Audio-Technica announces ATH-TWX9 auto-sterilising earbuds

Audio-Technica has announced the ATH-TWX9, a set of true wireless earbuds with a unique auto-sterilising feature. The ATH-TWX9 are premium in-ear headphones with five ANC presets, six hours of continuous playback, a case providing up to 18.5 hours of extended use and wireless charging, and what Audio-Technica describes as an “IPX4-equivalent splashproof rating”. That’s not…

Inside Alphabet X’s new effort to combat climate change with seagrass

In late September, Bianca Bahman snorkeled above a seagrass meadow off the western coast of Flores, a scorpion-shaped volcanic island in eastern Indonesia. As she flutter-kicked over the green seabed, Bahman steered an underwater camera suspended on a pair of small pontoons. The stereoscopic camera captures high-resolution footage from two slightly different angles, creating a…

How crypto giant Binance came to bail out its biggest rival, FTX, days after their billionaire founders got into a very public spat on Twitter

Changpeng Zhao’s Binance plans to acquire Sam Bankman-Fried’s FTX crypto exchange. Horacio Villalobos/CorbisAlex Wong/Getty Images The CEO of Binance tweeted on Sunday the exchange would be liquidating all its FTT tokens due to “recent revelations.” On Monday, FTX head Bankman-Fried tweeted “a competitor is trying to go after us with false rumors.” Bankman-Fried announced on…