The Beats Studio Pro is down to $169.95 at Amazon right now in a limited-time deal, which is $180 off the $349.99 list price. That’s a 51% cut on a pair of over-ear headphones that offer active noise canceling, 40-hour battery life, and USB-C lossless audio in a package that works equally well with Apple and Android devices. It’s a lot to like at under $170.

What you’re getting

The Studio Pro is the most fully featured headphone Beats has put out, and a lot of that comes down to the USB-C lossless audio capability, which is a genuine differentiator at this price. When wired, you’re bypassing Bluetooth compression entirely and getting a cleaner signal, which matters if you’re connecting to a laptop or a device with a USB-C port and care about audio quality beyond casual listening.

Wireless performance is covered by both Bluetooth 5.3 and Apple’s proprietary one-tap pairing, so switching between an iPhone and an Android device is straightforward rather than a hassle. The active noise canceling handles everyday environments well, and the transparency mode is useful enough to actually use rather than ignore. Battery life sits at 40 hours with ANC off and around 24 hours with it on, either of which is comfortably above average for this category.

The build is comfortable for extended wear, with plush ear cushions and an adjustable headband that doesn’t feel cheap. Beats has cleaned up the design considerably from earlier Studio models, and the result is a headphone that travels well and looks the part.

Why it’s worth it

At $349.99, the Studio Pro has to justify itself against the Sony WH-1000XM5 and Bose QuietComfort 45, and that’s a hard conversation. At $169.95, it’s operating in a different bracket entirely, and nothing else at this price matches the combination of lossless wired audio, solid ANC, and seamless dual-ecosystem compatibility. This is a limited-time price, so it’s worth moving on sooner rather than later.

The bottom line

The Beats Studio Pro at $169.95 is one of the more well-rounded headphone deals available right now. You’re getting ANC, 40-hour battery life, USB-C lossless audio, and broad device compatibility at half the usual asking price, which is the kind of discount that makes this an easy call before the deal expires.

The FBI is asking gamers who installed Steam titles containing malware to provide information as part of an ongoing investigation into eight malicious games uploaded to the gaming platform.

In a notice published today by the FBI’s Seattle Division, the agency said it is attempting to identify individuals who were affected after installing one of the malicious games on Steam between May 2024 and January 2026.

“The FBI’s Seattle Division is seeking to identify potential victims installing Steam games embedded with malware. The FBI believes the threat actor primarily targeted users between the timeframe of May 2024 and January 2026,” reads the notice.

“In the investigation, several games have been identified to include, BlockBlasters, Chemia, Dashverse/DashFPS, Lampy, Lunara, PirateFi, and Tokenova.”

“If you and/or your minor dependent(s) were victimized from installing one of these games or have information relevant to this investigation, please fill out this short form.”

The questionnaire indicates that the FBI is focused on cryptocurrency theft and account hijacks after the installation of the malware, asking questions about cryptocurrency transactions, compromised accounts, and stolen funds.

The form also asks for any screenshots of communications with individuals who promoted the games, which could help investigators track the stolen cryptocurrency and trace it to those who distributed the malware.

“The FBI is legally mandated to identify victims of federal crimes it investigates. Victims may be eligible for certain services, restitution, and rights under federal and/or state law. All identities of victims will be kept confidential,” the FBI told BleepingComputer.

“The website and email listed in the mass notifications sent on March 12, 2026, are official and authorized by the FBI. At this time, the FBI is unable to provide specific details beyond the information referenced on the website in the email notification to customers.”

The FBI is also asking anyone who knows someone who may have been affected to encourage them to submit an inquiry to Steam_Malware@fbi.gov. 

BleepingComputer also sent questions to Valve about the investigation, but did not receive a reply to our email.

Malware hidden in Steam games

Multiple malicious games discovered on Steam over the past two years have distributed information-stealing malware designed to harvest credentials, cryptocurrency wallets, and other sensitive data from players’ devices.

One of the most notable cases involved BlockBlasters, a free-to-play 2D platformer available on Steam from July to September 2024. While initially uploaded to Steam as a clean program, cryptodrainer malware was later added to the game.

News that the Steam game was malicious was revealed during a livestream by video game streamer Raivo Plavnieks (RastalandTV), who was raising money for cancer treatment.

After downloading the verified Steam game, the streamer reported losing more than $32,000 from his cryptocurrency wallet.

Blockchain investigator ZachXBT later estimated that attackers stole roughly $150,000 from 261 Steam accounts. Cybersecurity researcher VX-Underground later reported a higher count of 478 victims.

In the malicious Chemia survival crafting game, a threat actor known as EncryptHub added the HijackLoader malware, which downloaded the Vidar information stealer. It was later discovered that the game also installed EncryptHub’s custom Fickle Stealer malware, which steals credentials, browser data, cookies, and cryptocurrency wallets.

The PirateFi game also distributed the Vidar infostealer and was available on Steam for about a week in February 2025. Up to 1,500 users may have downloaded the game before it was removed from Steam.

Steam later warned players who launched the game that malicious files may have been executed on their computers and advised them to run antivirus scans, review installed software, and consider reinstalling their operating system.

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“5G” is an umbrella term that encompasses the current fifth-generation cellular wireless network technologies. All the major carriers and phones support 5G connections, which can offer faster data speeds than older technologies such as 4G LTE or 3G.

Essentially there are three types of 5G: Millimeter-wave (mmWave), which can be fast but has limited range; low-band 5G, which has slower speeds but works on a broader range; and midband, which is a balance between the two that’s faster than low-band but also covers a larger range than millimeter-wave. Midband also incorporates C-band, a batch of spectrum auctioned off by the Federal Communications Commission in 2021.

Your phone’s 5G connection depends on which type blankets the area you’re in, as well as other factors, such as population density and infrastructure. For instance, mmWave is super fast, but its signals can be thwarted by buildings, glass, leaves, or by being inside of a structure.

When your device is connected to a 5G network, it can show up as several variations such as 5G, 5G Plus, 5G UW or others, depending on the carrier. Here’s a list of icons you see at the top of your phone for the major services:

AT&T: 5GE (which isn’t actually 5G, but rather a sly marketing name for 4G LTE), 5G (low band), 5G Plus (mmWave, midband)

Verizon: 5G (low band, also called “Nationwide 5G”), 5G UW/5G UWB (midband and mmWave, also called “5G Ultra Wideband”)

T-Mobile: 5G (low band), 5G UC (midband and mmWave, also called “Ultra Capacity 5G”)

There’s also 5G Reduced Capacity (5G RedCap), which is a lower-power, smaller-capacity branch of 5G used by devices such as smartwatches and portable health devices; the Apple Watch Ultra 3, for example, connects via 5G RedCap.

Just around the corner is 5G Advanced, promising much faster speeds due to carrier aggregation, or combining multiple spectrums.

Legendary filmmaker Steven Spielberg spoke out against the use of AI technology when used in creative endeavors in an interview at the SXSW conference in Austin on Friday. Asked how he viewed AI’s utility as part of the filmmaking process, Spielberg said, “I’ve never used AI on any of my films yet,” to which the audience erupted with cheers and applause.

The director/producer/screenwriter, who became a household name for blockbusters like “Jaws,” “E.T.,” “Close Encounters of the Third Kind,” “Raiders of the Lost Ark,” and many others, is not anti-technology, necessarily. His own films have imagined worlds filled with technology, for both good and bad, like “Minority Report,” “Ready Player One,” and, of course, “A.I. Artificial Intelligence,” to name a few.

At SXSW 2026, Spielberg said he didn’t want to go on a rant about A.I., noting that he was for the technology “in many disciplines,” but in his writers’ rooms, even in TV, “there’s not an empty chair with a laptop in front of it.” Meaning, he’s not outsourcing creativity to the machine.

“I am not for AI if it replaces a creative individual,” he said.

Of course, someone like Spielberg may not need an AI assist. AI startups are pitching themselves to resource-constrained indie filmmakers. Elsewhere, big names in streaming are also looking to use AI. Amazon this year said it’s testing tools for AI in film and TV production, and Netflix earlier this month acquired Ben Affleck’s AI filmmaking company for a reported $600 million.