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 Apple is in the middle of a three-year plan to "reinvent" the look and feel of the iPhone, according to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman.
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 Apple reportedly plans to unveil its long-awaited foldable iPhone in September, and Bloomberg's Mark Gurman has revealed the device's supposed price range.
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With its new Claude Mythos Preview model, the company is pulling together tech giants for a new cybersecurity consortium, Project Glasswing.
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Anthropic's Project Glasswing unites major tech rivals to use Claude Mythos Preview to find and fix critical software vulnerabilities before attackers do.
The post Project Glasswing: Anthropic Unites Apple, Google, Microsoft on AI Cybersecurity appeared first on eWEEK.
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 Woot this week is back with a massive sale on Solo Loop and Braided Solo Loop bands for Apple Watch, with prices that match the previous record low Woot deals on these bands.
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NEW RESOURCES Spotted in my RSS feeds: BATH. "Welcome to BATH - BAlnea & THermae, an international research network of scholars specialising in ancient baths and bathing habits. This website introduces the […]
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In an email to customers, Amazon announced that it would be ending service for Kindle devices older than the 2012 edition. Those devices will lose access to the Kindle Store.
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The foldable phone paused its sales in March after selling through its inventory, but Samsung is bringing it back to its online store.
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The companies are starting on-road testing of the autonomous ID Buzz vehicle in Los Angeles.
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Playing catch-up instead of leapfrog.
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In just a few easy steps, you can make all Liquid Glass elements on your iPhone appear more solid.
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Intel's role in Elon Musk's ambitious chip venture is still murky, raising questions about what the partnership actually entails—and whether it can work at all.
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The model, Muse Spark, performed better than Meta's previous A.I. models but lags rivals on coding ability.
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Intel has joined Elon Musk's Terafab chip project in Austin, a high-stakes manufacturing plan tied to Tesla, SpaceX, AI, and robotics ambitions.
The post Intel to Help Build Elon Musk's Terafab AI Chip Plant for Robotics appeared first on eWEEK.
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Hansi Flick's team is looking to gain an advantage and head to Metropolitano Stadium next week.
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The toilet inside Orion has been malfunctioning since launch day. NASA still doesn't know why.
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If you're using an older Kindle, you may want to check what year it was released. Amazon has sent out emails to some of its users, with a warning that it's discontinuing support for Kindle ereaders and Fire tables released in 2012 or earlier. You can still read books you've already downloaded on those devices, but you'll no longer be able to purchase, borrow or download new ones, starting on May 20, 2026. In addition, if the device has an issue that can only be solved by a factory reset, doing so will brick it. Deregestering it will also render it unusable. On Kindle Fire devices, users won't be able to purchase or download content anymore, but other services would remain functional.
The affected models include the very first Kindle, Kindle 2, Kindle DX, Kindle Keyboard, Kindle 4, Kindle Touch, Kindle 5 and the first version of Kindle Paperwhite. We've asked Amazon why it decided to cut off support for those models, and the company told us: "These models have been supported for at least 14 years — some as long as 18 years — but technology has come a long way in that time…"
Amazon also told Engadget that this only affects approximately 3 percent of its current users, whom it's now urging to upgrade. In its email, it gives them a promo code for 20 percent off select Kindle devices, as well as ebook credits if they purchase a new model by June 20. "Our newer Kindle devices bring meaningful improvements in screen quality, performance and accessibility — and you'll have access to your complete Kindle library and the Kindle Store," the company wrote.
Update 04/08/26 8:23AM ET: Added information we received from Amazon.
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Samsung may be gearing up to launch a sequel to its rugged smartwatch this summer. Here's everything we know so far.
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 If you live in Los Angeles, you may soon be able to hail a Volkswagen ID. Buzz robotaxi from the Uber app. The companies' previously announced "multi-year strategic partnership" is nearing a public launch, with on-road testing with a safety driver underway.
The vehicles use tech from MOIA America, the US wing of Volkswagen's self-driving subsidiary. Uber and MOIA plan to deploy thousands of ID. Buzz vehicles across the US over the next decade. LA is the pilot city, and if all goes well, it will spread to "multiple US markets." The companies say they're still on track for rides (with safety drivers) in LA in late 2026.
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The ID. Buzz is Volkswagen's modern take on the automaker's classic "hippie van" microbus. The head-turning EV has minivan-style sliding doors and seats up to seven people, making it a logical fit for larger groups hailing an Uber. The vehicle has a per-charge range of up to 234 miles.
After s
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The SpaceX-Tesla chip project central to Elon Musks robot and space catapult dreams now has Intel as a partner.
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This year at CES 2026 everybody was pretty confused about the new "Micro RGB" and "RGB Mini LED" TVs that use similar technology but carry different names. Now, Sony has come up with another label for its own Mini LED TVs with RGB backlighting: True RGB. The idea is to emphasize that the individual red, green and blue LED backlights allow for "purer color, greater brightness, and the largest color volume ever achieved in Sony's home TV history," the company said.
To be clear, this is not some new technology that Sony just came up with — it's the same Micro RGB tech we saw earlier this year from Samsung, LG, HiSense and others. These TVs use pure red, green and blue LED backlights along with an LCD layer (rather than solid blue LEDs and quantum dots like Mini LED TVs) to produce the final picture. This d
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The new damage hero joins the roster next week, but gameplay details are still under wraps.
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 Following the icy reception to Llama 4, Meta is releasing the first in a new family of AI systems built by its recently formed Superintelligence team. The company is kicking off its new Muse era with Spark, a lightweight model geared toward consumer use. In the future, Meta plans to offer more capable versions of Muse, but for now, it's clear the company wants to nail the basics.
To that point, many of Spark's capabilities are table stakes for a new model in 2026. For instance, it offers both "Instant" and "Thinking" modes. With the latter engaged, the model will take an extra few moments to reason through a prompt. Other consumer-facing AI systems have had this kind of flexibility for a while. Anthropic, for example, was one of the first AI labs to offer a "hybrid reasoning model" when it released Claude Sonnet 3.7 at the start of last year. That said, Meta plans to add an even more powerful "Contemplating" mode down the road.
A GIF demonstrating Muse Spark's multi-agent capabilities. MetaMuse Spark can also coordinate multiple AI subagents to tackle a request. Meta suggests users will see this capability in action when the
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Amid drought and heat waves, April's national wildfire forecast shows that nearly the entire Western U.S. will face an above-normal risk of wildfires at some point in the next four months.
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The new Firefox VPN is available now. Here's everything you need to know about putting it to use.
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Most iPhones and Android phones have IP ratings these days, but does that make them waterproof? Here's what you should know.
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 Google today updated its Chrome browser with support for vertical tabs, which are displayed in a sidebar instead of at the top of the browser.
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NEW RESOURCES Spotted in my RSS feeds: ByeDoom. "Add any public account from Instagram, Facebook, Threads, X, TikTok or YouTube to quickly get a feed for your favorite reader." TWEAKS AND UPDATES […]
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Here are hints and the answer for today's Wordle for April 8, No. 1,754.
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Warning comes as tensions over hostilities in the Middle East boil over.
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We see a lot of doom and gloom about the potential negative impacts of artificial intelligence, particularly centered on how it could create new problems in cybersecurity. Anthropic has announced a new initiative called Project Glasswing to help address those concerns by working "to secure the world's most critical software" against AI-powered attacks. The endeavor includes Amazon Web Services, Apple, Broadcom, Cisco, CrowdStrike, Google, JPMorganChase, the Linux Foundation, Microsoft, NVIDIA and Palo Alto Networks as partners.
Participants will use Claude Mythos Preview, an unreleased, general-purpose model from Anthropic, to enhance their own security projects. Anthropic claims that this model has found thousands of exploitable vulnerabilities, "including some in every major operating system and web browser." The company said it wants to begin using its tools defensively to prevent malicious use of AI that could cause severe consequences for economies and security.
Anthropic has become one of the notable AI companies raising concerns about ethics in the field. Earlier this year, the business refused to remove guardrails on its services for use by the Pentagon, which prompted the Department of Defense to sanction Anthropic with a "supply chain risk" designation in retaliation. Launching Project Glasswing could be a helpful start toward improved cybersecurity in the AI era, but some damage has already been done. Its own Claude was reportedly used by a hacker against
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After a long wait, Apple has unveiled the AirPods Max 2. Here's my full skinny on all the performance and feature upgrades the new model offers.
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The emotional moment was streamed by NASA moments after the crew made history.
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The company previously warned that its newest model "presents unprecedented cybersecurity risks."
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Teen use of AI chatbots is no longer limited to the classroom. Some teens are turning to roleplay bots and AI companions for advice, comfort, conversation, and emotional support. For some, that means asking how to word an awkward text or work through a friendship problem. For others, it means spending hours with character bots […]
The post Teens Using AI Chatbots for Emotional Support Face Real Risks appeared first on eWEEK.
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Meta Ray-Bans and other camera glasses can secretly record you in public, but there are a few ways to recognize a pair.
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While not revolutionary, these changes give you more freedom to make your browser windows look how you want them.
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Google has started rolling out a small but significant update to Chrome on desktop. Starting today, users will begin seeing an option to organize their tabs vertically. To use the new feature, right click on any Chrome window and select "Show Tabs Vertically."
Google is late to the game here. Before today, every other major browser but Chrome offered support for vertical tabs — though the quality of implementation varies widely. Firefox, for instance, has supported vertical tabs since its 136 update in March of last year, and in my experience, has one of the best interfaces for managing dozens of tabs. Apple's own Safari is another browser with the option to stack tabs vertically, though things can quickly get confusing due to all the different ways you can group webpages.
Separately, Google is rolling out an enhanced reading mode that offers a new full-page interface. To use the feature, right click on a page and select "Open in reading mode." As you might imagine, reading mode is designed to make busy webpages easier to get through without distraction. As with most Chrome upgrades, it may take a few days before today's update rolls out to your device, so be patient if you don't see it right away.
This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/computing/chrome-finally-adds-support-for-vertical-tabs-170000081.html?src=rss
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Using Samsung's texting app on your Galaxy phone? Get ready to move to something else, like Google Messages.
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 Apple is continuing to highlight the Liquid Glass aesthetic that it introduced in iOS 26, iPadOS 26, and macOS 26. The company has shared an updated Liquid Glass Design Gallery that shows off Liquid Glass in third-party apps.
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Curb your screen addiction by enabling these four essential wellness toggles on your smartphone.
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Three YouTube channels have banded together and filed a class action lawsuit against Apple, as first spotted by MacRumors. According to the lawsuit, the creators behind h3h3 Productions, MrShortGameGolf and Golfholics have accused Apple of violating the Digital Millennium Copyright Act by scraping copyrighted videos on YouTube to train its AI models.
While the YouTubers' videos are available to watch on the platform, the lawsuit alleged that Apple illegally circumvented the "controlled streaming architecture" that regular users are limited to. The creators claimed that Apple's video scraping was used to train its generative AI products, adding that the tech giant's "massive financial success would not have been possible without the video content created" by the YouTubers. MacRumors noted that these YouTube channels have also filed similar lawsuits against other tech companies, including Meta, Nvidia, ByteDance and Snap.
It's not the first time a company's alleged AI training methods have gotten them in legal trouble. OpenAI and Microsoft were both accused of using copyrighted articles from the NYTimes to train its AI chatbots. Similarly,
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This is NO APRIL FOOL zone. NEW RESOURCES Keys News: Catalog brings local history out of vault. "The Florida Keys History Center, Monroe County's archive of documents and photographs illustrating the history […]
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A support page from Mozilla reveals that the company has been working on an "IP concealment" technology for over two weeks. However, Mozilla has since renamed the page "Firefox VPN" to show off the new experimental, beta feature present in the browser. Mozilla says that the technology will be free, but it's only being offered to a small, randomly chosen set of test users.
The free VPN service will apparently complement the paid Mozilla VPN service that Mozilla already offers. Our tests, however, found Mozilla's paid VPN service somewhat wanting.
Integrating a VPN service into the browser has been a feature of niche browsers for years — including Mozilla. In 2019, Mozilla began testing the Firefox Private Network, a VPN-like service that obscured the user's IP address. The trial was part of a beta program, and the technology was never really commercialized. Opera, too, launched a more sophisticated integrated VPN service. In March, Vivaldi teamed up with Proton for an integrated VPN into the browser, as well.
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