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Amazon has a huge sale on Beats headphones and earbuds
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When it comes to both in-ear and over-the-ear headphones, Beats is one of the best you can get. Though we love Apple’s AirPods and AirPods Max, their cool brother, Beats, are another fantastic option for anyone who loves great audio at a lower price. Of course, Apple also owns Beats, so they work with all the same iOS devices and pair with them easily. Their sleek design and multiple colors don’t hurt, either.
Right now, you can save hundreds on a new pair of Beats headphones ahead of Memorial Day. Discounted headphones range from the brand new Beats Solo 4 cans to older wireless buds like the Beats Fit Pro. All you have to do is add your favorite model to your cart and check out. With Father’s Day coming up on the horizon, it’s the perfect time to snag a new pair of headphones for yourself, dad or another giftee. They’ll love grooving along to their tunes with a pair of Beats, no matter the form factor.
Shop our favorite picks from the Amazon Beats sale below before Memorial Day ever rolls around.
Beats Solo 4: $150 (save $50)
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The newest model of Beats Solo headphones just debuted May 2, and they’ve already been discounted thanks to this Amazon sale. These stylish headphones come in four colors, including slate blue, cloud pink, silver and slate blue and come with a slate of new features.
They can be used both wired or wirelessly, and offer up to 50 hours of playback, with a 10-minute charge boosting them for an additional five hours in a pinch.
For audiophiles, they come with spatial audio support as well as dynamic head tracking with an ergonomic fit, plush ear cushions, and a slew of Apple-centric features like Find My, which means you can track them down if you happen to lose them. While they don’t offer noise cancellation, they’re more than worth grabbing, especially since they’re brand new and at a discounted price.
Beats Solo 3: $130 (save $70)
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You don’t have to buy the newest Beats Solo4 headphones to get a solid pair that’ll give your fave tunes a run for their money. The previous model is still available, and they come with similar features to the Solo4.
They offer the same Apple W2 chip and wireless Bluetooth connectivity and offer 40 hours of battery life with a plush headband and earcups that make extended wear comfortable. You’ll get 40 hours of listening time, with an additional three hours after charging for 5 minutes.
We’d suggest just going ahead and paying the additional $20 if you have it, but budgets are tight and every penny counts.
Beats Studio Pro: $180 (save $170)
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The sleek and powerful Beats Studio Pro make a great gift for anyone who takes listening to music seriously. Their top-notch audio quality and variety of features, including fantastic noise cancellaiton and lossless audio, make them the perfect choice for anyone who spends much of their time with their cans on.
They offer simple one-touch pairing with Apple devices, spatial audio support, and dynamic head-tracking, so the music can follow you no matter where you turn your head. With lossless audio, adaptive noise canceling, and transparency mode, they’re truly customizable so you can enjoy your audio the way you want to.
And they look great, too: They come in black, deep brown, navy and sandstone, each with a plush headband and ear cushions. Finally, they offer up to 40 hours of battery life, with a 10-minute charge delivering an additional four hours of playtime.
Beats Studio3: $159 (save $191)
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If you don’t need the newest Beats Studio headphones, this older pair is still just as good, and you’ll save a bit more cash. They’re quite similar to the newest option in many ways, except they have a shorter battery life and fast-charging doesn’t juice them up as quickly. They also have a few less of the more premium features.
What they do have, however, is noise cancellation, real-time audio calibration so you can listen to your music the way you want, and a 22-hour battery life that charges up to three more hours with just 10 minutes of electricity. Plus, they come with Apple’s W1 chip, which gives you smooth connectivity by way of Bluetooth to keep you solidly connected, even when you’re bopping around and dancing.
Beats Studio Buds: $80 (save $70)
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If you’d prefer ear buds to over-the-ear headphones, the Beats Studio Buds are impressive, with noise cancellation and an IPX4 rating so you can wear them to the gym without fear of destroying them with sweat. That makes them another potential option for Father’s Day that you might want to keep in your pocket.
They fit snugly in your ear for booming bass and crisp treble, and they come with various different ear tips if you need a better fit than what comes standard. You’ll get up to 8 hours of listening time for a combined 24 hours thanks to their included charging case, and they can even be used to take calls on, with clear mics that can pick up your conversation with the best of them. They come in a variety of fun colors too, including sunset pink.
Beats Fit Pro: $160 (save $40)
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Need rugged, high-quality earbuds that you can take anywhere? The Beats Fit Pro are another great option. They offer three listening modes, including active noise cancellation, transparency mode and adaptive EQ to help you customize your experience. They’re sweat and water-resistant as well, with flared secure-fit wingtips to help keep them in your ear. Plus, they come with spatial audio support.
You’ll get up to six hours of wireless listening time as well as an additional 24 hours with the wireless charging case included. These are another excellent choice if you want something to take while you work out or even get some swimming in. You’d have to do a lot to get them to fall out.
Powerbeats Pro: $160 (save $90)
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These Beats earbuds are a lot sturdier than their counterparts, and as such they’re larger as well. They offer high-performance audio while remaining sweat and water-resistant so you can take them with you just about wherever you go. They include volume and track controls on each individual bud, with auto play and pause buttons you can use just by touching the earbuds.
They’ll stay securely in your ear thanks to their hook-like secure-fit additions, and will remain there until you remove them. They offer up to nine hours of playtime, and over 24 additional hours with the charging case as well. They’re the perfect option for anyone who wants a bit more out of their earbuds, and you’ll no doubt be asked where you got them; they’re almost as iconic as AirPods.
Bela Karolyi, the charismatic if polarizing gymnastics coach who turned young women into champions and the United States into an international power, has died. He was 82.
A spokesperson for USA Gymnastics confirmed to CBS News by email that Karolyi died Friday. No cause of death was given.
Karolyi and wife Martha trained multiple Olympic gold medalists and world champions in the U.S. and Romania, including Nadia Comaneci and Mary Lou Retton.
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“A big impact and influence on my life,” Comaneci, who was just 14 when Karolyi coached her to gold for Romania at the 1976 Montreal Olympics, posted on Instagram.
The Karolyis defected to the United States in 1981 and over the next 30-plus years became a guiding force in American gymnastics, though not without controversy. Bela helped guide Retton — all of 16 — to the Olympic all-around title at the 1984 Games in Los Angeles and memorably helped an injured Kerri Strug off the floor at the 1996 Games in Atlanta after Strug’s vault secured the team gold for the Americans.
Karolyi briefly became the national team coordinator for USA Gymnastics women’s elite program in 1999 and incorporated a semi-centralized system that eventually turned the Americans into the sport’s gold standard. It did not come without a cost. He was pushed out after the 2000 Olympics after several athletes spoke out about his tactics.
It would not be the last time Karolyi was accused of grandstanding and pushing his athletes too far physically and mentally.
During the height of the Larry Nassar scandal in the late 2010s — when the disgraced former USA Gymnastics team doctor was effectively given a life sentence after pleading guilty to sexually assaulting gymnasts and other athletes with his hands under the guise of medical treatment — over a dozen former gymnasts came forward saying the Karolyis were part of a system that created an oppressive culture that allowed Nassar’s behavior to run unchecked for years.
Still, some of Karolyi’s most famous students were always among his staunchest defenders. When Strug got married, she and Karolyi took a photo recreating their famous scene from the 1996 Olympics, when he carried her onto the medals podium after she vaulted on a badly sprained ankle.
Despite losing his boxing match to Jake Paul, Mike Tyson in a social media post Saturday said he had “no regrets” to getting “in ring one last time.”
The boxing legend was defeated by social media star Jake Paul in a highly anticipated fight on Friday night with an age difference of over three decades between the two contenders.
Netflix said Saturday that 60 million households worldwide tuned in to watch the match. The two fighters went eight full rounds, with each round two minutes long. Paul defeated Tyson by unanimous decision and the 27-year-old upset boxer and 58-year-old former heavyweight champion hugged afterward.
Paul was expected to earn about $40 million from the fight, and Tyson was expected to take around $20 million for the fight, according to DraftKings and other online reports.
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Tyson said on his social media that “this is one of those situations when you lost but still won. I’m grateful for last night.”
The fight almost didn’t happen after Tyson experienced an ulcer flare-up while on a plane in March. He addressed his illness Saturday, writing that he “almost died in June.” He said he had eight blood transfusions and “lost half my blood and 25lbs in hospital and had to fight to get healthy to fight so I won.”
Tyson retired from boxing in 2005 after a 20-year career. He last fought in a 2020 exhibition match against former four-division world champ Roy Jones Jr.
“To have my children see me stand toe to toe and finish 8 rounds with a talented fighter half my age in front of a packed Dallas Cowboy stadium is an experience that no man has the right to ask for. Thank you,” he said.
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In their final meeting, China’s leader Xi Jinping told U.S. President Biden that his nation was “ready to work with a new administration,” as President-elect Donald Trump prepares to take over.
The two leaders gathered Saturday on the sidelines of the annual Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit. Mr. Biden was expected to urge Xi to dissuade North Korea from further deepening its support for Russia’s war on Ukraine. It marked their first in-person meeting since they met in Northern California last November.
Without mentioning Trump’s name, Xi appeared to signal his concern that the incoming president’s protectionist rhetoric on the campaign trail could send the U.S.-China relationship into another valley.
“China is ready to work with a new U.S. administration to maintain communication, expand cooperation and manage differences so as to strive for a steady transition of the China-U.S. relationship for the benefit of the two peoples,” Xi said through an interpreter.
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Mr. Biden, meanwhile, spoke in broader brushstrokes about where the relationship has gone and reflected not just on the past four years, but on their long relationship.
“Over the past four years, China-U.S. relations have experienced ups and downs, but with the two of us at the helm, we have also engaged in fruitful dialogues and cooperation, and generally achieved stability,” he said.
Mr. Biden and Xi, with top aides surrounding them, gathered around a long rectangle of tables in an expansive conference room at Lima’s Defines Hotel and Conference Center.
There’s much uncertainty about what lies ahead in the U.S.-China relationship under Trump, who campaigned promising to levy 60% tariffs on Chinese imports.
Bobby Djavaheri, president of Los Angeles-based Yedi Houseware Appliances — which manufactures its products in China — told CBS News in an interview this week that such tariffs “would decimate our business, but not only our business. It would decimate all small businesses that rely on importing.”
Trump has also proposed revoking China’s Most Favored Nation trade status, phasing out all imports of essential goods from China and banning China from buying U.S. farmland.
Already, many American companies, including Nike and eyewear retailer Warby Parker, have been diversifying their sourcing away from China. Shoe brand Steve Madden says it plans to cut imports from China by as much as 45% next year.
White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan said Biden administration officials will advise the Trump team that managing the intense competition with Beijing will likely be the most significant foreign policy challenge they will face.
It’s a big moment for Mr. Biden as he wraps up more than 50 years in politics. He saw his relationship with Xi as among the most consequential on the international stage and put much effort into cultivating that relationship.
Mr. Biden and Xi first got to know each other on travels across the U.S. and China when both were vice presidents, interactions that both have said left a lasting impression.
“For over a decade, you and I have spent many hours together, both here and in China and in between. And I think we’ve spent a long time dealing with these issues,” Mr. Biden said Saturday.
But the last four years have presented a steady stream of difficult moments.
The FBI this week offered new details of a federal investigation into Chinese government efforts to hack into U.S. telecommunications networks. The initial findings have revealed a “broad and significant” cyberespionage campaign aimed at stealing information from Americans who work in government and politics.
U.S. intelligence officials also have assessed China has surged sales to Russia of machine tools, microelectronics and other technology that Moscow is using to produce missiles, tanks, aircraft and other weaponry for use in its war against Ukraine.
And tensions flared last year after Mr. Biden ordered the shooting down of a Chinese spy balloon that traversed the United States.
