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Apple today seeded the second public betas of upcoming iOS 18.4, iPadOS 18.4, and macOS Sequoia 15.4 updates, allowing public beta testers to try out the new features in the software ahead of its public launch. The public betas come a day after Apple provided the beta updates to developers.
Public beta testers can download the updates from the Settings app on each device after opting into the beta through Apple's public beta testing website.
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Engineers and executives at the so-called Department of Government Efficiency are drawing healthy taxpayer-funded salaries—sometimes from the very agencies they are cutting. Read more ›
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People are showing their displeasure at Elon Musk by destroying Teslas and Tesla infrastructure across the country. Read more ›
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Business leaders are paying as much as $5,000,000 to meet one-on-one with the president at his Florida compound, sources tell WIRED, while others are paying $1,000,000 apiece to dine with him in a group setting. Read more ›
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The government produces many of America’s most important economic indicators. And that data influences the media’s coverage of the economy, which likely colors voters’ views of the president. These facts have long led partisans to fear presidential manipulation of economic data. Specifically, during Democratic presidencies, conservatives have often sought to dismiss positive economic trends by […] Read more ›
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Sales of the electric truck, which had a torturous production ramp and launched at a higher price tag than expected, have been underwhelming. Read more ›
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Human rights organizations say the cuts have undermined years of global democracy-building and free speech initiatives, and put the lives of their staff at risk. Read more ›
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Some businesses are already telling consumers they should expect price increases from the tariffs, while others are using it as opportunity. Read more ›
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OPM said in an email to agency human resources employees that it is aware of recent litigation and that it doesn't have the power to direct firings. Read more ›
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Acclaim, the publisher behind hundreds of classic games from the 80s and 90s, is set to be revived. Read more Read more ›
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Ontario Premier Doug Ford has once again promised to end the province’s $100 million contract with Elon Musk’s Starlink after reversing course back in February, according to reporting by the CBC. The reasoning behind this reversal is fairly obvious. The long-threatened Trump tariffs have officially gone into effect, which pops a 25 percent tariff on most Canadian goods and a 10 percent tariff on energy exports. The contract was signed... Read more ›
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Over 90% of patients with severely damaged corneas responded to the treatment in an early clinical trial. Read more ›
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Howard Lutnick said that the White House will proceed with plans for additional tariffs on April 2nd. Read more ›
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Elon Musk is wielding a chainsaw at DOGE. Management experts call it 'comically clumsy.' Read more ›
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After plenty of whispers and speculation, today Activision confirmed what we were all hoping for: Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 and 4 are back, and getting remade from the ground up. Read more Read more ›
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Donald Trump’s long-threatened trade war has finally begun. The Trump Administration slapped big new tariffs onto Canada, Mexico, and China Tuesday, spurring retaliation from other countries, a market sell-off, and new fears about the future of the US economy. Finally making good on a months-old threat, just after midnight Trump set 25 percent tariffs on […] Read more ›
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The people of New Orleans don't appear to be fans of Elon Musk as they relentlessly booed a Cybertruck at Mardi Gras. Read more ›
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Six weeks ago, President Donald Trump could credibly say that he and his agenda were popular. His boasts of popular support were backed by data: Half of the country approved of the job he was doing for most of his first month on the job, according to polling averages. And though the share of Americans […] Read more ›
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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 ›
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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 ›
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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 ›
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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 ›
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Apple CEO Tim Cook teased a new product announcement coming this week. "There's something in the air," the teaser says. This teaser likely refers to a new MacBook Air with the M4 chip, which is already expected to be announced as early as this week. This week. pic.twitter.com/uXqQaGNkSk— Tim Cook (@tim_cook) March 3, 2025 What else could be in the "air"? A new iPad Air is also expected to launch... Read more ›
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In an all-caps post on Truth Social today, U.S. President Donald Trump said Apple should fully end its diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) policies. "APPLE SHOULD GET RID OF DEI RULES, NOT JUST MAKE ADJUSTMENTS TO THEM," he wrote. Trump's post comes one day after Apple held its annual shareholders meeting, during which a majority of shareholders voted against a proposal that asked the company to consider abolishing its Inclusion... Read more ›
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iPhone 16e reviews are now out, and Apple's custom-designed C1 modem has been put to the test. The results so far are quite surprising, as the C1's speeds are not as slow compared to Qualcomm modems as originally expected. While the C1 does not support ultra-fast mmWave 5G in the U.S., it appears to offer comparable 5G performance to Qualcomm's Snapdragon X71 modem found in the iPhone 16, iPhone 16... Read more ›
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Apple's entry-level iPhone 16e launches this Friday. Ahead of time, the first reviews of the device have been shared by select media outlets and YouTube channels. iPhone 16e features include a 6.1-inch OLED display with a notch, Face ID, an A18 chip, Apple Intelligence support, a USB-C port, an Action button, and a single 48-megapixel rear camera that offers 2x zoom with optical-like quality. The device is also equipped with... Read more ›
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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 ›
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George Mason University researchers claim to have uncovered a serious vulnerability in Apple's Find My network that allows hackers to track virtually any Bluetooth-enabled device without the owner's knowledge. Called "nRootTag," the exploit tricks the Find My network into treating ordinary Bluetooth devices as if they were AirTags, allowing hackers to turn laptops, smartphones, game controllers, VR headsets, and even e-bikes into unwitting tracking beacons. Find My works by having... Read more ›
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