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This Samsung laptop has a display that rivals my MacBook (and it's on sale)

zdnet.com Cesar Cadenas 2025-09-21 23:30:17

ZDNET's key takeaways The Galaxy Book5 Pro is on sale at Amazon for $1,444. It sports a brilliant 3K AMOLED touchscreen, large touchpad, and Intel's next-gen Lunar Lake processor for impressive performance. Despite the hardware, this laptop shares some design flaws as its predecessor. View now at Amazon For a limited time, the Galaxy Book5 Pro is on sale for $1,444 at Amazon. That equates to a $255 discount. Whenever a new laptop comes out, consumers expect it to launch with several new feat

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WhatsApp just launched ads for all users, here are the details

9to5mac.com Ryan Christoffel 2025-09-21 13:00:04

WhatsApp has been talking about launching in-app advertising for many years, but today the change has finally arrived. Ads in WhatsApp are now official, here are the details of what to expect—including the finer points of how your privacy is impacted. Two types of ads are launching in WhatsApp today Today Meta announced via the official WhatsApp blog that ads are rolling out to all users now. Ads are launching as part of the Updates tab inside the app. This means they won’t be part of your p

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Brad Pitt and Tim Cook surprise fans at Apple Fifth Avenue ahead of ‘F1 The Movie’ release

9to5mac.com Marcus Mendes 2025-09-21 21:58:51

Apple fans visiting the company’s iconic Fifth Avenue store in New York were treated to an unexpected moment this week: following a panel on Apple TV+ hit series Severance, Apple CEO Tim Cook and actor Brad Pitt took the stage to promote the upcoming Apple Original Film F1 The Movie. Their appearance followed an earlier panel at the store, with cast members from Severance joined a conversation moderated by Entertainment Tonight’s Nischelle Turner. Actors Adam Scott, Patricia Arquette, Britt Low

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Why Ukraine is one of the world's most digital countries

feeds.bbci.co.uk Unknown 2025-09-22 01:16:55

Why Ukraine is one of the world's most digital countries 44 minutes ago Share Save Ben Morris Technology of Business Editor Share Save Getty Images Ukrainians can access 130 services from the Diia portal Rounding a corner in Kyiv on 24 Feb 2022, Oleksandr Bornyakov remembers driving into a gun battle. It was day one of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, and Russian saboteurs were fighting with Ukrainian security forces in the centre of the Ukrainian capital. "There is shooting, cars are

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Oakley and Meta tease new smart glasses launch for Friday, Apple eyes 2026 debut

9to5mac.com Marcus Mendes 2025-09-22 01:41:16

It looks like Meta’s smart glasses lineup is about to expand beyond Ray-Ban. A new verified Instagram page called “Oakley | Meta” popped up this week, teasing a joint product launch scheduled for Friday, June 20. Here’s what to expect. This partnership has been in the rumor pipeline for a while now. Back in January, Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman reported that Meta was preparing a new set of smart glasses under the Oakley brand, aimed at cyclists and other athletes. Unlike the Ray-Ban Meta Glasses, w

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Meta warns users to 'avoid sharing personal or sensitive information' in its AI app

engadget.com Unknown 2025-09-22 01:39:00

Meta seems to have finally taken a small step to address the epidemic of over-sharing happening in the public feed of its AI app. The company has added a short disclaimer that warns users to "avoid sharing personal or sensitive information" to the "post to feed" button in the Meta AI app. The change was first spotted by Business Insider, which labeled the app "one of the most depressing places online" due to the sheer volume of intimate, embarrassing and sometimes personally-identifying informa

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Funniest Memes From WWDC: What Even Was Happening With That Final Song?

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-09-21 22:36:00

Apple's World Wide Developers Conference, WWDC 2025, took place on Monday and featured a wide variety of reveals from Apple, captured in our live blog of the event. But aside from news about the company's naming changes and design overhauls, there are always moments that get just a little bit weird. How many times can company representatives say the words "Liquid Glass"? Did you expect it to end with a singer crooning app reviews to music, and meowing? Viewers didn't even wait until the 90-minu

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Spigen just released the Apple Watch charger stand I’ve always wanted

9to5mac.com Marcus Mendes 2025-09-22 05:00:52

Spigen has just launched a new Apple Watch charging stand that shrinks the iconic design of the original iMac G3 down to bedside-table size, and it looks awesome. Yum Part of Spigen’s growing Classic C1 lineup, the Apple Watch Classic C1 Charger Stand (via The Verge) channels the retro-futuristic vibe of the iMac G3, not just in shape, but in color too. It’s available in four finishes: Tangerine, Graphite, Ruby, and of course, the original Bondi Blue. Like with most Apple Watch charging stand

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9to5Mac Daily: June 16, 2025 – More iOS 26 tidbits

9to5mac.com Seth Kurkowski 2025-09-22 05:12:21

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. 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 delivered as soon as they’re available. Stories discussed in this episode: Listen & Subscribe: Subscribe

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These are my favorite Find My accessories

9to5mac.com Chance Miller 2025-09-22 05:14:24

There’s a robust ecosystem of Find My accessories on the market nowadays. All of these accessories would make great additions to your life. After all, what’s a better investment than a way to keep track of their most important possessions? As a refresher, Find My accessories broadcast a low-energy Bluetooth signal picked up by nearby Apple devices. They do not rely on GPS technology. Instead, that location is transmitted securely and privately to the Find My network. This means that your Find M

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Commuters in South Korea will soon be able to pay fares using Apple Pay

9to5mac.com Marcus Mendes 2025-09-22 05:38:43

More than two years after landing in South Korea, Apple Pay is about to fill one of its biggest gaps in the country: public transportation support. However, the win might be short-lived. Here’s why. Transit card provider Tmoney confirmed Monday that its system will soon work with both iPhones and Apple Watches. Once live, users will be able to tap to pay for subway and bus rides across the country. As observed by Korea JoongAng Daily (via Reddit), there’s no official launch date just yet, but

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How Apple Created a Custom iPhone Camera for ‘F1’

wired.com Julian Chokkattu 2025-09-22 05:00:00

You can't mount a cinema camera on a Formula One race car. These nimble vehicles are built to precise specs, and capturing racing footage from the driver’s point of view isn’t as simple as slapping a GoPro on and calling it a day. That’s the challenge Apple faced after Joseph Kosinski and Claudio Miranda, the director and cinematographer of the upcoming F1 Apple Original, wanted to use real POV racing footage in the film. If you’ve watched a Formula One race lately, you've probably seen clips t

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Here are the best AirPods deals you can get right now

theverge.com Sheena Vasani 2025-09-22 05:31:30

If you know where to look, you can often score discounts on Apple’s ever-expanding AirPods lineup. Both the newer AirPods Max and AirPods 4 (with and without ANC) now consistently receive discounts, as do the latest AirPods Pro with USB-C. The same goes for the original AirPods Max, which are nearly indistinguishable from the last-gen model aside from the switch to a USB-C connector and a few new color options. Below, we’ve rounded up the best deals currently available on each model, including

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Dutch court upholds antitrust ruling against Apple over App Store and dating apps

9to5mac.com Marcus Mendes 2025-09-22 09:31:14

Apple has been dealt another regulatory blow in Europe this week. A court in Rotterdam has upheld a 2021 decision by the Netherlands Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM), confirming that the company abused its dominant App Store position. Or at least when it comes to dating apps. This specific case centers on Apple’s long-standing requirement that app developers use its in-app payment system (IAP) for digital purchases, with no option to direct users to external payment methods. According

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With AI Siri Delayed, Apple’s AirPods Pro 3 May Be Next

gizmodo.com James Pero 2025-09-22 09:30:56

If you were itching for a new pair of AirPods Pro, you may want to clip those fingernails because that itch could persist for another year. According to yet another Apple analyst, the AirPods Pro 3 might be delayed until 2026, extending the previous rumored timeline that projected a release this year. The rumored delay comes courtesy of Apple analyst Jeff Pu, who corroborates previous intel from fellow analyst Ming-Chi Kuo. If Pu and Kuo’s info are correct, it would make the AirPods Pro 2 three

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How Did ChatGPT Get 'Absolutely Wrecked' at Chess by an 1970s-Era Atari 2600?

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-09-22 08:14:00

How Did ChatGPT Get 'Absolutely Wrecked' at Chess by an 1970s-Era Atari 2600? The console Gen Xers used to play Pac-Man and Pitfall on apparently was better than anyone knew.

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Your WhatsApp Status view is about to get ads

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-09-22 13:36:33

Rita El Khoury / Android Authority TL;DR WhatsApp is testing ads in the Status section of the Updates tab. New paid subscriptions and promoted Channels are also rolling out. Private messages remain untouched and end-to-end encrypted. Ads have crept into every corner of Meta’s ecosystem. Facebook, Instagram, and Reels are filled with them. For years, WhatsApp stood apart as the company’s only major platform without advertising. Now, that’s changing: ads are coming to WhatsApp, too. Meta reve

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With iOS 26, Apple is solving one of the biggest passkey headaches

9to5mac.com Marcus Mendes 2025-09-19 14:20:14

Apple’s next round of OS updates will introduce a long-overdue feature for anyone trying to live in a world without passwords: a seamless, secure way to export and import passkeys across platforms and apps. Here’s how it’s going to work. As noted by Ars Technica’s Dan Goodin (via SixColors), the new capability, which Apple demonstrated during WWDC25, addresses one of the biggest pain points with passkeys to date. Until now, passkeys created on a Mac, iPhone, or iPad were largely trapped inside

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Apple to finally let iPhone apps and games offer promo codes for in-app purchases

9to5mac.com Marcus Mendes 2025-09-22 13:06:00

Apple is giving App Store developers a long-overdue tool to better promote in-app purchases, including for games. Starting later this year, developers will finally be able to generate and distribute promo codes for any type of in-app purchase, not just subscriptions. Here’s how it’s going to work. From subscriptions to consumables and more Up until now, Apple’s App Store promo code system was mostly limited to unlocking a free download, or for auto-renewable subscriptions, letting developers h

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WhatsApp introduces ads in its app

news.ycombinator.com Eli Tan 2025-09-22 06:38:59

When Facebook bought WhatsApp for $19 billion in 2014, the messaging app had a clear focus. No ads, no games and no gimmicks. For years, that is what WhatsApp’s two billion users — many of them in Brazil, India and other countries around the world — got. They chatted with friends and family unencumbered by advertising and other features found on social media. Now that is set to change. On Monday, WhatsApp said it would start showing ads inside its app for the first time. The promotions will a

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Your 2018 iPhone XS Is Now a 'Vintage' Device: Here's What That Means

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-09-22 13:07:06

Things don't last forever, and in the tech world, they rarely even last five years. Apple lists older products on what it calls the vintage list, which consists of Apple products that the company stopped selling 5-7 years ago. And if you bought your iPhone in 2018, the iPhone XS, your phone is now officially vintage. The iPhone XS launched in 2018 and was officially discontinued in 2020 once all of its stock ran out. The phone joins other recent additions to the list, including the iPhone 7 Plu

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A Billionaire Just Died in the Most Bizarre Way You Can Possibly Imagine

futurism.com Unknown 2025-09-22 14:20:58

Image by Getty / Futurism Developments An auto parts billionaire died last week after reportedly swallowing a bee and being stung by it internally. As The Telegraph reports, Indian industrialist Sunjay Kapur was playing polo during the Queen's Cup tournament in Windsor, England when, according to eyewitnesses on the scene, he man shouted "I swallowed something" before keeling over. Though his official cause of death hasn't been released, reporting from The Telegraph and The Mirror suggests th

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Apple TV+ is on a comedy hot streak, and its new show doesn’t disappoint

9to5mac.com Ryan Christoffel 2025-09-22 17:54:43

Apple TV+ is having a big year, with a new most watched series ever and Jon Hamm claiming biggest drama debut—but comedies have been on a hot streak too, including the latest new series. The Studio, Murderbot, and more strengthen the Apple TV+ comedy lineup There’s no doubt that two of the biggest hits for Apple TV+ this year have been dramas: Severance and Your Friends & Neighbors. But the streamer has nonetheless been on a hot streak with comedy debuts too. The Studio is seen by many as th

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Apple's iOS 26 public beta release date is planned for July

engadget.com Unknown 2025-09-22 17:00:40

Apple's WWDC is here and with it comes some of the company's biggest operational developments — along with confirmation of when you can check them out in beta. This year's WWDC brings the awaited news of a visual overhaul that is platform-wide, with changes like round icons on the home screen and Control Center. The company has launched its first major redesign since iOS 7, calling it "our broadest design update ever." The new uniform design across all devices includes a new material called liq

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Here We Go Again: TikTok Sale Deadline Approaches

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-09-22 16:49:00

The clock just never seems to run out for TikTok. A federal ban of the wildly popular social media app is set to kick in later this week, unless it reaches a deal to sell itself to a buyer deemed fit by US officials, or it's given yet another extension to do so by President Donald Trump. Many observers are betting on the extension. The New York Post and the Wall Street Journal both published stories earlier this month quoting anonymous sources who said Trump planned to issue one. The ban was o

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Charge your Apple Watch on this tiny iMac G3 replica

theverge.com Andrew Liszewski 2025-09-22 17:42:11

is a senior reporter who’s been covering and reviewing the latest gadgets and tech since 2006, but has loved all things electronic since he was a kid. Previous additions to Spigen’s Classic C1 series of Apple accessories include iPhone and AirPods cases inspired by the iMac G3’s bright colors. Its new Apple Watch stand goes one step further and recreates the entire design of the iconic computer in miniature so it can fit on your bedside table and charge your smartwatch overnight. The Apple Wat

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Shortcuts app has chatbot-like Apple Intelligence powers in iOS 26

9to5mac.com Ryan Christoffel 2025-09-22 21:29:33

Apple Intelligence doesn’t (yet) offer an official chatbot mode, but in iOS 26 Apple will let power users get a chatbot-style experience via the Shortcuts app. Here’s how it works. New Shortcuts feature gives you chatbot-like responses from Apple Intelligence iOS 26 has a new feature in the Shortcuts app that lets you tap directly into Apple Intelligence’s LLMs with any custom query. One surprise benefit of this feature, as highlighted by AppleInsider, is that Shortcuts’ responses sound a lot

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Bye bye, Wi-Fi: How to add a wired network to your home without running Ethernet

zdnet.com Ed Bott 2025-09-22 21:47:00

Supersmario/Getty Wireless internet connections are convenient, but they're also notoriously unreliable. Nothing proves that point more emphatically than a glitchy video conference call, especially if it's tied to a crucial business meeting. The answer is to run a wired network connection to your home office. Wi-Fi is great for mobility, but a wired connection offers many advantages when it comes to working from home. It's faster and more reliable, with lower latency, all of which matters if y

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Meta's AI-Powered Ad Machine Is Coming for WhatsApp Next

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-09-22 20:42:00

WhatsApp, the Meta-owned messaging app used by close to 2 billion people worldwide, is ramping up its advertising efforts. While the app has long promised a privacy-first experience free from traditional ads, recent updates suggest that's changing, and changing fast. In a blog post published Monday, WhatsApp announced an expansion of its "Channels" discovery and business tools, designed to help you find more content and shops directly within the app. Alongside this rollout, Meta is preparing to

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Ads are “rolling out gradually” to WhatsApp

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-09-22 21:13:36

For the first time since launching in 2009, WhatsApp will now show users advertisements. The ads are “rolling out gradually,” the company said. For now, the ads will only appear on WhatsApp's Updates tab, where users can update their status and access channels or groups targeting specific interests they may want to follow. In its announcement of the ads, parent company Meta claimed that placing ads under Updates means that the ads won’t “interrupt personal chats.” Meta said that 1.5 billion pe

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This Samsung laptop has a display that rivals my MacBook (and it's on sale)

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Ads are “rolling out gradually” to WhatsApp

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