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Google will refresh its product lineup this year in the middle of August rather than its usual October timing, which means its latest flagship Pixel smartphones will debut ahead of Apple's annual iPhone upgrade cycle for the first time.
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Google last week began sending out media invitations to an August 13 hardware event that will "showcase the base of Google AI, Android software and the Pixel portfolio of devices." Google typically holds its annual Made by Google event in early Octo
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Altrove, a deep tech startup creating sustainable alternatives for critical materials, has raised €3.7 million in a pre-seed funding round led by Contrarian Ventures, Emblem and strong angel investors like Thomas Clozel (CEO Owkin), Julien Chaumond (CTO HuggingFace) and Nikolaj Deichmann (3Shape). The funding will accelerate the development of their core technology, currently focusing on ... Read more ›
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Taiwan's Coast Guard said it rushed two patrol boats to the scene of the seizure of the Dajinman 88, but China's ships blocked them. Read more ›
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Whether you’re looking to pick up new tech, upgrade your kitchen, or revitalize your yard, you’ve got to grab these deals while they’re hot. Read more ›
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We know our 5-year-old won't thrive in a public school setting, so he's going to a private school. He can receive scholarships for college. Read more ›
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Android aficionado? You don't even need to create a VPN account to secure your privacy and bypass geo-restrictions. Here's all you need to know. Read more ›
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I've lived in Germany for over a decade with my family. Here you need to bag your own groceries and there isn't as much variety of products as in US. Read more ›
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Yesterday, a video of a pink Pixel 9 made the rounds on the internet, but the device was powered off. Now a new video has surfaced showing the screen on. Okay, this might not be the same device as yesterday, but it is the same Peony color. The video shows off the vanilla Google Pixel 9 from all angles. The most important feature to notice is the dual camera setup... Read more ›
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Apple today continued with the launch of its annual "Back to School" promotion, debuting back to school deals in most countries in Europe, some countries in Asia, the Middle East, and Mexico. Higher education students and educators in the UK can get up to a £120 Apple gift card with the purchase of select Macs and iPads, which is a similar deal to the one that went live in the... Read more ›
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Korean Air said it would finish cabin service 20 minutes earlier so it ends before the descent, due to concerns over increased turbulence. Read more ›
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USB-C was supposed to make everything simple. Instead, it’s more complicated than ever. So let's clear up the confusion. Read more ›
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Pete Ballmer discusses starting his career in software engineering and product management before becoming a full-time standup comedian. Read more ›
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Pools across the country have been closed for years. It's the end of an American pastime. Read more ›
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Dragon Age: The Veilguard will let you escape death entirely as part of its extensive difficulty customisation options, which will also let you manually adjust player and enemy health. As detailed to Game Informer, BioWare has included a range of set difficulty levels and a further option that offers more granular customisation of your play experience. The Veilguard's base levels are named Storyteller, Adventurer and Nightmare - the latter of... Read more ›
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Six Marriott hotels in New York City are providing free Blade helicopter transfers to JFK and Newark Airport for some top-paying guests. Read more ›
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Proton now has its own version of Google Docs in its Drive cloud storage service, and like the company's other products, it comes with end-to-end encryption. The company says its flavor of Docs "offers a unique solution in a market where most popular products neglect privacy" and recommends it for use in the healthcare, media, finance and legal industries. Proton Docs has advanced formatting and image embed options like Google... Read more ›
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Star Wars: The Acolyte fans have new theories about The Stranger after episode six – and one has ties to The Last Jedi. Read more ›
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In macOS Sequoia, several Apple apps have gained a new HDMI Passthrough feature that enables a Mac to send an unaltered Dolby Atmos audio signal to a connected AV receiver or soundbar. The new functionality appears in various places in macOS 15, including Apple's TV, Music, and QuickTime Player apps. Apple says turning on the option lets users "Play supported audio in Dolby Atmos and other Dolby Audio formats using... Read more ›
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Picking up my new passport at the post office. | Photo by Sean Hollister / The Verge Perhaps you’ve heard you can now renew your US passport online. As long as you meet certain requirements, there’s a beta website for that. The State Department tells me it’s not necessarily faster — but anecdotally, my family just had two of the speediest, most painless experiences we’ve ever had with the US... Read more ›
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Russian and Chinese companies have started working together to develop their own version of Iran's lethal Shahed drones, European officials said. Read more ›
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Brazilian regulators say Meta’s “excessive and unjustified obstacles” make it difficult for users to opt out of AI training. | Illustration: Nick Barclay / The Verge Brazil’s data protection authority (ANPD) has banned Meta from training its artificial intelligence models on Brazilian personal data, citing the “risks of serious damage and difficulty to users.” The decision follows an update to Meta’s privacy policy in May in which the social media... Read more ›
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The upcoming iPhone 16 Pro and iPhone 16 Pro Max will be the first Apple smartphones to adopt Samsung's high performance "M14" OLED display panel, claims a new report coming out of South Korea. According to ETNews, Samsung's "M" series of OLED panels are made for flagship smartphones, while "14" refers to the number of high-performance materials used to produce them. "M14" is the first series of its kind, and... Read more ›
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Samsung today announced that it will be rolling out AirPlay support for its series of hotel room TVs, allowing iPhone and iPad users to wirelessly stream videos, music, photos, and more from their device to the TV in their room. The feature allows you to scan a unique QR code on the hotel room TV to establish an AirPlay connection, allowing you to wirelessly stream content from your iPhone or... Read more ›
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Apple has already begun work on the iOS 19, macOS 16, watchOS 12, and visionOS 3 software updates for next year, according to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman. Writing in his most recent "Power On" newsletter, Gurman said that Apple has formally begun development of its major operating systems for 2025 with the codenames "Luck" for iOS 19, "Cheer" for macOS 16, "Nepali" for watchOS 12, and "Discovery" for visionOS 3. While... Read more ›
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Apple's Vision Pro spatial computing headset today arrived at Apple Store locations across China mainland, Hong Kong, Japan, and Singapore. The launches mark the first time the Vision Pro has been officially available outside of the United States, where the device has been on sale since February. Consumer interest in the $3,499 headset has reportedly waned at home, where sales are said to have slowed in the five months since... Read more ›
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Apple eventually plans to turn some of its artificial intelligence features into paid services, similar to iCloud+ subscriptions, according to Bloomberg reporter Mark Gurman. Writing in his latest Power On newsletter, Gurman said that while Apple Intelligence will be free to start, Apple's long-term plan is to launch something like "Apple Intelligence+," with extra features that users pay monthly fees to access. Making its own AI features another services revenue... Read more ›
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Apple today reclassified the iPhone X, first-generation HomePod, and first-generation AirPods as "vintage" products. The products appeared on Apple's vintage and obsolete products list earlier today. Products are considered vintage when Apple stopped distributing them for sale more than five and less than seven years ago. Apple Stores and Apple Authorized Service Providers continue to offer repairs for vintage products for up to two more years, subject to parts availability.... Read more ›
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Apple is exploring new suppliers for OLED-on-Silicon panels, likely signaling the development of a more affordable headset destined to sit alongside the Vision Pro, The Elec reports. The Korean website has apparently detected a shift in Apple's supply chain management for OLED-on-Silicon (OLEDoS) panels, a key component in the Vision Pro headset. Currently, Sony provides these high-resolution microdisplays, but its limited production capacity of up to 900,000 panels per year... Read more ›
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Apple is said to have upped its order of next-generation chips from TSMC to between 90 million and 100 million units, following heightened demand expectations for its iPhone 16 series. Last year's initial chip order volume for the iPhone 15 series launch is believed to have been in the region of 80-90 million units, suggesting Apple is anticipating higher demand for its 2024 devices, according to Taiwanese outlet CTEE. The... Read more ›
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Apple is working on technology to simplify iPhone battery replacement that could debut later this year, The Information reports. Alleged iPhone 16 Pro battery with new metal casing. The move comes in response to a new EU law requiring smartphone manufacturers to ensure batteries can be replaced by owners using easily accessible tools by 2025. According to sources involved in the iPhone's manufacturing process, Apple is exploring the use of... Read more ›
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Two years after Apple paid $50 million to settle a class-action lawsuit over faulty MacBook butterfly keyboards, funds from the settlement will be going out to affected customers. An update on the MacBook Keyboard Litigation Settlement website says that the court issued a payment order on June 27, 2024, with payments set to be issued for approved claims by August 2024. Emails about the lawsuit were sent out in December... Read more ›
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