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The Netflix hit has touched off debates about smartphone use by children and, in Britain, fed into calls for a social media ban.

Three senators have warned President Donald Trump that his handling of the TikTok ban puts Apple and other tech companies at risk of liability, potentially costing firms hundreds of billions of dollars.

It’s no secret that Google is planning to bring Gemini to Android Auto and, while that’s still not live, Android...

The Guardian: Jamie has fallen under the spell of misogynistic influencers and suffered cyber-bullying for being an incel. His parents admit that he would shut himself in his bedroom and be on...

Napster is getting acquired by Infinite Reality for $207 million, the latest chapter for a company whose brand is synonymous with early music sharing.

Apple is said to have complied with EU rules that aim to make it easier for users to switch to alternative web browsers and search engines.

A six-year investigation into a suspected international organized crime ring has seen members convicted because of evidence from an iPad submerged in London's Thames river for years.

Apple’s new in-house modems, which started with the C1 in iPhone 16e, are rumored to bring two major product upgrades in the future.

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Starting this month, Apple will begin using image it collects for Look Around to train generative AI models.

Apple Music Classical for iOS and iPadOS has been updated with some new features, including curated stations and listening guides that are synchronized to the timings of popular classical works.

Netflix is starting to offer its shows and movies in HDR10+ on devices that support it.

Last year, when Apple announced iOS 18, the company revealed that some features like Apple Intelligence wouldn’t be available to...

The Arc Prize Foundation has a new test for AGI that leading AI models from Anthropic, Google, and DeepSeek score poorly on.

Apple has handed out the first release candidates for this generation of betas, with RC builds of iOS 18.4, iPadOS 18.4, macOS 15.4, tvOS 18.4, watchOS 11.4, and visionOS 2.4 now available.

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AirPods Max with USB-C will soon support wired playback thanks to a coming firmware update, and Apple now sells a new cable to help prepare.

China’s DeepSeek AI chatbot doesn’t exactly have the best of reputations. It has exposed chat history and other sensitive data;...

Wojcicki plans to bid independently for the company.

Bryan Irace has an interesting take on the new generation of developer tools that have lowered the barrier to entry for new developers (and sometimes not even developers) when it comes to creating apps: Recent criticism of Apple’s AI efforts has been juicy to say the least, but this shouldn’t distract us from continuing to

There is no way to know what a buyer will want to do with the reams of genetic information it has collected. Customers, meanwhile, still have no way to change their underlying genetic data.

It stemmed from a request filed by casino mogul and Trump donor Steve Wynn.

This morning, Apple announced a new feature for USB-C AirPods Max. Starting with iOS 18.4, they’ll now be capable of...

Google has begun rolling out Project Astra features to Gemini Live, letting Gemini “see” smartphone owners’ screens or what they point their cameras at.

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Reuters reported this week that several U.S. national security agencies "have halted work on a coordinated effort to counter Russian sabotage, disinformation and cyberattacks..." The plan was led by the president's National Security Council (NSC) and involved at least seven national security agenc...