Beats Cables, Skullcandy ANC Headphones, and a Severance Keyboard—Your Gear News of the Week

There’s nary Escape, Control, oregon Option keys—because, well, determination is nary escape. It’s a acold grid of 73 chunky keys with a 70 percent keyboard layout. The bulky, aluminum lawsuit is dressed successful shades of concern blue, with an off-white framework that looks similar it’s been sitting successful a forgotten section since the ’80s. Instead of a rodent pad, there’s a tactile trackball beside a cross-shaped directional pad.

There’s nary applicable request for a keyboard similar this successful 2025, but it’s a cheeky collector’s point for fans of the Apple TV+ series. The MDR Dasher volition beryllium compatible with macOS, Windows, and Linux via USB-C. Atomic Keyboard isn't wide connected the terms yet (it says $399, but the terms is crossed off, and it notes that last pricing is to beryllium determined), and there's nary merchandise date, but you tin motion up for email alerts connected its site. —Boutayna Chokrane

Apple Will Train Its AI connected User Data

This week, Apple says it volition statesman analyzing idiosyncratic information to amended its artificial quality models, a determination wide seen arsenic a means for the institution to drawback up to rivals similar OpenAI and Google. Instead of relying connected synthetic grooming models, Apple volition usage anonymized lawsuit information to cheque the enactment of its synthetic information and amended it. The information is aggregated, truthful Apple isn't collecting emails oregon texts but alternatively tracking “trends successful existent idiosyncratic data” to comparison with results from synthetic data. It lone applies to users who person opted successful to Device Analytics and volition rotation retired successful iOS 18.5, iPadOS 18.5, and macOS 15.5.

This volition upgrade the prime of artificial-intelligence text-generation features similar Writing Tools and summarizations, though it's unclear however rapidly we'll spot improvements. Apple's new-and-improved Siri was expected to beryllium present by now—a portion of the broader Apple Intelligence rollout—but alternatively we're near with a marginally souped-up Siri that tin pat into OpenAI's ChatGPT. That's astir it. A fewer weeks ago, the institution delayed the mentation of Siri it promised past year, 1 that tin recognize your idiosyncratic context. It's present expected to get successful 2026.

A Laser-Powered Skin-Care Tool Arrives successful the US

The Lyma Laser Pro has officially launched successful the US this week for a chill $5,995. First released successful Europe past year, the at-home, FDA-cleared skin-care instrumentality has racked up a hold database of implicit 16,000 Americans, which the institution says translates to much than $100 cardinal successful sales.