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It would be more financially viable for Apple to absorb a 25% import tariff on iPhones sold in the United States than to relocate its assembly operations to the U.S., Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo today said.
Kuo, a respected analyst with a long track record of accurate forecasts about Apple's supply chain, made the statement on X (formerly Twitter) in response to renewed pressure from former President Donald Trump for Apple to shift iPhone production to the United States. The comment follows President Tr
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The Supreme Court said that Trump can move forward with his plans to terminate half of the Department of Education's staff. Read more ›
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The Supreme Court ruled on Monday that the Trump administration may fire more than half of the Department of Education’s workforce — mass terminations that, in Education Secretary Linda McMahon’s words, are “the first step on the road to a total shutdown” of the entire department. The Court’s decision in McMahon v. New York, was […] Read more ›
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If we had a dollar for every time Google said they were combining Android and ChromeOS, we’d have at least $10 by now. This news is a decade in the making, with quite a few follow-up reports being published every so often. At this point, we will believe it when we see it, but when … Continued Read the original post: Android President Confirms Merge Between ChromeOS and Android Read more ›
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The Matt Damon and Tom Holland film opens in almost exactly one year, and you might be able to get tickets soon. Read more ›
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Meta is building data centers in tents to rapidly scale AI infrastructure and try to catch rivals such as DeepSeek, OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google. Read more ›
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The government's inaction on the matter is only making the public more curious. Read more ›
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Britney Spears shares two adult sons with her ex-husband, Kevin Federline: Sean Preston, 19, and Jayden James, 18. Read more ›
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Donald Trump's push to send more Patriot missiles to Ukraine has reignited focus on one of the most advanced air defense systems in the world. Read more ›
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A week after Elon Musk’s Grok dubbed itself “MechaHitler” and spewed antisemitic stereotypes, the US government has announced a new contract granting the chatbot’s creator, xAI, up to $200 million to modernize the Defense Department. xAI is one of several leading AI companies to receive the award, alongside Anthropic, Google, and OpenAI. But the timing […] Read more ›
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xAI announced "Grok for Government" on Monday, and the Elon Musk-owned company's first government client will be the Department of Defense. Read more ›
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Pockets of Donald Trump’s most loyal base are increasingly angry at what they view as the administration's failure to fulfill its promises. Read more ›
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JD Scholten, a Democratic state legislator running for US Senate in Iowa, said in a disclosure that he invested in the fund "partly as a joke." Read more ›
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Abbot's office believes the emails are “not of legitimate concern to the public.” Read more ›
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Kate Middleton and Princess Charlotte often wear coordinating outfits at public events, from Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's wedding to Wimbledon. Read more ›
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The Justice Department and FBI said it would no longer release Jeffrey Epstein files, reigniting interest in Ghislaine Maxwell's trial. Read more ›
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The base model iPhone 17 will have an A19 chip after all, according to Apple analyst Jeff Pu. A few months ago, Pu said the device would have an A18 chip, but he has now reversed course. "We now expect the iPhone 17 model to be equipped with A19 (vs. earlier expectation of A18)," Pu said today, in an investor note with equity research firm GF Securities. He also expects... Read more ›
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The Army is working on new tech, drones, autonomy, better decision-making, and more to deter and prepare for conflict with China. Read more ›
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Russia has been upgrading and modernizing several nuclear bases for its European and Pacific forces. Business Insider obtained new satellite images that show the major construction at the sites. Read more ›
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The hit live-action adaptation from Dean DeBlois comes home with over 75 minutes of special features. Read more ›
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IKEA plans to overhaul its smart home lineup with full Matter support, making its budget-friendly products compatible with Apple Home and other ecosystems without requiring the company's own hub, reports The Verge. Starting in January 2026, the Swedish furniture giant will release more than 20 new Matter-over-Thread smart lights, sensors, and remotes. The products will work directly with Apple Home, Amazon Alexa, Google Home, and Samsung SmartThings through native Matter... Read more ›
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Apple has asked a U.S. federal appeals court to overturn an import ban on Apple Watch models with blood oxygen monitoring capabilities, arguing that the decision was based on a patent dispute involving an undeveloped competing product, Reuters reports. On Monday, attorneys for Apple appeared before a three-judge panel at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit to contest a 2023 ruling by the U.S. International Trade Commission... Read more ›
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Apple will launch its new iPhone 17 series in two months, and the iPhone 17 Pro models are expected to get a new design for the rear casing and the camera area. But more significant changes to the lineup are not expected until next year, when the iPhone 18 models arrive. If you're thinking of trading in your iPhone for this year's latest, consider the following features rumored to be... Read more ›
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Following the success of "F1: The Movie," Apple now wants to buy the streaming rights to Formula 1 itself, according to The Financial Times. The company is now apparently in active talks to acquire the rights to stream Formula 1 in the United States. The move comes amid the success of "F1: The Movie," which is Apple's first major box office hit, earning over $300 million globally already. The move... Read more ›
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Apple updated its vintage and obsolete products list to add several Macs, iPads, accessories, and more. The 2013 "Trash Can" Mac Pro was added to the vintage list, 12 years after it was first introduced. Most products are added to the vintage list much earlier, but Apple sold the 2013 Mac Pro for so long that it wasn't eligible until now. A device is considered "vintage" five years after it... Read more ›
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Since at least July 4, Apple Maps has failed to treat the privately-owned Highway 407 ETR in the Toronto, Canada area as a toll road, according to complaints from affected users. This issue is not limited to any particular device or software version, with users experiencing the problem across the iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, and web. As a result of this issue, local Apple Maps users who have turned... Read more ›
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A new Apple-backed AI model trained on Apple Watch behavioral data can now predict a wide range of health conditions more accurately than traditional sensor-based approaches, according to a recently published study. The research paper, titled "Beyond Sensor Data: Foundation Models of Behavioral Data from Wearables Improve Health Predictions," introduces a machine learning model that analyzes user behavior to flag potential health issues. Unlike earlier methods that focus on real-time... Read more ›
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The iPhone 17 and iPhone 17 Air will be available in a total of nine color options, according to new information coming out of Asia. The iPhone 17 Air's expected color options. According to the leaker going by the account name "yeux1122" on the Korean blog Naver, accessory manufacturers are now producing camera protector rings for the iPhone 17 and iPhone 17 Air in colors to match their finishes upon... Read more ›
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Apple appears to be developing an AI-based "Support Assistant" for the Apple Support app. Signs of the feature were found in Apple code by MacRumors contributor Aaron Perris, but the Support Assistant doesn't appear to be live in the app as of yet. Apple users will interact with Support Assistant through chats. The Apple Support app already has a chat feature that relies on Messages, but it is used for... Read more ›
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In March, Apple said that it planned to add support for end-to-end encrypted RCS messages to the Messages app in future iOS, iPadOS, macOS, and watchOS software updates, and we are still waiting for that to happen. As of the third developer beta of iOS 26 released this week, the upgrade has yet to be implemented on iPhones. End-to-end encryption for RCS was announced in March, as part of version... Read more ›
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