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Spotify Finally Launches 24-bit Lossless Streaming
by Joao Martins

Spotify Finally Launches 24-bit Lossless Streaming

Spotify, the streaming music service that continues to dump AI-generated fake music into its own paying subscribers’ playlists, while increasing its prices, just announced a long-overdue higher-quality lossless streaming option. Subscribers on Spotify Premium will now have the option to choose 24-bit/44.1kHz FLAC instead of the standard Ogg Vorbis compressed formats it previously offered. The Swedish company doesn’t seem very convinced that this will be recognized by its users who don’t even mind listening to automatic AI-generated fake music.
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Apple Introduces AirPods Pro 3, Improving the World’s Best-Selling True Wireless Earbuds
by Joao Martins

Apple Introduces AirPods Pro 3, Improving the World’s Best-Selling True Wireless Earbuds

Apple announced the new AirPods Pro 3 true wireless earbuds even before unveiling the expected new iPhone lineup for 2026. Considering the success of a product originally launched 6 years ago, which has been receiving continuous firmware updates, each one introducing groundbreaking new features, the AirPods Pro 3 are essentially a powerful hardware update of the platform. Apple says the design was further refined, the Active Noise Cancellation is now the world’s best for in-ears, introducing new heart rate sensing capabilities and extended battery life.
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SMPTE, EBU, and VSF Awarded Emmy for Outstanding Achievement in Engineering, Science & Technology
by Joao Martins

SMPTE, EBU, and VSF Awarded Emmy for Outstanding Achievement in Engineering, Science & Technology

The Television Academy will present an Emmy Award for Outstanding Achievement in Engineering, Science & Technology to the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE), the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), and the Video Services Forum (VSF) in recognition of their work on the development of the SMPTE ST 2110 suite of standards. SMPTE 2110 defines how to send digital media over IP networks and is intended to be used in broadcast production and distribution facilities.
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JS Link Announces Investment in Rare Earth Permanent Magnet Facility in Columbus, Georgia
by Joao Martins

JS Link Announces Investment in Rare Earth Permanent Magnet Facility in Columbus, Georgia

JS Link America, a subsidiary of South Korean company JS Link, announced it is investing about $223M to establish a new rare earth permanent magnet manufacturing facility in Columbus, Georgia, which will create approximately 520 new jobs in Muscogee County. JS Link is currently wrapping up a similar facility in Yesan, Korea, perfecting processing of rare-earth materials and magnet manufacturing. In the announcement, the company mentions hopes of hiring its labor force from Georgia’s universities.
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Audio Pro Launches W-Generation Speakers Powered By Linkplay
by Joao Martins

Audio Pro Launches W-Generation Speakers Powered By Linkplay

Proving how powerful a wireless ecosystem that just works can be, new brands are fully embracing WiiM’s technology and app, recognizing the success of the company’s transformation. Audio Pro, the Scandinavian audio brand known for its compact speakers with decent performance, unveiled its new W-generation at IFA 2025 in Berlin, with an extensive range of speaker designs, all “Powered by Linkplay”. More than just an upgrade, this new range covers every part of the Audio Pro portfolio, from the app to sound to design.
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CANVAS HiFi Dominates at IFA 2025 and Announces Collaborative Project with Samsung
by Joao Martins

CANVAS HiFi Dominates at IFA 2025 and Announces Collaborative Project with Samsung

Once again, Danish brand sensation CANVAS HiFi absolutely dominated IFA 2025, repeating its outstanding location at the Berlin Messe and showcasing continuously its products to industry professionals, distributors, retailers, press, and the general attendance during the weekend. For this year, Laust Nielsen, the company’s co-founder and CEO, introduced a new project in collaboration with Samsung, the world’s largest TV manufacturer, and launched a signature project with Danish artist Carsten Beck.
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Exeger and Hama Bring Self-Charging, Solar-Powered Accessories to IFA Berlin
by Joao Martins

Exeger and Hama Bring Self-Charging, Solar-Powered Accessories to IFA Berlin

Exeger, the Swedish company manufacturing Powerfoyle solar cell technology, and German consumer electronics specialist Hama are showcasing their first jointly developed solar-powered accessories. The focus for this collaboration starts with remote controls, those dumb objects that are responsible for a large waste of disposable batteries and typically are used for just a few moments of brief interactions a day. The products showcased live at IFA Berlin 2025, Hall 4.2, Booth 145, are also already available in stores across Europe.
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sensiBel Appoints Kieran Harney as New CEO
by Joao Martins

sensiBel Appoints Kieran Harney as New CEO

sensiBel announced that Kieran Harney has been appointed as CEO, succeeding Sverre Dale Moen, who has led sensiBel since 2018. Kieran Harney was responsible for business development in the Americas for sensiBel and over the past months took on the role of Chief Commercial Officer. He has been in the MEMS industry for 30 years and previously served as Managing Director of Audio Products at TDK Invensense. Earlier in his career, he started a successful MEMS microphone business at Analog Devices in 2005, that was later sold to InvenSense in 2013.
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Zoom Wins Engineering, Science & Technology Emmy Award for Innovation in Broadcast Contribution
by Joao Martins

Zoom Wins Engineering, Science & Technology Emmy Award for Innovation in Broadcast Contribution

The Television Academy has honored Zoom Communications with an Engineering, Science & Technology Emmy Award for its Zoom for Broadcast technology. The award recognizes innovations that have made a material impact on television engineering and broadcast storytelling and will be presented at the Television Academy's 77th Engineering, Science & Technology Emmy Awards ceremony in Los Angeles on Tuesday, October 14.
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Dante Expands ST 2110-30 and AES67 Support for Improved Interoperability
by Joao Martins

Dante Expands ST 2110-30 and AES67 Support for Improved Interoperability

Audinate announced expanded support for current SMPTE ST 2110-30 and AES67 standards and added 96kHz sample rate support. The latest updates further strengthen Dante's integration, building on a foundation of interoperability and high-performance audio transport, with new tools to meet the demands of modern production workflows. ST 2110 and AES67 can now be configured directly in Dante Controller, and other enhancements support broader ST 2110 compatibility for broadcast networks.
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