Always good to land in Vegas and a product that's embargoed for two days from now is already live on a company's website.

Two big CES audio announcements have already happened: Samsung Music Studio speakers and LG Sound Suite.

Can't wait to ask my in-laws about [REDACTED] at Christmas dinner.

"[M]onetized the dysfunction" is a good way to describe the American health care system too.

Amazon wants you to use a few of its new Echo speakers as a home theater setup. Maybe don't commit to that just yet? www.engadget.com/audio/speake...

Congrats to @northcarolinagop.bsky.social for this achievement. www.wfdd.org/education/20...

insane that "I'll have what she's having," "You can't handle the truth," "Turn it up to 11," and the entirety of The Princess Bride's dozens of multi-generational loadbearing quotes all came from the same brain.

Why yes I'm having a productive start to PTO why do you ask

This entire grift relies on convincing people that they don't know how to do the things they have always known how to do, and ironically, if it works, we will, in a very short amount of time, forget how to do all the things we have always known how to do.

In case you were still wondering if we are actually doomed...

Ballie went to rescue the Galaxy Home, failed, and they're now both in the same jungle prison forever.

To those excited about kei cars in the US, please know that there are many superminis in various international markets that could have been sold in the US under current regulations. By and large, manufacturers don't because nobody here buys them. Changing legality sadly does not create a market.

Bold F1 predictions for 2027: - Piastri to Aston-Martin (not that bold lol) - Hamilton to McLaren for one year farewell tour - Leclerc to Red Bull - Russell wins WDC, Mercedes wins Constructors

I think McLaren would be perfectly happy if neither of its drivers won the championship. They've been tying themselves in knots not to prioritize one over the other all season, culminating with two shambolic weeks in a row.

Happy Thanksgiving!

NYT Opinion: How the Vegas double DQ is actually good for McLaren

Our pediatrician has a whole section on their website about vaccines and autism that's yanno written by actual doctors and scientists. Notice the bold for emphasis: www.cptriad.com/immunization...

If you're a PR person emailing to ask if I'm going to CES, please, for the love of little baby Jesus, include the companies you work for in the email. I am not open to meeting with unnamed companies lol.

I've been making A LOT of pizza lately.

Can confirm monthly tuition for PreK is more than my mortgage payment. Very much looking forward to keeping that $10-12k per year at Kindergarten.

I own all of Analogue's restomod consoles. They are truly the Singer of vintage gaming, and I was lucky to get an early taste of the company's eagerly anticipated remained Nintendo 64. Unfortunately for the Analogue 3D, it's the games that let the experience down. www.engadget.com/gaming/analo...

We bought for $148k in 2014. My house (with no substantial upgrades) is now valued at $300k. When entry-level homes costing that much, it's not surprising people in their late 20s and early 30s are no longer buying houses. We certainly couldn't have afforded a $250k+ mortgage back then.

I love this story so much.

Well this is handy.

Over the past several months, I've been working on a turntable buyer's guide for @engadget.com. To limit the field, we set the price at $600 and under. Here are my initial picks: www.engadget.com/audio/best-r...

One of two pieces on the current state of things for Honda from @timstevens.bsky.social. This one will be of interest for anyone who is waiting for a more Honda EVs in the US.

I do think yesterday’s results reinforced the dynamic that while much of the American leadership class is chickenshit, most of the electorate is not

A little extra pep in my step this morning. Good things can still happen.

I didn't really care about the Disney vs. YouTube TV spat until tonight. College basketball season has started and you can't watch much without ESPN (especially not Duke). Plus, next weekend F1 is back.

Hi! Preposterously excited (& tbh nervous in the good but also terrifying way) to say that i'm spinning up a podcast that will expand on all the work i do covering politics/technology/information hell. here's a lil teaser we made - first ep will come out 11/14! www.youtube.com/watch?v=lnDE...

This is an excellent explainer on the state of things for DJI in the US by @stevedent.bsky.social.

Ug. This sucks.

This photo of rookie Yesavage casually walking off the mound as future Hall of Famer and helmet-less Ohtani is still in motion striking out is everything. #WantItAll

Sennheiser set out to provide audiophile-grade performance in a set of wireless headphones with the HDB 630. I just wish the company had given a little more thought to the design. My full review: www.engadget.com/audio/headph...

The second-gen Bose QuietComfort Ultra Headphones aren't completely overhauled, but that's okay. My full review: www.engadget.com/audio/headph...

i’ve posted some version of this many times so i finally decided to make my case for it: taxing the rich is not only good for us. it is good for them. having a billion dollars is like toxic waste for your soul. we can and should remove it from them. it’s the loving thing to do!

If there's no benefit to rich white dudes, you can expect it'll be on the chopping block soon enough. Piece by piece, they're getting rid of public schools, and they're starting with the programs for kids who benefit from public schools the most.

if i'm reading this right, a who's who of LA's cultural elite are paying money to experience what it's like to have a job

Haven't listened to AFI much since Sing The Sorrow and Decemberunderground, so I decided to give this new record a go and... what the hell is this?

Finally got to Ruston Kelly's new record in my backlog and oh boy it might be my favorite album of the year. music.apple.com/us/album/pal...

Boone Doggle is pretty good ngl.

Everyone is watching for Amazon news, but Beats just announced new earbuds that are a lot like its old earbuds. www.engadget.com/audio/headph...

If you're into more in-depth coverage of the new AirPods, I spoke to a a couple people on the product team about how ANC helps other features like Live Translation: www.engadget.com/audio/headph...

Online trads going to church for the first time and finding out it's not an IRL version of their personal Based internet club always cracks me up

In years past, Amazon announced 1,254 products in a single event.

It's obvious that the AirPods Pro 3 are Apple's best earbuds yet, but you should buy them because the company probably isn't done harnessing the power of its H2 chip. www.engadget.com/audio/headph...

I have never ordered something so fast in my life.

I really hope the person in the hotel room next door is doing something fun because the TV is so loud I can clearly hear it through the wall.

Oh hey, I wrote about the new AirPods Pro today. www.engadget.com/audio/headph...

The Ooni Volt V2 definitely has more features than the original, and perhaps most importantly, it costs less.