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Apple is downgrading the planned specifications of the standard iPhone 18 to cut costs, a leaker claims.
In a new post on Weibo, the user known as "Fixed Focus Digital" said that the iPhone 18 features "certain manufacturing downgrades" that bring it more into line with the low-cost iPhone 18e model. The decision is said to be "a cost-cutting measure."
Apple has apparently chosen to implement new cost-control strategies for the device, including specific downgrades to manufacturing processes, chip
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Chrome has been updated today with a Skills library that's designed to let Chrome users turn AI tasks into repeatable skills that can be used on any website. Useful prompts you create for Gemini in Chrome can be saved as a Skill that can be accessed later with a single click. If you're shopping for skincare and ask Gemini about the ingredients in a product, for example, you can save... Read more ›
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