Google Pixel Buds review: Google Assistant makes a home in your ears

Google’s very first pair of headphones go on sale November 17 for $ 159, and we got a pair to test out their ability to translate 40 languages, play music, ping notifications in your ear, and power Google Assistant commands like ordering a pizza, getting directions, and searching Google. All tests of the device took […]

Google’s Pixel Buds will find cultural complexities a challenge

GUEST: Google recently unveiled its vision for the future of global communication — a pair of headphones that can translate over 40 languages in real time. But are we sure that we can rely on Google Translate to understand the nuances of spoken language and the complexities of culture? The company has made enormous linguistic progress […]

Battle of the buds: how Apple AirPods stack up against other wireless earbuds

Enlarge (credit: Valentina Palladino) Apple’s iPhone 7 isn’t the first phone to ship without a headphone jack. But the iPhone 7 is definitely the most important and popular phone to discard the headphone jack, and Apple is dragging the industry toward a wireless future, whether we like it or not. At least the company provided […]

ALBUM REVIEW: Fresh Cream will satisfy the taste buds of any ultimate Cream fan

With alternative and startingly clear new stereo mixes, plus several previously unreleased contemporaneous BBC sessions, it will satisfy the taste buds of any ultimate Cream fan. Originally released in 1966, Clapton, Baker and Bruce brewed up a hailstorm of blues on the well chosen standards and self penned songs contained here. Listening to the wild […]