‘The Traitors’: When to Watch Episode 9 on Peacock

Treachery, murder, a roster of reality stars: After winning an Emmy for best competition program in 2024, Peacock’s The Traitors continued its ruthless run last month. Season 3 of the series hosted by Alan Cumming has unveiled eight dramatic episodes, splitting the group into faithfuls and traitors and eliminating 14 people from the game. Contestants still in … Read more

Best Over-Ear Headphones for 2025

Shure Aonic 50 Gen 2: A lot of us liked Shure’s original Aonic 50 headphones, but they had pretty middling noise cancellation. Well, the 2nd-gen version addresses that issue — the noise canceling is much improved — and Shure has more than doubled the the battery life to around 45 hours (they now have a … Read more

Best Headphones for 2025 – CNET

Budget Before anything else, you’ll want to figure out how much you’re willing to spend on new headphones. The quality of value-priced headphones continues to improve, so you can find good affordable headphones for less than $100. The premium models, which offer better build quality and performance, tend to cost $200 or more — sometimes … Read more

Best Earbuds for Phone Calls for 2025

Soundpeats Air3 Deluxe HS: What makes the Soundpeats Air3 Deluxe HS buds special is that they sound surprisingly good for open earbuds — they’re pretty close to what you get from Apple’s AirPods 3 for sound. On top of that, they support Sony’s LDAC audio codec for devices that offer it. Not too many cheap … Read more

Today’s NYT Connections: Sports Edition Hints, Answers for Feb. 21, #151

Looking for the most recent regular Connections answers? Click here for today’s Connections hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Mini Crossword, Wordle and Strands puzzles. Connections: Sports Edition isn’t too tough today. Is this one of the few times we’ve seen a fishing category? A river runs through it, … Read more