Sony is officially ending production of recordable Blu-rays. In an announcement from Japan spotted by Tom’s Hardware, Sony Storage Media Solutions said it will stop manufacturing the discs in February, alongside recordable MiniDiscs, MD-Data, and MiniDV cassettes, adding, “there will be no successor models.”

Sony recently announced plans to end Blu-ray media production in February, delivering yet another heavy blow to the future of physical media. The company will also

The Walkman Blog first spotted the filing, which includes a product diagram showing off some of the details of the right earcup. Most interestingly, the diagram shows the earpad lifting off to reveal the location of the “user-visible name plate” containing the model and serial numbers.

This story incorporates reporting fromMacRumors, Yahoo and The Verge on MSN.com.Sony appears to be on the verge of releasing a new iteration in its acclaimed WH-1000XM series of noise-canceling headphones.

The filing is with the US FCC, as spotted by The Walkman Blog, and while it doesn't go into extensive detail there are some interesting bits of information about Sony's 2025 flagship over-ears. The WH-1000XM6 is described in the filing as a Wireless Noise Canceling Stereo Headset and it comes with the same battery voltage as the current model – although that doesn't necessarily mean the same amount of play time,