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Apple has made available the first betas of iOS 18 and iPadOS 18 to public beta testers, opening up the new software to the general public for the first time since the Worldwide Developers Conference in June. Keep reading to learn how to prepare your device for the beta software and install it.
Signing up to get the iOS 18 or iPadOS 18 beta is simple, and can be done by enrolling an iPhone or iPad in Apple's free Apple Beta Software Program. The steps you need to complete to install the software on.
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PayPay and Alipay+ announced an extended partnership at the Singapore FinTech Festival 2024, to increasing merchant coverage across Japan. PayPay, Japan’s leading QR payment operator, and AliPay+, Ant International’s mobile payment method that helps merchants reach shoppers in Asia, will now connect over three million local merchants to the global payment ecosystem. The extended partnership... Read more » Read more ›
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Nintendo's Switch might be nipping at its heels, but PlayStation 2 continues to hold the record as the best-selling console of all time - with Sony now confirming the machine has shifted a whopping 160m units since launching all the way back in March 2000. Read more Read more ›
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A little over a year ago, we shared an amazing trick with you that was saving Verizon customers up to $10 per line (per month) for a year as a part of Verizon’s ongoing loyalty efforts. For many, this trick was able to save them hundreds of dollars on their Verizon bills over the past … Continued Read the original post: Verizon $10 Per Line Loyalty Discount Returns With Old... Read more ›
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Chloe Tan, 30, worries about whether her lifestyle is sustainable. She works 12 hours, six days a week. She often goes in to do prep work on her day off. Read more ›
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The Tesla CEO went after the F-35, calling crewed fighter jets "obsolete in the age of drones," but uncrewed technology isn't there yet. Read more ›
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Despite significant enterprise AI hype, most job seekers remain unconvinced of its benefits, with 69% doubting its ability to enhance work performance and 62% skeptical it reduces workloads. The findings come from a study conducted by Resume Genius. The Register reports: Consistent with the majority opinion that AI in the workplace has failed to impress, only 34 percent of respondents said they were worried about being replaced by a bot,... Read more ›
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A still from a video generated by OpenAI’s Sora. | OpenAI OpenAI first teased its text-to-video AI model, Sora, back in February and hasn’t provided any meaningful updates on when it will be released since then. Now, it looks like some artists leaked access to the model in protest of being used by the company for what they claim is “unpaid R&D and PR.” On Tuesday, a group of Sora... Read more ›
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Illustration by Cath Virginia / The Verge If you’re looking to catch up on recent shows and movies — including Shogun, The Penguin, and Dune: Part Two — the upcoming holiday weekend is the perfect time to do so. Thankfully, multiple streaming services are slashing subscription prices ahead of Black Friday and Cyber Monday, including Max, Hulu, and others. Right now, for example, you can sign up for a year... Read more ›
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Meizu has had a rocky few years, but it’s still in the smartphone business and pumping out new devices and the latest one is the mBlu 21. A midrange smartphone, mBlu 21 features a 6.79-inch IPS LCD with HD+ resolution and a 90Hz refresh rate. The display sports a punch-hole cutout for the 8MP front-facing camera. Meizu mBlu 21 The back houses a 13MP primary shooter and a 2MP depth... Read more ›
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President-elect Trump announced on Monday plans to levy 25% tariffs on goods from Canada and Mexico. Read more ›
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Rumors on social media inflamed speculation of a pay disparity between Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande. Read more ›
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Farez Najid found a way to make a living as a professional "Dungeons & Dragons" dungeon master. He now runs multiple studios and a training program. Read more ›
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Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge These days, Black Friday isn’t so much a single-day shopping holiday as it is an ever-expanding, monthslong event that often begins as early as October. The 24-hour deal blitz that once was the focus of newspaper headlines and mobs outside of stores is no more, which makes knowing when and where you should be spending your cash all the more confusing. Luckily, we’re here... Read more ›
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Musk's X is trying to stop The Onion from buying Alex Jones' social media accounts. Read more ›
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For enterprise executive decision-makers, the uncertain environment around AI regulation poses both significant risks and hidden opportunities, join us on Dec. 5 in Washington D.C. for a discussion delving into this. Read more ›
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A recent neo-Nazi rally in Columbus, Ohio drew national attention—but it was just one of dozens that increasingly emboldened white power groups have held this year. Read more ›
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Uber's gig-economy workforce now includes programmers. According to Bloomberg, "The company is expanding beyond its rideshare roots to enter a hot new market: helping other businesses outsource some of their artificial intellgience development to independent contractors." From the report: Its new AI training and data labeling division, called Scaled Solutions, builds on an internal team that tackles large-scale annotation tasks for Uber's rideshare, food delivery and freight units. According to... Read more ›
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According to industry figures, recording an album can cost $250,000 to $300,000, making it difficult for artists to make a living without a record label. Read more ›
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CNET's shopping experts are working around the clock to handpick the best Black Friday deals worth nabbing now. Read more ›
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Another legal complication may have surfaced in The Onion’s bid to buy the Infowars empire from bankrupt conspiracy media mogul Alex Jones. X filed a limited objection to the transfer of Infowars’ X accounts to the satirical media empire in a federal Bankruptcy Court on Monday. The objection claims that X Corporation’s terms of service states “the Trustee cannot sell, assign or otherwise transfer such license absent X Corp.’s consent,”... Read more ›
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Apple today announced that Billie Eilish has been named Apple Music's Artist of the Year for 2024. Eilish receives a physical Apple Music Award featuring a custom 12-inch silicon wafer. She was also named Apple Music's Artist of the Year in 2019.Tag: Apple MusicThis article, "Billie Eilish Again Named Apple Music's Artist of the Year" first appeared on MacRumors.comDiscuss this article in our forums Read more ›
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Apple today announced that Shazam has surpassed over 100 billion song recognitions since it launched. Apple acquired Shazam in 2018, and it now powers the Music Recognition feature built into iOS and macOS.This article, "Apple Announces Shazam Has Identified More Than 100 Billion Songs" first appeared on MacRumors.com Read more ›
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Apple is planning to remove the physical SIM card tray on iPhones in more countries next year, The Information said today, in a report focused on the ultra-thin "iPhone 17 Air." However, the report did not mention any specific countries. In the U.S., all iPhone 14 through iPhone 16 models do not have a SIM card tray, and instead rely entirely on digital eSIM technology. Apple has yet to release... Read more ›
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When Apple released iOS 18 in September, it introduced an overhauled Photos app, dropping on users the biggest change to photo management on iPhone since the app's introduction. MacRumors forums users have been particularly vocal about the redesign – some have praised the AI features, but others have called for a return to the simpler interface of iOS 17. The company has made much of Apple Intelligence, so it's no... Read more ›
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Apple is working on a new Home accessory that is designed to serve as a central hub or "Command Center" for smart home management. The Apple TV and the HomePod are already home hubs and almost all Apple devices can control a HomeKit setup, but Apple is designing an all-in-one home management product to make control even easier. This guide aggregates everything that we know about Apple's smart home hub.... Read more ›
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iOS 19 is not expected to be announced until June 2025, but the software update's first major new feature has already leaked. In his Power On newsletter today, Bloomberg's Mark Gurman reiterated his previous report that said iOS 19 will introduce a "more conversational Siri" powered by "more advanced large language models." He said this upgrade will make Siri more like OpenAI's ChatGPT, allowing the assistant to "handle more sophisticated... Read more ›
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Apple is working on a smarter version of Siri that employees have taken to calling "LLM Siri," reports Bloomberg. Apple is designing the more capable Siri to better compete with chatbots like ChatGPT, with plans to utilize "advanced large language models." A chatbot version of Siri would be able to hold ongoing conversations, much like ChatGPT. Apple wants customers to be able to better converse with the personal assistant, with... Read more ›
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The Information's Wayne Ma today published an in-depth report about the "iPhone 17 Air" rumored to launch next year, revealing several new details. The report said prototypes of the device have a thickness of between 5mm and 6mm, which would make it the thinnest iPhone ever. In comparison, iPhone 16 models are 7.8mm thick and iPhone 16 Pro models are 8.25mm thick. Due to this ultra-thin design, some design compromises... Read more ›
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Between 2011 and 2014, there were a glut of rumors suggesting that Apple was working on an Apple-branded television set, which would disrupt the TV industry. No such product ever emerged, but now the TV rumors are back. Apple 'Evaluating' a TV According to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman, Apple is "evaluating" the "idea of making an Apple-branded TV" set as part of its new smart home push. Apple is investing resources... Read more ›
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Apple released the AirTag in April 2021, so it is now three over and a half years old. While the AirTag has not received any hardware updates since then, a new version of the item tracking accessory is rumored to be in development. Below, we recap rumors about a second-generation AirTag. Timing Apple is aiming to release a new AirTag in mid-2025, according to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman. From his Power... Read more ›
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