The display technology transition from mini-LED to OLED is scheduled to happen late next year when Apple will unveil the M6 MacBook Pro series. The upgrade should also allow these machines to sport a thinner design, but a YouTuber has found evidence which hints that these two changes will not arrive for the smaller 14-inch model, pretty much baiting customers into spending the extra sum on the newer models. The base 14-inch M6 MacBook Pro has a similar unique identifier to the M5 MacBook Pro, highlighting that it will not feature the OLED upgrade or a design change In a […]

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Apple’s reputation as the world’s most privacy-centric company is being put to the test, as two neuroscience authors have filed a class-action lawsuit claiming it used pirated versions of their books to train Apple Intelligence. For a company built on trust and ethics, the accusation damages its reputation, especially when the company is preparing to take artificial intelligence seriously. The lawsuit accusing Apple of using pirated books to train Apple Intelligence challenges its long-standing privacy-first reputation According to the lawsuit, Apple allegedly relied on Books3, a dataset within The Pile, which is a massive collection of thousands of pirated works […]

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Apple is not generally known for splurging on fancy acquisitions. Yet, the Cupertino giant appears poised to make an exception in the case of Prompt AI, whose talent and intellectual property might just be the adrenaline shot that Apple needs to regain its footing in the AI sphere. Here Is What We Know So Far As per the reporting by CNBC, Apple is nearing a deal to acquire Prompt AI. Relevant details include: For the benefit of those who might not be aware, Prompt AI has been working towards developing ambient AI that leverages computer vision and natural language to […]

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The M5 iPad Pro unboxing video has thrown some positive signals that Apple could also announce the M5 MacBook Pro before 2025 draws to a close, but a more solid confirmation has been provided in leaked macOS Tahoe code that suggests a potential launch could happen later this month. Unfortunately, Apple will go against its typical unveiling strategy because the M5 Pro and M5 Max versions are expected much later. Code details unearthed in macOS Tahoe hint that M5 Pro and M5 Max MacBook Pro models will launch in early 2026 A Mac with the unique identifier J704 was spotted in […]

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Moving to TSMC and its 3nm ‘N3P’ node for its premium products like the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 has given Qualcomm the opportunity to compete with titans like Apple, but at a literal cost. Last year, the Snapdragon 8 Elite was the industry’s first 3nm chipset designed for Android flagships, and it was an expensive piece of silicon for phone partners to use in their devices. Now, the same Qualcomm customers will have to either raise the prices of their smartphones or be forced to make compromises because the latest estimates reveal that the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 is 27 […]

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Apple is shaking things up again, and this time around, its artificial intelligence leadership is in the spotlight. According to a new report, the company is actively searching for a replacement for John Giannandrea, its long-time head of AI strategy. The move signals that Apple may be planning to take its AI efforts more seriously, possibly ending the damage it has incurred over the past year. The leadership shake-up signals Apple’s renewed focus on artificial intelligence If you are not familiar, Giannandrea joined Apple back in 2018 and was brought in to modernize Siri and strengthen the company’s machine learning […]

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As Samsung keeps up with the usual preparatory pre-launch cadence of its next major UI update, labeled One UI 8.5, we are getting increasing number of tidbits apropos some of the new features that the UI rollout is likely to bring, including a very handy facility related to eSIMs. Samsung's One UI 8.5 Moves A Huge Step Closer To Bridging The Still-Yawning iOS-To-Android Portability Deficit Moving an eSIM from one Android phone to another has become a relatively hassle-free process by now. However, the same can't be said of iOS-to-Android portability. This situation might soon change, thanks to a string […]

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Apple Security Bounty program, which commenced in 2020, has already disseminated a whopping $35 million to over 800 security researchers, averaging $43,750 per researcher. Even so, the Cupertino giant is now all set to make its bounty rewards a lot more lucrative. Apple has now published a blog post, detailing a major evolution of its bounty program: Over the years, the bounty program has helped Apple substantially improve its security profile, which now includes: Of course, Apple takes pains to note that, as a result of these measures, the only system-level iOS attacks now originate from extremely sophisticated mercenary spyware […]

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As TSMC ramps up production of its 2nm wafers, a host of customers, including Apple, Qualcomm, and MediaTek, have lined up to secure the initial shipment. MediaTek appears to be in the lead so far as it has completed the tape-out of its 2nm SoC, with an official launch happening in late 2026. As for Qualcomm, it was rumored to skip a generation and jump straight to the more advanced N2P variant, but a tipster says that no such releases are happening next year. Qualcomm was previously rumored to stick with TSMC’s 2nm ‘N2P’ process for its Snapdragon 8 Elite […]

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OpenAI seems to have hit a home run with Sora, its new app for AI-generated videos, judging by the app's accelerating download trend. To wit, Bill Peebles, the head of Sora at OpenAI, noted today that the app has hit 1 million downloads in less than 5 days, equating to an average download cadence of around 200,000 per day. This download momentum become even more remarkable when one considers the fact that Sora is currently not freely downloadable, with access restricted to invitations only. What's more, the app is currently only available in the North America region. What is The […]

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EssilorLuxottica, a global leader in ophthalmic lenses, frames, and sunglasses, and a strategic partner of Meta in its expanding portfolio of smart glasses, sees smartphones possibly going extinct soon, replaced by AI-powered smart glasses. Yet, there appears to be a huge disconnect between these aspirations and the underlying demand environment. The CEO Of EssilorLuxottica: "[Smart Glasses] Are Poised To Become The Central Device In People's Lives, Possibly Replacing Smartphones" In a recent interview with Bloomberg, the Chairman and CEO of Essilor Luxottica, Francesco Milleri, made waves when he postulated that smartphones might soon become obsolete, foreseeing in the "near future […]

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Samsung’s long-awaited Project Moohan is no longer a mystery, and just weeks before launch, a major leak has spoiled nearly everything about the company’s upcoming Galaxy XR headset. The latest information reveals a lightweight design, 4K micro-OLED display, powerful internals, and a plethora of AI features baked directly into the interface, which looks and feels more like the Vision Pro. A major leak uncovers Samsung’s Galaxy XR headset design, specs, and launch details, showing strong competition for Apple’s Vision Pro The leak, originally shared by Android Headlines, details nearly every aspect of Samsung’s upcoming Galaxy XR headset, ranging from its […]

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Samsung's camera division might be bereft of any meaningful innovation at the moment, but the same can't be said of its AI efforts, aptly epitomized by its latest AI model, which just beat some of the other Large Language Models (LLMs) that are around 10,000x larger! Samsung's New Tiny Recursive Model In a paper titled "Less is More: Recursive Reasoning with Tiny Networks," Samsung has just detailed the novel architecture of its new Tiny Recursive Model (TRM), which relies on a single, 2-layered model: Samsung's approach, which is akin to a person re-reading their own draft, fixing mistakes with each […]

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Tim Cook recently surpassed Steve Jobs as Apple’s longest reigning CEO, but there is no denying that both these individuals were instrumental to the company’s success, but exactly how much? Throughout the firm’s history, there was always the surrounding noise on how Cook had stifled Apple’s innovation prowess, but a detailed infographic comparison provides a closer look at the two executives’ contributions during their 14-year career. However, before we begin, would you like to guess which one increased the company’s value by a mammoth 13,900 percent? Tim Cook might have only raised the company’s value by 966 percent, but under […]

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The MSI Vector 16 HX AI is currently Amazon Prime Big Deals’ best ‘price to performance gaming laptop and here is why. For only $1,499 after a $300 price reduction, you get an RTX 5070 Ti paired with an Intel Core Ultra 7 255HX CPU, making it one of the most lethal combinations for both gaming and productivity. If you are looking for exceptional value from a portable powerhouse, your search ends here. The gaming laptop purchase comes with a free copy of ARC Raiders, with the entire package offering way more than what the price is leading on The […]

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Apple’s first foldable iPhone might be its most ambitious hardware project yet, and a new report suggests that it could combine aluminum and titanium in its frame. According to analyst Jeff Pu, the iPhone 18 Fold will adopt a hybrid metal design to strike the perfect balance between weight, strength, and heat management. Apple's first foldable iPhone aims to balance durability, weight, and innovation with a hybrid titanium and aluminum body In the past, Apple has reserved titanium for its premium devices like the iPhone 15 Pro and Apple Watch Ultra. However, the iPhone 17 Pro returned to aluminum this […]

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Apple’s iOS 26 update brings a small but extremely practical feature to the iPhone - the ability to view your entire call history with an individual contact. iPhone users were previously limited to seeing only a handful of recent calls, but that restriction has finally been lifted. You can now access a detailed timeline of every incoming, outgoing, or missed call, complete with date, time, and duration. iOS 26 finally lets iPhone users view complete call logs for each contact with date and duration details The iPhone’s call history has been one of its most limited features, as previous versions […]

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Marketers are plowing more money into AI content than ever before, even though consumers have started showing tangible signs of fatigue, as per the data gleaned from an upcoming report by the Billion Dollar Boy. Key Takeaways From The Billion Dollar Boy Report On AI Content, As Summarized By EMarketer Marketers are going all in: AI content, however, is clearly testing audience tolerance: The honeymoon period is over, but hope remains: While the overall trust and excitement around AI-generated content strategies has waned, 38 percent of the consumers still believed such strategies improve quality, while 41 percent of the responders […]

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A decade and a half ago, when Apple unveiled the iPhone 4 sporting a gorgeous stainless steel frame, with a chemically-strengthened aluminosilicate glass, coupled with the unibody chassis to make it perhaps the most desirable device of its time. Unfortunately, its unrivaled beauty was overshadowed by a problem that has been immortalized in technology history as ‘Antennagate.’ It was found that when users gripped the iPhone 4 in a specific manner, the device’s cellular reception dropped, with the number of bars reducing dramatically. At the time, Steve Jobs famously suggested that people were holding the handset incorrectly, but that did […]

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