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Apple is working on thinner designs for next-gen iPhone 17, Apple Watch, and MacBook Pro

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A new report from Bloomberg relays that Apple’s iPhone 17, set for launch in 2025, may be significantly thinner than its predecessors. The report is interesting insofar that Apple, especially since Jony Ive left the company, had somewhat abandoned its obsession with thinness. For many, this was a welcome about-face as some felt that Apple…

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This is our first look at RCS texting on iPhone in iOS 18

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Apple confirmed during the WWDC 2024 main keynote what many people had suspected: iOS 18 will bring official RCS support to the iPhone. Many Android users have wanted this feature for years, which is why Google and other rivals have been running massive ad campaigns against Apple.Apple didn’t say when it’ll enable RCS on iPhone.…

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Trump, on AI reworking one of his speeches: “It comes out with the most beautiful writing”

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I think it’s probably safe to say that none of our 2024 bingo cards had President Trump going on Logan Paul’s podcast and raving about how good AI is at rewriting his speeches.AI, of course, is continuing to roil pretty much every industry on the planet, in the course of which it’s threatening to rob…

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YouTube launches its own version of X/Twitter Community Notes

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Finally, a Google-owned company is stealing something worthwhile. YouTube announced today that it’s begun experimenting with its own version of Community Notes, the feature that X/Twitter pioneered whereby the user community fact-checks and brings additional context to posts.Of course, there’s not a snowball’s chance in hell these YouTube notes will on the whole be unbiased,…

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The turbocharged Siri assistant I want isn’t coming until 2025

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I upgraded my iPhone 14 Pro when iOS 18 beta 1 came out, and I did it for the non-AI features coming to the iPhone via iOS 18. My handset isn’t good enough to support Apple Intelligence, so I’ll certainly upgrade to an iPhone 16 model this fall. AI, especially the Siri experience that Apple…

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There’s one popular AI feature that Apple should never bring to the iPhone

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As expected, Apple unveiled its suite of AI features coming to iPhone, iPad, and Mac this year. Dubbed Apple Intelligence, Apple’s AI includes a personalized Siri AI experience, and a bunch of generative AI features that might be available already on competing platforms.Unsurprisingly, the Photos app also gets new AI features in iOS 18. Specifically,…

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CMA working paper outlines concerns about Microsoft’s competitive hold on UK cloud market

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The interim findings of the Competition and Markets Authority’s (CMA’s) investigation into Microsoft’s cloud software licensing strategy should be a significant cause for concern for the software giant, experts have warned. However, Microsoft maintains its behaviour is having no impact on its nearest competitors, Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Google Cloud. The UK competition watchdog…

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Google Nest WiFi is the best mesh wireless system you can get today

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The Google Nest WiFi mesh wireless system is among the most popular options out there right now. There are several different configurations available, but the hottest one among our readers is the setup with one router and one mesh point. It’s ideal for most homes since Google says it covers up to 3,800 square feet…

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Ad blockers won’t work with YouTube’s new unskippable ad feature

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With its new unskippable ad feature, YouTube might end up killing ad blockers once and for all. Currently, the video platform is experimenting with server-side ad injection, which means the ads would appear directly in a video’s stream, bypassing ad blockers.A Google spokesperson explained the test to Gizmodo: “YouTube is improving its performance and reliability…

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Forget AI, I want my iPhone to steal this must-have feature from Android

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Now that Apple is taking more cues from Android—the addition of a customizable home screen and a few other features coming to iOS 18 have been available in Android for years now—it’s time for the company to look at other features it can nick, and I’ve got the perfect one: I’d love to see reverse…

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