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Read the US account of unreleased 14-point Iran ceasefire memorandum — US official gives clearest account yet of deal set to be signed by US and Iran Friday; Iran has not confirmed text.
Does iPhone need its own MacBook Neo moment? - 9to5Mac — Apple debuted iPhone 16e last year at its $599 price point – and it’s been an okay phone since. It...
TikTok launches £3.99 subscription for no ads in UK — Those who don't subscribe will be able to use the platform for free - but be shown personalised ads by default.
4 game-changing Excel tools you won't find on the ribbon — Excel hides powerful reporting, formatting, auditing, and selection tools outside the ribbon.
iOS 26.5 has fixes for 50+ security issues on iPhone, details here - 9to5Mac — In addition to new features, Apple’s latest software updates also include security improvements, with over 50 fixes in iOS 26.5 alone.
12 Declassified CIA Cartography Maps From The 1980s - Brilliant Maps — The maps below all come this CIA album on Flicker. They describe the maps in the following ways:
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NOCO XGrid XDP3 Review — The NOCO XGrid XDP3 is a 3-in-1 Qi2 charging station with a weighted metal build. It fast charges your iPhone, Apple Watch, and AirPods.
Could Contact-Tracing Apps Help With the Hantavirus? Not Really — Contact-tracing apps were widely deployed during the Covid pandemic. They aren’t as helpful during smaller outbreaks.
Tesla Solar Roof is on life support as it pivot to panels — Tesla promised 1,000 Solar Roofs per week by 2019. It installed roughly 3,000 total, stopped reporting numbers, and is now pivoting to conventional panels.
Apple Bought Color Grading Tool Color.io in January — Apple purchased a small, one-person company called Patchflyer back in January, according to new acquisition disclosures provided by the European Union. Patchflyer was owned by Jonathan Ochmann, who created Color.io, a web-base
Apple's iOS 26.5 Update Patches More Than 50 Security Flaws — The iOS 26.5 and iPadOS 26.5 updates Apple released today address more than 50 security vulnerabilities, which means it's worth updating soon if you haven't done so already. Apple's security support document outlines a
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'Brilliant!' - De Bruyne gets off the mark with trademark strike — Kevin De Bruyne scores his first goal in the 2026 World Cup as Belgium beat New Zealand to finish top of Group G.
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Uber has always wanted to be more than a ride; now it has reason to hurry | TechCrunch — The company has been trying to embed itself inside the AV industry — as a data provider, an investor, and a distribution platform — but the consumer-facing bet may be just as important.
Apple Releases tvOS 26.5 — Apple today released tvOS 26.5, the fifth update to the tvOS operating system that came out last fall. tvOS 26.5 is available for the Apple TV 4K, and it comes over a month after Apple released tvOS 26.4. tvOS 26.5 can be downloaded using the Settings a
Are we self-sovereign PKI yet? — Every end-to-end encrypted messenger ships a fingerprint UI. Almost nobody opens it. A note on what's actually missing.
Docker images are hundreds of MB; a full game engine compiles to 35MB WASM — A full 3D game -- renderer, physics engine, scripting runtime -- exported to WebAssembly is 35MB. The default Node.js Docker image is hundreds of MB, pulled 19 million times last week.
Why the Nokia 3310 was so Durable — Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.
Digital Sovereignty Becomes An Imparative As the US Reads Dutch Emails — The US House reading Dutch emails shows digital sovereignty is about who can access data, not just where it is stored.
Google Health kills the Fitbit we knew, but maybe that's not a bad thing — Alongside its new Fitbit Air, Google this week announced that the Fitbit app is dead, to be replaced by “Google...
Mystery Microsoft bug leaker keeps the zero-days coming — Security pros warn YellowKey claim could make stolen laptops a much bigger problem
Weekly sports quiz: World Cup, Test cricket and Wimbledon — How much attention have you paid to what's happened in the world of sport over the past seven days?
Microsoft-backed report says Windows 11 PCs beat the MacBook Neo—does it tell the whole story? — Microsoft has some points, but it's also sidestepping weaknesses.
Multiple commencement speakers booed for AI comments during graduation speeches — Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt was booed multiple times Sunday while discussing artificial intelligence during a commencement speech at the University of Arizona. Other commencement speakers faced s
Amazon Earnings, Trainium and Commodity Markets, Additional Amazon Notes — Amazon’s earnings suggest that the shift away from training towards inference and agents means their bet on Trainium is paying off. Plus, additional notes on ads, agents, and sports rights.
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iOS 27 adding new way to manage your Safari tabs, per report - 9to5Mac — We’re less than a month away from Apple announcing iOS 27 at WWDC. A new report today corroborates that Apple...
Apple Intelligence and Siri — Next-generation Apple Intelligence and Siri AI bring helpful features to iOS 27, iPadOS 27, macOS Golden Gate, watchOS 27, and visionOS 27.
$2 Billion CHIPS Act Investment in Quantum Bets on IBM's 300mm Superconducting Silicon — IBM's CHIPS Act Investment of $2 billion establishes Anderon, America's first pure-play quantum chip foundry as part of investments in nine companies.
WhatsApp Plus Lands on iPhone With Custom Themes, Icons, and More — WhatsApp has started rolling out its paid WhatsApp Plus subscription to iOS, following beta testing of the new personalization-focused tier amongst a small group of users, reports WABetaInfo. The plan is light on
UK firefighters called to one lithium-ion battery fire every five hours — FoI responses collected by insurer show brigades tackled 1,760 battery-linked fires in 2025, up 147% in three years
Pennel had relationship with woman whose body found, people say — Michael Pennel Jr. had an ongoing relationship with a young woman whose body was found on a property he owned when she went missing, an ESPN investigation found, contradicting Pennel's claim through his attorney…
Samsung will let you block apps that spam notifications with ads — Samsung has a new feature for Galaxy phones that gives users the ability to easily block apps that are spamming...
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Google Chrome's Next Update Will Mark the End of Popular Ad Blockers - Slashdot — Google is removing Chrome's last remaining workarounds for Manifest V2 extensions, effectively ending support for legacy ad blockers such as the original uBlock Origin. 9to5Google reports:…
Lenovo on Strategy and Growth — Winston Cheng, Senior Vice President & Chief Financial Officer, Lenovo said the AI infrastructure boom is probably “the greatest infrastructure build in the history of mankind,” when discussing company outlook with Bloomberg’s Sangmi Cha at Bloombe
Anthropic says ‘evil’ portrayals of AI were responsible for Claude’s blackmail attempts | TechCrunch — Fictional portrayals of artificial intelligence can have a real effect on AI models, according to Anthropic.