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Apple today announced that it will begin accepting submissions for the 2025 Swift Student Challenge in February for three weeks.
The annual Swift Student Challenge gives students the opportunity to showcase their coding skills and creativity by developing app playgrounds with Swift. Apple will once again select 350 winners based on "innovation, creativity, social impact, or inclusivity," and it said that 50 of those winners will be invited to the Apple Park headquarters in Cupertino, California next su
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Apple today added the final iPod nano and iPod shuffle models to its obsolete products list worldwide, marking the end of an era. Apple introduced new color options for the seventh-generation iPod nano and fourth-generation iPod shuffle in 2015, and those models are now obsolete in particular. Apple went on to discontinue the iPod nano and iPod shuffle entirely in 2017. Apple considers a device to be "obsolete" once seven... Read more âș
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LVMH's Bernard Arnault and Kering's François Pinault took a hit to their vast fortunes as luxury stocks suffered on China stimulus disappointment. Read more âș
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Geoffrey Hinton, called the âGodfather of AI,â during day Collision 2023 at Enercare Centre in Toronto, Canada. | Photo By Ramsey Cardy/Sportsfile for Collision via Getty Images Two scientists credited with laying the âfoundation of todayâs powerful machine learning,â University of Toronto professor emeritus Geoffrey Hinton and Princeton University professor John Hopfield, were awarded the Nobel Prize in physics today. Their discoveries and inventions laid the groundwork for many of... Read more âș
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The Tesla CEO told Tucker Carlson that he might face "vengeance" if Vice President Kamala Harris triumphs in the presidential election. Read more âș
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Rockstar has announced Red Dead Redemption - including its standalone zombie expansion Undead Nightmare - will arrive on PC on 29th October. Read more Read more âș
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Apple TV+'s acclaimed sci-fi series "Severance" is set to receive a rare Blu-ray release this December, just ahead of the much-anticipated second season (via Blu-ray.com). Severance premiered on âApple TVâ+ in February 2022. It was an immediate hit upon its debut, quickly gaining attention for its unique premise and dark tone. The show follows Mark Scout (played by Adam Scott) and his colleagues at Lumon Industries, where employees undergo a... Read more âș
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Investor appetite for startups building the "picks and shovels" of AI is high â and sources say Ori is in talks to raise up to $80 million. Read more âș
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Apple hits refresh on iCloud.com: the site has received both aesthetic and functional updates to enhance user experience. Read more âș
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Illustration by Nick Barclay / The Verge Attorneys general from 14 states and districts sued TikTok for allegedly harming kidsâ mental health and misleading the public about how safe its platform is. The bipartisan group of AGs, led by New Yorkâs Letitia James and Californiaâs Rob Bonta, each filed lawsuits alleging violations of their own stateâs law. âOur investigation has revealed that TikTok cultivates social media addiction to boost corporate... Read more âș
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Israel may have achieved tactical gains against Hamas and Hezbollah, but it lacks a long-term strategy to end the war, security experts told BI. Read more âș
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In iOS 18, Apple further enhanced its satellite connectivity features for iPhone users with the introduction of Messages via satellite. Keep reading to learn how it works. Available to users in the United States using iPhone 14 models and newer, Messages via satellite enables users to exchange iMessages and SMS texts, including emoji and Tapbacks, through satellite connections when traditional networks are unavailable. Apple is using the infrastructure that it... Read more âș
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The second-gen AirPods Pro offer the most complete package in Appleâs earbuds lineup, and theyâre only improving with time. | Photo by Chris Welch / The Verge Amazonâs second Prime Day of the year is bringing serious savings across the board, but some deals truly stand out. Take the AirPods Pro 2, for example â the pair that comes with a USB-C charging case has plummeted all the way to... Read more âș
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Geoffrey Hinton and John J. Hopfield win the 2024 Nobel Prize in Physics for machine learning inventions with artificial neural networks. Read more âș
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Fourteen states have just filed lawsuits against TikTok that claim the social media platform damages the mental health of young users and collects their data without consent. Each lawsuit was filed individually. The suits, which are led by the attorneys general of New York and California, say the platform violated the law by âfalsely claiming its platform is safe for young people.â The lawsuits spotlight what the plaintiffs call âaddictiveâ... Read more âș
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The Department of Homeland Security says people may not have their Real IDs ready by the current deadline. Read more âș
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Apple's upcoming entry-level M4 14-inch MacBook Pro may be capable of supporting up to two external displays, up from one display supported in the current M3 model, if recent leaks are anything to go by. Apple's existing M3 14-inch MacBook Pro comes with two Thunderbolt 3 USB-C ports, not three Thunderbolt 4 ports like the 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pro models powered by M3 Pro and M3 Max chips. Apart... Read more âș
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Fourteen years after it debuted on PS3 and Xbox 360, and endless rumors later, Red Dead Redemption is finally coming to PC. It will hit the Rockstar Store, Steam and the Epic Games Store on October 29 with the Undead Nightmare standalone expansion included. Developer Double Eleven helped Rockstar with the port, which has many of the bells and whistles you'd come to expect from a PC version of a... Read more âș
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Four international airports are closing ahead of Hurricane Milton's expected landfall, while American Airlines is operating 12 flights for evacuees. Read more âș
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Influencer-marketing startup Dreamwell AI raised $2.3 million from Tim Draper and others as it seeks to automate creator prospecting and other tasks. Read more âș
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Apple intends to launch iOS 18.1 with the first set of much-anticipated Apple Intelligence features on October 28, according to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman. Writing in the latest edition of his Power On newsletter, Gurman says the release date is arriving this month a later than initially expected, as Apple is reportedly taking extra time to ensure a smooth rollout and prepare its AI cloud servers for the increased traffic. The... Read more âș
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Apple today released iOS 18.0.1 and iPadOS 18.0.1, the first updates to the iOS 18 and iPadOS 18 operating systems that debuted earlier in September. iOS 18.0.1 and iPadOS 18.0.1 come two weeks after the launch of âiOS 18â. The new software can be downloaded on eligible iPhones and iPads over-the-air by going to Settings > General > Software Update. According to Apple's release notes, the iOS 18.0.1 update addresses... Read more âș
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Apple CEO Tim Cook will soon be $50 million richer after selling 223,986 shares of Apple Stock, earning him a total of $50,276,076, according to an SEC filing. Cook was originally granted the stock as part of performance-based award based on Apple's shareholder return relative to other S&P 500 companies, and he often sells stock in October. Earlier this week, Cook was granted an additional 219,502 shares of Apple stock.... Read more âș
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Taiwanese company Novatek has announced plans to begin mass production of OLED displays with TDDI (touch and display driver integration) technology as early as the second quarter of 2025, supply chain publication DigiTimes reported today. The report states that Apple is "expected" to be one of Novatek's first customers, although this claim appears to be speculative. "While industry insiders remain tight-lipped about potential end customers, speculation suggests that Novatek's proposed... Read more âș
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Apple's new Vitals app for watchOS 11 appears to be impressing some users with its ability to detect potential illness days before symptoms manifest, according to recent reports on Reddit. The Apple Watch app, which analyzes key health metrics measured during sleep over the last seven days, appears to be providing early warnings of impending sickness for at least some Apple Watch wearers ahead of time. It's available on Apple... Read more âș
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Apple will announce several new M4 Mac models around the end of October, with the company planning to launch at least some of them as soon as Friday, November 1, according to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman. Writing in his latest Power On newsletter, Gurman said that Apple will launch a new M4 version of its low-end 14-inch MacBook Pro, as well as higher-end 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pro models with M4... Read more âș
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Ted Lasso will be returning for a fourth season, according to Sigmund Judge, a writer at MacStories and co-host of the Magic Rays of Light podcast. In a social media post today, Judge said he has confirmed that pre-production of the smash-hit Apple TV+ comedy series will begin in January in London, England. Apple has yet to confirm the fourth season, and there is no set release date yet. The... Read more âș
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Two students at Harvard University modified a set of Meta Ray-Ban Smart Glasses to add AI-based facial recognition technology, and the result is a wearable that is able to identify people in real time, according to a report from 404 Media. The modified Meta Glasses are able to use the camera to scan a stranger's face to get their name, and there's also a function for pulling information like home... Read more âș
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Microsoft this week announced Office 2024, a new standalone version of its productivity suite for both Mac and PC users. Available now, Office 2024 offers an alternative for those who prefer a one-time purchase over the subscription-based Microsoft 365. The new release includes updated versions of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote, and Outlook. These applications come as "locked-in-time" versions, meaning they won't receive ongoing feature updates like their Microsoft 365 counterparts.... Read more âș
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Apple today shared a video ad that highlights the new Camera Control on the latest iPhone 16 models, offering a quick look at the button in action. While the ad is for the iPhone 16 Pro, the Camera Control is available on all four iPhone 16 models. The button provides quick access to the iPhone's camera, and you can press or swipe on it to adjust functions like zoom, exposure,... Read more âș
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