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Nvidia has acquired synthetic data startup Gretel to bolster the AI training data used by the chip maker's customers and developers.

Top congressional aides met with Oracle on Tuesday to talk about TikTok, which faces a ban in the United States unless it is sold to a non-Chinese owner by early April.

Apple Maps in iOS 18 got a key upgrade to its search feature that fulfilled a years-long wishlist item of mine.

Apple this year introduced C1, its first in-house 5G modem, with the iPhone 16e. However, the company isn’t expected to...

Paul McCartney, Aubrey Plaza, Chris Rock and others signed an open letter to the government, challenging statements from AI companies OpenAI and Google.

While Apple last updated its Apple TV 4K set-top box in 2022, rumors have surfaced as to a new model due for release later this year. Per Bloomberg’s Mark…

Tap to Pay on iPhone is the ultimate in convenience for small businesses looking to accept contactless payment from both...

What to know as SMS threat suddenly soars.

Vice President JD Vance said Friday he expects the outlines of a deal that allows TikTok to continue operating in the U.S. will become clear by early April. “There will almost certainly be a high-level agreement that I think satisfies our national security concerns, allows there to be a distinct American TikTok enterprise,” Vance said in an interview with NBC News aboard Air Force Two.

Apple is rumored to be planning a second-generation Studio Display, complete with mini-LED backlighting for release either later this year or early next year.

Analyst Jeff Pu claims that Apple is about to start prototyping its first two foldable devices, with mass production scheduled for 2026.

Scientists in France just shattered a fusion energy record, holding plasma longer than ever before. This breakthrough could redefine clean power—but the journey is far from over.

A secret court hearing on iCloud encryption began on Friday, amid calls in both the UK and US to make...

This week the Free Software Foundation published memorabilia items for an online silent auction — part of their big 40th anniversary celebration. "Starting March 17, the FSF will unlock items each day for bidding on the LibrePlanet wiki at 12:00 EDT.. Bidding on all items will conclude at 15...

Apple CEO Tim Cook wrote to Ireland's new prime minister to congratulate him and talk about the future of the company in the country.

Apple has been rumored to be working on new foldable devices, which will be a first for the Cupertino-based company....

The latest in a series of iPhone 17 leaks has taken the form of metal molds for the upcoming models, with most featuring the supersized camera bump that separates the flash and sensor away from the lenses.

Apple's work to diversify its supply chain is continuing, with assembly partners preparing to start manufacturing AirPods in India as soon as April.

After five years, Apple has dropped a $23 million lawsuit against recycling firm Geep Canada, with no explanation for how the alleged theft of 100,000 iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch was resolved.

Metallica on the Vision Pro was cool, but ultimately disappointing, and symbolic of Apple’s need to control everything.

The cybersecurity company is bringing new quantum-safe encryption to corporate customers

Cisco is expanding support for Apple users in the workplace with new integrations for AirPlay and Apple Vision Pro.

By Sean Michael Kerner / VentureBeat. View the full context on Techmeme.

Pavel Durov said that the investigation into illicit activity on the messaging app he runs is ongoing, but that he had returned home to Dubai.

An outgoing official working on broadband expansion brutally condemned Musk in one of his final emails.

Generative AI spammers are brute forcing the internet, and it is working.

Taara is a startup that uses light beams to transmit phone and internet service. It has been spun out by Alphabet to become an independent company.

Google Gemini 2.0 Flash’s experimental AI native image generation can edit out watermarks from copyrighted photos.

By Christopher Mims / Wall Street Journal. View the full context on Techmeme.