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XboxRefresh

New Xbox Designs for 2024 Leaked

By Lachlan Cooney | September 20, 2023
Aspinity

Aspinity Raises $5 Million Series B Funding

By Peter Cooney | September 20, 2023
IFA

SAR at IFA

By Joe Murray | September 14, 2023
Beolab8

Bang & Olufsen Unveils Its New Beolab 8 Wireless Speaker

By Kian Rayment | September 14, 2023
iPhone15

How Apple’s New iPhone15 Charging Features Further Support its Sustainability Efforts

By Ryan Sanderson | September 14, 2023
WCharger

Belkin and Anker Announce First Qi2 Compatible Products

By Ross Denyer | September 14, 2023
LGThinQ

Samsung Unveils Vision for AI-Powered Home Appliances Revolution

By Peter Cooney | September 13, 2023
Urbanista

Solar power to improve speaker performance

By Joe Murray | September 13, 2023
EVgoAmazon

EVgo and Amazon Launch Seamless EV Charger Navigation Experience with Alexa

By Ryan Sanderson | September 5, 2023
ChevySi

GM Makes Vehicle-to-Home Bidirectional Charging Technology Available Across Portfolio of Upcoming Ultium-based EVs

By Ryan Sanderson | August 30, 2023
SCIT

Spark Connected and Infineon Technologies Unveil 500W Wireless Charging Module

By Ross Denyer | August 30, 2023
NASA YT

Yank Technologies Secure Prestigious NASA SBIR Contract

By Ross Denyer | August 30, 2023
PcPm

Powercast and Powermat partner to create first one-stop-shop to deliver wireless power ranging from SmartInductive to RF at 120ft

By Ross Denyer | August 15, 2023
JLGarmin

Garmin signs purchase agreement to acquire JL Audio, a highly regarded audio solutions manufacturer

By Kian Rayment | August 15, 2023
USound

Exotic New Silicon-Based Speakers Are Coming to Next-Generation Earbuds

By Peter Cooney | August 15, 2023
Cirrus Logic PC Audio

Cirrus Logic Helps Ease PC Industry Transition to New MIPI SoundWire® Interface

By Peter Cooney | August 4, 2023
EVCharger

New UK Government legislation targets 99% reliability for rapid EV chargers

By Ryan Sanderson | August 1, 2023
EVComps

Seven Automakers Unite to Create a Leading High-Powered Charging Network Across North America

By Ryan Sanderson | August 1, 2023
BeatsSP

Wires vs Lossless Codecs

By Joe Murray | August 1, 2023
EVRoad

Electreon to Build Wireless Charging Roads in France and Norway

By Ross Denyer | August 1, 2023
VWEVs

VW Develop Wireless EV Charging

By Ross Denyer | August 1, 2023
TT

TikTok beta tests premium only streaming service

By Kian Rayment | July 20, 2023
Stellantis

Stellantis Implements Multifaceted Semiconductor Strategy to Ensure Supply Security, Drive Innovation

By Peter Cooney | July 20, 2023
Afeela

Sony and Honda’s “Afeela” car showcases automotive’s high-tech future

By Peter Cooney | July 20, 2023
WiTricity

WiTricity Plans to Introduce Wireless EV Charging to Japan

By Ross Denyer | July 18, 2023
TeslaLot

Tesla produced nearly 480,000 vehicles and delivered over 466,000 vehicles in 2Q’23

By Ryan Sanderson | July 18, 2023
PlaneWC

United Airlines to Introduce Wireless Charging on Domestic Flights

By Ross Denyer | July 18, 2023
AirbusST

Airbus to Collaborate with STMicroelectronics on Power Electronics Research

By Ross Denyer | July 4, 2023
ShokzOF

Shokz enter the TWS market

By Joe Murray | July 4, 2023
QCS3

Qualcomm S3 Gen 2 Sound Platform Portfolio

By Peter Cooney | July 4, 2023
IA

IONITY extends supplier base to accelerate network expansion

By Ryan Sanderson | June 28, 2023
UEPrem

Knowles Balanced Armatures Pack High-Fidelity Punch into 21-Driver UE PREMIER IEM

By Peter Cooney | June 27, 2023
SPWisa

Sunplus and WiSA Technologies Partner to Enable Cost-Effective Atmos Soundbar Applications up to 7.1.4 Configurations

By Kian Rayment | June 22, 2023
AppleVP

Apple Vision Pro

By Joe Murray | June 22, 2023
WimIBM

AI in Consumer Devices

By Joe Murray | June 22, 2023
ProjQ

Qualcomm Open to Working With PlayStation on Handheld System

By Peter Cooney | June 22, 2023
TCharger

Tesla Will Open Its Charging Network to G.M.’s Electric Vehicles

By Ryan Sanderson | June 21, 2023
LGEnrgy

LG Energy Solution Unveils Prime+, A Residential Energy Storage System

By Ryan Sanderson | June 21, 2023
Supercharger

Ford’s Deal To Use Tesla Charging Connector And Superchargers Could Kill CCS

By Ryan Sanderson | June 7, 2023
R+P

Renesas Completes Acquisition of Panthronics AG

By Ross Denyer | June 7, 2023
SonyM

Sony Music chief talks streaming, short-form, gaming and AI in investor presentation

By Kian Rayment | May 25, 2023
WinLaptop

Windows 11 Adds Bluetooth LE Audio Support

By Peter Cooney | May 25, 2023
Unity

Unity claim first lossless wireless headphones

By Joe Murray | May 25, 2023
DTW

Synaptics Showcases AI-Enabled Vega Technology

By Peter Cooney | May 25, 2023
HA

Head Acoustics offers LE Audio testing environment

By Joe Murray | May 24, 2023
OspreyCharge

Osprey Charging opens ultra-rapid charging hub on A127 near M25 in Essex.

By Ryan Sanderson | May 24, 2023
etalink

Wiferion Launches Compact Wireless Charging System for Small Mobile Robots

By Ross Denyer | May 24, 2023
2wPB (1)

Energous Elevates IoT Wireless Power Networks to a Higher Level of Performance with New 2W PowerBridge

By Ross Denyer | May 24, 2023
PanaAvio

Panasonic Avionics to partner with HEAR360 to bring Spatial Audio to the air

By Kian Rayment | May 10, 2023
TeslaM3

Tesla Claims Its Battery Degrades By Only 12% After 200k Miles

By Ryan Sanderson | May 10, 2023
InfineonHQ

Infineon Breaks Ground on 300-mm Fab in Dresden

By Peter Cooney | May 10, 2023
JLabWB

JLab’s Work Buds

By Joe Murray | May 10, 2023
XiaomiQQSav

Xiaomi and QQ Music teamed up with Savitech’s LHDC 5.0 to wirelessly release “master tape level” 24bit/192kHz audio quality

By Peter Cooney | May 10, 2023
HondaAI

SoundHound Announces Chat AI For Automotive Voice Assistant

By Joe Murray | May 10, 2023
MagV3

Wired Earbuds Are Cool Again

By Kian Rayment | May 10, 2023
TW

Toho and Wi-Charge Partner to Promote Wireless Charging at Manufacturing Sites

By Ross Denyer | May 3, 2023
Laptop

Haptics Touchpad Ecosystem Continues to Grow

By Peter Cooney | April 26, 2023
Apple

Will Apple abandon button design change?

By Peter Cooney | April 26, 2023
EV (1)

JLR TO INVEST £15 BILLION OVER NEXT FIVE YEARS AS ITS MODERN LUXURY ELECTRIC-FIRST FUTURE ACCELERATES

By Ryan Sanderson | April 25, 2023
ABT

WiTricity Partner with ABT e-Line to Bring Wireless EV Charging to Europe

By Ross Denyer | April 25, 2023
xMEMS SV

xMEMS brings speakers plus programmable vent to production

By Peter Cooney | April 20, 2023
GoogleDisplay

Google ends updates and effectively kills third-party assistant smart displays

By Kian Rayment | April 13, 2023
TWS

Knowles Releases High-Performance Digital Voice Vibration Sensor for High-Fidelity Voice Pick-Up in TWS

By Peter Cooney | April 13, 2023
NIO

NIO officially opens first EV battery swap station in Denmark

By Ryan Sanderson | April 12, 2023
Poly

Poly and NuCurrent Partner to Power Pro-Grade Devices

By Ross Denyer | April 12, 2023
Energous

Energous Completes Its Global Major Markets Regulatory Approval

By Ross Denyer | April 12, 2023
PSB

PSB Speakers, Sonical and MQA announce partnership to create next-generation headphones

By Peter Cooney | March 29, 2023
STMicroChip

ST Strengthens position in the TWS sensor market

By Joe Murray | March 28, 2023
PI

Power Integrations Launches 900 V GaN Flyback Switcher ICs

By Ryan Sanderson | March 28, 2023
NuraTrue Pro Earbuds

NuraTrue Pro earbuds offer custom sound and exceptional spatial audio

By Kian Rayment | March 27, 2023
Wiferion

Wiferion Enters the North American Market

By Ross Denyer | March 27, 2023
R+P

Renesas to Acquire Panthronics

By Ross Denyer | March 27, 2023
AP

Will UWB change the world of headphones?

By Peter Cooney | March 27, 2023
Mic

RadioGPT

By Joe Murray | March 27, 2023
GHireve

Tesla joins Gireve’s roaming platform to open its Superchargers to an eMSP partner in Europe

By Ryan Sanderson | March 16, 2023
IinfineonxGan

Infineon to acquire GaN Systems

By Ross Denyer | March 16, 2023
ST

ST Microelectronics earns USB-IF certification for complete USB PD EPR solution; efficiently delivers up to 140W from a single adapter

By Ryan Sanderson | March 9, 2023
GaN

Transphorm and Weltrend Semiconductor Partner to Release Integrated GaN System-in-Package

By Ross Denyer | March 3, 2023
SonosEra

Sonos releases new line of speakers

By Kian Rayment | March 2, 2023
MEMs

AAC helps directional MEMS microphone startup get to market

By Peter Cooney | March 1, 2023
HPC

HP Adopt Transphorm’s SuperGaN into New 65W Adapter

By Ross Denyer | February 28, 2023
Prius

Toyoda Gosei Develops a More Compact Wireless Charger for the New Prius

By Ross Denyer | February 28, 2023
SeatF

SEAT to spend 3.2 billion converting main factory to BEV production hub for VW Group

By Ryan Sanderson | February 28, 2023
RazerLeviathan

World’s first beamforming soundbar tracks your head

By Joe Murray | February 16, 2023
CB

Latest quarter results from major semis vendors are a mixed bag, but generally it is a quarter of decline

By Peter Cooney | February 14, 2023
N+S

New Netflix spatial audio powered by Sennheiser

By Kian Rayment | February 14, 2023
Peugeot Inception

New Peugeot Inception concept revealed at CES 2023

By Ross Denyer | February 13, 2023
Gridserve

Gridserve installed 32 new high power EV chargers in January

By Ryan Sanderson | February 13, 2023
AFA

AirFuel Alliance announces release of global At-A-Distance RF wireless charging standard

By Ross Denyer | February 13, 2023
Vivomove Trend

The Vivomove Trend is the first Garmin watch to feature wireless charging

By Ross Denyer | February 13, 2023
RAM Charger

RAM electric pickup inductive charging robot

By Ross Denyer | February 13, 2023
Qi2

New Qi2 standard for wireless devices ensures enhanced consumer convenience and efficiency

By Ross Denyer | February 13, 2023
GMC Hummer EV

GMC Hummer EV supertruck launches with Bose Electric Vehicle Sound Enhancement Technology

By Peter Cooney | January 30, 2023
InfineonLogo

Infineon fosters the adoption of its innovative multilevel Class D audio amplifier technology through an ecosystem of associated partners

By Peter Cooney | January 30, 2023
xMEMS (1)

xMEMS and Bujeon Electronics announce immediate availability of 2-way speaker modules for hi-res, lossless TWS earbuds

By Peter Cooney | January 30, 2023
CES

CES 2023: Technology advancements drive Headphone 3.0 forward

By Peter Cooney | January 27, 2023
Alexa Mon

Amazon is on pace to lose $10 billion this year from Alexa and other devices

By Peter Cooney | January 16, 2023
analytic

Meta acquires Audio Analytic

By Peter Cooney | November 28, 2022
Azoteq

Why buy four chips if you only need one?

By Peter Cooney | November 28, 2022
GMC

2023 GMC Sierra gets limited wireless phone charging availability

By Ross Denyer | November 25, 2022

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