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The Verge
9 hours ago
- Entertainment
- The Verge
Nothing Headphone 1 leaks show quirky translucent design
While Nothing is gearing up to officially unveil its first over-ear headphones next week, leaked images and videos have given us a good idea of what they look like. The Nothing Headphone 1 sports an unusual design that appears consistently across leaks from multiple sources, featuring a squircle earcup with the company's signature transparent elements and support for what looks like a 3.5mm audio cable. Nothing announced in a video last month that it would be launching over-ear headphones in 'summer 2025,' but remained largely tight-lipped about what to expect. What little was teased — including Nothing's Tom Ridley saying the company was making 'a more interesting looking pair of headphones that say something about you,' and Adam Bates suggesting its buttons would feature distinct designs for each control function — appears to have been realized in these design leaks. Images shared by Nothing_fan_blog on Instagram show that the earcups for the Nothing Headphone 1 resemble a couple of quirky cassette tapes, and true to Bates' word, there appear to be multiple buttons to control the music. The images show the headphones in black or silver colorways, and branding for 'Nothing Headphone 1' and 'Sound by KEF' on either earcup. Videos shared on X by Arsène Lupin also show two people at a private brand event trying out the headphones with what looks like a 3.5mm wired connection. That cable could introduce improved audio performance (compared with Bluetooth) that doesn't require a battery when connected to compatible sources. It won't be long before we get official confirmation about the Headphone 1 design, specs, and price. According to comments made by Nothing CEO Carl Pei at the London SXSW conference, it's set to be announced on July 1st alongside the brand's incoming flagship phone, the Phone 3.
Finextra
12-05-2025
- Business
- Finextra
Blockchain outfit Xion names Adam Bates chief marketing officer
Xion, the trailblazing blockchain rewriting the rules for Web3 with seamless Web2 vibes, just secured Adam Bates as its Chief Marketing Officer. 0 This content is provided by an external author without editing by Finextra. It expresses the views and opinions of the author. Fresh off his role as MultiversX's marketing czar and renowned for his game-changing run as CMO at Input Output (IOHK) behind Cardano's 2020-2022 glory days, Bates is ready to shake things up. Tasked with supercharging XION's global hype machine, Bates will lead the mission to bring Web3 to the masses by making crypto vanish into the background. His playbook is to turn XION's vision into a cultural juggernaut and build on its early wins with household names like Uber, BMW, Lego and Amazon, who've already tapped the XION platform to unlock new ways to grow onchain. 'Blockchain's been stuck in the nerd zone for a decade, tripping over its own techy traps,' Bates fired off. 'XION's the spark I've been hunting for. I didn't work like crazy to make Cardano a global name to just churn out another chain. XION's the real deal; a bridge to supercharge blockchain's perks into everyone's daily grind, morphing it from geek speak to the unseen backbone of our digital lives.' At Cardano, Bates orchestrated the biggest hybrid marketing event ever, won a Fast Company 'Top 10 Most Innovative Companies', and catapulted the brand past Nestlé, BMW and Bitcoin to rank in the top 30 worldwide for fan love. 'Adam's a creative beast who gets it, inside and outside this crazy industry,' said XION founder Anthony Anzalone. 'We're not here to play by the old rules. XION's built to flip the script and turn Web3 into something your mom can use and devs want to build on. Adam's the guy to make it loud.' Before crypto, Bates worked with global titans like Virgin Airlines, Barclays, Emirates, Lego, Mercedes-Benz, Porsche, and Samsung. He was also a Director at BBDO's London hub, syncing with 300+ offices worldwide. With XION embracing regulatory reality and partnering with some of the biggest Web2 players, XION's poised to tackle the current inefficiencies in user experience and transform blockchain's appeal to global brands.
