2026-07-08
‘This is painful’: one of my favorite budget audio brands is still building elite 5-driver earbuds with LDAC and hi-res iPhone streaming, but its engineering blog and Q&As are a refreshingly open look at audio design issues
The Soundpeats Aura Nebula sound better and better every time we hear about them, and fans are desperate to try them out. [...]
2026-07-08
UK government gives data centers the ability to skirt building regulations and local authority oversight by applying for fast-track ‘national importance’ status
By being approved as a project of 'national significance', new projects are able to avoid local building regulations and council oversight, receiving approval direct from Whitehall. [...]
2026-07-08
UK tech secretary backs driverless cars as Burnham’s team gets cold feet
Britain’s tech secretary backs driverless cars and British AI startups. The likely next prime minister’s team has doubts, and her own job is on the line. Liz Kendall wants Britain to back its own AI companies before someone else does. In a Sifted podcast, Kendall, the UK’s science and technology secretary, made a pointed case […]<br /> This story continues at The Next Web [...]