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Sony/ZDNETThe audio market is seeing new additions every month, with companies like Google, Samsung, and JBL refreshing their flagship earbuds. However, some companies, like Sony, are holding off on their more premium options and upgrading their budget buds instead.Also: The best earbuds you can buy: Expert tested and reviewedCase in point: Sony’s latest WF-C510 earbuds, the successor to the WF-500 earbuds from 2021, sport a closed-back, rounded form factor with angled silicone tips. They ditch the more expensive noise-canceling tech in favor of an Ambient sound mode and extensive compatibility with Sony’s mobile app.Although these earbuds can be considered a heavily stripped-down version of Sony’s flagship WF-1000X series earbuds, the company says the WF-C510 debut has many upgrades compared to its predecessor. For example, Sony claims the WF-C510 are 20% smaller and 15%, or 0.8 grams, lighter than the WF-C500.Also: Sony’s WF-1000XM5 may just be the best premium earbuds right nowThe decrease in size should make the WF-C510 more comfortable to wear for long periods, as some people found the WF-C500 too bulky and built up too much in-ear pressure. Instead of tap-and-swipe controls found on the premium Sony buds, the WF-C510 have buttons on the outer edges. We’ll have to see if that’s a deficit at all when we test them soon. More
Chris Clor/Getty Images Over the years, Linux has had little to offer gamers. Sure, there were a few cutesy games (such as one of my favorites, Frozen Bubble), but not many more. Then came Wine, which allowed users to play Windows games on Linux. Nowadays, there’s Steam. Also: Linux market share hit its highest point ever […] More
Stat Counter/ZDNETI’ve been using Linux since before it was cool. Back then, Linux was so obscure that it didn’t even register on any market share metric. Since then, it’s grown at such a snail’s crawl pace that it gave everyone all the doubt they needed that Linux would ever be taken seriously.That’s why when StatCounter reported that Linux had reached a 4.45% market share for global desktop operating systems in July, those of us who’ve been championing Linux for all these years raised up a mighty “Huzzah!” in celebration.Also: Linus Torvalds talks AI, Rust adoption, and why the Linux kernel is ‘the only thing that matters’Anyone who follows such trends is probably laughing at such a low percentage, but for those who’ve been using Linux since the early days, that number represents a clear indicator of things to come. If you look at the past year (from July 2023 to July 2024), you see that Linux started at 3.12%, saw a fairly steady climb up (with just a few small dips on the way), and it wasn’t until February that it finally broke 4% (at 4.03). This upward trend should continue and is most likely powered by users becoming disheartened by the Windows OS (and the looming end of support for Windows 10) and the rising cost of Apple hardware. More
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