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

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There’s no Escape, Control, or Option keys—because, well, there is no escape. It’s a cold grid of 73 chunky keys with a 70 percent keyboard layout. The bulky, aluminum case is dressed in shades of industrial blue, with an off-white frame that looks like it’s been sitting in a forgotten department since the ’80s. Instead of a mouse pad, there’s a tactile trackball beside a cross-shaped directional pad.

There’s no practical need for a keyboard like this in 2025, but it’s a cheeky collector’s item for fans of the Apple TV+ series. The MDR Dasher will be compatible with macOS, Windows, and Linux via USB-C. Atomic Keyboard isn't clear on the price yet (it says $399, but the price is crossed off, and it notes that final pricing is to be determined), and there's no release date, but you can sign up for email alerts on its site. —Boutayna Chokrane

Apple Will Train Its AI on User Data

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This week, Apple says it will begin analyzing user data to improve its artificial intelligence models, a move widely seen as a means for the company to catch up to rivals like OpenAI and Google. Instead of relying on synthetic training models, Apple will use anonymized customer data to check the work of its synthetic data and improve it. The data is aggregated, so Apple isn't collecting emails or texts but instead tracking “trends in real user data” to compare with results from synthetic data. It only applies to users ...

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