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 As expected, the Apple Upgrade program launched today, allowing customers in the U.S. to lease most iPhone, Apple Watch, iPad, and Mac models. While the program is offered by Apple, the leasing is handled by financing company Klarna.
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The program is an effort to make products more affordable as artificial intelligence sends some component prices soaring.
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 Apple plans to release an all-new smart home hub at some point between October and early next year, according to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman.
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AI PROBLEMS Politico: Emails show how Virginia regulators downplayed data center health concerns. "When Virginia's top environmental regulator received an analysis warning of data center pollution, it took him less than five […]
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Better bass and a much newer processor are the main differences between the old Echo Dot and the newer Echo Dot Max.
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 New models of the Apple TV and HomePod mini are "nearly ready to launch," with Apple planning to release them "this fall," according to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman. In other words, the devices would likely launch around September or October.
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 North American tiny houses have been trending larger and more luxurious in recent years, but the eBoho Go takes the opposite approach. Measuring just 152 sq ft (14 sq m), the simple and affordable home provides a lesson in making every inch count.
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 Apple today shared the full-length trailer for season four of its hit series Ted Lasso, ahead of the season premiere on Wednesday, August 5. Following the premiere, one new episode will be released every Wednesday through October 7.
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Checkmarx One for Government?provides?the essential?AppSec toolset in one platform
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 Apple will exclusively rely on Samsung Display for the production of OLED touch panels for its redesigned upcoming MacBook Pro models, according to a new report from Korea-based The Elec.
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The chipmaking giant is in talks with OpenAI to provide a $250 billion financial backstop for the project, which would be among the largest of the A.I. boom.
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Anthropic says Claude Opus 5 approaches Fable 5 performance at roughly half the price, targeting enterprise AI, coding, research, and agents.
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China says it will retaliate if the US sanctions Chinese AI companies over alleged model distillation and intellectual property theft claims.
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Now that Samsung has jumped into the crowded AI-powered glasses arena alongside Apple, Google, Meta, and others, CISOs and IT leaders are again having to think through whether it makes sense to establish enterprise restrictions on such devices, given the likely data leakage and privacy and compliance issues.
And even if those tech leaders decide that such policies might make sense, the logistical hurdles to universally enforcing them outside the office are all but insurmountable.
For example, it is up to individual wearers to choose their device's settings, making it difficult for IT policies around data acquisition and usage to be enforced. Worse, AI devices have a history of ignoring guardrails. That means that a setting that limits how data is used may not necessarily be obeyed.
One possible mitigating factor is that smart glasses typically have a light on the frame that activates whe
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 Apple's next high-end laptop is expected to bring the most substantial external changes to the MacBook Pro line since 2021. No renders, case leaks, or dimensions have emerged, but a series of reports have established much of what is set to change.
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 Amazon is planning to deploy up to 5,105 low Earth orbit satellites that will use Globalstar spectrum to provide voice, data, messaging, and emergency services to devices like the iPhone. Amazon's project is expected to improve existing iPhone satellite features and support new features.
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 A shortage of memory chips has impacted the entire computer market, affecting Macs and PCs alike. Apple and other companies have raised prices, but Apple is better positioned than its competitors. Machines like the Mac mini and the Mac Studio are in demand for on-device AI agent use, and Apple plans to take advantage by refreshing its Mac lineup across 2026 and 2027.
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 Apple today released iOS 26.6, iPadOS 26.6, and macOS Tahoe 26.6, all of which have a long list of security fixes.
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The road to the giant project was paved with secret meetings and an ever-expanding building plan.
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AI PROBLEMS University of Waterloo: Hidden risks in AI data centres spark new battery safety research. "As artificial intelligence (AI) drives a global surge in data centres in Canada and around the […]
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 Anthropic today introduced Claude Opus 5, an upgrade to Opus 4.8. Anthropic says Opus 5 was built for daily use, and it offers near Fable 5 performance at half the price. Fable 5 is Anthropic's most capable publicly available model.
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AI PROBLEMS Spectrum News: Ohio business says inaccurate Google AI summary of store is hurting sales. "About a week ago, [Chanel Bush] said a customer told her that the Google AI summary […]
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Apple's first high-end MacBook redesign in five years is expected to arrive in the near future, bringing a run of firsts to the Mac.
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 Meta today announced Facebook Verified, a free badge designed to confirm that a Facebook profile belongs to a real person rather than an AI-generated fake.
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OpenAI plans a 3.2GW Georgia data center, with power arriving from 2028 to 2032 and projected compute spending rising to $750 billion through 2030.
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 Apple today announced that "The Morning Show" will return to Apple TV for a fifth and final season at some point in 2027.
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Apple accelerated iOS 26.5.2 and macOS Tahoe 26.5.2 security fixes because AI tools can help attackers reverse-engineer patches faster than ever before.
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