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Sony’s Next Flagship Headphones Confrimed By Recent Leak, Claims of “Improved Battery Life” Looking Shaky
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: picture alliance / Getty A Reddit leak featuring photos of Sony’s new flagship headphones in the wild has hit the web and is also causing concern about the accessory. Spotted on The Verge, photos of Sony’s WH-1000XM5 flagship headphones packaging surfaced online, confirming its existence and giving headphone enthusiasts hints at what to expect from them. The headphones rumored design feature a thinner headband and redesigned connector, plus right and left ear cups have been confirmed. But the leak puts into question Sony’s new headphone’s battery life, especially when using the best its best feature, noise canceling. Per The Verge: Related Stories Unfortunately, the new leak calls into question a previous report from TechnikNews, which claimed t...
Sony’s Next Flagship Headphones Confrimed By Recent Leak, Claims of “Improved Battery Life” Looking Shaky
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: picture alliance / Getty A Reddit leak featuring photos of Sony’s new flagship headphones in the wild has hit the web and is also causing concern about the accessory. Spotted on The Verge, photos of Sony’s WH-1000XM5 flagship headphones packaging surfaced online, confirming its existence and giving headphone enthusiasts hints at what to expect from them. The headphones rumored design feature a thinner headband and redesigned connector, plus right and left ear cups have been confirmed. But the leak puts into question Sony’s new headphone’s battery life, especially when using the best its best feature, noise canceling. Per The Verge: Related Stories Unfortunately, the new leak calls into question a previous report from TechnikNews, which claimed t...
HHW Gaming: Xbox Celebrates May The 4th With Custom LEGO ‘Star Wars’ Series S Consoles
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Xbox / Star Wars Custom Xbox Series S Consoles Happy Star Wars Day, and to celebrate, Xbox is giving away custom Xbox Series S consoles that *Jedi mind trick voice* you do want in your collection. May The 4th, the official Star Wars holiday is here, and to ring in the day beloved by nerds and blerds, Xbox has announced a new contest. Coming on the heels of LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga launch, Xbox has teamed up with LEGO and Lucas Arts to make 12 custom Xbox Series S consoles featuring iconic characters from the 9 Star Wars Skywalker saga films. From May 4 to May 25, gamers can try to get their hands on one of the 12 consoles by simply following the Xbox Twitter account and retweeting the official sweepstakes tweet with #LegoSta...
HHW Gaming: Razer’s New Blade 15 Laptop Sounds Like Its Going To A Beast
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Razer / Razer Blade 15 Based on the specs, Razer might have just unveiled a beast of a gaming laptop. Tuesday (May.3), Razer announced its new Blade 15 gaming laptop, and it sounds like one powerful video game-playing machine. What sets this model apart from previous models is that it features an OLED QHD 240Hz display, which is unheard of on a gaming laptop. Razer boasts the Blade 15’s screen is brighter and has more vivid colors, plus performs at “esports-level speeds.” The screen is also paired with a 12th gen Intel Core i9-12900H processor and an NVIDIA®️ RTX 3070 Ti laptop graphics card making it the go-to machine for the gamers and creators. Related Stories The new OLED screen can also reach 400 nits brightness and include up to 100% DC...
May The 4th Be With You: Meta Quest & ILMxLAB Team Up For Star Wars Day Content
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: ILMxLAB / ILMxLAB Star Wars Day is soon approaching and fans of the vast universe of the Star Wars franchise will undoubtedly spread the vibes of the Force across the galaxy, or, in this case, the metaverse. Meta Quest and ILMxLABm, the immersive studio from Lucasfilms, joined, ahem, “forces” to bring fans some exciting Star Wars Day activities. Source: ILMxLAB / ILMxLAB Meta Quest 2, the leading all-in-one VR experience, is the place for fans to get into the full slate of Meta Quest’s Star Wars experiences for 50% off retail price from now through May 5. Below are the descriptors for the Meta Quest Star Wars experiences: Source: ILMxLAB / ILMxLAB ILMxLAB’s Star Wars: Tales from the Galaxy’s Edge is an action-adventure experience where you’ll take on the ...
The birth of ‘Ethereum killers’: Can they take Ethereum’s throne?
Ethereum has proven to be a formidable force. While its major issues have spawned other coins aimed at addressing them, Ethereum looks to shed its old skin with the release of Ethereum 2.0. Despite the fact that Ethereum was created six years after Bitcoin (BTC) and the introduction of blockchain technology, the digital asset Ether (ETH) has grown to be the second most valuable cryptocurrency in terms of market capitalization, surpassing coins such as Litecoin (LTC), Ripple (XRP), Dash (DASH) and Monero (XMR), which were launched before it. The technology behind the Ethereum blockchain is the primary reason for its meteoric rise. Vitalik Buterin, the Canadian-Russian programmer and co-founder of Ethereum, explained to Business Insider that the Ethereum blockchain is intended to address Bit...
HHW Gaming: Razer Announces It’s On-Going Collaboration With Marvel Will Continue
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Razer / Razer x Marvel Hey true believers, if you wanted more Marvel-themed Xbox controllers from Razer, we have some good news. On Monday (May.2), Razer, the leading global lifestyle brand for gamers, announced that its collaboration with Marvel would continue. While not getting into details about what other Marvel properties are coming, gamers can look forward to more limited-edition gaming peripherals like The Falcon and the Winter Soldier-themed Xbox controller paired with a charging stand from Razer. Razer also revealed more Star Wars-themed gaming accessories like The Mandalorian and Boba Fett “will span across multiple IP with many more still to come,” hinting at a possible announcement coming this May the 4th. Razer will also be expanding its cons...
Netlfix Lays Off Mostly Black Editorial Staff From Fan Site Most People Didn’t Know Exist
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: CHARLY TRIBALLEAU / Getty Netflix is not having a great year, and this latest news doesn’t have the streaming service in the most favorable light. For those who didn’t know Netflix launched a website in December called Tudum (a play on the popular opening sound) that featured news, interviews, and other fan content created around the service and what it offers. Thursday (Apr.28) news dropped that the company was “reorganizing its marketing department” and laying off most of the 10-person team comprised of writers Netlfix poached from other websites. Tudum falls under that division. 25 people from Netflix’s global marketing team which has over 500 employees will also be let go according to Variety. Journalist, Monique Judge (@thejournalista) tweeted about ...
HHW Gaming: New Anti-Cheat System Makes Legit ‘Call of Duty’ Players Invisible To Cheaters
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Treyarch / Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War This latest Call of Duty anti-cheat system will definitely have cheaters raging online. Activision has been on a mission to clamp down on cheating during online play in Call of Duty, specifically in the free-to-play model Warzone. In a recent blog post, the developers behind the Ricochet anti-cheat system announced a new “cloaking” measure that would make legit Call of Duty players invisible to cheaters rendering them useless during competitive matches. “Characters, bullets, even sound from legitimate players will be undetectable to cheaters,” Ricochet announced in the blog post. “Legitimate players, however, can see cheaters impacted by cloaking… and can dole out in-game punishment.” Ricochet already has anothe...
HHW Gaming Exclusive: Top NFL Draft Prospect Garrett Wilson Talks ‘Call of Duty,’ Madden Ratings & More
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Garrett Wilson / Garrett Wilson When athletes are not on the field getting busy, they are in their gaming chairs getting racking up kills in Call of Duty and getting Ws in other games. So it should come as no surprise future NFL draft pick Garrett Wilson is a huge gamer in his spare time. Ahead of Thursday’s (Apr.28) NFL Draft in Las Vegas, Hip-Hop Wired sat down virtually with the former Ohio State wide receiver before Roger Goodell calls his name and shakes his hand, welcoming him into the league. Related Stories We spoke about Wilson’s love for Call of Duty during our Zoom conversation. We learned just like New Orleans Pelicans hooper and fellow COD athlete Larry Nance Jr., Wilson has plenty of love for Call of Duty: Ghost. But, Wilson also revealed th...
Jaxsta Promotes Beth Appleton to CEO
Beth Appleton is the new CEO at Jaxsta, the official music credits database. Less than a year after joining the company in the role of chief marketing officer, Appleton is promoted to the top job, while founder and former CEO Jacqui Louez-Schoorl assumes a different set of duties working alongside the new boss. The handover was announced Thursday (April 28) in a statement via the Australian Stock Exchange (ASX), and is effective immediately. “With every business there comes a time for evolution and ensuring that strength and focus continues in the right areas as a business grows,” comments Appleton. “Jacqui and I are magnificent business partners and friends and this change allows Jacqui to focus on the Jaxsta product and our community relations and I can then drive the management and oper...
Everything Coming To Netlfix This Summer Possibly Worth Keeping Your Subscription For
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Netflix / The Takedown If you’re not one of the people cutting the cord to your Netflix subscription, these movies that are coming to the streaming service this summer might be worth your time. Netflix isn’t letting a lousy stock day and bleeding subscribers from dropping new content and based on the recent slate of summer content Netflix announced, there is still plenty of reasons to stick around. We took the liberty to go through the expansive list and highlight the films we think should be added to your queue without hesitation breaking them down by the month each film is slated to be released. May The Takedown (Loin Du Périph) (May 6) starring: Omar Sy, Laurent Lafitte, Izïa Higelin (May 6) [embedded content] [embedded content] June Interceptor (June ...
