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Throughout the 2000s and 2010s, Apple offered a line of Wi-Fi routers that it referred to as AirPort base stations. There was a standard AirPort Express, a higher-end AirPort Extreme with more advanced networking features, and an AirPort Time Capsule that doubled as an external storage drive for backing up a Mac with Time Machine.
Apple discontinued the AirPort line in 2018, but the company could return to the Wi-Fi router market in an unexpected way in the future.
Back in December, Bloomberg's Mark
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Russia is not a significant cyber threat to the U.S. anymore, Trump's new Defense Secretary says. Read more âș
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"Saturday Night Live" debuted Mike Myers in the role of impersonating Elon Musk on this weekend's show. Read more âș
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President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met in the Oval Office on Friday to finalize a deal. No deal was made. Read more âș
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A "decision science partner" at a seed-stage venture fund (who is also a cognitive-behavioral decision science author and professional poker player) explored what happens when GPT-4 Turbo converses with conspiracy theorists: Researchers have struggled for decades to develop techniques to weaken the grip of conspiracy theories and cult ideology on adherents. This is why a new paper in the journal Science by Thomas Costello of MIT's Sloan School of Management,... Read more âș
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Microsoft just released a Dev and Beta Channel that updated Task Manager to ensure that the way it calculates your CPU utilization is more accurate. Read more âș
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Warhammer 40k: Space Marine 2 developer and publisher Saber and Focus has acknowledged fans' "cold" response to recent changes, stressing to players they were "not looking to transform Space Marine 2 into a full live service game". Read more Read more âș
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Bloomberg's Mark Gurman last month reported that Apple was considering delaying at least some of its promised Apple Intelligence enhancements for Siri until iOS 18.5, and that plan appears increasingly likely based on his latest information. Gurman said Apple was initially planning to launch the Apple Intelligence enhancements for Siri in iOS 18.4, but it seems that the features have been pushed back until iOS 18.5 due to a lack... Read more âș
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Marriott plans to launch two luxury safari properties in Kenya as it continues to expand its high-end hotel and experiences portfolio. Read more âș
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The Apple iPhone 16e went on sale on Friday after a week of pre-orders and we will see some alternatives (in addition to the ones we looked at last week). But letâs start with interesting Android deals first. Amazon is still offering $200 gift cards with every 256GB Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra. Best Buy has a better offer â a free storage upgrade to 512GB (so itâs the same price... Read more âș
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The reserve will include Ripple (XRP), Solana (SOL) and Cardano (ADA) tokens, according to a statement from the president. Read more âș
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Valve has partnered with the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC) to offer over 50 discounted games with 10 percent of proceeds going to the children's charity. Read more Read more âș
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Apple is expected to announce new MacBook Air models with the M4 chip as soon as this week, and new iPads should follow shortly after. iPad Air and iPad 10 inventory is running low at Apple Stores, and Bloomberg's Mark Gurman believes this is a sign that new iPads will be introduced soon. However, unlike the new MacBook Air, he said the new iPad models "probably won't come in the... Read more âș
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Craig Barrett suggests that dividing up Intel is the wrong move to take right now, especially as it just had a breakthrough in chip technology. Read more âș
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Bloomberg's Mark Gurman last year reported that Apple was planning a "more conversational" version of Siri for iOS 19.4, powered by "more advanced large language models." However, in his Power On newsletter today, he said that development of this more ChatGPT-like Siri is now running behind schedule within the company. Gurman said Apple is no longer planning to unveil the more conversational Siri at WWDC 2025 in June this year,... Read more âș
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Sonic Unleashed is the first Xbox 360 game to receive a native port via Recompilation on PC, and the tools used have been open sourced. Read more âș
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An ultra-powerful eruption 79,500 years ago may not have disrupted the climate as badly as feared, according to Earth scientists. Read more âș
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Honor has just launched its first ever open earbuds, and unusually for this category, I'm really impressed by the bass weight. Read more âș
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Today, Honor unveiled its first âUltraâ watch. It is a sequel to â and a significant upgrade from â the Honor Watch 4 Pro from a couple of years ago. Unlike the current Honor Watch 5, this one has a circular display housed inside an octagonal body. Meanwhile, the Honor Pad V9 and Honor Buds Open are expanding to global markets. Honor Watch 5 Ultra The new Honor Watch 5... Read more âș
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Microsoft today announced that it will officially retire Skype on May 5, 2025, concluding its 14-year tenure as the owner of the once-dominant internet calling and messaging service (via Bloomberg). Microsoft acquired Skype in 2011 for $8.5 billion in what was then its largest-ever acquisition. At its peak, Skype had more than 300 million monthly active users and was synonymous with internet-based voice and video calling. The service steadily declined... Read more âș
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Apple is making significant headway on its long-rumored foldable iPhone, with a new report suggesting the company has achieved a major breakthrough by effectively eliminating the screen crease that plagues current foldable devices. According to Korean publication ETNews, Apple is finalizing its component suppliers for the foldable iPhone, with the selection process expected to be completed by April. The timeline suggests Apple is moving closer to production, with large-scale component... Read more âș
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Apple co-founder and former CEO Steve Jobs was born on February 24, 1955, so today would have marked his 70th birthday if he hadn't passed away in 2011 at the age of 56. In 1976, Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak co-founded Apple Computer Company to market Wozniak's Apple I, a pioneering personal computer. Their collaboration led to the introduction of the Apple II in 1977, which significantly influenced the personal... Read more âș
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Multiple iPhone owners today noticed a pronunciation processing issue that causes the word "Trump" to momentarily show up when using dictation to send a message with the word "racist." In some cases, when speaking the word racist through the âiPhoneâ's built-in dictation feature, the âiPhoneâ briefly interprets the spoken word as "Trump" and "Trump" text shows up in the Messages app before being corrected to the actual word (racist) as... Read more âș
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Apple has reportedly shut down access to the Apple Developer Enterprise Program (ADEP) for Russian developers. Russian IT sources told RBC that developers lost access to the platform on February 12. The shutdown means Russian developers can no longer use ADEP to create and distribute custom iOS apps for internal use without going through the App Store. A software company in St. Petersburg confirmed to the media outlet that all... Read more âș
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The first beta of iOS 18.4 is now available, and it includes a small but useful change for CarPlay. As we noted in our list of iOS 18.4 features, CarPlay now shows a third row of icons in vehicles, up from two rows previously. However, this change is only visible in vehicles with a larger center display. For example, a MacRumors Forums member noticed the change in a Toyota Tundra,... Read more âș
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Will the upcoming iPhone 17 Pro models come with 12GB of RAM, up from 8GB in the iPhone 16 Pro? Jeff Pu of GFHK Tech Research certainly thinks so. According to the latest note from the analyst seen by 9to5Mac, both the iPhone 17 Pro and iPhone 17 Pro Max will feature 12GB of RAM that will enable the devices to outperform the other models in the lineup in terms... Read more âș
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A few months ago, Bloomberg's Mark Gurman reported that Apple was in the early stages of developing a smart home doorbell and lock system with Face ID. He said the doorbell would wirelessly connect to a compatible deadbolt lock. In a vague teaser post on X today, a leaker known as Kosutami shared an alleged new feature that Apple is planning for the doorbell: MagSafe. On select iPhones, MagSafe lets... Read more âș
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It's a milestone day for MacRumors, as today marks our 25th birthday. MacRumors was coincidentally founded on Steve Jobs' birthday of February 24, 2000, with articles starting just a few days later. MacRumors was founded by medical student Arnold Kim, and it remained a side project for over eight years until he decided to give up medicine to focus on MacRumors as a full-time career. That backstory and additional perspective... Read more âș
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Throughout the 2000s and 2010s, Apple offered a line of Wi-Fi routers that it referred to as AirPort base stations. There was a standard AirPort Express, a higher-end AirPort Extreme with more advanced networking features, and an AirPort Time Capsule that doubled as an external storage drive for backing up a Mac with Time Machine. Apple discontinued the AirPort line in 2018, but the company could return to the Wi-Fi... Read more âș
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