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iCloud is down for some users as outage impacts Photos, Mail, more

9to5mac.com Ryan Christoffel 2025-09-17 09:56:04

iCloud is currently down for some Apple users, impacting key apps and services like Photos, Mail, iWork, and more. Here’s what we know so far about the outage. iCloud outage hits several popular Apple services Downdetector.com shows spiking reports of iCloud being down. The outage appears to have started shortly after 1:00 p.m. Eastern time. According to Apple’s system status page, the outage impacts a variety of iCloud services, including: iCloud Mail iCloud Web Apps iCloud Storage Upgrad

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ElevenLabs releases a stand-alone voice-generation app

techcrunch.com Ivan Mehta 2025-09-17 07:00:00

Voice AI company ElevenLabs just released a stand-alone mobile app for iOS and Android users to generate voice clips from text. Until now, if you had to generate samples using ElevenLabs’ AI-powered voice libraries, you had to rely on its web app. Now you can use its mobile app to generate clips on the go. To use the app, simply type or paste in the text, then select a suitable voice to generate an audio clip. The free plan gives users access to roughly 10 minutes of audio generation. You can

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Philips Hue lighting is getting even more expensive on July 1 as a ‘direct result’ of tariffs

9to5mac.com Ben Schoon 2025-09-17 13:49:13

In the smart home world, Philips Hue already has some of the more expensive options, and now those prices are going even higher thanks to US tariffs. Over the past few weeks, Philips Hue has been advertising a 25% off sale to its customers via email with the added detail that “Our prices increase on July 1.” Signify, the company behind the Philips Hue brand, has now expanded on what this means. Speaking to HueBlog, Signify says that Philips Hue will “increase prices” in the US starting on Jul

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Philips Hue says US prices will go up in July because of tariffs

engadget.com Unknown 2025-09-17 13:34:34

When Philips Hue’s US prices go up next month, you can officially know who to blame. (Hint: It rhymes with "rump.") Parent company Signify told Hueblog (via The Verge) that its price increases are "a direct result of tariffs." See how easy that was, Amazon? Before that confirmation, the company vaguely referred to an upcoming price increase. "Hurry, prices go up on July 1," marketing copy from earlier this month stated. Signify’s statement to Hueblog doesn’t mince words about Trump’s trade war

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Netflix Is Removing One of My Favorite Games From Its Service Soon

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-09-17 12:00:10

More than a year after Netflix added the award-winning game Hades to its gaming service, the streaming giant will remove the game from its service on July 1. No, I'm not crying, I just have something in my eye. Supergiant Games released Hades in 2018 to near-universal acclaim before releasing the game on Netflix. It won numerous awards, including Game of the Year and Action Game of the Year at the 24th Annual D.I.C.E. Awards. It also made history as the first (and so far only) game to win a Hug

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Ambarella shares soar 19% on report chip designer is exploring sale

cnbc.com Samantha Subin 2025-09-17 17:46:36

Ambarella shares popped 19% after a report that the chip designer is currently working with bankers on a potential sale. Bloomberg reported the news, citing sources familiar with the matter. While no deal is imminent, the sources told Bloomberg that the firm may draw interest from semiconductor companies looking to improve their automotive business. Private equity firms have already expressed interest, according to the report.

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Verizon is giving away free swag to mark its customer support upgrades — here’s how to get in on it

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-09-17 17:41:53

Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR Verizon is giving away free concert tickets, gift cards, and merchandise through the Verizon Access rewards platform. Until June 30, customers can also walk into a Verizon store nearby to pick up a freebie, which could include Verizon-branded water bottles, drawstring backpacks, or sunglasses. These gifts celebrate Verizon’s overhaul of its customer service experience. Verizon is revamping its customer support experience, and to mark the occasion, it

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Human-centric AI delivered at scale is the NiCE approach to CX

zdnet.com Omer Minkara 2025-09-17 17:54:47

matdesign24/Getty Images Last week, I attended NiCE Interactions 2025, a customer experience industry event bringing together nearly 3,000 CX, contact center, operations, and IT leaders from around the world. As NiCE is a leading provider of CX and contact center solutions, the event focused on how business leaders are modernizing their customer care and engagement strategies and how NiCE is helping facilitate that transformation. At the event, company leaders, marquee customers, and technolog

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Samsung’s offering a $50 credit if you commit to preordering its upcoming Galaxy foldable

theverge.com Brandt Ranj 2025-09-17 17:19:32

Samsung has announced an Unpacked event that’s happening on Wednesday, July 9th at 10AM ET. Details are sparse, but it shared the tagline “Ultra Unfolds,” which suggests we’re about to learn a whole lot more about a premium foldable phone, and perhaps some other foldables. However, you don’t have to wait for the keynote to unfold to mark yourself as interested, and Samsung is offering a free incentive if you follow through with buying it. By filling out a reservation form for the upcoming devic

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ElevenLabs releases a standalone voice generation app

techcrunch.com Ivan Mehta 2025-09-17 17:00:00

Voice AI company ElevenLabs just released a standalone mobile app for iOS and Android users to generate voice clips from text. Until now, if you had to generate samples using ElevenLabs’ AI-powered voice libraries, you had to rely on its web app. Now, you can use its mobile app to generate clips on the go. To use the app, you simply type or paste in the text, then select a suitable voice to generate an audio clip. The free plan gives users access to roughly 10 minutes of audio generation. You

Topics: app company elevenlabs mobile voice

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Ambarella shares soar 17% on report chip designer is exploring sale

cnbc.com Samantha Subin 2025-09-17 21:47:55

Ambarella shares popped 17% after a report that the chip designer is currently working with bankers on a potential sale. Bloomberg reported the news, citing sources familiar with the matter. While no deal is imminent, the sources told Bloomberg that the firm may draw interest from semiconductor companies looking to improve their automotive business. Private equity firms have already expressed interest, according to the report.

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New budget-friendly laptops from Acer feature NVIDIA's latest RTX 5050 GPU

engadget.com Unknown 2025-09-17 21:00:18

Acer just announced several new budget-friendly laptops, and they each offer access to NVIDIA's latest RTX 5050 GPU . This GPU features 2,560 CUDA cores and 8GB of GDDR7 VRAM. First up, there's the Acer Nitro V 16 AI Copilot+ . This model is available with an AMD Ryzen 5 240, Ryzen 7 260 or Ryzen 7 350 CPU. It's also available with up to a RTX 5070 GPU. These laptops ship with a 16-inch WUXGA 180Hz display and 16GB of RAM. Storage options start at 512GB. Prices start at $900. The Nitro V 16 lin

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T-Mobile's Starlink satellite service launches in July - here's who can get it for free

zdnet.com Lance Whitney 2025-09-17 18:37:00

nazar_ab / Getty Images T-Mobile will officially launch its public Starlink satellite service on Wednesday, July 23. Currently in beta testing, the service will be available for any mobile phone user with a compatible device, including AT&T and Verizon subscribers. In its Monday news release, the Uncarrier explained what Starlink will offer. From the get-go, iOS and Android users alike will be able to send SMS text messages. Other features include MMS (Multimedia Messaging Service), picture me

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Philips Hue is raising prices in the US ‘as a direct result of tariffs’

theverge.com Jess Weatherbed 2025-09-17 21:59:09

You’ll soon have to pay more for various Philips Hue smart lighting and security gadgets if you live in the US. After vaguely notifying customers that prices will “go up” on July 1st in a promotional message, Philips Hue’s parent company Signify has confirmed that it’s inflating prices across the Philips Hue portfolio “as a direct result of tariffs.” “We remain committed to providing consumers with high-quality products and features that make smart lighting extraordinary,“ Signify said in a sta

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Emergence AI’s CRAFT arrives to make it easy for enterprises to automate their entire data pipeline

venturebeat.com Carl Franzen 2025-09-18 01:00:00

Join the event trusted by enterprise leaders for nearly two decades. VB Transform brings together the people building real enterprise AI strategy. Learn more New York City based startup Emergence AI, founded by former IBM researchers, previously made headlines for its impressive automated system that allows enterprises to type in a requested task in plain natural language and automatically create a fleet of agents to help complete it. But that’s not all the company has up its sleeve when it co

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watchOS 26 makes Control Center more powerful than ever on Apple Watch

9to5mac.com Ryan Christoffel 2025-09-18 01:21:22

watchOS 26 is the next major software update for Apple Watch, bringing Apple Notes to your wrist, updates to the Workout app, and more. Another big watchOS 26 highlight: upgrades to Control Center. Here’s what’s coming. Third-party controls and more coming to watchOS 26’s Control Center Last year, Apple upgraded Control Center on iPhone and iPad to make it more powerful and customizable than ever. Third-party controls debuted, and Apple even continued adding its own new controls through softwa

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Deals: 24GB Mac mini $150 off, M3 MacBook Air $450+ off, iPad Air, Twelve South MagSafe stand $60, more

9to5mac.com Justin Kahn 2025-09-18 01:43:50

Today’s Apple deals are now ready to roll starting off with another shot at saving $150 off the sticker price on Apple’s latest 24GB M4 Mac mini with the 512GB SSD. Next we move over to some clearance pricing on the M3 MacBook Air lineup – M4 models are still $150 off, but you’ll now find 24GB M3 variants at $450 off the list. The same goes for iPad Air – current M3 configs are $100 off but we have up to $400 off M2 variants right now. All of that and more awaits below. Apple’s 24GB M4 Mac mini

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Gemini Robotics On-Device brings AI to local robotic devices

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-09-18 00:05:10

We’re introducing an efficient, on-device robotics model with general-purpose dexterity and fast task adaptation. In March, we introduced Gemini Robotics, our most advanced VLA (vision language action) model, bringing Gemini 2.0’s multimodal reasoning and real-world understanding into the physical world. Today, we’re introducing Gemini Robotics On-Device, our most powerful VLA model optimized to run locally on robotic devices. Gemini Robotics On-Device shows strong general-purpose dexterity an

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Anker Mini Bluetooth Speaker Drops Below Prime Day Prices, Backed by 100,000 Five-Star Reviews

gizmodo.com Gizmodo Deals 2025-09-18 01:18:01

Whether biking with mates, sunbathing at the beach or relaxing on your balcony, a good wireless speaker is your best friend. Every year, when the temperatures go up, so does demand for these convenient devices with sales peaking just before summer kicks in. Among all models available, there’s one that always stays in front: the Anker Soundcore 2 portable Bluetooth speaker. And it is currently the #1 best-selling portable Bluetooth speaker on Amazon. The Anker speaker currently retails at an all

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This 10,000mAh Power Bank Costs Only $16, Scores 4.6/5 from 78,000 Amazon Reviews

gizmodo.com Gizmodo Deals 2025-09-18 01:44:41

Going out without a power bank is a risk many of us can’t afford to take anymore. The fear of your phone dying at the worst possible moment is real. In the past, power banks were bulky, heavy and awkward to carry around but technology has come a long way: Today you can have the best models in your pocket, ready to charge your devices whenever you need to use them. One of the best models available on the market today is the INIU portable charger which is among the world’s thinnest and capable of

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AI Is Turbocharging Global Inequality

futurism.com Unknown 2025-09-18 04:03:47

As the AI race shows no signs of slowing down, it's clear which countries started in pole position — and are poised to hold onto their lead. "Artificial intelligence has created a new digital divide," warns the New York Times in new reporting, "fracturing the world between nations with the computing power for building cutting-edge AI systems and those without." That warning is based on new data from researchers at Oxford University showing the distribution of the world's most powerful data cen

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Diabetic Woman No Longer Needs Insulin After Single Dose of Experimental Stem Cells

futurism.com Unknown 2025-09-18 05:24:45

Image by Getty / Futurism Treatments A Canadian woman with type 1 diabetes spent nearly a decade dependent on her glucose monitor and insulin shots — but after a single dose of manufactured stem cells implanted into her liver, she's now free. In an interview with CTV, 36-year-old Amanda Smith of London, Ontario described how it felt to be part of such a groundbreaking experiment that has allowed her body to once again produce its own insulin. "I remember, like, being scared and excited," Smit

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You’ll soon be able to send photos and video to 911 as easily as to friends

9to5mac.com Ben Lovejoy 2025-09-18 05:27:02

When a serious emergency occurs, a picture can be worth a thousand words. It can be incredibly helpful to first responders to see ahead of time what they will be faced with when they arrive. It is technically possible to send photos and video to 911 operators, but it’s a convoluted process. That’s set to change later this year … If this all sounds familiar, that’s because there had been limited trials of the feature before Apple last year announced Emergency SOS Live Video in iOS 18. The aim w

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The NO FAKES act has changed, and it's worse

news.ycombinator.com Katharine Trendacosta 2025-09-17 20:34:24

A bill purporting to target the issue of misinformation and defamation caused by generative AI has mutated into something that could change the internet forever, harming speech and innovation from here on out. The Nurture Originals, Foster Art and Keep Entertainment Safe (NO FAKES) Act aims to address understandable concerns about generative AI-created “replicas” by creating a broad new intellectual property right. That approach was the first mistake: rather than giving people targeted tools to

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Tuesday Telescope: A new champion enters the ring

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-09-18 03:00:09

Welcome to the Tuesday Telescope. There is a little too much darkness in this world and not enough light—a little too much pseudoscience and not enough science. We’ll let other publications offer you a daily horoscope. At Ars Technica, we’ll take a different route, finding inspiration from very real images of a universe that is filled with stars and wonder. After a decade of construction a large new reflecting telescope publicly released its first images on Monday, and they are nothing short of

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Google DeepMind’s optimized AI model runs directly on robots

theverge.com Emma Roth 2025-09-18 05:00:00

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. Google DeepMind is rolling out an on-device version of its Gemini Robotics AI model that allows it to operate without an internet connection. The vision-language-action model (VLA) comes with dexterous capabilities similar to the one released in March, but Google says “it’s small and efficient enough to run directly on a robot.” The flagship Gemini

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I skipped every Death Stranding cutscene and I’ll do it again

theverge.com Cameron Faulkner 2025-09-18 05:00:00

I beat the original Death Stranding, but please don’t ask me what happened in it. There was a cataclysm — not quite a Gommage — that made the US more divided than ever, and you play as a babysitter-meets-delivery-guy who has special awareness of invisible, hostile creatures called BTs that are “beached,” which isn’t as relaxing as it sounds. There are grenades filled with pee, poop, and blood, and everyone who’s anyone was motion-captured to be in the game. There are whales, Guillermo del Toro (

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75 million deepfakes blocked: Persona leads the corporate fight against hiring fraud

venturebeat.com Michael Nuñez 2025-09-18 09:00:00

Join the event trusted by enterprise leaders for nearly two decades. VB Transform brings together the people building real enterprise AI strategy. Learn more As remote work has become the norm, a shadowy threat has emerged in corporate hiring departments: sophisticated AI-powered fake candidates who can pass video interviews, submit convincing resumes, and even fool human resources professionals into offering them jobs. Now, companies are racing to deploy advanced identity verification technol

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Two wearables are better than one, according to Amazfit’s latest launch

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-09-18 09:00:36

Amazfit TL;DR Amazfit has launched the new Balance 2 fitness tracking watch and screen-free Helio Strap. The devices are available now for $299.99 and $99.99, respectively, or bundled for $379.99 for users who want an integrated tracking experience. Highlights include the company’s new BioCharge scoring and no subscription fees. Amazfit has officially kicked off the summer with the launch of two new devices, the Balance 2 smartwatch and the Helio Strap, a screen-free tracker designed for tra

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Mosyle announces AccessMule to solve a major blind spot in SMB security

9to5mac.com Bradley C 2025-09-18 09:00:00

One of the most common blind spots in small business security is access management for various company resources. Today’s IT teams are moving fast (and often understaffed), solving customer problems, and juggling shifting responsibilities as the business grows and evolves. Many SMBs also don’t have a dedicated IT team. They might be fixing things by committee or just trusting that vendors have these problems solved. Behind the scenes, there’s usually little visibility into who still has access t

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Latest Tech News

iCloud is down for some users as outage impacts Photos, Mail, more

ElevenLabs releases a stand-alone voice-generation app

Philips Hue lighting is getting even more expensive on July 1 as a ‘direct result’ of tariffs

Philips Hue says US prices will go up in July because of tariffs

Netflix Is Removing One of My Favorite Games From Its Service Soon

Ambarella shares soar 19% on report chip designer is exploring sale

Verizon is giving away free swag to mark its customer support upgrades — here’s how to get in on it

Human-centric AI delivered at scale is the NiCE approach to CX

Samsung’s offering a $50 credit if you commit to preordering its upcoming Galaxy foldable

ElevenLabs releases a standalone voice generation app

Ambarella shares soar 17% on report chip designer is exploring sale

New budget-friendly laptops from Acer feature NVIDIA's latest RTX 5050 GPU

T-Mobile's Starlink satellite service launches in July - here's who can get it for free

Philips Hue is raising prices in the US ‘as a direct result of tariffs’

Emergence AI’s CRAFT arrives to make it easy for enterprises to automate their entire data pipeline

watchOS 26 makes Control Center more powerful than ever on Apple Watch

Deals: 24GB Mac mini $150 off, M3 MacBook Air $450+ off, iPad Air, Twelve South MagSafe stand $60, more

Gemini Robotics On-Device brings AI to local robotic devices

Anker Mini Bluetooth Speaker Drops Below Prime Day Prices, Backed by 100,000 Five-Star Reviews

This 10,000mAh Power Bank Costs Only $16, Scores 4.6/5 from 78,000 Amazon Reviews

AI Is Turbocharging Global Inequality

Diabetic Woman No Longer Needs Insulin After Single Dose of Experimental Stem Cells

You’ll soon be able to send photos and video to 911 as easily as to friends

The NO FAKES act has changed, and it's worse

Tuesday Telescope: A new champion enters the ring

Google DeepMind’s optimized AI model runs directly on robots

I skipped every Death Stranding cutscene and I’ll do it again

75 million deepfakes blocked: Persona leads the corporate fight against hiring fraud

Two wearables are better than one, according to Amazfit’s latest launch

Mosyle announces AccessMule to solve a major blind spot in SMB security

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