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For iPhone 16 models, Apple's imminent iOS 18.3 software update adds new Visual Intelligence features to the Camera Control button. Keep reading to learn what you can do with the new capabilities and how to use them.
New Visual Intelligence Features
In iOS 18.2, Apple's previous point update, the company added Visual Intelligence functionality to its latest iPhone 16 models, allowing device owners to point the camera at the world around them and get details about places, summarize and translate tex
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Sources tell WIRED that OPM’s top layers of management now include individuals linked to xAI, Neuralink, the Boring Company, and Palantir. One expert found the takeover reminiscent of Stalin. Read more ›
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Yes, Google Maps is renaming the "Gulf of Mexico" to the "Gulf of America," but you won't see it when you open the app just yet. In a series of tweets, the News from Google account has revealed that the Maps app will roll out an update with the name change after the US government updates the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS), which serves as the "federal and national standard... Read more ›
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A federal judge has temporarily blocked President Donald Trump's order to freeze federal grants, preventing the order from taking effect. Read more ›
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One of US President Donald Trump’s first actions upon returning to power was ordering the Gulf of Mexico to be renamed. But mapmakers are still largely waiting for the green light. Read more ›
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A White House memo ordered a temporary federal funding freeze, exempting Social Security and Medicare. Here are some programs that seem to be at risk. Read more ›
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The federal government, including the military, is changing the name on maps to "Gulf of America." Even Google suggested it would make the change. Read more ›
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The AI disruption by DeepSeek caused significant US tech stock declines. Affordable, high-performing AI model challenges American multi-billion-dollar investments. Chinese startup’s free AI assistant dethrones ChatGPT on the US App Store.. The landscape of artificial intelligence witnessed a seismic shift in January 2025 as Chinese startup DeepSeek sent Silicon Valley into a tailspin, wiping billions... Read more » Read more ›
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From personal information to hardware specifications to even how you type, DeepSeek says it’s collecting swathes of data from its online users. Read more ›
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Walmart customer snags RTX 4070 Super for just $350, over 50% off its original MSRP during a Walmart clearance sale. Read more ›
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The Trump administration is offering buyouts to federal workers. Read the memo the Office of Personnel Management posted for employees. Read more ›
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Alas, it won't really propel you through time and space, but what an outrageous home decor piece it'd be. Read more ›
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Less than two days after President Donald Trump’s inauguration, Evangeline Warren, a sociology PhD student at the Ohio State University, logged into a professional development workshop alongside a hundred other young researchers. Just about everyone online was either employed by, or receiving grants from, the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the largest single funder of […] Read more ›
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The business website's AI writers are scraping information from other AI writers, enabling a loop of generated garbage. Read more ›
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A new shot of David Corenswet zipping around in the DC film has kicked off much debate. Read more ›
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The fossil fuel giant is building natural gas power plants specifically for data centers. Read more ›
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The Chinese AI company didn't surpass OpenAI by going bigger or inventing new techniques. Read more ›
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"We will update Google Maps in the US quickly to show Mount McKinley and Gulf of America." Read more ›
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The company will also change the name of Alaska's Denali mountain back to Mount McKinley. Read more ›
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Cruz: Hotspot lending could "censor kids' exposure to conservative viewpoints." Read more ›
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The Trump administration's freeze on federal loans and grants is being challenged in court on multiple fronts. Read more ›
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Walmart still does not accept Apple Pay at its more than 4,600 stores across the U.S., and it stood firm on its reasoning for that today. A spokesperson for Walmart today informed MacRumors that its position on contactless payments has not changed since we last reached out about the matter in 2022. The big-box retailer said it remains focused on its own convenient payment technologies available in the Walmart app,... Read more ›
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Apple is making an internal staffing change that it hopes will improve Siri and its artificial intelligence offerings, reports Bloomberg. Kim Vorrath, a 37-year Apple veteran, will join the AI team to work under AI chief John Giannandrea. Vorrath is a program management VP, and has a reputation for meticulously managing software projects at Apple and ensuring employees meet deadlines. She has been described as Apple's "bug wrangler" and as... Read more ›
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Apple regularly releases new firmware for the AirPods, AirPods Pro, and AirPods Max, but the company has historically provided limited information on how to initiate an update. That changed today, and Apple updated its AirPods firmware support page with more specific instructions. Prior to today, here's what Apple said on the subject: Firmware updates are delivered automatically while your AirPods are charging and in Bluetooth range of your iPhone, iPad,... Read more ›
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The hit Apple TV+ workplace thriller "Severance" returned for a second season last week, and Apple continues to heavily market the show. In a short video shared today by "Severance" executive producer Ben Stiller, Apple CEO Tim Cook visits Lumon Industries. He enters the office's elevator and undergoes the severance procedure, which divides his memories between his work and personal life. Cook arrives to the severed floor as his "innie,"... Read more ›
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The upcoming iPhone 17 models that Apple plans to release this year will not feature a smaller Dynamic Island, Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo said today. On social media, he said that he is expecting the size of the Dynamic Island to remain "largely unchanged" across the iPhone 17 lineup. His statement is contrary to prior rumors that we've heard about planned changes for the iPhone 17 models. Analyst Jeff Pu... Read more ›
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When unveiling the new Galaxy S25 lineup today, Samsung did a "one more thing" announcement, introducing an additional Galaxy smartphone that's set to come out later this year. The Galaxy S25 Edge appears to be aimed at the iPhone 17 Air, a rumored ultra thin iPhone that's set to debut this September. The Samsung Galaxy S25 Edge will be thinner than the S25 pictured here Samsung only teased the Galaxy... Read more ›
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Apple continues to explore the idea of releasing camera-equipped AirPods in the future, according to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman. Gurman only briefly mentioned the possibility of AirPods gaining tiny cameras, as part of his Power On newsletter intro this week, focused on Apple's future wearables ambitions. He did not explain what the cameras would be used for. The tiny cameras would not be for taking photos, but rather serve as infrared... Read more ›
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Apple introduced the LaserWriter 40 years ago today, forming a cornerstone of what became known as the desktop publishing revolution. The LaserWriter was Apple's first laser printer and among the first on the market to incorporate Adobe's PostScript technology, a page description language that allowed for precise and scalable rendering of text, layouts, and graphics. It was a significant departure from the dot-matrix printers of the time. The LaserWriter was... Read more ›
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Apple's iconic "1984" commercial, which introduced the Macintosh computer to the world, aired 41 years ago today during Super Bowl XVIII. Directed by Ridley Scott, the advertisement was designed to highlight the Macintosh as a groundbreaking computer that offers freedom and individuality in a market dominated by corporate conformity. It drew inspiration from George Orwell's dystopian novel Nineteen Eighty-Four, with Apple positioning itself as a liberator from the homogenized control... Read more ›
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Apple announced the Macintosh 41 years ago today, introducing the first widely successful personal computer with a graphical user interface. The Macintosh revolutionized personal computing by popularizing the use of a mouse to control an on-screen pointer. At the time, this point-and-click navigation method was unfamiliar to most, as personal computers primarily relied on text-based command-line interfaces operated with a keyboard. An excerpt from Apple's press release in 1984: Users... Read more ›
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