Winners and losers of 2025: which companies and products soared this year, and which sunk? Good or bad, it's certainly been an eventful 12 months in AV tech What Hi-Fi? · Dec 26, 2025
Just got a Google Home speaker? Do these 7 things first Your Google Home speaker is smarter than you think. These tips help you set up routines, control devices, automate your life, and even supercharge it with Gemini. Tom’s Guide · Dec 25, 2025
‘Mongolian Jingle Bells’ Is The Throat Singing Viral Christmas Anthem Of 2025 That You Can’t Miss "My brain did not expect this, but it’s amazing." Bored Panda · Dec 24, 2025
9 things to try first with your Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses Just unboxed your Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses? Here are the first 9 things to try — including hands-free photos, AI vision, real-time translation and music that matches your mood. Tom’s Guide · Dec 24, 2025
ChatGPT's attempt at Spotify Wrapped is more embarrassing than any song list OpenAI's new “Your Year with ChatGPT” feature turns your 2025 chat history into a playful, personalized digital recap TechRadar · Dec 24, 2025
Spotify Faces Unprecedented Piracy Claim as Activist Group Says It 'Backed Up' Millions of Tracks Anna's Archive, a website claiming they are 'the largest open library in human history,' stole 86 million music files from Spotify's music catalogue. International Business Times UK · Dec 24, 2025
Ray-Ban Meta glasses just got a big upgrade: 9 new features to try now Everything from slow motion video capture to workout tools Tom’s Guide · Dec 23, 2025
It’s not too late: 20 last-minute gifts they don’t need to know you just thought of From digital gifts and subscriptions you can send in seconds, to gifts from retailers with affordable same-day delivery, there are still plenty of ways to impress The Guardian - US · Dec 23, 2025
Cam Newton Had a Truly Terrible Take on DK Metcalf The ‘First Take’ contributor said so many nonsensical things about controversy involving Steelers wide receiver. Sports Illustrated · Dec 23, 2025
OpenAI Launches 'Your Year with ChatGPT' Review, Similar to Spotify Wrapped OpenAI brings you insight on how you spent your year with ChatGPT with its Spotify Wrapped-style year-end review. International Business Times · Dec 23, 2025
OpenAI launches "Your Year with ChatGPT" — a Spotify Wrapped-style recap that analyzes your most intrusive thoughts and chat habits from 2025 OpenAI has rolled out an annual review feature, "Your Year with ChatGPT," to users in select markets, including the United States, Canada, the U.K., Australia, and New Zealand. Windows Central · Dec 23, 2025
ChatGPT rolls out Spotify Wrapped-style 2025 recap for millions of users “Your Year with ChatGPT” tracks your total messages, AI-generated images, chattiest day, and even your em-dash usage. Euronews · Dec 23, 2025
2025 is the year streaming became unaffordable –here's how to beat the price hikes Bingeing without the price tag What Hi-Fi? · Dec 23, 2025
Spotify Data Scraping Explained: Why It's Not A Hack Spotify confirms it was not hacked after reports of a large data scrape. Here's what was accessed, what wasn't, and what it means for users. International Business Times UK · Dec 23, 2025
Android Central · Dec 22, 2025 Anna's Archive backed up 99% of Spotify listens in the name of 'preservation' — but is it really just piracy? Anna's Archive, billed as the largest truly-open library in human history, now includes roughly 300TB of Spotify tracks and metadata.
Tom’s Hardware · Dec 22, 2025 Pirate archivist group scrapes Spotify's 300TB library, posts free torrents for downloading 86,000,000 tracks — investigation underway as music and metadata hit torrent sites In the name of music preservation, pirate group Anna's Archive has scraped 300 TB of data from Spotify's library, representing around 37% of all songs but 99.9% of all listens. It's essentially everything on Spotify packaged into torrents to be distributed illegally, analogous to how the group has made books…
The Guardian - UK · Dec 22, 2025 Activist group says it has scraped 86m music files from Spotify Platform with 700m users says it is investigating after Anna’s Archive claims to have scraped tracks and metadata
Android Central · Dec 22, 2025 2025 was awesome for consumer audio, but some key things were very underwhelming Nothing dropped the bomb, on-device voice controls just bombed, Auracast floundered, and lossless came alive! My takeaways for audio in 2025.
Sports Illustrated · Dec 22, 2025 Reminder: Don’t Get Sucked In by the Dumbest Trope in Sports Jaguars coach Liam Coen is getting the last laugh after supposedly ‘losing the press conference.’
Euronews · Dec 22, 2025 Spotify investigates data breach, after pirate group claims it ‘scraped’ its music library A pirate activist group said it ‘backed up’ Spotify’s music catalogue, claiming it put metadata for 256 million tracks online. The streaming platform said it’s ‘actively monitoring’ the incident.
The Guardian - UK · Dec 22, 2025 Timeless Christmas hit is the gift that keeps on giving for Wizzard Research shows 97% of band’s streaming revenue comes from 1973 single I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday
Tom’s Guide · Dec 21, 2025 Lumie Bodyclock Luxe 700FM review 2025: A premium alarm clock that provides a gentle and refreshing wake-up call I tested the Lumie Bodyclock Luxe 700FM for three months to see if it lives up to price tag. Here's why it definitely does...
The Guardian - US · Dec 20, 2025 Merry boycotting: US shoppers avoid Trump-aligned businesses amid holiday season People are supporting economic boycotts to show discontent with businesses capitulating to Trump’s agenda
Windows Central · Dec 19, 2025 Instead of a Microsoft Wrapped, we got a recap — and it’s noticeably light on the company’s biggest controversies Microsoft published a positive year-in-review for its Store, but it leaves out shutdowns, missing features, and criticism that shaped 2025.
Tom’s Guide · Dec 19, 2025 ChatGPT's app store will change the internet forever — here's why ChatGPT's app store is a big moment in the world of AI, especially for consumers around the world.