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How to make clear iPhone app icons with iOS 26

9to5mac.com Zac Hall 2025-10-31 01:00:00

iOS 26 includes a system-wide redesign with transparent elements called Liquid Glass. The iPhone update also includes all-new app icons for Apple’s built-in apps. For the most dramatic change to your Home Screen, you can make every iPhone app icon clear for the first time. Here’s how it works. Use Clear icon appearance Touch and hold an empty area on the Home Screen until the icons jiggle. Tap Edit in the top left corner. Tap Customize, the second item on the list that appears. Tap Clear from

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Apple TV+: Romantic drama with Ted Lasso’s Brett Goldstein gets first trailer

9to5mac.com Marcus Mendes 2025-10-31 01:37:25

Last December, Apple announced a new romantic drama starring Brett Goldstein (Ted Lasso, Shrinking), and Imogen Poots (28 Weeks Later, Green Room), marking its third collaboration with the actor/writer. Today, the movie got its first trailer, ahead of its official release next month. Watch it below. ‘All of You’ premieres September 26 According to Apple, “All of You” is a love story for grown-ups. It is directed by William Bridges (Black Mirror, Stranger Things), who also co-wrote the screenpl

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Yapping With ChatGPT: Voice Mode With GPT-5 Sounds More Human Than Ever

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-10-30 20:03:02

It was 8 a.m. and I was sitting in the lobby of the auto body shop when I realized I'd forgotten my earbuds. Normally, that's not a major issue, but I was talking to my phone. And I wasn't talking to another person. I was talking to ChatGPT. It felt as embarrassing as asking Siri a question from across the room or joining a Zoom meeting sans headphones in an open office. I was testing the advanced voice mode that comes with GPT-5, OpenAI's latest version of the generative AI model behind ChatGP

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The Era of AI-Generated Ransomware Has Arrived

wired.com Lily Hay Newman 2025-10-30 16:36:43

As cybercrime surges around the world, new research increasingly shows that ransomware is evolving as a result of widely available generative AI tools. In some cases, attackers are using AI to draft more intimidating and coercive ransom notes and conduct more effective extortion attacks. But cybercriminals’ use of generative AI is rapidly becoming more sophisticated. Researchers from the generative AI company Anthropic today revealed that attackers are leaning on generative AI more heavily—somet

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Japanese Online Marketplace Begs People to Stop Selling Ultrasound Photos

gizmodo.com Aj Dellinger 2025-10-31 05:35:15

Some people will tell you that no one wants to see pictures of your kids, but they’ve apparently never been on the Japanese marketplace app Mercari. According to SoraNews24, there was a surprisingly robust market for ultrasound photos on the e-commerce platform, which resulted in Mercari ultimately banning the sale of said images. Ultrasound images have landed on the list of “inappropriate items” that Mercari maintains, which are restricted from being sold on the platform. The ban will go into

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Apple Music Now Lets You Transfer Playlists From Spotify: Here's Why You May Want To

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-10-31 05:13:49

Apple Music app customers woke up to a new feature Tuesday, although not many know it exists yet. Apple Music subscribers can now grab songs or playlists from other music platforms, notably Spotify, and bring them to Apple. The ability to transfer music from other music services is buried in the Music App settings. Initially tested in Australia and New Zealand last year, this transfer option has now been rolled out to the US, UK, Brazil, Canada, France, Germany and several other countries. It's

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Google has a new program to protect that Pixel you just ordered

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-10-31 09:52:33

TL;DR Google has launched a new device protection program called Pixel Care Plus. Pixel Care Plus offers new benefits like $0 screen and battery repairs, $0 post-warranty malfunction claims, and more. Current monthly subscribers of Google Preferred Care and Fi Device Protection will be migrated over to this new program in the coming months. If you were worried about having an accident with your Pixel phone, Google offered an insurance program called Preferred Care to help protect your device.

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The New ‘Toxic Avenger’ Is Helping Avenge Real-World Health Care Debt

gizmodo.com Cheryl Eddy 2025-10-31 09:30:11

The new Toxic Avenger finally hits theaters this week after a few years’ delay, and while audiences are in for a wild ride with the movie’s hilariously gross tale of mutation and redemption, the movie does also tackle more serious themes. A big moment comes early on when Peter Dinklage’s character—Winston Gooze, before he becomes Toxie—learns his expensive health insurance won’t cover his life-or-death medical treatment. Now, the film is applying some real-world activism to that unfortunately re

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Nintendo's Latest Updated Switch 2 Game Has Me Hungering for More

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-10-31 09:21:56

Although the Nintendo Switch 2 is only a few months old, new games, or at least updated ones, keep emerging at a steady, slow clip. Kirby and the Forgotten Land, which was one of my favorite late-era Switch games, got an upgraded edition that's available this week. The full title, Kirby and the Forgotten Land Nintendo Switch 2 Edition + Star-Crossed World, is unwieldy in name, much like the recent Mario Party Jamboree upgrade. But I found this one a lot more worthwhile. While you don't get too

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The 75 best Labor Day deals we’ve found so far

theverge.com Brandt Ranj 2025-10-31 09:22:24

If you have a smaller space, a singlemay be sufficient, and you can pick one up for $74.99 ($15 off) — which is lower than its Prime Day price — at Amazon B&H Photo , and Best Buy . The router can create a network covering up to 1,500 square feet, connect to 75 devices at once, and deliver speeds of up to 900Mbps. If you move to a larger place, you can pick up an additional router (or two) to expand your network. A bundle that includes one router and two extenders is currently going for $159.99

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OpenAI co-founder calls for AI labs to safety-test rival models

techcrunch.com Maxwell Zeff 2025-10-31 09:14:01

OpenAI and Anthropic, two of the world’s leading AI labs, briefly opened up their closely guarded AI models to allow for joint safety testing — a rare cross-lab collaboration at a time of fierce competition. The effort aimed to surface blind spots in each company’s internal evaluations and demonstrate how leading AI companies can work together on safety and alignment work in the future. In an interview with TechCrunch, OpenAI co-founder Wojciech Zaremba said this kind of collaboration is increa

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iOS 26 vs iOS 18: Five new icons you may not recognize after updating

9to5mac.com Ryan Christoffel 2025-10-31 13:28:44

iOS 26 is launching soon, headlined by a fresh Liquid Glass design that makes your iPhone look brand new. Apple has a ton of new app icons coming with its redesign, but the following five icons might be especially hard to recognize after you update. AirDrop AirDrop’s icon is getting some fresh love from Apple this year. iOS 18’s blue curves on a white background—a classic, but very basic look—has been replaced by a new blue iOS 26 icon with depth and more personality. Camera The Camera app

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IT system supplier cyberattack impacts 200 municipalities in Sweden

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2025-10-31 13:23:42

A cyberattack on Miljödata, an IT systems supplier for roughly 80% of Sweden’s municipal systems, has caused accessibility problems in more than 200 regions of the country. In addition to the service disruption, there are concerns that attackers also stole sensitive data. Local media report that the threat actor demanded a ransom of 1.5 (currently around $168,000) Bitcoins from Miljödata in exchange for not leaking stolen information. Miljödata is a Swedish software company that develops and p

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How to slow down a program and why it can be useful

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-31 06:38:35

Most research on programming language performance asks a variation of a single question: how can we make some specific program faster? Sometimes we may even investigate how we can use less memory. This means a lot of research focuses solely on reducing the amount of resources needed to achieve some computational goal. So, why on earth might we be interested in slowing down programs then? Slowing Down Programs is Surprisingly Useful! Making programs slower can be useful to find race conditions

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A failure of security systems at PayPal is causing concern for German banks

news.ycombinator.com Nordbayern.De 2025-10-31 12:28:20

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Tesla Makes Desperate New Cybertruck Move As Stock Wobbles

gizmodo.com Riley Gutiérrez Mcdermid 2025-10-31 13:43:51

Tesla appears to be launching one more salvo in its bid to boost flagging Cybertruck sales and popularity, saying this week it will now offer the model in a new international market. The company announced its South Korea launch with regional branding on X, linking to an official statement on Korea’s top app, Naver. The move underscores Tesla’s intent to solidify its presence in Asia, where demand for high-end electric vehicles continues to grow. Interestingly, Tesla also appears to be trying t

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Microsoft’s Copilot AI is now inside Samsung TVs and monitors

theverge.com Emma Roth 2025-10-31 13:48:14

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. Microsoft’s Copilot AI assistant is officially coming to TVs, starting with Samsung’s 2025 lineup of TVs and smart monitors. With the integration, you can call upon Copilot and ask for movie suggestions, spoiler-free episode recaps, and other general questions.

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Chipolo, an AirTag rival, debuts rechargeable trackers with a six-month battery life

techcrunch.com Sarah Perez 2025-10-31 13:03:50

Chipolo, the maker of item tracking devices that compete with AirTags, launched its latest additions to its lineup of rechargeable products on Wednesday, including an updated version of its colorful LOOP tracker and the slim Chipolo CARD. The latter is designed to slip into your wallet and features a textured matte surface in an understated charcoal color, making it easy to blend in with other credit cards. Meanwhile, the LOOP can be attached to everyday items — like your keys, purse, or backpa

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Recorder on the Pixel 10 is ready to turn your ideas into full-blown songs

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-10-31 17:00:05

TL;DR Google’s Recorder app for Pixels already taps into the company’s AI smarts for features like transcription. Now Google’s adding a new tool that generates music to accompany your recordings of song ideas. Give Recorder 30 seconds of a tune, tell it the vibe you’re looking for, and the app fills in the rest. Taking advantage of your smartphone to quickly record audio notes for yourself is one tool that far too few of use frequently enough. And if you’re using a Pixel, you have even less r

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Join me and the Android Authority team for a Pixel 10 series AMA right now!

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-10-31 17:00:09

Rita El Khoury / Android Authority After its announcement last week, the Pixel 10 series will officially start shipping tomorrow, August 28, 2025. Many of you have already pre-ordered one of the three phones, but many are probably still waiting for real-world feedback before they make up their mind. That’s what we’re here for. If you’re eager to know more about the Pixel 10, Pixel 10 Pro, and Pixel 10 Pro XL, their performance, how specific features work and how good they are, you can join me,

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Anthropic admits its AI is being used to conduct cybercrime

engadget.com Unknown 2025-10-31 17:07:35

Anthropic’s agentic AI, Claude , has been "weaponized" in high-level cyberattacks, according to a new report published by the company. It claims to have successfully disrupted a cybercriminal whose "vibe hacking" extortion scheme targeted at least 17 organizations, including some related to healthcare, emergency services and government. Anthropic says the hacker attempted to extort some victims into paying six-figure ransoms to prevent their personal data from being made public, with an "unprec

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Google to verify all Android devs to protect users from malware

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2025-10-30 22:23:46

Google is introducing a new defense for Android called ‘Developer Verification’ to block malware installations from sideloaded apps sourced from outside the official Google Play app store. For apps on Google Play, there was already a requirement for publishers to provide a D-U-N-S (Data Universal Numbering System) number, introduced on August 31, 2023. Google says this has had a notable effect in reducing malware on the platform. However, the system didn’t apply to the vast developer ecosystem

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Global Salt Typhoon hacking campaigns linked to Chinese tech firms

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2025-10-31 17:34:04

The U.S. National Security Agency (NSA), the UK's National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), and partners from over a dozen countries have linked the Salt Typhoon global hacking campaigns to three China-based technology firms. According to the joint advisories [NSA, NCSC], Sichuan Juxinhe Network Technology Co. Ltd., Beijing Huanyu Tianqiong Information Technology Co., and Sichuan Zhixin Ruijie Network Technology Co. Ltd. have provided cyber products and services to China's Ministry of State Securi

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John Williams Thinks Film Music Is Mid

gizmodo.com Isaiah Colbert 2025-10-31 17:15:41

John Williams is a composer who needs no introduction. Over the span of his 70-year career, he has crafted scores for over 100 films, earning five Academy Awards and 54 Oscar nominations with his work on seminal pop culture films, including Superman, Jaws, Star Wars, Indiana Jones, Jurassic Park, and Home Alone. However, the legendary composer, now 93, says he doesn’t think too highly of film music. In a recent interview with the Guardian, Williams said that, despite the power film music has as

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Online Age Verification Rules Are Popping Up Everywhere. Here's What You Need to Know

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-10-31 15:43:44

The internet is full of perils -- this we know. Among the rich trove of content we have at our fingertips is a combination of legal material, illegal material and material that falls into a gray area -- often referred to in vague terms as "harmful." This is the kind of content that might be appropriate for anyone with a fully developed prefrontal cortex to view but that you wouldn't necessarily want your kids stumbling across. In the past, accessing such content has been easy, regardless of ag

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Claude for Chrome Extension Bakes AI Right Into the Browser

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-10-31 16:59:00

You'll soon be able to integrate Anthropic's chatbot into your online life even more easily. Claude for Chrome, a new extension that implants the AI model right into the web browser, will allow users to analyze and summarize webpages on screen, the company said in a press release on Tuesday. The extension, which is currently being piloted with 1,000 subscribers on the Max plan, which costs $200 per month, has both analysis and agentic capabilities. Not only will it summarize your emails and ana

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Microsoft’s employee protests have reached a boiling point

theverge.com Tom Warren 2025-10-31 17:30:00

is a senior editor and author of Notepad , who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, and tech for over 20 years. Some Microsoft employees are willing to risk everything to protest their employer. No Azure for Apartheid, a group led by current and former Microsoft employees, started last year as a petition to Microsoft executives. It demanded that Microsoft end all Azure contracts and partnerships with the Israeli military and government, disclose all ties, call for a ceasefire in Gaza, an

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Interdisciplinary Computing and Education for Real-World Solutions

computer.org Jasmine Ang 2025-10-31 19:35:29

An Interview with Prof. Vipin Kumar – 2025 Taylor L. Booth Education Award Recipient Prof. Vipin Kumar, a Regents Professor at the University of Minnesota, has wide-ranging research interests, which touch on several fields that have significant impact worldwide. His leadership as an educator in computer science and his authorship of foundational textbooks have shaped data mining and parallel computing curricula internationally. Below is an in-depth interview on the technologies he has had a han

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South Korea bans smartphones in all middle and elementary school classrooms

engadget.com Unknown 2025-10-31 20:37:42

South Korean lawmakers have banned smartphones and other smart devices in elementary and middle school classrooms, The New York Times reports. The law goes into effect in 2026. The legislation only outlaws these devices during class hours and there are no stipulations regarding punishment for violators. The law does, however, give principals and teachers the power to stop students from carrying or using a phone on school grounds. Additionally, students are able to use smart devices during emerg

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Anthropic agrees to settle copyright infringement class action suit - what it means

zdnet.com Nina Raemont 2025-10-31 21:48:00

Anadolu / Contributor / Anadolu via Getty Images Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET key takeaways Anthropic is settling a class action lawsuit with three authors. The authors claim Anthropic trained AI on their pirated work. The future of AI and fair usage is still unclear. AI startup Anthropic has agreed to settle a class action lawsuit against three authors for the tech company's misuse of their work to train its Claude chatbot. Also: Claude wins high praise fro

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South Korea bans smartphones in all middle and elementary school classrooms

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