A new open-source project called vphone-cli lets developers create and run a virtual iPhone on Apple Silicon Macs running macOS Sequoia, using Apple's Virtualization.framework alongside infrastructure derived from Apple's Private Cloud Compute research VM setup. The tool automates the full pipeline of downloading IPSW firmware, patching the boot chain, restoring via DFU mode, installing a custom firmware variant, and launching the resulting virtual device, with commands also available to manage, clone, export, and import VM instances.
New York City's emergency 911 system failed to connect roughly 1,700 calls following a recent software update. City officials have not detailed how long the outage lasted or how many callers were affected during the disruption.
An old, otherwise unused Android phone can be repurposed to extend home Wi-Fi coverage into dead zones without buying new hardware like extenders or mesh nodes. Users can rely on the phone's built-in hotspot feature, which lets it connect to an existing Wi-Fi network and rebroadcast the signal as a repeater, requiring no extra apps or technical skill.
XREAL's a01 smart glasses, released in May, act as an external display rather than a standalone computer, connecting via USB-C to devices like laptops or Steam Decks. Priced around $300, they use dual mini OLED panels delivering 1080p resolution and up to 1,600 nits of brightness, producing vivid images similar to a personal projector experience. The reviewer tested them for movie watching by pairing them with a laptop streaming the Criterion Channel.
Tello Mobile, a low-cost wireless carrier operating on the country's largest 5G network, offers plans starting at $5 monthly and topping out at $25 for unlimited data, talk and text. Customers can build custom plans, switch anytime without contracts, and keep their existing phone number via eSIM activation.
A developer describes struggling to build a distraction-free light color theme, eventually creating a grayscale one that uses subtle brightness variation instead of many colors. The project was inspired by Nikita Prokopov's essay arguing that most syntax highlighting schemes use too many colors to be functional as reading aids.
President Trump called Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang's cellphone in the middle of a company-wide staff meeting on Thursday, with Trump's voice audible through Huang's onstage microphone before Huang briefly stepped away and returned within a minute. The call came the same day Nvidia launched an employee-funded political action committee and a day after the company posted quarterly revenue of $96 billion, up 106 percent year over year.
AT&T filed a lawsuit against Charter on Friday, claiming Spectrum's marketing of its internet as 'fiber-powered' misleads customers who aren't actually getting a full fiber connection. Spectrum's network relies on fiber-optic lines for most of its infrastructure but typically switches to copper coaxial cable for the final stretch into homes, unlike true fiber providers that run fiber directly to the wall jack. The suit was filed in Dallas, a market where both companies compete heavily for broadband customers.
A lab focused on counterfeit-detection tools tested whether a general-purpose AI model, Gemini 3.6 Flash, could distinguish real from fake Rhode Peptide Lip Tint using only photos of packaging. The researcher photographed authentic and counterfeit boxes and tubes, uploaded the images, and asked the model to judge authenticity and flag inconsistencies. The experiment was prompted by reports that Rhode's lip tint is a frequent target for counterfeiters sold on marketplaces like eBay, TikTok Shop, and Vinted.
A unanimous three-judge panel on the US Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit ruled that Nevada can enforce its gambling laws against Kalshi's sports-related event contracts, rejecting the company's claim that federal commodities law shields it from state oversight. The decision upholds a lower court order allowing Nevada's Gaming Control Board to act against Kalshi, Crypto.com and Robinhood over sports-event contracts offered on their platforms.
Rockstar's extended GTA 6 preview shows a returning six-star Wanted level, higher than GTA V's five-star cap, appearing briefly during a police chase scene. The footage also introduces a Criminal Profile system, similar in spirit to Red Dead Redemption 2's Honor mechanic, which reportedly weighs the context of a player's crimes rather than treating all violence equally. Rockstar North's Rob Nelson confirmed to IGN that repeated player behavior can influence how NPCs and the story respond over time.
A venture capital commentator argues that the next major wave of American innovation is shifting from software toward physical infrastructure like energy, logistics and manufacturing, and that the Gulf South region is positioned to lead it. The region accounts for over 40% of US crude production and half of national refining capacity, alongside major LNG, aerospace and defense hubs, plus global trade links to Latin America, Africa, Europe, the Middle East and Asia. The author points to events like the 3rd Coast Venture Summit in New Orleans as evidence that founders and investors are already organizing around this thesis.
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