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Why Apple avoiding a big AI acquisition could signal good news

9to5mac.com Ryan Christoffel 2026-01-16 21:34:03

In the midst of Apple’s AI challenges, some have called on the company to dip into its enormous bank account and make a splashy AI acquisition. Here’s why the lack of acquisition could signal something important about Apple’s current AI progress. Apple is ‘open’ to AI acquisitions, but shows no sign of a big purchase It’s been a big week for AI, with major new launches from companies like OpenAI and Anthropic. Meanwhile, discourse surrounding Apple’s AI efforts remains glum. Last week, the c

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Sony Wants Its Anime Boom to Be as Big as the PlayStation 2

gizmodo.com Isaiah Colbert 2026-01-16 21:00:50

While Sony has been a quietly influential force in the anime landscape—owning studio Aniplex and acquiring Crunchyroll, which absorbed its former rival Funimation to expand its roster of shows and films—the PlayStation maker still sees itself as just getting started. According to a new report, Sony is still building an anime empire, treating this moment like the dawn of the PlayStation era, with more room to grow looming over the horizon. Speaking with the Japanese publication Toyo Keizai (hat-

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Add the Tesla Diner to the List of Elon Musk Projects That Fail to Deliver on Promises

gizmodo.com Aj Dellinger 2026-01-16 21:55:31

You are not going to believe this, because there is absolutely zero precedent for it happening; it appears Elon Musk has overpromised on something. It has only been two weeks since the Tesla Diner, a charging station and restaurant with a retro-futuristic aesthetic, and it is already significantly narrowing down its menu offerings, according to a report from Eater. In classic diner fashion, the restaurant offered a robust menu when it first opened, but it is down to just five sandwiches, two si

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Apple's iPad Air M3 is $150 off and down to a new all-time low

engadget.com Unknown 2026-01-17 02:29:08

For a lot of people, the iPad Air is Apple’s goldilocks tablet. It’s more powerful and available in a larger size than the entry-level iPad, but a lot less expensive than the iPad Pro, which can be overkill for some. Right now, Apple’s 2025 iPad Air M3 can be picked up for $150 off at Amazon. This deal applies to each configuration of the 11-inch and 13-inch versions of the most recent iPad Air. So, the 11-inch model is as low as $449, while the 13-inch model is down to $649. The same deals can

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Deals: iPad mini 7 $120 off from $379, black Magic Mouse, M4 iPad Pro, Mac mini, and more

9to5mac.com Justin Kahn 2026-01-17 06:44:49

Today’s 9to5Toys Lunch Break is finishing the week off with the return of all-time low pricing across the latest iPad mini 7 lineup at $120 off with deals starting from $379 shipped. Those offers join the new all-time lows on the M3 iPad Air lineup at $150 off – the best price ever offered on Apple’s most affordable current-gen M series iPad – as well as $200 off the least pricey M4 iPad Pro, and a rare deal on the black USB-C Apple Magic Mouse. But with the massive Apple deal week event now liv

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The HORI Piranha Plant camera for Switch 2 is on sale for $40

engadget.com Unknown 2026-01-17 06:01:26

The HORI Piranha Plant camera for the Nintendo Switch 2 is on sale for just $40, which is a discount of $20 and a record-low price. This is a great deal for those who own a Switch 2 and want to take advantage of the camera functionality in games like Mario Kart World and that recently-released campfire sim. This was designed specifically for Nintendo's new console, so it's a plug-and-play affair. It's actually cheaper than the official Switch 2 camera with this sale and it looks a whole lot coo

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How to buy a laptop for school, work, or gaming (and our top picks for each)

zdnet.com Cesar Cadenas 2026-01-17 06:07:00

Kyle Kucharski/ZDNET Choosing the right laptop can feel overwhelming -- even for someone like me who's lived and breathed laptops for years. You get all these options, configurations, and feature lists that it's impossible not to know up from down. So, to make things easier for you, I'll be breaking down laptops and their essentials using three broad usage categories: school, work, and gaming. Also: The best laptops you can buy: Expert tested Most laptops fall into one of these buckets, and w

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Apple's history is hiding in a Mac font

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-01-12 14:31:54

Rome wasn't built in a day, and the same is true of desktop operating systems. The modern versions of Windows, macOS, and Linux we know and (sometimes) love today represent decades of iteration and overhauls, but much of that legacy is invisible. New design languages and interfaces show up every few years, and in the process, old applications and designs are covered up or replaced. It doesn't take long to find legacy holdovers in today's Windows 11—for example, that Windows 3.1-era file picker

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GPT-5 vs. Sonnet: Complex Agentic Coding

news.ycombinator.com Eleanor Berger 2026-01-17 06:38:48

OpenAI released GPT-5 yesterday, promoting it as their best model yet for agentic coding. When it arrived in my GitHub Copilot this morning, I immediately decided to test it with a complex, long-running agentic coding task — and later gave the exact same task to Claude 4 Sonnet 4 for comparison. While this isn't a tightly controlled scientific comparison — more of a "vibe check" — both models impressed me with their results. It's worth noting that while Claude Sonnet has been established for co

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Inside Dylan Field’s Big IPO—and His Even Bigger Plans for Figma

wired.com Steven Levy 2026-01-17 06:00:00

When Dylan Field pops up on my Zoom screen, his face is a mixture of giddiness and fatigue. He’s back at work, after a whirlwind trip to New York City where he launched his company Figma on the New York Stock Exchange, bucking the trend of multi-billion-dollar startups staying private. Even before it became clear that this might be the wildest public launch in years, the Figma world—fans of the app, employees (known as Figmates), and investors—had already turned Wall Street into a block party, h

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Apple Intelligence’s ChatGPT integration will use GPT-5 starting with iOS 26

theverge.com Jay Peters 2026-01-17 06:42:02

is a news editor covering technology, gaming, and more. He joined The Verge in 2019 after nearly two years at Techmeme. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. OpenAI just announced its GPT-5 AI model on Thursday, but you won’t be able to use it with Apple Intelligence’s ChatGPT integration until iOS 26, iPadOS 26, and macOS Tahoe 26, Apple confirmed to 9to5Mac. Apple Intelligence can rely on ChatGPT for things like helping answer certain Siri q

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Apple will bring GPT-5 to Apple Intelligence in iOS, iPad OS and macOS 26

engadget.com Unknown 2026-01-17 11:32:11

OpenAI finally released its long-awaited GPT-5 model this week, unsurprisingly proclaiming it its best yet with regards to coding, accuracy, safety and more. CEO Sam Altman even compared the jump up in quality to when the iPhone first adopted a Retina display in a press briefing ahead of the announcement. Big talk indeed. Given ChatGPT’s integration with Apple Intelligence , you might be wondering when the latest model will arrive on the devices that support it. The answer is sooner rather than

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8 settings you should change on your Motorola phone to easily improve the battery life

zdnet.com Jason Howell 2026-01-17 11:22:00

Max Buondonno/ZDNET Google's Pixel phones aren't the only ones with battery-saving secrets to explore. Motorola offers almost as many features inside its menus. After three weeks with the Moto Razr Ultra and separately, the Moto G Stylus 2025, I discovered a handful of tweaks hiding in plain sight that you'll likely find on your Motorola device if you know where to look. 1. Battery Saver keeps the lights on when your gauge hits the red Jason Howell/ZDNET Battery anxiety is the worst, and Bat

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The Bluetooth tracker I trust more than AirTags - whether you use iPhone or Android

zdnet.com Adrian Kingsley-Hughes 2026-01-17 11:37:00

Pebblebee Clip ZDNET's key takeaways The finder tag is equipped with a rechargeable battery, so you won't have to throw away old button cells It features a bright LED for finding things in low light. The tag is on the pricier side. View now at Amazon I have a habit of putting things down and forgetting where I put them, so finder tags like the Apple AirTag have been a game-changer for me, saving me endless amounts of time and frustration. Also: The best Bluetooth trackers you can buy: Expert

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The Google Finance page is getting an AI makeover

theverge.com Emma Roth 2026-01-17 11:07:16

is a news writer who covers the streaming wars, consumer tech, crypto, social media, and much more. Previously, she was a writer and editor at MUO. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Google’s apparent quest to bring AI features across all of its apps has just extended to one of its most mundane: Google Finance. The company announced on Friday that it’s testing a “new, AI-powered Google Finance,” chatbot included. The revamp, which will roll

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Apple releases new ‘Here’s to the Dreamers’ wallpaper for iPhone

9to5mac.com Ryan Christoffel 2026-01-17 16:48:17

There are few ad campaigns more memorable to longtime Apple followers than the “Think Different” series. And in coordination with an App Store feature story highlighting several modern day creative trailblazers, Apple has released a new iPhone wallpaper called “Here’s to the Dreamers.” New iPhone wallpaper available as part of ‘Here’s to the Dreamers’ creator spotlight Apple has gotten in an annual rhythm of highlighting Southeast Asian creators in various ways. Back in 2023, that happened via

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Apple's Rivals Are Betting Big on AI, but Tim Cook Doesn't Need to Worry

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-01-17 15:00:00

There's a battle over the future of computing. Tech giants, like Meta and OpenAI, are racing to develop a version of AI that's almost sci-fi levels of sentience, known as superintelligence. Obscene salaries are being thrown around to poach top AI engineers -- some even with reported offers of $100 million signing bonuses. Meanwhile, billions of dollars are spent to acquire companies with no products. The goal? To create an AI gadget so good that it can dethrone the iPhone. That's at least the

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5 ways business leaders can transform workplace culture - and it starts by listening

zdnet.com Mark Samuels 2026-01-17 21:57:00

Elyse Betters Picaro / ZDNET ZDNET's key takeaways The best business leaders ensure people have a platform to air views. Employees need to feel their opinions are heard and valued. Reach out to customers and partners for their sentiments. Great managers don't just talk a good game; they also deliver results -- and great outcomes are often tied to an ability to listen to people effectively. Harvard Business Review suggests that leaders who listen well create company cultures where people fe

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Apple's Favoritism to Fastmail

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-01-17 21:25:12

Congrats to @Fastmail , the only provider @Apple allows to send push notifications to the iOS Mail app. No announcement. No documentation. No access for anyone else. Just quiet favoritism. We genuinely like @Fastmail . We’re happy for them. But @Apple has chosen a winner in private, giving one provider a major advantage and refusing the same to everyone else. We’ve tried to talk. @Apple just stops responding once they realize what we’re asking. Our customers want answers, and unlike Apple, we do

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Is Google TV in trouble? A new report reveals concerning details

androidauthority.com Unknown 2026-01-18 04:48:58

Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR Google is reportedly having trouble securing revenue from its Google TV platform. It has now resorted to lowering its commissions on ad spaces to incentivize advertisers. Google is facing heat from competitors such as Samsung’s Tizen, LG’s WebOS, Roku, and Amazon’s Fire OS in the US. Back in 2020, Google merged its Android TV and Chromecast efforts and launched a Google TV interface aimed at increasing discovery. While its focus to promote relevant c

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Columbia University data breach impacts nearly 870,000 individuals

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2026-01-18 04:43:28

An unknown threat actor has stolen the sensitive personal, financial, and health information of nearly 870,000 Columbia University current and former students and employees after breaching the university's network in May. Established in 1767 as King's College, Columbia University is a private Ivy League research university with a budget of $6.6 billion in 2024, over 20,000 employees, including 4,700 academic staff, and over 35,000 enrolled students across 19 schools and special programs. The

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The best smartphones without AI features in 2025: Expert tested and recommended

zdnet.com Taylor Clemons 2026-01-18 06:00:18

These days, it feels like AI and machine learning algorithms are being stuffed into every device, whether it makes sense to do so or not. And with almost every major brand announcing that AI will be a standard feature in new releases going forward, you may be looking for a way to opt out or avoid it entirely. Thankfully, there are still plenty of options on the market for phones that don't force AI as an integral feature; you can even find a few "dumb" phones if you're thinking of a total digita

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Window Activation

news.ycombinator.com Seth Richardson 2026-01-13 14:03:24

You click a link in your chat app, your browser with a hundred tabs comes to the front and opens that page. How hard can it be? Well, you probably know by now that Wayland, unlike X, doesn’t let one application force its idiot wishes on everyone else. In order for an application to bring its window to the front, it needs to make use of the XDG Activation protocol. A KWrite window that failed to activate and instead is weeping bitterly for attention in the task bar In essence, an application ca

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OnePlus Buds 4 vs. Nothing Ear: Which Pair of Wireless Earbuds Wins?

gizmodo.com James Pero 2026-01-18 06:00:23

There are so many wireless earbuds. No, for real. As someone who tests out earbuds on a very regular basis, I can tell you firsthand just how crowded the market is. That’s fine if you’re easy and just want a pair of AirPods, but for anyone who wants to dig deeper into what’s out there—whether for design or compatibility reasons—a crowded field makes research a nightmare. And that research headache doubles when two pairs of earbuds are similarly priced. Luckily, as someone who has used entirely

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The Song of the Summer Is Dead

wired.com Jason Parham 2026-01-18 08:00:00

Devon Powers says there is one significant data point no one has considered in the debate around 2025’s Song of the Summer, or rather, why there doesn’t really seem to be one this year: Donald Trump. As media has become less centralized—music streamers replaced radio stations, TikTok killed the music video, and so on—how people consume music, and who they listen to, has become even more fragmented. But today, Trump represents a reawakened avatar of cultural togetherness. He may be the closest t

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Apple’s lock on iPhone browser engines gets a December deadline

theverge.com Jess Weatherbed 2026-01-18 04:15:40

is a news writer focused on creative industries, computing, and internet culture. Jess started her career at TechRadar, covering news and hardware reviews. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. We might finally see the first iPhone browsers built on top of third-party engines now that Japanese regulators have taken up the issue. Apple’s malicious compliance in the EU has so far prevented Chrome, and its Blink engine, for example, from coming t

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OpenAI gives some employees a ‘special’ multimillion-dollar bonus

theverge.com Alex Heath 2026-01-18 05:23:15

Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. The day before the launch of GPT-5, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman surprised employees with a message in the company’s Slack. “As we mentioned a few weeks ago, we have been looking at comp for our technical teams given the movement in the market,” wrote Altman, according to a copy of the message that was shared with me. He announced that OpenAI would give a “special one-time award” to researchers and software engine

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Five iOS 26 features I already can't live without - and how to access them

zdnet.com Lance Whitney 2026-01-18 09:00:21

Kerry Wan/ZDNET Apple has been busy prepping iOS 26 for its likely debut in September. Until then, the iPhone's upcoming new OS has been accessible for anyone to try via a developer beta (now up to version 5) and the initial public beta. Though iOS 26 still has at least a month of tweaks before it's finalized, the beta flavors already provide a peek at what to expect. You can download iOS 26 beta on your iPhone now. Here's how to install it -- and which models support it. Also: The best MagSa

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I used Perplexity to make a restaurant reservation - now I'm wondering if Google is holding us back

zdnet.com Artie Beaty 2026-01-18 09:30:17

Tang Ming Tung/Getty Images ZDNET's takeaways Perplexity's new feature lets you make a restaurant reservation straight through OpenTable. The feature uses OpenTable's system, so you don't have to trust the AI to do it for you. Instead of navigating between apps or tabs to find a restaurant and then book a table, Perplexity handles everything. Finding the perfect restaurant and making a reservation just got a whole lot easier thanks to a new feature in Perplexity. The chatbot (which ZDNET's

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Trump opens door for crypto in retirement accounts

feeds.bbci.co.uk Unknown 2026-01-18 10:41:52

Trump opens door for crypto in retirement accounts But critics say it could increase risks for savers. The move is intended to eventually give everyday workers new access to investments formerly reserved for wealthy individuals and institutions, while opening up previously untouched pools of funding for firms in those fields. On Thursday, he ordered regulators to look for ways to change rules that might discourage employers from including such offerings in workplace retirement accounts, known

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