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For the first time since Apple started selling standard and "Pro" iPhones, we're not going to get an entry-level iPhone model this fall. Apple doesn't plan to release an iPhone 18 in September, and will only launch the iPhone 18 Pro, ?iPhone 18 Pro? Max, and foldable iPhone Ultra. The lower-cost ?iPhone 18? won't come out until spring 2027.
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 You don't have to watch Kevin Costner's Waterworld to know that for much of the world, the future will be increasingly flooded. As climate chaos causes oceans to swallow coastlands, and as surging water displaces and devastates communities, social survival will demand that people find ways to live and work with - and on - the water.
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DeepSeek launches its V4 Pro AI model with major coding gains, open-source developer tools, and pricing that remains well below leading rivals.
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 The highlights of this week in Apple deals include ongoing low prices on AirPods Pro 3, AirPods Max 2, and the 2026 MacBook Pro. We're also tracking solid deals on accessories from Anker and other companies on Amazon thanks to some back to school sales.
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Permanent Clipboard will help you save and organize your clipboard snippets seamlessly. This lightweight Chrome extension allows you to capture text or images easily and provides a simple interface for managing your copied materials. [License: | Requires:
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Steam Database for Chrome, Firefox, and Edge will add database links and features across the Steam Community/Store. It will give you more detailed info when you open a game page. Not only that, but it will also detail the lowest historical price, how many players are online, peak times, ratings, and it will let you know the date of the last update.
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The invisible SynthID will remain.
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Apple recently posted and removed details explaining how Mac users in China could set up their computers to work with Alibaba's Qwen AI. Now, Reuters has confirmed long-held speculation that Apple has revisited its Google Gemini AI playbook and built its own proprietary AI model for China with support from Alibaba.
Apple worked with a Chinese partner because US models such as ChatGPT or Claude are not being made available there, though Chinese AI development doesn't seem to be held back by that lack. Apple and Alibaba have not commented on the claims, the report said.
The approach echoes Apple's work with Google to build more advanced large language models (LLMs) for use with Apple Intelligence, and the news will likely be seen as broadly positive by Chinese iPhone users. They can now look forward to working with Apple Intelligence on their devices. The proximity of the reporting suggests they may be able to access Apple's AI quite soon, once new Apple operating systems ship next month.
The silver lining
It's also smart, as it means Apple has identified a way to introduce AI features in nations that are becoming protective of their tech stack.And while Apple's work with Google on Apple Intelligence was widely regarded as signifying how far behind the company had grown on AI, the work it is now doing with A
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Microsoft has been struggling to get people to use its Edge browser for years. Even though the company made Edge the default browser in Windows 10, users left in droves, most of them flocking to Google Chrome — and with good reason. The original version of Edge was underpowered, had difficult-to-use features, and offered very few extensions compared to Chrome and Firefox.
But in January 2020, Microsoft launched a new version of Edge that's based on the same technologies that drive Chrome. (The new Edge is the only one that's ever been offered in Windows 11.) The Chromium-based Edge is a much better browser, and there are compelling reasons to use it. But you might still prefer to use Chrome, Firefox, or one of the many other browsers out there.
Even if you've set up another browser to be your default in the past, it might have been changed since then. When there's a major Windows upgrade, the installation software recommends switching to Edge, and you might have inadvertently made the switch.
Whatever the reason, if Edge is your default browser in Windows 10 or 11, it's easy to switch to the browser of your choice. As I'll show you, it only takes a few minutes.
The instructions in this article assume you're using either Windows 10 version 22H2 or Windows 11 version 25H2. If you're using an
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Copy URL To Clipboard for Chrome and Firefox allows you to copy and edit URLs. Copy URL To Clipboard provides you with an excellent way to gather and edit URLs from open pages and paste them for use elsewhere. [License: | Requires:
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 Reuters reports that Apple has trained its own large language model for the China market, rather than relying on a third-party model to power its Apple Intelligence features in the country.
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 It is now mid-August, meaning that Apple's annual iPhone event is just around the corner. Below, we take a look at when the event might be held this year.
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One of AI vendor DeepSeek's biggest selling points has been its ultra-low price point, but that party's about to end.
The Chinese model provider is raising API pricing for its V4 model family by notable margins, in some cases by more than 1,100%. The increases may not be that dramatic for all, though; the company is encouraging "more flexible workload scheduling," with peak rates and half-price off-peak rates.
The news was tucked into the announcement of the general availability (GA) of DeepSeek V4-Pro and upgrades to VR-Flash. The new pricing takes effect for most parts of the world on August 16.
"On paper, at peak, against the right comparator, DeepSeek's price advantage does disappear, and in places inverts," said Sanchit Vir Gogia, chief analyst at Greyhound Research. But in practice, "the schedule's own clock and cache hand most of it back to any buyer paying attention."
How Flash and Pro compare now
The new API pricing structure is as follows:
Flash is now $0.22 per million input tokens (cache miss) and $0.66 per million output tokens off-peak; and $0.44 per million input tokens (cache miss) and $1.32 per million output tokens at peak.
This is up from the flat rate of $0.14 for inputs (cache miss),
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With the launch today of the AI Collaborators feature in Workfront, Adobe aims to bring AI agents directly into the flow of work as permissioned team members that can be assigned tasks.
Three types of these ‘collaborators' are now generally available in Workfront. A content reviewer agent automatically checks documents in the work management app against brand guidelines. A project coordinator tracks project progress and keeps stakeholders up to date.
Then there are "task agents" that let customers connect external AI agents to Workfront and assign them work.
The task agents are geared towards a variety of purposes — a social media manager that turns briefs into published posts, a performance analyst that reports on how campaigns are faring, or a content designer that creates visuals and layouts.
To set up a task agent, users provide a name and description of the agent's purpose, then connect it to an agent platform, with Anthropic's Claude, Microsoft's Copilot Studio, and Writer currently highlighted as options.
Once it's ready to go, users can assign work to the agent in a Workfront project just as they would a human user.
As the agent carries out its tasks, an auditable trail of actions is recorded via th
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 Apple today announced that "Block Blast! " and "Art of Fauna: Cozy Puzzles " are coming to Apple Arcade on September 3, adding two more puzzle games to the service's catalog.
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 Experts warn that authentication cookies have become more valuable to cybercriminals than passwords, allowing attackers to hijack online accounts without logging in. The post Billions of Stolen Browser Cookies Expose Users to Account Hijacking appeared first on TechNewsWorld.
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We live and work in browsers. It's where we spend most of our time — and it's where we waste most of our time as well. Web browsing is slow, inefficient, and full of time-sapping annoyances.
But it needn't be that way. You can turn your browser into a lean, mean productivity machine. To do it, just follow these tips for Microsoft Edge in Windows 10 or 11. You'll learn how to switch between home and work profiles, put idle tabs to sleep to speed up your PC, tap into the power of Microsoft's Copilot AI assistant, and more.
(Note that these tips are written for the most recently updated version of Edge in Windows 11 25H2 and Windows 10 22H2. Things may be slightly different if you use a different Windows version, and not all of these features are available for Edge on macOS or other platforms.)
So let's get started — time's a-wasting, and so is your productivity.
1. Switch between work and personal profiles
With remote and hybrid work models now common, many people use the same device for work and personal use. When it comes to using a web browser, that can quickly become problematic.
Mixing work and personal favorites makes it far more difficult to quickly get to important work websites or personal websites. When you're working, you don't want to wade through hundreds of links to family photos, vacation destinations, and YouTube videos of cats befriending parrots when you're just lookin
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