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RRyan Whitwam posted the thread Apple and Samsung benefit as memory shortage pushes smartphone shipments to historic lows in Apple Ecosystem.Smartphone shipments started to plateau a few years back, ending the days of guaranteed double-digit growth for any company that wanted...
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AAshley Belanger posted the thread Apple takes Epic fight over app store fees to the Supreme Court in Apple Ecosystem.Apple is hoping the Supreme Court will reverse a contempt finding that threatens to block the tech giant from charging high commission...
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NNate Anderson posted the thread Russian citizens told "switch to Android" after Apple blocks key Russian apps in Apple Ecosystem.According to Apple's 2025 App Store Transparency Report, Russia is the runaway world leader in one category: Demanding that Apple remove...
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JJonathan M. Gitlin posted the thread Apple ratchets up prices, blames the cost of memory in Apple Ecosystem.Apple bumped its prices across much of its product lineup today, in some cases adding hundreds of dollars to the cost of a new...
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DDan Goodin posted the thread Apple patches high-severity eavesdropping vulnerability in Beats Studio Buds in Apple Ecosystem.Apple has updated its Beats Studio Buds wireless earbuds to patch a high-severity vulnerability that could be exploited by nearby...
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AAndrew Cunningham posted the thread 20 years of Intel Macs: Why Apple switched, and why it switched again in Apple Ecosystem.The release of macOS 27 later this fall won't quite close the book on the Intel Mac. The last handful of models that could run macOS 26...
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KKyle Orland posted the thread Say hi to "Siri AI"—Apple announces new, more "conversational" voice assistant in Apple Ecosystem.Today at its pre-filmed Worldwide Developers Conference keynote, Apple was finally prepared to fully introduce the long-delayed "Apple...
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RRyan Whitwam posted the thread Apple working to cram massive Gemini model into iPhone to power new Siri in Apple Ecosystem.It's impossible to totally avoid generative AI when interacting with technology anymore, but Apple has a bit less of it. That's not...
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AAndrew Cunningham posted the thread macOS 27 Golden Gate: The Ars Technica review in Gear & Gadgets.Apple Intelligence is back, baby! That's right: Two years after its initial launch, Apple is giving its generative AI features their...
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JJeremy Hsu posted the thread Founder’s cost-cutting obsession drove Unitree lead in cheap humanoid robots in Gear & Gadgets.China leads the world in churning out humanoid robots and four-legged robot dogs that also happen to be the most affordable on the...
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KKyle Orland posted the thread AI leaders want to hit the brakes after years of reckless speed in Gear & Gadgets.For years now, the major frontier AI labs have all been acting as if they're in an all-out, winner-take-all race with control of...
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RRachel Millard, Humza Jilani, Monica Mark, and posted the thread "Offensively cheap": Solar power is looking up in Gear & Gadgets.In the badlands of Chakwal, in north-central Pakistan, Bestway Cement is transforming plots of dry earth and olive and peach groves into...
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BBoone Ashworth, WIRED.com posted the thread I fixed a tractor using John Deere’s self-repair service. Farmers aren’t sold on it. in Gear & Gadgets.There is something wrong with the tractor. The water-in-fuel sensor, a small device embedded in the John Deere machine that monitors the...
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TOn a sunny morning in June, I walked to work with a quadruped robot beside me. I’ve never gotten more attention from strangers. A bunch...
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JJeremy Hsu posted the thread Oracle tries to appease Stargate data center opponents with renewables push in Gear & Gadgets.Oracle’s proposed investment in 2 gigawatts of renewable energy projects for New Mexico comes as local opposition could delay...