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Despite years of rumors suggesting Apple is working on Macs with Face ID instead of Touch ID, the technology isn't coming any time soon, according to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman.
Gurman claims that Apple is aiming to shift from Touch ID to Face ID in the Mac line, but the change "remains years away."
Gurman and others have incorrectly predicted Face ID for Macs several times over the past five years. In 2021, Gurman said he'd bet Face ID would come to the Mac "within a couple of years." In the sam
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OpenAI CFO Sarah Friar said Wednesday that government guarantees for financing artificial intelligence chips could help the U.S. stay competitive globally. “We’re looking for an ecosystem of banks, private equity, maybe even governmental, the ways governments can come to bear,” she said at a ... Read more ›
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Trump told Fox News that Mamdani gave "a very angry speech" on Tuesday night. The mayor-elect directly addressed Trump. Read more ›
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The smarter, more capable version of Siri that Apple is developing will be powered by Google Gemini, reports Bloomberg. Apple will pay Google approximately $1 billion per year for a 1.2 trillion parameter artificial intelligence model that was developed by Google. For context, parameters are a measure of how a model understands and responds to queries. More parameters generally means more capable, though training and architecture are also factors. Bloomberg... Read more ›
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Republican lawmakers, right-wing influencers, far-right extremists, and conspiracy theorists pushed anti-immigrant and anti-Muslim rhetoric after Zohran Mamdani’s victory. Read more ›
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Here are hints and the answers for the NYT Connections: Sports Edition puzzle for Nov. 6, No. 409. Read more ›
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New NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani targeted Donald Trump in his victory speech, pledging to fight corruption and support unions. Read more ›
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Kim Kardashian accused ChatGPT of causing her to fail her law exams, calling it "insane" in a recent interview with Vanity Fair. Read more ›
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When did we all start ignoring Nintendo? Was it the Wii era? Because that's the moment Nintendo stepped away. That's when Nintendo decided to leave the raw-power console fight to PlayStation and Xbox, and let them slug it out while it did something else. Nintendo decided to focus on innovation and creativity and rethink the idea of the console, the Wii being the result. I remember how it was greeted... Read more ›
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CEO criticises western ‘cynicism’ while Beijing loosens regulations and cuts energy costs for data centres Read more ›
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Reports suggest that, internally, the Food and Drug Administration is facing a crisis of confidence. Read more ›
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Zohran Mamdani beat former Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Republican Curtis Sliwa to win the race. Read his full acceptance speech. Read more ›
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John Mulaney is developing a TV show with the attorney who argued in front of the Supreme Court opposing President Donald Trump's tariffs. Read more ›
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This story appeared in The Logoff, a daily newsletter that helps you stay informed about the Trump administration without letting political news take over your life. Subscribe here. Welcome to The Logoff: The Trump administration has killed a short-lived IRS program designed to make filing tax returns fast and free. What happened? The fate of IRS Direct […] Read more ›
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Surveillance footage showed the left engine of the UPS cargo plane that crashed on Tuesday in Kentucky, detached from the wing, an official said. Read more ›
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The Republican Party has had better days. In Tuesday’s off-year elections, the GOP lost every major race by a mile. Democratic candidates won the Virginia governor’s race by around 15 points, the New Jersey gubernatorial election by 13, and Georgia’s statewide public commissioner elections by more than 25 points. In Pennsylvania, Democratic Supreme Court justices […] Read more ›
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A familiar face will be helping Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani set up his new administration before he takes office in 2026. Lina Khan, former Federal Trade Commission Chair under President Joe Biden, has been officially announced as one of Mamdani's transition co-chairs, alongside Grace Bonilla, Maria Torres-Springer and Melanie Hartzog.Mamdani's platform is focused on affordability, with fighting corporate corruption a key way he hopes to lower prices for New Yorkers. Mamdani's... Read more ›
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The Federal Aviation Administration said it was cutting flight capacity by 10% across the 40 busiest markets to ensure safety during the shutdown. Read more ›
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Sam Altman is fully ready to be replaced by AI. He said in a single-digit number of years, AI will be able to lead a major OpenAI division. Read more ›
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Former investment banker Eric Sim, 55, says people should use their money to buy freedom, not to impress others. Read more ›
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The Supreme Court’s Wednesday morning argument on President Donald Trump’s ever-shifting tariffs went better for him than the 2025 elections, but only slightly so. At least two of the Court’s Republicans — Justices Neil Gorsuch and Amy Coney Barrett — appeared very likely to join the three Democratic justices in striking down those tariffs, and […] Read more ›
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The upcoming iOS 26.1 update includes a small but helpful change for iPhones, and it could prevent you from running late to something important. Specifically, when an alarm goes off in the Clock app, there is a new "slide to stop" control on the screen for turning off the alarm. On previous iOS 26 versions, there is simply a large "stop" button, which could be accidentally tapped. The new "slide... Read more ›
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Apple is currently beta testing iOS 26.1, which will be the first major update to the iOS 26 operating system. It's not going to bring the new version of Siri that we've been waiting for, but it does include useful new features and interface changes. We're nearing the end of the beta testing process, and iOS 26.1 could be released early next week. We've rounded up all of the new... Read more ›
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WhatsApp today provided its TestFlight users with a new Apple Watch app for testing purposes, which means a version of WhatsApp for the wrist could be coming soon. The app supports reading WhatsApp messages, sending replies, sending message reactions, sharing voice messages, and more, without the need to open the app on another device. A connected iPhone with the WhatsApp app installed is required to use the Apple Watch app,... Read more ›
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Apple launched the Apple TV HD, the Siri Remote, tvOS, and their accompanying App Store a decade ago today, marking a major overhaul of the device. The new vision for the Apple TV was unveiled on September 9, 2015 during Apple's "Hey Siri" event in San Francisco, where CEO Tim Cook introduced the device with the statement, "The future of TV is apps." The announcement represented a major strategic shift... Read more ›
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Tomorrow is Halloween, and then November is upon us. Below, we outline what to expect from Apple next month, as the slower holiday season approaches. Apple is expected to kick off November by releasing iOS 26.1, iPadOS 26.1, macOS 26.1, watchOS 26.1, tvOS 26.1, and visionOS 26.1. With beta testing now wrapped up, the updates will likely be released this Monday, November 3 or Tuesday, November 4. iOS 26.1, iPadOS... Read more ›
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Apple's iPhone 18 Pro models could be available in new rich and warm color option, according to a known leaker. The Weibo user known as "Digital Chat Station" today suggested that next-year's iPhone 18 Pro models will be available in at least one of the following color options: Coffee, purple, and burgundy. The iPhone XR, iPhone 11, iPhone 12, iPhone 14, and iPhone 14 Pro were all available in lavender... Read more ›
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It's been almost two months since Apple released the AirPods Pro 3, and MacRumors videographer Dan Barbera has been using them since they came out. He has some new thoughts to share on longer-term AirPods Pro 3 use, so check out our video if you're thinking of picking up a pair for the holidays. Subscribe to the MacRumors YouTube channel for more videos. There have been recent reports from some... Read more ›
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Support for Apple Pay's Express Mode has been added to Edinburgh city's tap-on, tap-off tram network and Lothian bus services in Scotland, enabling passengers to pay for travel without unlocking their iPhone or Apple Watch. The new functionality went live a couple of weeks ago, and it comes after a similar rollout in August for Greater Manchester, the first time a UK integrated public transport system has implemented Express Mode... Read more ›
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Apple this week made iPhone 17, iPhone Air, iPhone 17 Pro, and iPhone 17 Pro Max parts available to order through its self-service repair store in the United States, Canada, and some European countries, such as the United Kingdom, Ireland, France, Italy, Germany, Spain, the Netherlands, Belgium, Sweden, Switzerland, and others. For all four new iPhone models, there are parts available for repairing the display, battery, cameras, enclosure, speakers, logic... Read more ›
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Apple's iPhone development roadmap runs several years into the future and the company is continually working with suppliers on several successive iPhone models at the same time, which is why we often get rumored features months ahead of launch. The iPhone 18 series is no different, and we already have a good idea of what to expect for the iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max. One thing worth... Read more ›
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