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Apple announced that the Las Vegas Formula 1 Grand Prix will be available free on the Apple TV app for US viewers, with no subscription needed. The event runs November 19-21, covering practice sessions, qualifying and the race itself, accessible across iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV, Android, Windows, Xbox, PlayStation and web browsers.
Medium released a new app called TK that embeds an AI assistant directly inside its writing editor. Users can invoke it by typing "@TK" followed by a request, and the tool can answer quick factual questions, retrieve previously saved notes, and offer editorial or headline feedback aligned with Medium's style guides.
Venmo is rolling out a feature that scans a photo of a restaurant receipt and automatically calculates each diner's individual share. The tool is designed to handle itemized costs, replacing manual tallying of who ordered what.
Harman, a Samsung subsidiary, released Drops on iOS and Android in the U.S. on Monday. The app lets users scroll through 10-to-30-second song clips with lyrics, artwork and captions, and offers social features like liking, commenting, reposting, sending tracks to friends, and saving songs to collections called Droplists. Full tracks can be played through integrations with major streaming services.
Google is adding a feature to Messages that lets users edit photos and videos before sending by handing the task off to the phone's default gallery app rather than using a built-in editor. The capability was found in app code, indicating it is still in development and not yet widely available.
Medium is releasing a new app called TK that blends note-taking and journaling with a private, social-network-like sharing feature. CEO Tony Stubblebine describes it as the company's biggest launch since 2017, when Medium shifted from an ad-driven model to subscriptions under then-CEO Ev Williams. The app lets users jot quick notes, retrieve them later, and share writing privately with friends or followers.
Google's Snapseed app is testing a feature that lets users set different image quality and Exif metadata options depending on whether they are saving, exporting, or batch editing photos. Currently the app appears to apply uniform settings across these actions, and the test would let each workflow have its own configuration.
Both the Qalo SL-1 and Garmin Cirqa wearables track heart rate, blood oxygen, skin temperature, HRV, stress, sleep stages and menstrual cycles without built-in GPS. The Cirqa offers more activity profiles and reliable automatic workout detection, while testers found the SL-1 failed to auto-detect activities despite Qalo's claims, though its battery lasted a week at 59 percent with no subscription fee.
Samsung's recent One UI updates no longer show the "all apps" button on the home screen by default, relying instead on a swipe-up gesture to open the app drawer. Users who prefer the old button can still re-enable it through a settings menu.
A code researcher known as pdfu reports that upcoming macOS 27.3 will stop automatically logging apps in Settings when they request files requiring Full Disk Access without permission. Currently, denied requests are logged, letting developers direct users to a pre-filled toggle in Settings; under the change, those apps would no longer appear there automatically. Apple previously said it would require 'very explicit user action' for granting Full Disk Access, following concerns about AI agents misusing the permission.
Sony's PlayStation App lets users browse and buy PS Store titles, then remotely trigger downloads so games finish installing before they get home. The app also supports wishlist management, remote-starting a game via the Library's Played list (with PS5 rest mode settings enabled), and browsing the full purchased library sorted by date or alphabetically.
Bloomberg's Mark Gurman reports that Apple is working to make Siri function more like an autonomous agent, capable of pursuing multi-step goals without constant user prompting, potentially arriving as soon as next year. Gurman also says Apple is testing a new internal engineering pipeline giving developers more time to code and experiment rather than focus on integration work.