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Spotted: Google Maps on Wear OS is testing an Expressive new UI

androidauthority.com Unknown 2026-03-15 16:17:42

Rita El Khoury / Android Authority TL;DR Google Maps is testing a Material 3 Expressive-style redesign on Wear OS 5. The new UI features larger icons and an improved layout. The changes have only been rolled out to select users so far. Google Maps is getting a fresh look on smartwatches, and it’s not waiting for Wear OS 6 to do it. The app is now testing a redesigned interface with some users on Wear OS 5, introducing a bolder, more modern layout in line with Google’s Material 3 Expressive d

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9to5Mac Daily: June 17, 2025 – Apple’s Back to School promo, more

9to5mac.com Seth Kurkowski 2026-03-15 16:03:01

Listen to a recap of the top stories of the day from 9to5Mac. 9to5Mac Daily is available on iTunes and Apple’s Podcasts app, Stitcher, TuneIn, Google Play, or through our dedicated RSS feed for Overcast and other podcast players. Sponsored by 9to5Mac Daily Plus: Get ad-free versions of every episode by visiting 9to5mac.com/join. New episodes of 9to5Mac Daily are recorded every weekday. Subscribe to our podcast in Apple Podcast or your favorite podcast player to guarantee new episodes are deliv

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Here are five of my favorite iOS 26 features that you might’ve missed

9to5mac.com Michael Burkhardt 2026-03-15 20:00:54

Apple unveiled iOS 26 last week at WWDC 2025. While Liquid Glass and iPadOS certainly stole the show, there’s a number of smaller features for iPhone users that I think a lot of people will still enjoy, and I’ll be diving into them here. Custom Ringtones get much easier This is certainly a “finally” feature – but for the first time in the 18 year history of the iPhone, you can now set a custom ringtone simply within iOS. No need for GarageBand or iTunes. Once you have an audio file downloaded

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Appeals court tosses $300 million Optis patent verdict against Apple

9to5mac.com Marcus Mendes 2026-03-15 20:14:29

On Monday, Apple scored a big legal victory in one of its longest-running patent battles, when the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit overturned a $300 million damages award the company had been ordered to pay to Optis Wireless Technology. This latest decision (via Reuters) marks the second time a nine-figure damages verdict in this case has been thrown out. Now, the case is heading back to Texas for yet another trial. What’s this case about again? Optis, a Texas-based IP managemen

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Apple Watch Series 10 now available at discount via Apple’s refurbished store

9to5mac.com Ryan Christoffel 2026-03-15 20:39:21

Apple’s refurbished store has added several new products recently, and the latest could prove popular: the Apple Watch Series 10 is now available. Currently only 46mm Apple Watch Series 10 is available refurbished Apple’s refurbished store provides the opportunity to buy products directly from Apple that have been certified for resale. These products include a standard Apple warranty, return policy, and other perks. Last week the Apple Watch Ultra 2 in black titanium was added to the store a

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Gmail starts testing Material 3 Expressive redesign on Wear OS

androidauthority.com Unknown 2026-03-16 01:48:56

Kaitlyn Cimino / Android Authority TL;DR Google has started testing the Material 3 Expressive redesign for its Wear OS apps. The updated Gmail app for Wear OS has started rolling out to some users, bringing a few interface changes. After giving us an early look at the Material 3 Expressive design changes coming to Wear OS last month, Google has started updating its Wear OS apps with expressive design elements. We recently gave you an early look at the revamped Google Keep app for Wear OS. Now

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F1 reviews are here, and it sounds like exactly the movie Apple wanted

9to5mac.com Ryan Christoffel 2026-03-16 01:28:57

F1 The Movie is shaping up to be Apple’s biggest film gamble ever. But if critics’ reviews are any indication of success, that bet could pay off big at the box office this summer. Here’s what reviews are saying. F1 The Movie has all the makings of a great summer blockbuster, per reviews Apple has largely gotten away from theatrical film debuts, preferring instead to premiere its new movies directly on Apple TV+. There’s one big exception though: F1 The Movie, which arrives in theaters next Fr

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Iran asks its people to delete WhatsApp from their devices

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-03-16 01:12:23

Iranian state television on Tuesday afternoon urged the country’s public to remove the messaging platform WhatsApp from their smartphones, alleging the app — without offering specific evidence — gathered user information to send to Israel. In a statement, WhatsApp said it was “concerned these false reports will be an excuse for our services to be blocked at a time when people need them the most.” WhatsApp uses end-to-end encryption, meaning a service provider in the middle can’t read a message.

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Top-Rated HP 2025 Laptop Now Costs $379 Instead of $1,299, Windows 11 Pro and Lifetime Office Included

gizmodo.com Gizmodo Deals 2026-03-16 01:53:13

As far as computer use goes on a daily basis, there is simply no need to spend more than $1,000 on a machine. In fact, now you can purchase a fully equipped laptop for under $400 and this particular one has Windows 11 Pro, a lifetime Microsoft Office subscription and even a mouse included. Right now, this HP 2025 laptop is selling for only $359 which is an incredible 72% off its normal price of $1,299. That’s an astounding deal if you consider all that you get in the box—not just the laptop its

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Third Time Is the Charm? Trump Says He'll 'Probably' Extend TikTok Deadline

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-03-15 21:41:00

The clock just never seems to run out for TikTok. President Donald Trump says he'll "probably" extend the deadline yet again for the wildly popular social media app to sell itself or face a federal ban. "We probably have to get China approval. I think we'll get it," Trump said speaking to the press aboard Air Force One on Tuesday. "I think President Xi will ultimately approve it." The now long-delayed ban is set to kick in Thursday unless it reaches a deal to sell itself to a buyer deemed fit

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Overwatch 2 Season 17 Adds Map Voting and Rounds Out Stadium's Roster

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-03-15 23:02:00

The next season of Overwatch 2 is pretty packed with content compared to other odd-numbered seasons, and developer Blizzard is going all-out with its investments into Stadium mode and player choice for the game. Season 17 is chock full of charming retro vibes, featuring a mythic skin for D.va, the resident gamer hero, an 8-bit Reinhardt skin and new heroes for Stadium, the most important mode in Overwatch. A new map is also arriving for one of the game's most underutilized core game modes, alt

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Waymo Expands Its Self-Driving Service Throughout California. Here's Everything to Know

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-03-15 23:06:00

Self-driving cars are slowly becoming less sci-fi and more real-world as companies like Waymo, the driverless arm of Google's parent Alphabet, expand into more cities. On Tuesday, the robotaxi service stretched into more parts of the San Francisco Bay Area, and it'll also be extending its reach in Los Angeles this week. Now, Bay Area riders can hail a fully autonomous Waymo ride in Brisbane, South San Francisco, San Bruno, Millbrae and Burlingame via the Waymo One app, and select riders can acc

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Applied Intuition raises $600M as it pushes further into defense

techcrunch.com Sean O'Kane 2026-03-15 22:58:48

Buzzy autonomous vehicle software company Applied Intuition has closed a $600 million Series F and tender offer, pushing its valuation up to $15 billion. The round was co-led by BlackRock-managed funds and Kleiner Perkins, and included new investments from the Qatar Investment Authority, Abu Dhabi Investment Council, Greycroft, and more. Existing investors General Catalyst, Lux, Elad Gil, and Mary Meeker’s growth fund Bond also participated. Applied Intuition’s raise comes just one year after

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CarPlay’s ‘next generation’ is already looking better than we thought

9to5mac.com Ryan Christoffel 2026-03-16 04:46:37

CarPlay’s evolution has in several ways been a disappointment since the “next generation” of CarPlay was first previewed in 2022. But all of a sudden, in the span of a mere month, CarPlay’s future looks brighter than it has in years—in part because of a redefinition of what that future will be. The next generation of CarPlay is no longer just CarPlay Ultra CarPlay’s previously announced “next generation” seemed like it would never arrive. But now, it’s finally here—with a twist. And arguably,

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Time Series Forecasting with Graph Transformers

news.ycombinator.com Jan Eric Lenssen 2026-03-16 04:05:53

Time series forecasting is a cornerstone in modern business analytics, whether it is concerned with anticipating market trends, user behavior, optimizing resource allocation, or planning for future growth. As such, a wide range of different approaches have been introduced and investigated for forecasting, lately data-driven approaches using machine learning and generative models. This blog post will dive into forecasting on graph structured entities, e.g., as obtained from a relational database

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Microsoft Office Pro 2021 Is 77% Off, and an Extra Discount With Our Code Makes It Nearly Free

gizmodo.com Mike Fazioli 2026-03-16 03:10:41

We’re all about cutting a corner or two in most cases, but one place you really can’t afford to skimp is on the productivity software you use to create the emails, spreadsheets, and other essential items you use every day. Budget-friendly alternatives to Microsoft’s suite of apps do exist, but they can be unreliable, to say the least. Now, however, Microsoft Office Pro 2021 itself is budget-friendly — 77% off, just $45 for a lifetime license when you hit up this StackSocial deal and use the code

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In just 3 months, Ramp’s valuation jumped to $16B, up from $13B

techcrunch.com Julie Bort 2026-03-16 03:10:57

In Brief Spend management startup Ramp announced on Tuesday that it raised a $200 million Series E led by its largest investor, Founders Fund, at a post-money valuation of $16 billion. This is a jaw-dropping $3 billion increase over the $13 billion valuation Ramp announced just a few months ago in March, after a $150 million secondary share sale. Its current valuation is also more than double the $7.65 billion post-money valuation Ramp hit a little over a year ago when it raised $150 million.

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PSA: WhatsApp for iPhone now also lets you copy part of a message

9to5mac.com Marcus Mendes 2026-03-16 08:06:48

If you got excited by yesterday’s news that iOS 26 will let you copy parts of a text message in Messages, but aren’t running the beta and don’t want to feel left out, here’s some good news: you can already do that on WhatsApp. Since version 25.16.81, WhatsApp has offered partial text selection on iPhone, letting you highlight and copy just the specific section of a message you want. To use it, long-press the message bubble, then press and hold again on the text itself. This brings up the famil

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Apple’s Journal app is coming to iPad and Mac with big upgrades

9to5mac.com Ryan Christoffel 2026-03-16 08:56:58

Apple’s Journal app is coming to the iPad and Mac as part of iPadOS 26 and macOS Tahoe, and several brand new features will be included too—even on iPhone. Journal app is included with iPadOS 26 and macOS Tahoe Journal first debuted in iOS 17.2 as a brand new iPhone app, but many expected it to go cross-platform as early as iOS 18 the following year. It’s taken longer than expected, but soon, Apple’s Journal app will no longer be iPhone-only. iPadOS 26 and macOS Tahoe both include Journal as

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Threads adds new dedicated feed for fediverse content

engadget.com Unknown 2026-03-16 08:41:06

Meta’s Threads is deepening its integration with the fediverse , a collection of decentralized social media platforms that includes Mastodon . Starting today, users who have enabled sharing to the fediverse in Threads will be able to see posts from federated accounts that they follow. These posts will now appear in a dedicated feed. From this feed, users can now search for federated users from within Threads. These posts will populate in reverse chronological order, ensuring the newest posts fr

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What Apple's controversial research paper really tells us about LLMs

zdnet.com Sabrina Ortiz 2026-03-16 08:06:46

CHRISTOPH BURGSTEDT/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY/Getty Generative AI models quickly proved they were capable of performing technical tasks well. Adding reasoning capabilities to the models unlocked unforeseen capabilities, enabling the models to think through more complex questions and produce better-quality, more accurate responses -- or so we thought. Last week, Apple released a research report called "The Illusion of Thinking: Understanding the Strengths and Limitations of Reasoning Models via the

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How to share your location on Android quickly - via text or Google Maps

zdnet.com Jack Wallen 2026-03-16 08:35:00

Lance Whitney / Elyse Betters Picaro / ZDNET Have you ever been somewhere and wanted to share that location with someone via your Android phone? If so, you might have assumed it would be as simple as "Dropping a pin" with your iPhone. Although it's not complicated, it is not exactly straightforward. Plus: There are two different ways to do this. Fun times. Also: I upgraded to Android 16 - here's what I love and what's still missing Let me help you out here, so you can easily share your locat

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In just 3 months, Ramp’s valuation jumped to $16B from $13B

techcrunch.com Julie Bort 2026-03-16 08:10:57

In Brief Spend management startup Ramp announced on Tuesday that it raised a $200 million Series E led by its largest investor, Founders Fund, at a post money $16 billion valuation. This is a jaw-dropping $3 billion increase over the $13 billion valuation Ramp announced just a few months ago in March from a $150 million secondary share sale. It’s current valuation is also more than double the $7.65 billion Ramp hit a little over a year ago when it raised $150 million at a $7.65 billion post mo

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Applied Intuition raises $600 million as it pushes further into defense

techcrunch.com Sean O'Kane 2026-03-16 08:58:48

Buzzy autonomous vehicle software company Applied Intuition has closed a $600 million Series F funding round, pushing its valuation up to $15 billion. The round was co-led by BlackRock-managed funds and Kleiner Perkins, and included new investments from the Qatar Investment Authority, Abu Dhabi Investment Council, Greycroft, and more. Existing investors General Catalyst, Lux, Elad Gil, and Mary Meeker’s growth fund Bond also participated. Applied Intuition’s raise comes just one year after it

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Windows 11 now lets EU users export Recall data – if they still trust it

techspot.com Alfonso Maruccia 2026-03-16 12:45:00

Editor's take: Microsoft is testing a new Recall "export experience" for unpaid beta testers in the Windows Insider program that it was forced to build to comply with European laws. That said, we still believe every Windows user with a sane mind should simply disable and uninstall the entire Recall mess – for good. Microsoft recently released a new Windows 11 Preview Build to the Beta Channel for Windows Insiders (KB5060816). The update includes a significant addition for owners of Copilot+ PCs

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Apple TV+ has a twisty new crime thriller coming: first reviews here

9to5mac.com Ryan Christoffel 2026-03-16 12:33:28

Next week, Apple TV+ will premiere a new crime drama—Smoke—that reunites the team behind one of its best reviewed shows ever: Black Bird. Reviews for Smoke have arrived, here’s the verdict. Smoke premieres next Friday, June 27 on Apple TV+ Among Apple’s growing slate of crime thrillers, one of the streamer’s strongest has long been Black Bird. Now, creator Dennis Lehane has re-teamed with stars Taron Egerton and Greg Kinnear for another Apple TV+ crime thriller—this time inspired by the true

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KiCad and Wayland Support

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-03-16 06:58:54

These problems exist because Wayland’s design omits basic functionality that desktop applications for X11, Windows and macOS have relied on for decades—things like being able to position windows or warp the mouse cursor. This functionality was omitted by design, not oversight. The fragmentation doesn’t help either. GNOME interprets protocols one way, KDE another way, and smaller compositors yet another way. As application developers, we can’t depend on a consistent implementation of various Way

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Amazon Offers HP Touchscreen Laptop (64GB RAM, 2TB SSD) for 56% Off as It Unveils 2025 Prime Day Plans

gizmodo.com Brittany Vincent 2026-03-16 12:40:04

A great laptop can take a frustrating work situation and make it much more palatable. The only catch is that laptops can often be super expensive, and you don’t want to spend an entire paycheck on one. Here’s some good news: you don’t have to! You might want to naturally gravitate toward the flashier options Run to Amazon right now to get the HP Flagship Touchscreen Laptop for $660, down from its usual price of $1,500. That’s $840 off and a discount of 56%. For this price, you get a 15.6-inch t

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TikTok's on the Clock -- Again. Here's What to Know if a Sale Doesn't Go Through

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-03-16 11:35:00

It's deja vu. The federal ban on the popular social media app TikTok is set to go into effect on Thursday, June 19, after President Donald Trump extended the deadline a second time. He signed an executive order in April, giving the app 75 days to sell itself to an approved buyer after he signed a similar order in January. TikTok went dark for a short period in the US in January before that deadline extension was announced. Some outlets are reporting that Trump plans on issuing yet another exten

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SAP S/4HANA Cloud vs On-Premise: A Comparative Analysis for Financial Systems

computer.org Laurel Tweed 2026-03-16 14:00:11

Introduction The “SAP S/4HANA Cloud” and “SAP S/4HANA On Premise” are two deployment options which address the independent needs of the business. “SAP S/4HANA Cloud” is a Software as a Service (SaaS) hosted product, maintained by SAP, and automatically upgraded on a quarterly basis. It provides scalability and agility, which is appealing to a mid sized company for its ability to do quick innovation and lower IT infrastructure cost to maintain its financial architecture. However, the “SAP S/4HA

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Spotted: Google Maps on Wear OS is testing an Expressive new UI

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In just 3 months, Ramp’s valuation jumped to $16B, up from $13B

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Apple’s Journal app is coming to iPad and Mac with big upgrades

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