The two biggest audio trends in 2023 were open-ear earbuds and spatial audio. They weren’t new — both were already picking up steam a few years ago — but this was the year they became ubiquitous, as ...

Sometimes, startups fail due to technical problems or a lack of interest from potential investors and fail to gain development traction. This latter case appears to be the issue befalling A 3 Audio.

Cleer Audio is expanding its open-ear lineup with the launch of the Arc 4 and Arc 4+, and this time the company is aiming ...

With CES 2026 closing in, it looks like some brands are jumping into the pool early. Cleer Audio is among them with the ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Technology journalist specializing in audio, computing and Apple Macs. Any serious music lover will tell you that there’s nothing ...

The Audio-Technica ATH-AD700X open-air headphones are currently available for $139.99, down from $199.95, giving audiophiles a 30% discount on one of the best open-back options in its class. These ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Technology journalist specializing in audio, computing and Apple Macs. Audio-Technica, the venerable Japanese audio brand, has ...

Generative artificial intelligence startup Stability AI Ltd., which is best known for its image generator tool Stable Diffusion, is leaning further into the field of audio generation with its latest, ...

Stability AI, the startup behind the AI-powered art generator Stable Diffusion, has released an open AI model for generating sounds and songs that it claims was trained exclusively on royalty-free ...

In mid-August, Sonos announced the layoff of 100 employees, sending shockwaves through the tech community and raising serious concerns about the company's future. These layoffs, which targeted key ...

Tenacity is a forked version of Audacity, but this open-source audio editor was born out of necessity when Audacity's ...

Stability AI, known for its popular AI art generator Stable Diffusion, has introduced a new AI model for generating sounds and songs. This model, named Stable Audio Open, can produce up to 47 seconds ...