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Apple ordered to pay $110 million in 3G patent dispute with Spanish firm

9to5mac.com Marcus Mendes 2026-02-18 22:21:29

Spanish company TOT Power Control has been awarded $110.7 million in damages after a federal jury in Delaware found that Apple’s devices infringe on a patent related to 3G wireless communications. Here are the details. TOT Power Control licenses a technology that manages radio signal interference and power consumption in 3G systems, improving network efficiency and battery life. The company says its patented algorithm adjusts how power is used depending on the ratio of signal to interference,

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Nudify app’s plan to dominate deepfake porn hinges on Reddit, docs show

arstechnica.com Unknown 2026-02-18 22:43:13

Clothoff—one of the leading apps used to quickly and cheaply make fake nudes from images of real people—reportedly is planning a global expansion to continue dominating deepfake porn online. Also known as a nudify app, Clothoff has resisted attempts to unmask and confront its operators. Last August, the app was among those that San Francisco's city attorney, David Chiu, sued in hopes of forcing a shutdown. But recently, a whistleblower—who had "access to internal company information" as a forme

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Nothing releases its first over-the-ear headphones

techcrunch.com Maggie Nye 2026-02-18 18:52:30

Nothing has revealed its first over-the-ear headphones. The aluminum and transparent Headphone (1) was designed in collaboration with KEF. They offer adaptive noise canceling, bass enhancement for deeper low frequencies, and spatial audio, for $299 at launch. But spoiler alert: The buttons on these headphones might be the best part.

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Catalio Capital closes over $400M Fund IV

techcrunch.com Dominic-Madori Davis 2026-02-18 22:00:00

In Brief Venture capital firm Catalio Capital Management announced today the closing of its more than $400 million Fund IV, as first reported by Bloomberg. The fund will continue the firm’s thesis of backing healthcare and biotechnology companies. The firm was founded in 2020 and has made more than 100 investments, according to PitchBook. Catalio’s Fund IV, in particular, has backed 16 companies already, including the diagnostics company PinkDx and the drug discovery company Superluminal Medic

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Apple keeps Jennifer Aniston in the TV+ family with new series ‘I’m Glad My Mom Died’

9to5mac.com Benjamin Mayo 2026-02-19 03:02:10

Apple launched Apple TV+ with the flashy drama The Morning Show, starring Reese Witherspoon and Jennifer Aniston. With the debut drama about to enter its fourth season in September, Apple is doubling down on Aniston’s star power. The streamer announced that Aniston will headline a new ten-part dramedy, entitled ‘I’m Glad My Mom Died’, based off the bestselling memoir by former iCarly star Jennette McCurdy, recounting her experiences growing up as a child actor and her complicated relationship w

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Apple Watch satellite SOS feature helps rescue injured climber in Colorado

9to5mac.com Marcus Mendes 2026-02-19 03:04:19

A climber stranded at nearly 11,000 feet in the Colorado wilderness was rescued this week thanks to Apple’s Emergency SOS satellite messaging feature. Here’s what happened. Glissading gone wrong As reported by KDVR (via Reddit), a 53-year-old man had just summited Snowmass Mountain on Sunday, before beginning his descent using a glissading technique (which is essentially sliding down the snow-covered slope). That’s when he injured his wrist and realized he couldn’t make it out on his own. Wit

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Apple Intelligence with less ‘Apple’? Why that might be the exact right move

9to5mac.com Ryan Christoffel 2026-02-19 03:29:19

Apple’s well documented struggles to upgrade Siri with AI might have an unexpected fix. Per Mark Gurman, Apple is considering powering its revamped Siri with third-party AI models from Anthropic or OpenAI. Here’s why that could be the best move for Apple and users. Apple’s struggling to keep up with AI innovations In the smartphone era, Apple’s success has been tremendous. The iPhone is ridiculously popular and very profitable. And it’s powered a stronger Apple ecosystem than ever, with servi

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Show HN: Core – open source memory graph for LLMs – shareable, user owned

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-02-18 23:24:24

Contextual Observation & Recall Engine C.O.R.E is a shareable memory for LLMs which is private, portable and 100% owned by the user. You can either run it locally or use our hosted version and then connect with other tools like Cursor, Claude to share your context at multiple places. C.O.R.E is built for two reasons: To give you complete ownership of your memory, stored locally and accessible across any app needing LLM context. To help SOL (your AI assistant) access your context, facts, and p

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MicroPython on M68k Mac

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-02-18 23:50:19

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The ‘Neuromancer’ Show Welcomes You Into Its Neon-Lit Dystopia

gizmodo.com Cheryl Eddy 2026-02-19 03:00:51

This is very much an early look—no actors, no plot teases, just a glimpse of a certain key location in William Gibson‘s cyberpunk tale Neuromancer. But “near-future dystopia by way of 1984” is captured correctly here, and that bodes very well for the Apple TV+ series that is, as the tin advertises, currently in production. And this isn’t just a random drop to increase hype for the show, which does not yet have a release date. Neuromancer was published July 1, 1984. Happy anniversary to Gibson a

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Apple sues former Vision Pro employee for allegedly stealing 'thousands of documents' before joining Snap

cnbc.com Kif Leswing 2026-02-19 08:47:40

A customer tries on the Apple Vision Pro headset during the product launch at the Apple Store in New York City on February 2, 2024. Apple has accused a former engineer for its Vision Pro headset computer of stealing company trade secrets before starting a new job at Snap , according to a lawsuit filed in California last week. In the June 24 court filing, Apple accuses Di Liu, a senior design engineer, of downloading thousands of documents in his final days at the Cupertino company last year an

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iOS 18.6 beta 2 and more now available, here’s what to expect [U: Public]

9to5mac.com Ryan Christoffel 2026-02-19 06:13:00

Apple has just released iOS 18.6 beta 2 to developers, alongside companion updates like macOS Sequoia 15.6 and more. Here’s what to expect. Update 7/1/25: Public beta versions are now available one day later. Apple offering two beta cycles this summer, including iOS 18.6 It’s rare for Apple to offer multiple different beta cycles for its software, with the main exception being summertime. In the summer, Apple always tests its big new OS versions in developer and public betas. This year that’

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I found a 16-inch Windows laptop that could replace my MacBook Pro (and it's $200 off)

zdnet.com Kyle Kucharski 2026-02-19 08:15:00

ZDNET's key takeaways The Dell 16 Plus 2-in-1 is on sale now for $1,249 for the 32GB version. It's a versatile laptop that can handle a variety of use cases, its mini-LED display is bright and vivid, it comes with a stylus, and it's very competitively priced on sale. It's on the bulky side and can run warm. View now at Dell Dell's recent decision to ditch its familiar laptop naming convention left some consumers upset over the fact that there won't be any new XPS or Inspiron computers, and ot

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What should a native DOM templating API look like?

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-02-19 06:40:57

If you read my previous post, The time is right for a DOM templating API, you might be wondering what such an API would look like. Let's dive into that question now. What are we building? First, let's clarify what we're trying to design here, because when people hear the abstract template API idea described, before there's a concrete proposal or examples, they can sometimes think of very different things. In webcomponents/1069 I propose that we add a "declarative JavaScript templating API"

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Trump Says He Has a Buyer for TikTok

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-02-19 05:24:00

President Donald Trump says he has a buyer for TikTok. In an interview with on Fox News' Sunday Morning Futures with Maria Bartiromo that aired this past Sunday, Trump said that the deal will probably need Chinese government approval, but he thinks that China's President Xi Jinping "will probably do it." Trump didn't reveal who the buyer is, only that it's a group of "very, very wealthy people," adding that he plans to make an announcement in about two weeks. The comments come about a little

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The MLS Season Pass is 50 percent off ahead of the All-Star game and Leagues Cup

theverge.com Sheena Vasani 2026-02-19 08:36:43

Major League Soccer (MLS) is now nearly halfway through its 2025 season, and Apple is giving fans a great reason to tune in. For a limited time, the MLS Season Pass is available for just $49, offering new and returning subscribers access to every remaining match at half the regular price. If you’re an Apple TV Plus subscriber, the deal gets even better: you can grab the pass for just $39 with an additional $10 discount. The seasonal pass gives you access to every Major League Soccer (MLS) game

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Here’s everything new for Apple Photos in iOS 26

9to5mac.com Ryan Christoffel 2026-02-19 12:44:33

Apple’s Photos app received a major overhaul last year, and iOS 26 brings a handful of new changes. Here’s everything new coming to the Photos app in iOS 26. New Liquid Glass design One of the biggest changes impacting all Apple apps this year is iOS 26’s new ‘Liquid Glass’ design. In the Photos app specifically, you’ll see Liquid Glass UI elements everywhere from the buttons and navigation tabs to popup menus and more. Since your photos and videos remain the visual focus of the app, Photos’

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All Good Editors Are Pirates: In Memory of Lewis H. Lapham

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-02-17 00:39:16

This remembrance first appeared in Stranger’s Guide on July 28, 2024. On July 23, 2024, the American essayist and editor Lewis H. Lapham died. Since then several beautiful obituaries have been written about the great man and I won’t attempt to repeat these, though I certainly encourage reading them. Instead I want to focus on a very particular time and place where I worked with Lewis and knew him best—the book-filled offices of his last great project, Lapham’s Quarterly. After a storied tenure

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Trump Says He Has a Buyer For TikTok

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-02-19 11:24:00

President Donald Trump says he has a buyer for TikTok. In an interview with on Fox News' Sunday Morning Futures with Maria Bartiromo that aired this past Sunday, Trump said that the deal will probably need Chinese government approval, but he thinks that China's President Xi Jinping "will probably do it." Trump didn't reveal who the buyer is, only that it's a group of "very, very wealthy people," adding that he plans to make an announcement in about two weeks. The comments come about a little

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Apple accuses former Vision Pro engineer of stealing trade secrets

theverge.com Jess Weatherbed 2026-02-19 12:03:08

Apple is suing a former employee for allegedly stealing confidential Vision Pro headset research before leaving to join Snap’s product design team. In the complaint filed in Santa Clara County Superior Court on June 24th, Apple accuses Di Liu of downloading thousands of documents containing proprietary information from Apple’s internal systems and saving them to his personal cloud storage account in his final days as a senior design engineer for the Vision Pro. According to the lawsuit, Liu fal

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Laptop Mag is shutting down

theverge.com Emma Roth 2026-02-19 12:42:19

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. Laptop Mag is shutting down after nearly 35 years of providing consumers with in-depth information about laptops and other technology. In a staff meeting seen by The Verge, Faisal Alani, the global brand director at Laptop Mag owner Future PLC, said, “After careful consideration and a review of our long-term strategy, we’ve made the decision to clos

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Nikita Bier joins X as head of product: ‘I’ve officially posted my way to the top’

techcrunch.com Amanda Silberling 2026-02-19 11:13:52

In Brief Elon Musk’s X has appointed serial entrepreneur and growth hacker Nikita Bier as its new head of product. “I’ve officially posted my way to the top,” Bier wrote on X, alluding to his large presence on the app. Bier is best known as the founder of apps like Gas, which was acquired by Discord, and TBH, which was acquired by Facebook. Both Gas and TBH were apps geared toward teens, who were encouraged to leave one another compliments. More recently, Bier has been working as a venture p

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Best iPad apps to boost productivity and make your life easier

techcrunch.com Aisha Malik 2026-02-19 12:18:08

Apple’s iPads come with built-in productivity tools like Notes, Calendar, and Reminders, but if you’d like to explore new ways to maximize productivity and organize your life, there are many apps out there to help you. Although the iPad started off as a device that could be used to stream content or browse the web on the go, Apple has essentially turned its iPads into computers that can handle a variety of different tasks for personal, work, and school use. As a result, there are numerous apps

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Nothing releases their first over-the-ear headphones

techcrunch.com Maggie Nye 2026-02-19 12:52:30

Nothing has revealed its first over-the-ear headphones. The aluminum and transparent Headphone (1) was designed in collaboration with KEF. They offer adaptive noise canceling, bass enhancement for deeper low frequencies, and spatial audio, for $299 at launch. But spoilers: The buttons on these headphones might be the best part.

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Threads officially rolls out standalone DMs and debuts visual highlights

9to5mac.com Marcus Mendes 2026-02-19 17:00:55

Meta just took another step in its belated but very welcome push to detach Threads from its Instagram roots. Starting today, the app is officially rolling out its own direct messaging system and a new visual highlights feature. Here’s how they work. Both updates mark the second anniversary of the app, which was officially launched on July 5th, 2024. And alongside the announcement, Threads also shared an interesting, but completely unsurprising fact, pointing to its increasingly independent futu

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Apple TV+ hit sci-fi show just keeps getting better: first reviews here

9to5mac.com Ryan Christoffel 2026-02-19 17:17:17

Apple TV+ kicked off the year with a major win in Severance, but the streamer has another sci-fi series returning next week that’s much bigger in scope: Foundation season 3 is almost here, and reviews say the show’s better than ever. Foundation season 3 reviews praise the show as Apple’s ‘Game of Thrones’ Foundation premiered on Apple TV+ in fall 2021 as a big-budget adaptation of Isaac Asimov’s sci-fi series that had long been thought impossible to adapt. Did Apple pull off the impossible? S

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I changed 8 settings on my Pixel phone to instantly improve the battery life

zdnet.com Jason Howell 2026-02-19 17:21:00

Kerry Wan/ZDNET Pixel phones have an excellent reputation for smart software, but battery life has been a common complaint with Google's smartphones. Thankfully, that same smart software is now improving battery life and longevity, though many features aren't set up for maximum endurance out of the box. I've found that a handful of features can dramatically improve how long your Pixel lasts, both in a single day and over the long haul. Also: Why I recommend this $280 Android phone over cheap m

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Show HN: HackerNewt - Breadth-first exploring HN client for iOS

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-02-19 16:57:23

Don't get lost in big Hacker News discussions! HackerNewt is a Hacker News client that uses an alternative way of displaying comment tree. Advantages over traditional interfaces: - Comment width doesn't get narrower no matter how deep in the tree you are - You always see the parent of the comment you're currently reading - Swiping allows you to move in and out of subtrees with animated transitions that you fully control - You can easily skip subtrees that don't interest you by simply scrolling A

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Threads now has DMs

theverge.com Emma Roth 2026-02-19 17:00:00

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. Threads has officially launched direct messaging for everyone. You can now privately message other users on the Meta-owned X rival, though Threads will only allow DMs between your followers or mutual followers on Instagram to start. You can send a DM on Threads by selecting the envelope icon in the toolbar at the bottom of your screen in the app. F

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Nikita Bier joins X as Head of Product: ‘I’ve officially posted my way to the top’

techcrunch.com Amanda Silberling 2026-02-19 17:13:52

In Brief Elon Musk’s X has appointed serial entrepreneur and growth hacker Nikita Bier as its new Head of Product. “I’ve officially posted my way to the top,” Bier wrote on X, alluding to his large presence on the app. Bier is best known as the founder of apps like Gas, which was acquired by Discord, and TBH, which was acquired by Facebook. Both Gas and TBH were apps geared toward teens, who were encouraged to leave one another compliments. More recently, Bier has been working as a venture p

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