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These $15 accessories turned my AirPods into the most versatile earbuds I've worn

zdnet.com Jada Jones 2025-11-24 23:42:01

Jada Jones/ZDNET Your AirPods can be your best friend, small enough to stay in your pocket or bag until you need them. But if you like to work out with your AirPods, pushing your slippery earbuds back into your ear can become a particularly intense workout. I've found three products to help with this problem -- a few dollars spent can revitalize your AirPods experience. Also: Best AirPods 2025: I've tested every pair of Apple headphones and earbuds Unfortunately, some people's ear anatomy sim

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My AirPods were constantly slipping out of my ears - until I found these $15 accessories

zdnet.com Jada Jones 2025-11-25 18:37:00

Jada Jones/ZDNET Your AirPods can be your best friend, small enough to stay in your pocket or bag until you need them. But if you like to work out with your AirPods, pushing your slippery earbuds back into your ear can become a particularly intense workout. I've found three products to help with this problem -- a few dollars spent can revitalize your AirPods experience. Also: Best AirPods 2025: I've tested every pair of Apple headphones and earbuds Unfortunately, some people's ear anatomy sim

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These cheap AirPods accessories solved my biggest problem with Apple's earbuds

zdnet.com Jada Jones 2025-11-26 16:35:15

Jada Jones/ZDNET Your AirPods can be your best friend, small enough to stay in your pocket or bag until you need them. But if you like to work out with your AirPods, pushing your slippery earbuds back into your ear can become a particularly intense workout. I've found three products to help with this problem -- a few dollars spent can revitalize your AirPods experience. Also: Best AirPods 2025: I've tested every pair of Apple headphones and earbuds Unfortunately, some people's ear anatomy sim

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macOS Tahoe put your apps in icon jail? Here’s the fix

9to5mac.com Zac Hall 2025-12-03 04:38:44

Yesterday I highlighted macOS Tahoe’s aggressive behavior of putting nonconforming app icons inside an ugly gray box of shame. The change seems to affect the Mac user experience more than it impacts the app developer. It makes the actual icon 20% smaller and 80% harder to recognize. A great thing about the Mac, though, is the ability to customize app icons. This can be a temporary solution. You just need to track down an app icon that works. Here’s how to swap out app icons on macOS Tahoe and a

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Apple's history is hiding in a Mac font

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-11-29 02:31:54

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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What are semiconductors and why is Trump threatening 100% tariffs?

feeds.bbci.co.uk Unknown 2025-12-04 10:31:58

What are semiconductors and why is Trump threatening 100% tariffs? 11 hours ago Share Save Liv McMahon & Shiona McCallum Technology reporters Share Save Getty Images The manufacture of the tiny tech that powers billions of devices is under a microscope. US President Donald Trump has said he plans to introduce 100% tariffs on semiconductor imports. The tiny chips power a range of different devices and are integral to modern technology and the global economy. While some semiconductor producers

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Three new ways to customize your macOS Tahoe 26

9to5mac.com Chance Miller 2025-12-04 23:56:50

9to5Mac is brought to you by CleanMyMac: Tidy up your Mac and iPhone today! Try 7 days free and use our code 9TO5MAC15 for 15% off. Also check out CleanMyPhone for your iPhone! macOS Tahoe 26 gives your Mac a significant redesign, headlined by the new Liquid Glass design language. The update also brings new ways to personalize your Mac, with new icon tinting features, menu bar customization, and more. Here’s how these new customization options work. Icon tinting Apple added icon tinting to t

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This macOS 26 icon strategy punishes Mac users more than developers

9to5mac.com Zac Hall 2025-12-06 14:56:28

When it comes to iOS 26, Liquid Glass and legibility have been the subject of much discussion around the iPhone software redesign. On the Mac, however, app icon decisions have stirred up a lot of feelings for macOS Tahoe users. One change in particular arguably makes the Mac harder to use. From Finder to Macintosh HD It started with the app permanently fixed to the first position on the Dock: Finder. Apple threw decades of precedent out of the window in macOS 26 beta 1 when it flipped the usua

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Trump's latest chip tariff declaration raises more questions than answers

cnbc.com Dylan Butts 2025-12-07 12:33:43

In this article 2330-TW AAPL GOOGL AMZN Follow your favorite stocks CREATE FREE ACCOUNT U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to reporters near Air Force One at the the Lehigh Valley International Airport on August 03, 2025 in Allentown, Pennsylvania. Anna Moneymaker | Getty Images After months of speculation, U.S. President Donald Trump has divulged more of his semiconductor tariff plans, but his latest threats might raise more questions than answers. On Wednesday, Trump said he will impose a

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Trump's latest chip tariff announcement raises more questions than it answers

cnbc.com Dylan Butts 2025-12-07 16:56:47

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during an event with Apple CEO Tim Cook in the Oval Office of the White House on August 6, 2025 in Washington, DC. Win Mcnamee | Getty Images After months of speculation, U.S. President Donald Trump has divulged more of his semiconductor tariff plans, but his latest threats might raise more questions than answers. On Wednesday, Trump said he will impose a 100% tariff on imports of semiconductors and chips, but not for companies that are "building in the United

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Apple’s new $100B US commitment got it a 100% chip tariff exemption

9to5mac.com Marcus Mendes 2025-12-07 14:07:46

During today’s Oval Office press conference, President Donald Trump announced that Apple will be exempt from an upcoming “very large tariff on chips and semiconductors”. Here are the details. Today, Apple announced the American Manufacturing Program (AMP), adding $100 billion to its previously pledged $500 billion investment aimed at expanding domestic facilities and creating jobs. During the press briefing in which, among other things, Apple CEO Tim Cook gifted President Trump a piece of US-m

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Apple increases US commitment to $600B, announces American Manufacturing Program

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-07 12:13:33

August 6, 2025 PRESS RELEASE Apple increases U.S. commitment to $600 billion, announces American Manufacturing Program Apple supports more than 450,000 jobs with thousands of suppliers and partners across all 50 states — including significant expansions in Arizona, California, Iowa, Kentucky, Nevada, New York, North Carolina, Oregon, Texas, and Utah CUPERTINO, CALIFORNIA Apple today announced a new $100 billion commitment to America, a significant acceleration of its U.S. investment that now

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The Militarization of Silicon Valley

news.ycombinator.com Sheera Frenkel 2025-12-09 14:13:39

But some tech executives and engineers are wrestling with the potential harms of the shift. Once they build autonomous drones and A.I. weapons for the military, they will have little control over how the technology is deployed. That has led to debates over whether more people will be killed by these advanced weapons than traditional ones, three engineers at Google and Meta said. “These Silicon Valley companies are hyper competitive, and in their drive to get into these defense sectors, there is

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RIP to the Macintosh HD hard drive icon, 2000–2025

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-12-10 18:07:07

Apple released a new developer beta build of macOS 26 Tahoe today, and it came with another big update for a familiar icon. The old Macintosh HD hard drive icon, for years represented by a facsimile of an old spinning hard drive, has been replaced with something clearly intended to resemble a solid-state drive (the SSD in your Mac actually looks like a handful of chips soldered to a circuit board, but we'll forgive the creative license). The Macintosh HD icon became less visible a few years bac

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Apple now offers a separate Xcode 26 beta build for Apple silicon Macs

9to5mac.com Marcus Mendes 2025-12-11 04:25:27

With today’s developer beta 5 releases, Apple also rolled out a new version of Xcode 26 beta that brings a notable change: two distinct download options, one of them being Apple silicon-specific. Yet another step beyond the Intel Macs era With today’s release of Xcode 26 beta 5 (build 17A5295f), developers can now choose between a “Universal” version, which runs on Apple silicon and Intel Macs, and one optimized specifically for Apple silicon Macs. According to Apple’s developer downloads pag

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Here’s the redesigned AirDrop icon in iOS 26

9to5mac.com Zac Hall 2025-12-11 14:39:48

Apple has updated every Home Screen app icon in iOS 26. As of beta 5, AirDrop has undergone the same redesign for its icon in the share sheet. The previous version consisted of a blue dot within three blue semi-circles on a white background. The new version uses blue as the primary icon color, using layers of the opaque glass-like material to show the radar effect around a much more physical looking blip. The new AirDrop icon appears prominently in the share sheet on iPhone and iPad. It’s also

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macOS Tahoe 26 beta 5 retires the old Macintosh HD icon

9to5mac.com Marcus Mendes 2025-12-11 14:59:26

On today’s developer beta release of macOS Tahoe 26, Apple replaced the old Macintosh HD icon, which depicted an actual hard disk drive, with a new SSD-looking icon. Here’s what it looks like. The old icon, a silver metal box with screws, vents, and a warning sticker, had a good run, considering Apple hasn’t shipped Macs with mechanical hard drives for a while. But with today’s beta release, the old Macintosh HD icon has been replaced with a sleeker aluminum-looking enclosure with rounded edge

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World's largest chipmaker TSMC says it has discovered potential trade secret leaks

cnbc.com Arjun Kharpal 2025-12-13 06:36:55

TSMC workers walk down a hallway in a chipmaking fab in Taiwan. The company is building three such plants in Arizona. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co . said on Tuesday that it had detected "unauthorized activities" that lead to the discovery of potential trade secret leaks. The world's biggest semiconductor manufacturer told CNBC that it has taken "strict" disciplinary action against the personnel involved and that it has also launched legal proceedings. "TSMC maintains a zero-tolerance

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Design and development shop the Iconfactory is selling some apps — and AI is partially to blame

techcrunch.com Sarah Perez 2025-12-19 12:36:05

At one point, an app called Twitterrific was one of the most popular iPhone apps for browsing Twitter. These days, the company behind that app, and the many apps that followed, is struggling. And AI may partially be to blame. On Wednesday, the company known as the Iconfactory admitted it was at a crossroads and was putting up several of its apps for sale due to a lack of resources. While the announcement positioned the matter as a situation where the Iconfactory’s app catalog had simply grown t

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Design and development shop the Iconfactory is selling some apps —and AI is partially to blame

techcrunch.com Sarah Perez 2025-12-19 18:36:05

At one point, an app called Twitterrific was one of the most popular iPhone apps for browsing Twitter. These days, the company behind that app, and the many apps that followed, is struggling. And AI may partially be to blame. On Wednesday, the company known as the Iconfactory admitted it was at a crossroads and was putting up several of its apps for sale due to a lack of resources. While the announcement positioned the matter as a situation where the Iconfactory’s app catalog had simply grown t

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iOS 18 vs iOS 26 compared: Here’s all the new app icons coming to your iPhone home screen

9to5mac.com Benjamin Mayo 2025-12-20 08:11:25

As well as a refreshed new look for system components like buttons and tabbars, the Liquid Glass redesign of iOS 26 also extends to app icons. For the first time since iOS 7, Apple has redrawn all of the system apps with new artwork. That means a whole new look is coming to your iPhone home screen this fall. In this post, we share a side-by-side of the iOS 26 app icon and its iOS 18 counterpart, so you can decide for yourself how much of a step forward the new visual style represents. The new

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Google is working on AI-powered custom icon themes for your Pixel phone

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-12-26 21:00:03

Rita El Khoury / Android Authority TL;DR Google may be working on new AI-powered icon customization features for Pixel phones. This feature could solve the inconsistent look of the current “Themed icons” feature, which many apps still do not support. Code discovered in a recent update points to new “AI icon” and “Create” style options. Google Pixel devices offer many unique software features, but they lag behind when it comes to basic customization options, at least out of the box. For insta

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Your next Pixel update could make it easier to check your Now Playing history (APK teardown)

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-12-31 04:57:04

Ryan Haines / Android Authority TL;DR Google has been testing several changes to the Pixel’s Now Playing feature. With the latest Android Canary build, we managed to activate a dedicated app drawer icon for the Now Playing feature. The app icon takes users to the Now Playing history page within the Android System Intelligence app. We’ve recently spotted Google working on several changes related to the Now Playing functionality available on Pixel devices. Users will soon be able to add a Now

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How to make your iPhone homescreen icons clear using iOS 26

theverge.com Barbara Krasnoff 2025-12-31 04:53:16

is a reviews editor who manages how-tos and various projects. She’s worked as an editor and writer (and occasional sci-fi author) for more years than she cares to admit to. Back in 2024, we described how the then-new iOS 18 enabled you to tint your homescreen icons, allowing you to tweak the look of your iPhone’s display. Now, with Apple’s introduction of its Liquid Glass design for iOS 26, you can make your icons completely clear (assuming you’re a fan of the new invisible look). The process

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Low-Temp 2D Semiconductors: A Chipmaking Shift

news.ycombinator.com Samuel K. Moore 2025-12-27 20:52:33

Chipmaking giants like Intel, Samsung, and TSMC see a future where key parts of silicon transistors are replaced with semiconductors that are only a few atoms thick. Although they’ve reported progress toward that goal, that future is generally thought to be more than a decade away. Now, a startup spun out of MIT thinks it has cracked the code for making commercial-scale 2D semiconductors and expects chipmakers to have integrated them in advanced chips in half that time. CDimension has developed

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Six lesser-known features to like in the macOS 26 Tahoe public beta

arstechnica.com Unknown 2026-01-02 09:20:19

The original introduction of Dark Mode also made it possible to make macOS more colorful, moving away from the Aqua and Graphite themes that defined macOS X for most of its run. But Tahoe opens things up enough that you can make some truly discordant-looking color combinations. As in iOS and iPadOS, Tahoe manipulates app icons that haven't been updated so that they can change color with the rest of the operating system. Tahoe recognizes three different kinds of icons that all get treated in sli

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The GOP's Message for Tech Billionaires: Be Like Peter Thiel

wired.com Jake Lahut 2026-01-01 20:00:00

The unholy alliance between Silicon Valley and the Republican Party is no longer new. Between Elon Musk’s descent upon Washington, the number of Big Tech billionaires flying in to kiss President Donald Trump’s ring, and the expansion of the role of companies like Palantir in the US government, former president Joe Biden’s warning about the impending oligarchy has certainly borne out. All of this raises a question: Six months into Trump’s presidency, just how important are Silicon Valley billion

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Google rolls back Pixel’s controversial At a Glance change in Android 16 QPR1 Beta 3

androidauthority.com Unknown 2026-01-14 17:22:18

Joe Maring / Android Authority TL;DR Google has restored colorful weather icons to Pixel’s At a Glance widget in Android 16 QPR1 Beta 3. The earlier all-white icon design faced criticism for reducing readability. The update also includes larger weather text and various other Pixel improvements. Google is walking back a recent design change in the Pixel Launcher’s At a Glance widget. With the Android 16 QPR1 Beta 3 update, colorful weather icons are returning after the company briefly switche

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Samsung’s eye-catching Theme Park update teaches Apple how to do a glass UI right

androidauthority.com Unknown 2026-01-16 03:24:04

Joe Hindy / Android Authority TL;DR Samsung has rolled out a new update for the Theme Park Good Lock module. The update tweaks the UI, adds a new “Effects” menu, and fixes minor bugs. The Effects menu offers five options to customize the look of your icons. If you’re a fan of customization, the Theme Park module in Good Lock can help get your Galaxy phone looking just the way you want it. From changing the colors of keycaps to adjusting the shape of icons, there is no shortage of ways to giv

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Taiwan Semi is speeding up U.S. chip production due to demand, CEO says

cnbc.com Ashley Capoot 2026-01-16 09:57:13

Signage for Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) at it's fabrication plant in Phoenix, Arizona, US, on Monday, March 3, 2025. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company CEO C.C. Wei on Thursday said the company is seeing "strong interest" from its leading U.S. customers and is working to speed up its volume production schedule by several quarters. TSMC is the world's largest contract chip manufacturer, and the company has pledged to invest a total of $165 billion in advanced semic

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Latest Tech News

These $15 accessories turned my AirPods into the most versatile earbuds I've worn

My AirPods were constantly slipping out of my ears - until I found these $15 accessories

These cheap AirPods accessories solved my biggest problem with Apple's earbuds

macOS Tahoe put your apps in icon jail? Here’s the fix

Apple's history is hiding in a Mac font

What are semiconductors and why is Trump threatening 100% tariffs?

Three new ways to customize your macOS Tahoe 26

This macOS 26 icon strategy punishes Mac users more than developers

Trump's latest chip tariff declaration raises more questions than answers

Trump's latest chip tariff announcement raises more questions than it answers

Apple’s new $100B US commitment got it a 100% chip tariff exemption

Apple increases US commitment to $600B, announces American Manufacturing Program

The Militarization of Silicon Valley

RIP to the Macintosh HD hard drive icon, 2000–2025

Apple now offers a separate Xcode 26 beta build for Apple silicon Macs

Here’s the redesigned AirDrop icon in iOS 26

macOS Tahoe 26 beta 5 retires the old Macintosh HD icon

World's largest chipmaker TSMC says it has discovered potential trade secret leaks

Design and development shop the Iconfactory is selling some apps — and AI is partially to blame

Design and development shop the Iconfactory is selling some apps —and AI is partially to blame

iOS 18 vs iOS 26 compared: Here’s all the new app icons coming to your iPhone home screen

Google is working on AI-powered custom icon themes for your Pixel phone

Your next Pixel update could make it easier to check your Now Playing history (APK teardown)

How to make your iPhone homescreen icons clear using iOS 26

Low-Temp 2D Semiconductors: A Chipmaking Shift

Six lesser-known features to like in the macOS 26 Tahoe public beta

The GOP's Message for Tech Billionaires: Be Like Peter Thiel

Google rolls back Pixel’s controversial At a Glance change in Android 16 QPR1 Beta 3

Samsung’s eye-catching Theme Park update teaches Apple how to do a glass UI right

Taiwan Semi is speeding up U.S. chip production due to demand, CEO says

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