The Morning After: HBO Max is going to get more expensive<p>As is often the case, the tech news tide is out after Apple’s iPhone 17 event. (Did we do a <a data-i13n="cpos:1;pos:1" href="
https://www.engadget.com/general/the-morning-after-hands-on-with-the-iphone-air-iphone-17-pro-airpods-pro-3-and-more-111101338.html">dedicated newsletter[/url] on all the announcements? Yes, yes we did.)</p>
<p>Before the weekend, though, there’s still more to read about. But let’s start with the not-great tech news. David Zaslav, CEO of Warner Bros. Discovery, plans to <a data-i13n="cpos:2;pos:1" href="
https://www.engadget.com/entertainment/streaming/hbo-max-is-going-to-get-a-lot-more-expensive-ceo-promises-221656560.html">make HBO more expensive[/url] and passwords a lot harder to share. These were part of his comments at a Goldman Sachs Communacopia + Technology Conference, which sounds
awful.</p>
<p>The main thrust of his argument was that HBO Max’s content is so good that Zaslav thinks he should charge a lot more for it.</p>
<p>— Mat Smith</p>
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<h3 id="jump-link-the-news-you-might-have-missed">The news you might have missed</h3>
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<h3 id="jump-link-tamagotchi-but-with-pokemon">Tamagotchi but with... Pokémon.</h3>
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<p>Japanese toymaker Takara Tomy is releasing a Poké Ball virtual pet toy, so you can fulfill your dreams of carrying your favorite Pokémon around with you everywhere. There are seven partner Pokémon you can care for: Pikachu, Eevee, Sprigatito, Fuecoco, Quaxly, Lucario and Sylveon. And if you pet the device, it reacts. Cute! There are also 150 other Pokémon to interact with inside the toy.</p>
<p>While it appears to be a Japan-only release, the pet will have an English language option according to the product page. So, some of you are already convinced, right? Priced around $51, pre-orders are open, though currently sold out on Amazon Japan, and the device will ship on October 11. Now, to decide whether to pick Pikachu or Eevee.</p>
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<p>With a little bit of breathing space after the initial media full-court press earlier this week, Billy Steele gave the AirPods Pro 3 a closer listen. Apple says the ANC on the AirPods Pro 3 blocks twice as much noise as the AirPods Pro 2 and four times as much as the original AirPods Pro. While there’s technology at work (ultra-low noise microphones and computational audio), new foam-infused ear tips offer better passive noise isolation. In short, less noise gets in.</p>
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The Morning After: HBO Max is going to get more expensive
