Instagram users, get ready for an onslaught of AI avatars
Your Instagram app is about to get another healthy (or unhealthy, depending on how you look at it) dose of generative AI. Meta wants to …
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Apple expands Emergency SOS via satellite on iPhone to Japan
Introduced alongside the iPhone 14, Apple is now expanding Emergency SOS via satellite feature to Japan. Japanese iPhone owners will now be able to make …
Google’s AI Olympics ad is so bad, Gemini must have created it
Winning the AI race isn’t just about getting artificial intelligence features right. It’s also about winning the hearts and minds of people who will use …
iPhone AI just made me understand what some Android users must feel like
There are two groups of people when it comes to mobile software updates: Those who care about the latest mobile operating system release and those …
Thousands of Android users installed these 5 infected apps
The Mandrake Android spyware campaign, which was first discovered in 2020, has seemingly made an unwelcome return. In a blog post this week, Kaspersky researchers …
visionOS 1.3 now available for Apple Vision Pro users
Ahead of visionOS 2 release, Apple has made visionOS 1.3 available to Apple Vision Pro users. With this update, we expect overall improvements to core …
macOS 14.6 now available with unexpected iPod nano bug fix and more
After a month of beta testing, Apple just released macOS 14.6 to everyone. This might be the last main macOS Sonoma update before macOS Sequoia …
Apple releases tvOS 17.6 to Apple TV users
Ahead of the tvOS 18 release, Apple just made tvOS 17.6 available to all Apple TV users. As the tvOS 17 cycle seems to be …
watchOS 10.6 now available to Apple Watch users
Apple has just released watchOS 10.6 to Apple Watch users. With that, this might be the last main watchOS 10 updates for Apple Watch Series …
iOS 17.6 and iPadOS 17.6 now available with these features
After a month of beta testing, Apple has finally released iOS 17.6 and iPadOS 17.6 to iPhone and iPad users. With this likely last main …
Google’s 4th-gen Nest Learning Thermostat leaks ahead of Pixel 9 event
Google will hold its Made by Google press event in a couple of weeks. With four Pixel 9 models in the pipeline, the new phones …
macOS 15.1 beta 1 now available to developers with Apple Intelligence
While Apple was still in the mid-cycle of testing macOS Sequoia, the company decided to seed macOS 15.1 beta to developers to start testing the …
Apple Intelligence comes to iPad with iPadOS 18.1 beta 1 for developers
With iPadOS 18.1 beta 1 for developers, Apple is now starting its testing phase of Apple Intelligence. This upcoming AI platform will bring several features …
iOS 18.1 beta 1 now available to developers with Apple Intelligence
After a report said that Apple would delay Apple Intelligence to iOS 18.1, Cupertino has now seeded its first beta. The company wants to smooth …
4 iOS 18 beta 4 bugs that are driving me crazy – and how I fixed them
Apple Intelligence might be the feature I want most out of iOS 18, but it’ll be a while until it’s here. However, I installed iOS …
iPhone 16 Pro models to be built in India as Apple diversifies supply chain
To diversify the supply chain out of China and reduce its reliance on the Asian country, Apple is reportedly planning to make an iPhone Pro …
Apple’s exciting new AI features won’t be ready for the iPhone 16 release
In a move that shouldn’t surprise anyone, Apple Intelligence will not be ready for iOS 18. Instead, Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman reports that we’ll have to …
There’s one incredible watchOS 11 feature I can’t stop using
Apple’s new watchOS 11 is full of great features. While this upcoming operating system update isn’t as impressive as watchOS 10, it still introduces major …
Secret feature lets you charge your Apple Watch with an iPhone – here’s how to use it
Apple’s iPhone 15 generation revolutionized the third-party accessory market. From gaming controllers to microphones, switching the Lightning port to USB-C unlocked new possibilities for Apple’s …
How to stop X/Twitter from using your data to train Grok
While you weren’t paying attention, X (formerly Twitter) quietly began feeding all of your posts, replies, and more to Grok, its generative AI chatbot. The …
How to fix the iOS 18 auto-brightness bug that’s driving iPhone users insane
With every major iOS beta version, there are obviously going to be bugs. After all, Apple is reshaping the foundation of its operating systems to …
11 iOS 18 features that’ll only be available on newer iPhone models
iOS 18 is full of great features. Even though all the same iPhone models that supported iOS 17 will be able to update to this …
iPhone RCS encryption might be coming sooner than we thought
Apple confirmed iOS 18 will support RCS messaging on iPhone and then brought RCS functionality to the first iOS 18 betas. You can text your …
Apple says it will follow the Biden administration’s AI safety guidelines
Apple has agreed to comply with a set of voluntary safeguards for AI created by President Joe Biden’s administration. As Bloomberg reported, this guideline aims …
YouTube might render ad blockers useless with new ad tech
The YouTube ad blocker cat-and-mouse game between Google and ad blockers continues with a new episode that might deliver a big win to Google. The …
The latest Pixel 9 leak spoils all of Google’s big surprises
Google’s August 13th Pixel 9 event can’t come soon enough. That’s because the Pixel 9 phones have appeared in so many leaks that we already …
OpenAI challenges Google with AI search engine SearchGPT
OpenAI announced it’s now testing a new SearchGPT. This temporary prototype uses AI search features to give you “fast and timely answers with clear and …
Google gives Gemini faster, higher-quality responses with 1.5 Flash
Following the arrival of OpenAI’s GPT-4o mini model and Meta’s Llama 3.1 models, Google has debuted its own AI update. On Thursday, Google made the …
ChatGPT privacy features in Apple Intelligence may change how I use AI
Apple has already released the fourth iOS 18 beta, but there’s no trace of Apple Intelligence in it. However, it looks like Apple’s AI features …
7 new Apple Music features coming in iOS 18
iOS 18 is full of new features, but we can’t say the same about the Apple Music app. In this upcoming iPhone operating system update, …
