Image: Samar Haddad / The Verge As per the CDC, listening to sounds over 70 decibels in volume — think a dishwasher or city traffic heard from inside a car — for a prolonged period of time may start to damage your ears. Loud noises above 120dB, meanwhile, like a siren or firecracker, can cause immediate harm to your hearing. In other words, your ears are delicate, and you need to look after them. This applies to listening to music and podcasts through your smartphone, too. Bear in mind that the amount of time you’re listening for makes a difference as well as the volume level you’re listening at. Fortunately for your hearing, a large proportion of today’s cellphones come…

The best camera is the one you have with you as you chase your kid across the playground. | Photo by Allison Johnson / The Verge I spent an exciting, exhausting week last September with the new Apple iPhone 14 in hand before it went on sale. I did everything I could over the course of that week — navigating, web browsing, recording video, gaming, selfies, ferry rides, selfies on the ferry, you name it — to try to answer the $800 question: should you buy it? The answer then, which I stand by now, is “probably not.” It’s a great phone, but it’s not meaningfully better than the iPhone 13. Sure, it makes sense to pick the 14 if…

The best camera is the one you have with you as you chase your kid across the playground. | Photo by Allison Johnson / The Verge I spent an exciting, exhausting week last September with the new Apple iPhone 14 in hand before it went on sale. I did everything I could over the course of that week — navigating, web browsing, recording video, gaming, selfies, ferry rides, selfies on the ferry, you name it — to try to answer the $800 question: should you buy it? The answer then, which I stand by now, is “probably not.” It’s a great phone, but it’s not meaningfully better than the iPhone 13. Sure, it makes sense to pick the 14 if…

A check signed by Apple co-founder Steve Jobs has sold for $106,985, over 400% of the original $25,000 estimate, at RR Auction. RR Auction: Pristine Apple Computer check signed by Steve Jobs in 1976—the year of the company’s founding Choice Apple Computer Company business check, 6 x 3, filled out in type and signed by Jobs, “steven jobs,” payable to Crampton, Remke & Miller, Inc. for $175, July 8, 1976. Headed “Apple Computer Company,” the check uses Apple’s first official address at “770 Welch Rd., Ste. 154, Palo Alto”—the location of an answering service and mail drop that they used while still operating out of the famous Jobs family garage. In fine to very fine condition. Crampton, Remke & Miller…

Wall Street analysts are impressed with the resilience of Apple’s iPhone sales in a tough and worsening economy. iPhone 14 Pro Max Emily Bary for MarketWatch: Turns out thousand-dollar smartphones are still proving to be essential purchases in a tough economy. That’s the view of Evercore ISI analyst Amit Daryanani, who said that Apple Inc.’s latest quarterly results “validate not just the diversity of Apple’s revenue stream,” but also showcase “the ‘consumer staple’ nature of iPhones,” whereas investors may see the iPhones more as “a discretionary technology product.” Wall Street had been nervous about the state of consumer-electronics spending headed into Apple’s Thursday afternoon earnings report, especially given cautious signals about the smartphone landscape from chipmaker Qualcomm Inc. (QCOM) as…

Macworld At a glanceExpert's Rating ProsAttached rotatable second screenFolds to back of MacBookConsBulky and heavyNiche use casesOur VerdictIf you don’t mind bulking up and weighing down your MacBook, and you have a real need for a foldable, portable second screen, the Dual Laptop Screen Extender may well be your solution. But most people would do better with a separate external display. Best Prices Today: CopGain Dual Laptop Screen Extender Retailer Price $299.99 View Deal Price comparison from over 24,000 stores worldwide MacBooks can quickly and easily hook up to external displays for greater desk-based screen space. While the plain M1/M2 MacBooks support just one extra screen, the 16-inch MacBook Pro (M2 Max) supports up to four monitors. On its own,…