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Marshall has released three new products in its Hendrix 60th Anniversary Collection: the Major V, Emberton III, and JMH Studio. The three products mark the final chapter in Marshall’s Hendrix 60th Anniversary Collection, a range that draws on the cosmic imagery, colour, and psychedelic visual language running through Hendrix’s music and art. The Major V on-ear headphones carry a rugged, foldable design finished in black, with a purple oil-on-water pattern spread across the headband and ear cups alongside psychedelic graphics and an all-seeing eye motif. Marshall rates the Major V for multiple days of playback on a single charge, and…

Pie, the social app from Bonobos’ founder Andy Dunn, is taking its mission to connect people in real life one step further. On Tuesday, the startup launched a new communities feature that allows people to establish more permanent homes for their social groups on its app, offering an alternative to group texts, Facebook Groups, and other technologies people use to stay in touch. Originally founded as an events app in Chicago, Pie is backed by investors including Forerunner, Lightspeed, Accel, and angels like Twitter co-founder Ev Williams, and the app has grown to around 300,000 users. With its latest feature,…

American singer, songwriter, and actress Dolly Parton has died at the age of 80. Throughout her long and celebrated career, she starred in a number of highly successful feature films. Parton’s first TV appearance occurred all the way back in 1956, and, from there, she went on to appear in twelve theatrically released movies, all of which have become classics in their own right. In particular, three Dolly Parton films stand arguably above the rest in terms of popularity and cultural impact: 9 to 5 (1980), The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (1982), and Steel Magnolias (1989). Here’s where to…

The Linux Foundation said Tuesday it will take on governance of TRACE (Trust, Runtime Attestation and Compliance Evidence), a new open specification for producing verifiable evidence of how AI agents and other confidential workloads run.  Contributed by confidential computing vendor OPAQUE, the specification was developed jointly with AMD, Intel, Microsoft, and the Technology Innovation Institute (TII). TRACE creates a hardware-backed, cryptographically verifiable record that ties together the runtime environment, the software executed, the policies applied, the classification of any data involved, and which tools an AI agent invoked.  The resulting artifact is designed to be portable across different cloud providers,…

Sodium-ion batteries are commercializing with mass production in 2026. CATL in China is scaling it as a cheaper, safer alternative to lithium-ion using abundant sodium from salt. They are targeting grid and stationary energy storage first and more affordable/entry-level EVs or low-speed vehicles and should be lower cost than iron LFP. CATL’s Naxtra reach ~175 Wh/kg energy density. Iron LFP jas 160–180 Wh/kg). Some Sodium ion prototypes near 200 Wh/kg. Cycle life often exceeds 10,000–15,000 cycles. They have strong cold-weather performance. Estimated 2026 cell pricing around $50–56/kWh. They have safety advantages include better thermal stability and lower fire risk CATL…

Xbox’s handheld ambitions are getting more expensive – much more expensive. After already pushing into premium territory with the ROG Xbox Ally and Ally X, Microsoft and Asus are preparing another version that could make even the PlayStation 5 Pro look like a relative bargain. According to an X post from Asus, the new ROG Xbox Ally X20 Anniversary Bundle will launch in October for $2,499. The limited-edition handheld marks 20 years of the ROG brand and combines upgraded hardware with a distinctive anniversary design. Still, the asking price puts it in a category far beyond the usual portable gaming…

Shared hosting can only go so far. Complex web apps, automated workflows, and AI stacks that combine tools like n8n and OpenClaw will hit resource limits quickly. So you’re left to choose between VPS providers, which give you the option to go for managed or unmanaged options.It feels like a simple enough trade-off. Pay more if you want direct access to the provider’s support team to troubleshoot and maintain your setup. Pay less if you think you can handle everything yourself. But the reality is much more complicated.VPS providers each have a different definition of what constitutes a “managed” service.…

Threat actors have been attempting to hack WordPress websites by exploiting two recently patched vulnerabilities affecting a MiniOrange plugin. The two vulnerabilities are CVE-2026-61979 and CVE-2026-15981, and they affect the MiniOrange SAML 2.0 Single Sign-On (SSO) plugin, which enables SSO for WordPress websites.  The free edition of the plugin is installed on more than 10,000 WordPress sites, but there are also several paid and enterprise versions for which usage statistics are not available.  According to an analysis conducted by DigitalOcean and security firm Patchstack, the vulnerabilities are critical authentication bypasses that can be exploited to log in as any WordPress…

Coverage plans are ready for NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope prelaunch and launch activities. Roman is NASA’s next-generation observatory designed to explore some of the universe’s biggest mysteries, including dark energy. NASA and SpaceX are targeting Roman’s liftoff for no earlier than 7:26 a.m. EDT Sunday, Aug. 30, aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket from Launch Complex 39A at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Launch coverage begins at 6:20 a.m. Live coverage of these events will stream through a variety of platforms. Learn where to watch online: https://www.nasa.gov/live Named for NASA’s first chief astronomer, the Nancy Grace…

Why you can trust TechRadar We spend hours testing every product or service we review, so you can be sure you’re buying the best. Find out more about how we test. Oppo Reno 16 5G: two-minute reviewThe Oppo Reno 16 5G is a stunning mid-range phone with a lush display, fantastic camera and strong performance. If you’re looking for a phone with “summer looks” and “star vibes,” that’s exactly how Oppo is describing its new mid-range handset, which is aiming to be among the most trendy, flashy looking models on the market.But it’s not all marketing hype — I really…