for $199 as well, though our review found the Ultra model’s spatial audio tricks to be worth the upgrade.
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One of our favorite noise-canceling earbuds is cheaper than ever
We recommend the Bose QuietComfort Ultra Earbuds in our guide to the best wireless earphones for those who just want the strongest active noise cancellation (ANC) possible in a true wireless design. If you’ve been looking to pick up a pair, take note: A recent sale has brought the earphones back down to $249, which takes $50 off their usual price and matches the previous low we saw during the holiday season. The offer is available at several retailers, including Amazon, Walmart and Bose’s own online store, and it comes as part of a wider spate of discounts on the company’s headphones, earbuds, soundbars and Bluetooth speakers.
Engadget Senior Reporter Billy Steele gave the QuietComfort Ultra Earbuds a score of 88 in his review last September. Again, ANC performance is the big attraction here: The earphones do a superb job of reducing external sound across the board, and Bose’s app lets you lower the intensity of the ANC if it ever feels uncomfortable. (Though, as with most noise-canceling headphones, voices and other higher-pitched sounds will come through a little clearer than bass- and midrange tones.) The actual earpieces are larger than most other pairs, but they’re comfortable, with soft silicone tips that don’t create too much pressure in the ear.
Bose’s sound signature is a bit bass-heavy out of the box, but not to the point of sloppiness, so it should particularly satisfy fans of hip-hop and pop. If you want a little less low-end, you can tweak the EQ curve through Bose’s app. This model also comes with an optional spatial audio feature dubbed “Immersive Audio,” which aims to give any song a greater soundstage and sense of width. Some tracks will still take to it better than others, but Steele found it to offer impressive detail on the whole.
There are some issues to keep in mind, though. The QuietComfort Ultra Earbuds lack wireless charging by default; to add it, you need to buy a $49 case cover. They also can’t connect to two devices simultaneously. The built-in mic is fine for phone calls, but not good, and the six to seven hours of battery life is similarly just OK. With Immersive Audio on, the latter drops closer to four hours. Sony’s WF-1000XM5, the top pick in our guide, offer a wider feature set and excellent ANC performance in their own right (though they may be less comfortable for those with smaller ears). Apple’s AirPods Pro, meanwhile, still include a bevy of conveniences for iPhone owners. Still, if you want a true wireless set that focuses on ANC and spatial audio, this is a decent discount.
In other Bose deals, the over-ear version of the QuietComfort Ultra are also $50 off at $379. That pair delivers top-notch ANC as well, but it’s harder to justify when Sony’s WH-1000XM5, our favorite wireless headphones overall, is currently on sale for $50 less. The older QuietComfort Earbuds II are available for $199 as well, though our review found the Ultra model’s spatial audio tricks to be worth the upgrade.
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Doctors said my healthy 25-year-old brother’s heart palpitations were anxiety – the next day our parents found him dead
A MAN who suffered heart palpitations was found dead by his parents just a day after doctors diagnosed him with anxiety.
Ben Peters, 25, was a healthy avid footballer from Manchester when he suddenly died.
Football fan Ben Peters died suddenly from heart-related issues last year[/caption]
The 25-year-old was in the prime of his life when tragedy struck[/caption]
Ben pictured with his mum Anna and brother Michael[/caption]
The man had just taken his final exams to become a qualified solicitor and was running a local football team, Cheadle Atlas.
However, one evening in November last year he suffered a bout of chest pains and was short of breath.
He checked himself into A&E but left after doctors allegedly claimed his symptoms could be anxiety or gastroenteritis as all of his tests came back clear.
The next morning on November 12, he was dead.
Michael, Ben’s brother, told Manchester Evening News the tragedy came as a shock.
He said: “It was a Friday night, around midnight, Ben started having a lot of chest pain and was breathing in and out quickly, having serious shortness of breath.
“I rang my mum and dad and Ben went to A&E at the Manchester Royal Infirmary.
“He had quite a few tests and none of them showed anything was wrong.
“Doctors just put his symptoms down to anxiety disorder or gastroenteritis because he was incredibly tense and having heart palpitations.”
Once Ben was discharged, the 25-year-old returned to his parent’s home for the rest of the day and spent the night there.
The next morning his dad was met with a waking nightmare.
Michael said: “My dad was the first to wake up and noticed the light was still on and went to check on Ben who had been sleeping on the sofa.
“He found Ben, he was dead.”
The sudden death left his family devastated, however, Michael believed the medical staff did everything in their power to assess Ben.
Michael said: “Ben’s electrocardiogram (ECG) was normal, his X-ray came out fine.
“The medics are looking for the most likely cause and there was just nothing they thought was an issue, they can’t look into every single possible detail.
“Really, it was just a very unlucky set of circumstances and timings.
“It was no one’s fault.”
An inquest was launched following the shock death.
In early May, the inquiry found Ben had died from a lethal aortic dissection.
The symptoms of such a tear are severe pains in the chest and can result in sudden death.
Michael said: “The inquest revealed that Ben had a catastrophic haemorrhage of his aorta.
“There was a tear on his heart and it expanded, and ended up completely severing, which killed him.”
The brother admitted his family have struggled with the loss but have also been overwhelmed with support they have received.
It also prompted them to get their own hearts checked.
Ben’s immediate family, including his two brothers Harry and Michael, mum Anna and dad Stephen, underwent MRI scans, ECGs and echocardiograms.
The tests found Stephen had the same vulnerability, and he will now undergo open-heart surgery in June as a result.
On July 8, Ben’s family will host a charity football match at Cheadle’s football ground to raise awareness about chest related health issues.
Michael said: “We’re trying to raise money for C-R-Y, which has been a real, massive help.
“Ben was incredibly enthusiastic, he was a really great brother to me, he was only a year above me and taught me a lot about life.
“We all miss Ben every day, he was my best friend.
“It’s very hard coming to terms with a life without him.”
A spokesman for Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, which runs Manchester Royal Infirmary, said: “We wish to offer our sincere condolences to the family of Ben for their loss.
“Sadly, routine tests do not always pick up on this tragic condition and Ben’s circumstances were truly unfortunate.
“We wholeheartedly support Ben’s family and friends in raising awareness for cardiac risk in the young.”
CRY offers subsidised ECG and echocardiogram screening to all young people between the ages of 14 and 35.
An ECG is a simple way to diagnose most cardiac abnormalities.
Results should be read by a cardiologist and or extra clarity, an echocardiogram can also be done.
Ben, centre, pictured with his brothers Harry and Michael, and dad Stephen[/caption]