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 Apple has announced that it will be holding an event on Wednesday, September 9 at 10 a.m. Pacific Time, with the company widely expected to unveil the iPhone 18 Pro, iPhone 18 Pro Max, its first-ever foldable iPhone, and more.
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Our reporter Cecilia Kang explains Meta's settlement of a lawsuit claiming that the company's social media platforms had harmed teenage users.
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The Plaud One is a different take on AI wearables.
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TIME reveals the fourth annual TIME100 AI list, recognizing the 100 most influential people in artificial intelligence.
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Meta's settlement could force its biggest competitors to reshape their apps.
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A new independent report on OpenAI models hacking Hugging Face exposes a paradox: investigating increasingly powerful AI may require relying on AI itself.
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Google adds pay-as-you-go pricing to Gemini Enterprise, giving businesses more flexibility while introducing new cost controls and discounts.
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 Bloomberg's Mark Gurman has disputed the authenticity of iPhone Ultra renders shared by the usually reliable leaker Evan Blass on X (Twitter). The images show the unreleased foldable iPhone in not just the rumored space gray and white colors, but also in a striking red.
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Google AI Mode is getting a flight price tracker, hotel booking and a way to view the cost in miles or points.
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 LG is hosting a Labor Day sale on its website this week, with deals on monitors, TVs, home appliances, and more. LG's discounts have been automatically applied and do not require any discount codes or special memberships.
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If you've ever wanted a robotic duck as a companion, now's your chance.
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Samsung's best software features from 2026 are coming to the lower-cost S26 FE — but at $700, it's certainly not cheap.
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It's the second update in less than two months to address privacy concerns.
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 Apple this week announced a new Mac Studio with the M5 Max and M5 Ultra chips, discontinuing the M4 Max and M3 Ultra models that had been on sale since March 2025.
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What are the differences between the two and is the $50 price hike all about RAM?
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 Amazon and Best Buy today have big discounts on the M5 Pro and M5 Max MacBook Pro, with up to $500 off select models. A handful of models have better discounts when compared to the last time we tracked these deals, coming in as much as $100 off previous price points.
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 In another edition of "this heritage bikemaker was once European," we have Speedy Working Motors (SWM), a name once plastered across Italian-built dirt bikes and now under the umbrella of Chinese industrial giant Shineray. SWM's story is a particularly interesting one: born in Milan in 1971, successful in the golden age of European off-road racing, dead and buri
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The new Federal Communications Commission report signals a major retreat from the former administration's goal of connecting every American to gigabit-speed broadband.
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The Galaxy S26 FE is basically a more affordable version of the S26 with slightly reduced specs.
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The Sonicmax Slice 10 is now on Kickstarter and is a great way to cut your 3D prints smoothly.
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"AI slop" now has a friend. "Meat proxy" is a new way to describe too much reliance on AI content.
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The special edition Fitbit Air works in tandem with the Pokemon Sleep app, so you can track your workouts and rested hours.
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 Apple today announced it will hold its annual iPhone-centric event on Wednesday, September 9 at 10 a.m. Pacific Time. In the U.S. and several other countries, Apple used "Surprise and Shine" as its tagline for the event, but in other countries, the tagline isn't a literal translation.
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Quarterly revenue also more than doubled, to $96.22 billion, the company said, topping expectations on Wall Street.
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NEW RESOURCES StateScoop: Pennsylvania launches voter data dashboard. "Pennsylvania election officials on Monday launched a new data dashboard designed to make the state's voter registration data easier for the public to access […]
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 Astropad today launched Rock Paper Pencil 4.0, an updated version of its screen protector and Apple Pencil tip combo made for the iPad.
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 Meta today said it will implement major changes to Facebook and Instagram's child safety features as part of a settlement agreement with almost all U.S. states.
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 Clusters of towns and cities around the world have become curious case studies for scientists looking into just how residents there appear to defy natural aging, living healthier for much longer than anywhere else on the planet. Now, another "longevity hotspot" is in the spotlight.
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Meta agreed to set more time limits and enhance protections in its platforms for young users, but was short on some specifics.
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 Apple yesterday announced the new Mac mini and Mac Studio, and pre-orders have begun on each device ahead of their September 22 launch date. We aren't currently tracking any straight cash discounts on pre-orders, but Best Buy is offering some money back in the form of Best Buy rewards when ordering.
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 Starting today, Virginia residents can add a digital version of their driver's license to the Apple Wallet app on the iPhone and Apple Watch. The digital ID can be used to display proof of identity or age at TSA checkpoints in select airports, at select businesses, and in select apps, but the number of places where it is accepted is still quite limited.
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In a new essay, the Microsoft co-founder sounds the alarm about AI's risks to safety and security, jobs and children's well-being.
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Some critics say it's not a good look for Apple.
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The saying "cleared for takeoff" has a whole different meaning in space.
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 Ads in Apple Maps are live in the United States and Canada, which means iPhone and iPad users will see them when searching for locations and when viewing Suggested Places.
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OpenAI is adding a new safety capability that allows enterprises to detect misuse of its AI systems across multiple interactions without retaining prompts or responses, enabling risk monitoring while preserving its Zero Data Retention (ZDR) commitments.
"OpenAI does not retain…prompts or model responses after a request is processed," the company said in a blog post, describing its ZDR approach. The new system, called Private Safety Processing, is "designed to identify patterns across related interactions without giving OpenAI personnel access to the underlying content."
The capability is being tested with eligible enterprise and API customers and is intended to address a limitation in existing safety controls that evaluate interactions individually, making it harder to detect risks that unfold over time.
What does Private Safety Processing do
Private Safety Processing is designed to extend existing safety systems by correlating activity across related interactions rather than analyzing each prompt in isolation, according to OpenAI.
Under the model, automated systems analyze interactions and generate "a narrowly defined signal indicating the type of activity involved," instead of exposing the underlying prompts or responses, according to OpenAI.
The system can o
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NEW RESOURCES designboom: open-source paint archive explores reusable biomaterials and earth pigments for fine art. "The Experimental Paint Archive by Sophia Collender is a publicly accessible and open source collection of biodegradable, […]
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The new Google Pixel 11 Pro XL doesn't dramatically reinvent the company's flagship smartphone formula. From a hardware perspective, this year's model represents an incremental update. But after spending time with Google's latest full-featured Pixel, I've found that some of its most meaningful improvements for business users aren't necessarily the things that stand out on a spec sheet or benchmark chart.
Starting at $1,299 with 256GB of storage, the Pixel 11 Pro XL features a 6.8-in. Super Actua LTPO OLED display, Google's new Tensor G6 processor, a 5115mAh battery and an updated triple-camera system. Google also pledges seven years of operating system, Android security and Pixel Drop updates.
The hardware is very good, but Google's deeper integration of Gemini with Android and other thoughtful software features are what make this device more interesting.
Tensor G6 performance: The numbers don't tell the whole story
Google's Tensor processors have never been benchmark chart-toppers, and the Tensor G6 doesn't change that. In Geekbench 6, the Pixel 11 Pro XL scored 2,736 single-core and 7,399 multi-core numbers. That's a healthy improvement over the Pixel 10 Pro XL's 2,326 and 6,413, respectively, but well behind devices like Samsung's Galaxy S26 Ultra (at 3,683 and 11,243) powered by Qualcomm's latest SoCs.
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The HARO EKG-seat by Hamberger Medical records a six-lead EKG in 30 seconds while you sit, scanning for atrial fibrillation and irregular heartbeat.
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Traditional operating systems (OS) were built to manage hardware, files, apps, and users on a device, but Cloudflare says the agentic AI era requires a whole new format.
The company this week announced Cloudflare OS, which connects AI agents, enterprise data and context, internal systems, and workflows together in one secure workspace. It is open source and browser-based, sparing companies the need to build all-new infrastructure.
The OS is launching alongside several other new security, identity, spending, and user insight tools that Cloudflare has built for the AI-based workplace.
"Cloudflare OS isn't a traditional desktop OS," said Rita Kozlov, VP of product at Cloudflare. "It reimagines the workplace computing environment for AI."
Open source OS runs in a browser
Cloudflare OS serves as a secure, AI-equipped workspace that is plugged into internal company systems. Available now through Cloudflare's open source repository, it is accessible directly in a browser, and runs inside an enterprise's Cloudflare account.
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It's a sign of the times: Security conference DefCon has added smart glasses to its list of banned audio- or video-recording devices.
The organizers have said that, with no consistent way to understand whether smart glasses are recording or not, they have taken the step to ban them in their entirety on the grounds that they erode trust and invade people's privacy.
Putting corrective lenses in the smart glasses will be no excuse: DefCon insists that visitors bring a pair of glasses without the smarts instead.
The smart glasses ban has been added to DefCon's already strict rules on photography, which among other things ask visitors not to take group shots and to use "portrait" mode (or a low F-stop for those with old-fashioned cameras) to focus on the foreground, so that people in the background appear blurred.
The smart glasses market has gone up a notch lately. Google and Samsung have both announced Gemini powered eyewear running on Android. Apple is looking to launch its new generation of smart glasses next June, citing privacy concerns as the reason for the delay.
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Lexsoft T3 now plays a critical role in supporting?the current wave of AI-led transformation of working practices in the legal sector. The company has evolved T3 from a standalone solution into a key component within the broader orchestrated workflows. KM as a solution is invisible?lawyers can simply trust that they are accessing the best knowledge documents.
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If Windows 11 is on the table for you, today is your lucky day because you can get Windows 11 licenses for super cheap on the PCWorld Software Store right now. Seriously, both Windows 11 Home and Windows 11 Pro are currently priced at $14.97 each. That's down from $139 (89% off) and $199 (92% off), respectively. Huge savings!
Casual users who don't need all the fancy features of the Pro version can get away with Windows 11 Home, although given that they're on sale for the same price, you might consider getting Windows 11 Pro for the heck of it. Windows 11 Pro unlocks advanced features like BitLocker encryption, Remote Desktop Server, Hyper-V virtualization, and Windows Sandbox. (See our breakdown of Windows 11 Pro versus Home.)
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How to activate your Windows 11 license
After you've made your order, you'll have to check your email inbox for the license key. Once you have that and your chosen Windows 11 copy is installed, here's how to activate t
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Because of these limitations, I use ShareX instead for more complicated or precise screen captures. As well as capturing GIFs, ShareX offers significantly more advanced features, including precise capture with a magnifier, scrolling screenshot capture, and timed capture. ShareX even lets you add annotations like arrows, lines, and text bubbles to screenshots. And another great thing… it's totally free!
Here I'll show you how to use the highly coveted GIF recording function.
What to do:
Download, install, and run ShareX.
Type Ctrl Shift Print Screen. A crosshair will appear on your screen.
Now select the part of your screen you want to record a GIF with by moving the crosshair over it—it will automatically select the window or area surrounding your cursor. Click your mouse to begin recording.
To stop recording you can either type the shortcut again (Ctrl Shift Print Screen) or hit the stop button in the ShareX media control bar.
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