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  • Apple's Glass Revolution: Why Your Next iPhone Will Look Nothing Like Today's
    Reviewed by Julianne Ngirngir It's 2027, and you're holding Apple's 20th anniversary iPhone. No bezels, no visible seams, no ports—just a continuous slab of glass that flows seamlessly from front to back. Sound like science fiction? Bloomberg reports Apple is quietly laying the groundwork for this radical design shift, and... Read more »
  • Why Samsung's $100 Galaxy Buds 3 FE Could Change Everything About Budget Audio
    Samsung's Galaxy Buds are getting the Fan Edition treatment, and here's the thing: this could be the budget breakthrough we've all been waiting for. The Galaxy Buds 3 FE are scheduled for the second half of 2025, and if Samsung nails the pricing like they did with the original Buds... Read more »
  • Why the Four New Safari Features in iOS 26 Will Change How You Browse
    Reviewed Corey Noles Safari's getting a serious upgrade this fall, and while Apple made a big show of the headline features at WWDC, some of the most useful improvements are hiding in plain sight. After digging through WebKit's announcement, iOS 26 compatibility details, and hands-on testing across iPhone 13 Pro... Read more »
  • That QWERTY-Tapping Sound You Missed Is Coming Back at $400
    Reviewed by Julianne Ngirngir Imagine: your phone buzzes, you flip it over, and instead of mindlessly doom-scrolling, you actually respond to that text with tactile clicks that feel satisfying under your thumbs. Sound like science fiction? Welcome to the BlackBerry revival of 2025, where nostalgia meets Android in ways that... Read more »
  • What developers actually need to know about iOS 26 Beta 6
    Reviewed by Julianne Ngirngir Apple just dropped iOS 26 Beta 6 on developers, and honestly? This one's worth paying attention to. Released August 11, this build comes just six days after Beta 5 — a tight turnaround that suggests Apple's hitting its stride as we barrel toward the fall release.... Read more »
  • Why Your Flip Phone Just Became a Photography Powerhouse
    Reviewed by Julianne Ngirngir The camera wars just took an unexpected turn. While flagship phones pushed past 200MP, foldables remained stuck with compromise cameras—until now. Samsung's Galaxy Z Fold 7 already packs the same 200MP Isocell HP2 sensor found in the Galaxy S25 Ultra, and reports suggest Samsung is planning... Read more »
  • Your Pixel Watch just became your new fitness coach (and it's gorgeous)
    Reviewed by Julianne Ngirngir Google's latest Fitbit app update brings the slickest interface yet to your Pixel Watch, but the real story is how it transforms your wrist into command central for health tracking. What you need to know: New Fitbit app interface mirrors the Pixel Watch companion app design... Read more »
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  • MBAs Cost More and Are Less Profitable as ROI Falls
    Getting an MBA in the US has gotten a little more expensive and a little less profitable, according to a Bloomberg analysis of salary and tuition data. From the report: This year's update of Bloomberg's Business School ROI Calculator, based on surveys of more than 9,500 students and alumni, projects... Read more »
  • The Mac App Flea Market
    A search for "AI chat" in the Mac App Store returns dozens of applications sporting black-and-white icons nearly identical to ChatGPT's official logo. OpenAI's ChatGPT desktop application isn't available through the Mac App Store and can only be downloaded from the company's website. The copycat applications use various combinations of... Read more »
  • An Unresponsive Public Is Undermining Government Economic Data
    An anonymous reader shares a report: Anyone who surveys the public, from marketers to pollsters, struggles nowadays to get people to answer their questions. That phenomenon afflicts crucial government data, making it harder for policymakers and investors to know the true state of the economy. Falling survey participation is an... Read more »
  • Google Releases VaultGemma, Its First Privacy-Preserving LLM
    An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: The companies seeking to build larger AI models have been increasingly stymied by a lack of high-quality training data. As tech firms scour the web for more data to feed their models, they could increasingly rely on potentially sensitive user data.... Read more »
  • UK's MI5 'Unlawfully' Obtained Data From Former BBC Journalist
    Bruce66423 shares a report from The Guardian: MI5 has conceded it "unlawfully" obtained the communications data of a former BBC journalist, in what was claimed to be an unprecedented admission from the security services. The BBC said it was a "matter of grave concern" that the agency had obtained communications... Read more »
  • Online Marketplace Fiverr To Lay Off 30% of Workforce In AI Push
    Fiverr is laying off 250 employees, or about 30% of its workforce, as it restructures to become an "AI-first" company. "We are launching a transformation for Fiverr, to turn Fiverr into an AI-first company that's leaner, faster, with a modern AI-focused tech infrastructure, a smaller team, each with substantially greater... Read more »
  • OpenAI's First Study On ChatGPT Usage
    An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Today, OpenAI's Economic Research Team went a long way toward answering that question, on a population level, releasing a first-of-its-kind National Bureau of Economic Research working paper (in association with Harvard economist David Denning) detailing how people end up using ChatGPT... Read more »
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  • When to Trust AI Tech Answers (And When to Call Us)
    Recently, we’ve fielded a spate of questions from people who have used an AI chatbot to help with a technical issue and then asked us to confirm whether the information was accurate, helpful, or even safe. First off, we’re not offended. If you can work through simple problems on your... Read more »
  • Follow This Advice Before Switching to a New iPhone 17
    Are you considering getting one of the new iPhone 17 models? While it’s always tempting to unbox a new device and dive right in, taking a methodical approach to setup will save you from potential frustrations down the road. When you’re ready to transfer your data—and, for many people, that... Read more »
  • Apple Unveils New iPhone 17 Lineup, Updated Apple Watches, and AirPods Pro 3
    In the tech world, September brings the fruits of Apple’s harvest: new iPhones, Apple Watches, and AirPods. At its recent Awe Dropping event, Apple introduced the new iPhone 17 lineup, the ultra-thin iPhone Air, the Apple Watch SE 3, Apple Watch Series 11, Apple Watch Ultra 3, and the AirPods... Read more »
  • When Should You Subscribe to AppleCare?
    With Apple’s recent launch of AppleCare One, which covers multiple devices, and updates to its traditional AppleCare+ plans, you might be wondering what the best strategy is for post-warranty coverage of your Apple devices. Here’s what we suggest. Your AppleCare Choices First, to make sure we’re all on the same... Read more »
  • Blood Oxygen Monitoring Returns to Recent US Apple Watches with Software Updates
    With the release of iOS 18.6.1 and watchOS 11.6.1, Apple restored blood oxygen monitoring capabilities to US Apple Watch Series 9, Series 10, and Ultra 2 models that previously had this feature disabled due to a patent infringement suit by medical device maker Masimo. Apple’s redesign processes blood oxygen data... Read more »
  • Pay for Apple TV+ Annually to Avoid the Recent Monthly Price Increase
    Apple has raised the monthly subscription fee for Apple TV+ to $12.99, marking the third price increase since the streaming service launched at $4.99 in 2019. While the monthly cost has increased, Apple kept the annual subscription priced at $99, making it a more economical choice for those who plan... Read more »
  • Working with Time Zones in Apple’s Calendar Apps
    Calendar events are usually straightforward. For instance, if you schedule a meeting for 3 PM on Thursday, an alert will remind you to leave 30 minutes beforehand. However, since we live in an increasingly global world, we occasionally have to consider time zones when scheduling meetings. Business travelers have long... Read more »
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  • Amazon Prime Big Deal Days Announced: When And What To Expect
    Amazon is getting a head start on the holiday shopping season with another Prime Big Deal Days event, with promises of some of the "best deals of the season so far" on popular brands such as Beats, LEGO, Milk Makeup, and KitchenAid. And as the name of the event implies,... Read more »
  • Quantum Motion Claims World's First Full-Stack Standard CMOS Quantum Computer
    Over in the UK, quantum computing company Quantum Motion has debuted an industry-first quantum computer, manufactured entirely with a standard silicon CMOS chip fabrication process. This fabrication process, which is also used for conventional PC hardware, should result in a truly mass-manufacturable supercomputer, which is distinct from the... Read more »
  • Ultra-Rare Apple-1 In Wooden Byte Shop Case Valued At $300K Is Up For Auction
    Collectors with deep pockets have yet another opportunity to own a piece of Apple history, this time with an extremely rare Apple-1 computer housed in a wooden Byte Shop case. The nearly 50-year-old system is still fully functional and is expected to fetch at least $300,000 at auction. At the... Read more »
  • NVIDIA's Next-Gen Feynman GPUs May Use TSMC's Advanced A16 Chip Node
    Remember Tensordyne, who promised to slash AI GPU power consumption with a new way of doing things? That entire pitch was basically predicated on the power predicament that the industry finds itself in. Put simply, there's just not enough electricity to scale out the world's AI compute demands. That's likely... Read more »
  • Rockstar Just Quietly Retracted Its Overzealous GTA 6 Launch Claim, But Why?
    Yesterday, eager eyes noticed that Rockstar Games had made a job listing for Lead Software Engineer, claiming within that Grand Theft Auto 6 would be "the largest game launch in history"— but just a day later, the text within that job listing has changed, omitting the entire paragraph and combining... Read more »
  • HybridPetya Ransomware Alarmingly Sneaks Past BIOS Secure Boot To Install Malware
    UEFI secure boot was designed to block malicious code from sneaking into your PC's BIOS boot-up process. However, a newly discovered ransomware dubbed HybridPetya somehow found a way to circumvent this. Cybersecurity firm ESET discovered the threat and revealed that it had not been observed in any active attacks just yet.... Read more »
  • Intel Arc Pro B50 Becomes A Best-Selling Workstation GPU, Filling The Value Gap Vs NVIDIA And AMD
    As of this week, the best-selling workstation GPU on popular PC products retailer Newegg isn't from one of the usual suspects AMD or NVIDIA. Instead, Intel has secured the crown by nailing a key, neglected budget segment in the workstation GPU market with its Intel Arc Pro B50. This remarkable... Read more »