I’ve always been an earbud fanatic, and only embraced the headphone trend earlier this year, and they’ve truly been life-changing. They’re also pretty expensive, though, so a sale — especially a big one — can make a huge difference. Right now, the Beats Studio Pro are just $169, down from $350 — a 51 percent discount. This lowest price ever is available in Black, Sandstone, Deep Brown, and Navy, though every other color is 46 percent off.
We gave the Beats Studio Pro 81 points last year, thanks to improved sound quality and spatial audio with dynamic head tracking. It offers “almost zero” distortion even at the highest volumes, giving it an 80 percent improvement over the Studio 3.
The heavy bass that Beats was known for is no longer here, only appearing when a track really demands it. The headphones also have a transparency mode and new USB-C EQ modes: Signature, Conversation, and Entertainment. Plus, they have up to 40 hours of battery life.
If you’re looking to buy a power bank, one of our favorite models is back at a Black Friday price. Amazon has discounted Anker’s 20,000mAh Prime Power Bank — which includes the optional base — to $110, or 41 percent off its regular $185 price. As mentioned, the last time the Anker Prime was priced at $110, which was its lowest price ever, was during the Thanksgiving holiday.
The Anker Prime is Engadget’s favorite premium power bank. Aside from its sleek design, the main reason to consider the Prime over other, more affordable models is the ease of use you get when you pair the power bank with its optional base. The accessory has magnets that make it easy to align the charging pins, so you don’t have to fiddle with the cable to start the recharging process. Plus, with one USB-A and two USB-C connections, the base doubles the number of ports offered by the Anker Prime.
In terms of charging speeds, they’re in line with what you’d expect from other 20,000mAh power banks. In our testing, the Prime charged an iPhone 11 up to 75 percent in 47 minutes and fully in one hour and 48 minutes. With a phone with a 3,110mAh capacity like the iPhone 11, you can expect the Prime to fully charge your device three to four times before it needs to recharge itself.
The rise of AI NPCs has felt like a threat for years, as if developers couldn’t wait to remove human authors and leave NPC conversations to generative AI models. At CES 2025, NVIDIA made it abundantly clear that the technology is just around the corner. For example, PUBG developer Krafton plans to use NVIDIA’s ACE (Avatar Cloud Engine) to power AI companions that will assist you during matches and joke around with you. Krafton isn’t just stopping there – it’s also using ACE in its life simulation title InZOI to make characters smarter and generate objects.