Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One app.

Start reading

Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles. One news app.

Start reading

The Latest Breaking News from ANC

I tested Nothing’s $39 earbuds — and I’ll never spend big bucks on a pair of buds again

For just $39, the CMF Buds 2A provide awesome sound quality and ANC, but for that price, what more could you want?

Tom’s Guide

Skoda developed a bicycle bell that's meant to get past your ANC headphones: here's how it works

The car company Skoda developed a new bike bell that gets around your ANC headphones to help keep cyclists and pedestrians safe.

Tom’s Guide

Fill 'er up: electric trucks plug into charging network

Three electric truck charging hubs will be built in one Australian capital city in the first stage of a project designed to power up the transport transition.

AAP

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Goodbye Graaff-Reinet: South African town’s name change stirs racial tensions

Minister’s decision to ditch town’s colonial-era identity and honour anti-apartheid activist divides residents

The Guardian - UK

This conferencing headset probably sounds better than your headphones (and does more)

The Jabra Evolve3 75 is a premium on-ear conferencing headset, and knocked me out of the park with stunning sound, great comfort and tons of handy features.

Tom’s Guide

I tested the Jabra Evolve3 85 - a professional headset built for the office, priced for the boardroom, yet styled for the street

The Jabra Evolve3 85 offers all the bells and whistles of a call centre headset while retaining the styling and elegance associated with retail-focused products.

TechRadar

‘A serious Apple AirPods Pro rival’: five sweet stars prove Huawei’s new FreeBuds Pro 5 are the real deal

‘Premium sound, standout ANC, price that undercuts most rivals… what's not to love?’ — why Huawei’s FreeBuds Pro 5 are the new AirPods rivals to beat

TechRadar

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Samsung Galaxy Buds 4 review: Better than AirPods 4 ANC in every way that matters

The Samsung Galaxy Buds 4 are excellent entry-level earbuds, with bassy, rich sound and an impressive range of features. If you have an Android, of course.

Tom’s Guide

I tested the Technics EAH-AZ100 and they’re some of the best-sounding earbuds under $300

They won’t replace Bose as the best noise-canceling earbuds, but the AZ100 offer crisp, clean sound without the cord.

Tom’s Guide

South Africa’s biggest opposition party will head to municipal elections with new leaders: what does it all mean?

Speculation continues about why John Steenhuisen announced that he would not be available for re-election as the federal leader of South Africa’s Democratic Alliance (DA) at the party’s April federal congress.

The Conversation

Why the new US ambassador to South Africa could strain relations even further

Leo Brent Bozell III, the conservative activist picked by President Donald Trump to represent the United States in South Africa, is preparing to begin his new role as ambassador after being confirmed by the US Senate. A history of opposition to the country's ruling party during its struggle against apartheid…

Radio France Internationale

I tried these TikTok-recommended headphones that protect your child's hearing — and so did my kid — here's our verdict

iClever’s Auraa headphones give your kids ANC listening in a colorful package that feels just right.

Tom’s Guide

The year in wireless hi-fi and headphones: 2025's top winners and losers — and what I want to see in 2026

A whole year of wireless headphones and we’re still using Li-ion batteries, but buds can take our heart-rate? 2025’s audio wins, losses and could-do-betters.

TechRadar

$40 billion-plus crypto fraud scheme results in 15-year prison sentence for its creator — nine criminal counts include wire fraud and money laundering

Terra Project's crypto mogul Do Kwon jailed for 15 years

Tom’s Hardware

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

The Conversation

Who was Albert Luthuli? The murdered South African leader who put his people above himself

South African liberation leader Albert Luthuli died on 21 July 1967 near his home in Groutville, in the South African province of KwaZulu-Natal. A government inquest concluded his death was an accident – that he was hit by a train. This was always disputed by his family and almost 60…

Tom’s Guide

These earbuds have a whopping 65 hours of battery life — here's why they’re my new go-to

The Audio-Technica ATH-CKS50TW2 earbuds are my new go-to earbuds with their epic ANC and whopping battery life.

Tom’s Guide

I ditched my Bose QuietComfort Ultra Headphones for no headphones — and I've never felt better

My noise-canceling experiment continues, as I try to be safer while out and about. But how am I doing?

The Independent UK

South Africa's apartheid-era crimes inquiry is delayed over legal objections

An inquiry into allegations that South Africa’s Black-led governments interfered with investigations into apartheid-era crimes has been postponed on its first day

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

The Independent UK

New inquest rules South African Nobel laureate Albert Luthuli was beaten to death in 1967

A new inquest into the 1967 death of South African Nobel Peace Prize winner and anti-apartheid leader Albert Luthuli has found that he was beaten to death

Tom’s Guide

Some AirPods Pro 3 users are reporting irritating static sound in their buds — how about you?

Users are experiencing issues with their AirPods Pro 3, as they play a strange static sound when you stop playing music with ANC turned on.

The Conversation

South African writer Zoë Wicomb embraced humanity in all its complexity

Zoë Wicomb’s first book, You Can’t Get Lost in Cape Town (1987), is a tour through episodes in the life of a writer-character, Frieda Shenton. She’s not unlike but crucially not exactly like Wicomb (child of South Africa’s Namaqualand, graduate of what is now the University of the Western Cape,…

Evening Standard

Journeying through Mandela’s legacy in South Africa

Justine Gosling heads to the Rainbow Nation in pursuit of learning more of the anti-apartheid activist’s incredible legacy — bedding down at three memorable hotels along the way

Tom’s Guide

Soundcore Sleep A30 review: I have insomnia and these are the only sleep earbuds I'll be using from now on

The Soundcore Sleep A30s make serious headway over the previous and are the only sleep earbuds I'd recommend you buy.

The Conversation

South Africans feel mixture of hope and despair as apartheid becomes a distant memory

According to data released by global market research firm Ipsos in September, 80% of South Africans say their country is on the wrong track. It is not hard to see why.

TechRadar

I tested them, and Bose QuietComfort Ultra Headphones (2nd Gen) are the absolute best active noise cancelling cans for the money

Evolution, not revolution: the second generation flagship Bose noise-cancellers are the same as the first, except where they're not (because they're better)

1 2 3 4 5

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.