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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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 Apple's foldable "iPhone Ultra" may get a Vision Pro-style staggered country-by-country launch over several months, with initial availability limited to the U.S. market, according to an Australian publication.
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Flock tries to make its cameras harder for cops to misuse.
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Anthropic is bringing Claude Cowork to Chrome, adding cross-device sessions, browser actions and new safeguards against prompt-injection risks.
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 Washing your car yourself sounds simple, but let's admit it - it's yet another hassle to deal with.
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The legal challenge lands in the midst of mounting backlash as Democratic lawmakers rally over the controversial early access scheme.
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Apple appears to be trying to secure access to new content and other information for Siri AI.
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Heart Aerospace's X1 all-electric demonstrator flew for 27 minutes on just $5 of electricity.
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I've found my favorite 20-odd Siri voice commands as Siri AI gets ready for big Apple Home changes.
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US government to allow private companies to carry out cyberattacks on its behalf.
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Denise Dresser, who was previously the C.E.O. of Slack, is the latest in a string of executives to leave the artificial intelligence start-up.
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Maintaining hormone levels after menopause may reduce the risk of Alzheimer's, new research finds.
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China already manufactures humanoid robots by the thousands. A new generation of U.S. start-ups is betting that there is still time to compete.
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Twitch channels are quietly being used to train Amazon's AI models. Here's how creators can opt out.
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Meta is donating 15,000 Ray-Ban Meta glasses to an Irish charity supporting people with sight loss.
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 That didn't take long. Just weeks after Harley-Davidson launched its blacked-out, stripped-back Deadwood, Indian Motorcycles has come out swinging with the Chief Vintage Sturgis, SD Edition. But here's the plot twist: unlike its American rival, the Indian will be produced in limited numbers … and a
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 Apple has approached publishers to establish content deals that would give Siri AI access to current news and information, reports The Wall Street Journal.
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The starting price for the Pixel 11 is $899, the 11 Pro is $1,099, and the 11 Pro XL is $1,299. Which one do you get? Here's our Pixel buying guide.
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NEW RESOURCES Columbia Star: Richard Samuel Roberts Collection digitized. "Richard Samuel Roberts became one of South Carolina's most famous photographers in the 1920s and 1930s. However, after his death in 1936, Roberts […]
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 If you're bored of listening to the same predictable playlist over and over, a portable speaker called mur mur offers an unusual alternative: it doesn't just play pre-recorded music, but creates an ever-changing soundscape.
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 Google today introduced the Pixel Tag, its answer to Apple's AirTag. Pixel Tag is Google's first item tracker, even though Google implemented an item tracking network two years ago that's been used by third-party devices.
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 Three seats, one single bed, a large L-shaped kitchen and a bathroom (or at least a toil
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Win Agent GPT is a Windows-based AI automation tool that lets popular AI models like ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and DeepSeek interact with your PC instead of just chatting back at you.... [License: | Requires:
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 U.S. Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan today granted Apple a one-day stay in its legal fight with Epic Games, giving Apple more time to outline the fees it wants to charge developers for linking out to purchase options on the web.
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SpaceXAI says new AI agents can work alongside each other and even have their own AI manager.
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Take your conversations with the chatbot into the Anthropic browser extension.
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Former DHS officials tell TIME that the devices aren't necessary as an enforcement method against civilians—and that their use would pose numerous risks.
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Worrying about Google Glassholes almost feels quaint in comparison.
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Andy Green, a 64-year-old retired Royal Air Force pilot from Britain, was already the only person to break the sound barrier on land. "The ground comes at you very, very quickly," he said.
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 Just days after the JCB Hydromax hit 368.347 mph (592.797 km/h), the hydrogen-powered vehicle has just set a new Federation Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) world land speed record of 406.320 mph (653.91 km/h) at the Bonneville Salt Flats. That m
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There's now an opt-out toggle for something that should have been opt-in to begin with.
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Grok Bot can keep working across apps from its own cloud computer, but enterprise buyers still lack bot-specific details on permissions, retention, and recovery.
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Qingdao has opened a robot 6S experience store where consumers can test, lease, service and customize robots as China expands consumer robotics.
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Tesla has built Starlink into Cybercab to give its robotaxi fleet another communications path when cellular coverage fails, while key questions about real-world performance, failover, and cost remain unanswered.
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Plus, how to seek support without silencing yourself.
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Microsoft Sysinternals Suite is a portable app containing dozens of Sysinternals troubleshooting utilities and help files. It does not contain non-troubleshooting tools like the BSOD Screen Saver or NotMyFault. [License: | Requires:
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Hands-on: I tried the Pixel 11 and appreciate all of Google's refinements, despite the higher cost of entry.
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Google says its new book-style foldable is tougher and thinner - which could make the steep $1,899 price a little easier to swallow.
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 The leaker known as "Ice Universe" today shared images and a hands on video of screen protectors for Apple's rumored "iPhone Ultra," and the leak appears to confirm two of the most discussed details about the foldable's front design.
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Apple is in the process of tweaking its business models to cope with the unyielding memory price and availability crisis. Its response is now emerging across multiple fronts.
Finance or lease
The company's recently-introduced Apple Upgrade scheme in partnership with Klarna is a smart response to the reality that as devices inevitably become more expensive, consumers will shift from outright ownership to flexible lease and financing arrangements. With its partnership, Apple continues to generate revenue while also maximizing the likelihood customers will return the product at EOL, more about which later.
Samsung and Google have introduced similar schemes. "Financing models already dominant in India and Africa are now poised to reshape the US and European markets," said CCS Insight in a presentation exploring the consequences of the memory shortage.
Downgrade
Apple has seen a lot of success with the iPhone 17 this year. That success wasn't entirely because it's such a good smartphone; it also reflects consumers making the decision to purchase lower-specced devices to stay within budget. Apple continues to see
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 Policymakers are borrowing from the social media playbook to protect kids from AI chatbots, but experts disagree over whether those rules address the real risks. The post Rules to Protect Kids From AI Risk Repeating Social Media Mistakes appeared first on TechNewsWorld.
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 Elon Musk's SpaceXAI today announced the launch of Grok Bot, a "team of always-on agents" that can complete tasks using tools, websites, and apps. Grok Bot can work in the cloud, so jobs keep running when your laptop is closed. The feature is tied to Cursor, the AI coding company that SpaceX is acquiring for $60 billion.
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In OpenAI's latest exit, Brad Lightcap, a longtime leader at the artificial intelligence company, said he was leaving to start a new venture.
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Even with federal grants largely restored, scientists say the Trump administration is still preventing those funds from reaching them. The consequences, they say, are already becoming clear.
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Be careful what you wish for. That's what Microsoft found out recently when it discovered that AI — rather than making Windows more secure by helping the company close security holes — could help hackers find flaws faster than Microsoft can fix them.
It's put Microsoft in a serious bind. Should the company devote a potentially massive amount of resources to fix every AI-unearthed security issue as fast as it can? Or should it rush to close the most important ones, and clean up the minor ones later at much less cost?
What the company decides could have tremendous implications. For years, Microsoft has faced criticism from many in the US government because of how often its technologies have been hacked, potentially putting the nation's security at risk. Some members of Congress have suggested the government curtail contracts with Microsoft until the company proves it can provide more safety. Billions of dollars in federal contracts could be pulled.
To get a better insight into what could happen, let's look at AI's newfound prodigious ability to find security holes and bugs.
AI-fueled security mavens Mythos and Project Glasswing
Microsoft's AI-related security problems are an outgrowth of the launch of Anthropic's Mythos AI model, designed to handle cybersecurity and biology research. One of its goals is to uncover sec
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NEW RESOURCES Daily Nous: New: Journal of Mathematical Philosophy. "It is now open to submissions in subject areas such as as formal epistemology, philosophical logic, philosophy of science, decision theory, philosophy of […]
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New Pixel and watches are on the way, but what else could Google have in store?
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The iPhone's virtual assistant got a glow-up with iOS 27 and finally lives up to Apple's 2011 promise. In my early testing, Siri is just here to get things done.
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If you want to stream local media, this free and open source media server is just as good as Plex. But if you rely on remote access or live TV, prepare to tinker.
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So, is this just the price of using online services, or should you be worried about how this information could affect your life?
How does your personal data become available?
One of the main currencies of the internet is information. This means that when you join a new site or service, there's a good chance that elements of the data you provide could be sold to data brokers. These companies can then put together the information they glean from various sources to build a profile on you, which is then either made available on people search sites or sold to a range of interested customers.
What harm comes with having personal data online?
Not only does this have potential risks to your privacy and safety, as anyone could get access to things like your phone number, businesses you own, or other contact details. But it could also work against you in a number of ways.
Data brokers can sell your data to financial bodies such as banks and insurance companies, who might decide that you're too much of a risk for loans, credit cards or mortgages.
Recruitment consultants can go to brokers for background checks on potential employees, all without your consent.
Healthcare providers can also approach brokers as part
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For Apple-using workers on the go, especially if you frequent shared co-working spaces or public places, don't assume you're as secure as you think you are.
Co-working spaces are particularly under threat, in part because criminals have already figured out that the people using them are good targets for data theft, ransomware, and more.
They've also realized that at least some of those working from such spaces might well be part of, or connected with, larger corporate entities — meaning a successful data heist could unlock the gates to greater and more profitable kingdoms. There are useful resources from government and industry aimed at helping workers lock down their devices and data. In the US, for instance, the National Institute of Standards and Technology has published a useful guide to explain some of the risks, while the US Office of Personnel Management offered up even more useful advice.
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Nigel Williams-Lucas, director of Information Technology at Maryland-based footwear retailer DTLR, faced a challenge that most IT execs will recognize: the business was pushing hard on digital transformation, and the IT infrastructure was struggling to keep pace.
Store managers were seeking better data analytics and business intelligence from backend systems like inventory and sales. The business wanted IT systems to support customers ordering online and picking up at a physical store within two hours.
The network needed to securely support real-time, bandwidth-intensive IP security cameras. And Williams-Lucas wanted to roll out beaconing technology, in which the network gathers information about customer in-store activity via Bluetooth or Wi-Fi, and can send discount offers to a customer's phone based on where they are in the store and what they appear to be interested in.
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A Starlink user terminal, also known as an antenna or satellite dish, on the roof of a building.(Photo:-SpaceX)
Elon Musk's SpaceX provided an update on its Starlink internet service on Thursday, as the company launched more satellites into orbit.
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Threat actors used a cloud-based video hosting service to perform a supply chain attack on more than 100 real estate websites operated by Sotheby's Realty that involved the injection of malicious skimmers to steal sensitive personal information .
"Others import videos, even their websites are embedded with skimmer codes," researchers from Unit 42 at Palo Alto Networks said in a report released this week.
The skimmer attacks, also called formjacking, relates to a type of cyber attack wherein bad actors insert malicious JavaScript code into the target website, most often to checkout or payment pages on shopping and e-commerce portals, to harvest valuable information such as credit card details entered by users.
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 Most Americans do not trust social media companies to make the right decisions about what should be allowed on their platforms, but trust the government even less to make those choices, according to a poll released on Tuesday by Gallup and the Knight Foundation.
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