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  • newApple’s third-generation AirPods are back on sale for $140
    Apple’s third-generation AirPods are back down to their record-low Black Friday price. The discount on Amazon shaves $30 off the AirPods’ normal price of $170, making them just $140 right now. Given that this is the lowest we’ve seen these AirP…
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  • newAlex Jones and his conspiracy theories are allowed back on X
    Alex Jones is back on X five years after then-Twitter made the decision to permanently ban him and his show, Infowars, for violating the site’s policy on “abusive behavior.” Elon Musk — who last year said he wouldn’t unban Jones because of…
    - 5 hours ago 10 Dec 23, 10:04am -
  • newOffworld 'company towns' are the wrong way to settle the solar system
    Company Towns — wherein a single firm provides most or all necessary services, from housing and employment to commerce and amenities to a given community — have dotted America since before the Civil War. As we near the end of the first quarter of…
    - 5 hours ago 10 Dec 23, 9:30am -
  • newApple confirms it has blocked iMessage exploit
    It was never going to last. Ever since it was launched this week, the Beeper Mini app, which let Android users get iMessage text support, was expected to be in trouble as soon as it caught Apple's attention. And catch Apple's attention it has. Yester…
    - 20 hours ago 9 Dec 23, 7:20pm -
  • newAmazon asks court to dismiss FTC lawsuit that accuses it of ‘monopolistic practices’
    Amazon filed a motion on Friday in the Western Washington district court asking a judge to dismiss the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) antitrust lawsuit against it. The FTC along with 17 state attorneys general sued Amazon in September, alleging t…
    - 23 hours ago 9 Dec 23, 4:05pm -
  • Controversial AI image platform Civitai dropped by its cloud computing provider after reports of possible CSAM
    OctoML says it has ended its business relationship with Civitai days after an investigation by 404 Media revealed the text-to-image platform was being used to generate images that “could be categorized as child pornography.” Civitai previously re…
    - 1 day ago 9 Dec 23, 1:55pm -
  • Beeper Mini team says a fix is ‘coming soon’ and promises to extend users’ free trials
    The Beeper Mini team has apparently been working around the clock to resolve the outage affecting the new “iMessage on Android” app, and says a fix is “very close.” And once the fix rolls out, users’ seven-day free trials will be reset so t…
    - 1 day ago 9 Dec 23, 11:13am -
  • Fortnite Festival tries to bring back the heyday of music gaming
    Between Fortnite’s propensity for big-name concerts and Epic’s purchase of Harmonix two years ago, the inclusion of some kind of music-making feature in the game was inevitable. What Epic is releasing today is actually far grander: an entirely ne…
    - 1 day ago 9 Dec 23, 9:36am -
  • The Morning After: Battle of the chatbots, part two
    Good morning. Do you want this customized PS5? You'll have to work the sunset years of your career at Sony then. That is, apparently, the only way. I'm also taking bets on which chatbot will be the chatbot we all depend on. It's like Yahoo (our paren…
    - 1 day ago 9 Dec 23, 8:00am -
  • The EU has reached a historic regulatory agreement over AI development
    Following a marathon 72-hour debate, European Union legislators Friday have reached a historic deal on its expansive AI Act safety development bill, the broadest-ranging and far-reaching of its kind to date, reports The Washington Post. Details of th…
    - 2 days ago 8 Dec 23, 5:21pm -
  • Beeper Mini’s iMessage integration is on the fritz
    Beeper Mini, the chat app that reverse-engineered Apple’s iMessage for Android, is having problems. 9to5Google reported Friday the entire Beeper platform is seemingly broken right now, leading to the obvious speculation that Apple has stomped on th…
    - 2 days ago 8 Dec 23, 3:17pm -
  • CRISPR-based gene editing therapy approved by the FDA for the first time
    In a landmark decision, the FDA greenlit two new drugs for the treatment of sickle cell disease in patients 12 and older, one of which —Vertex’s drug Casgevy — is the first approved use of genome editing technology CRISPR in the US. Bluebird Bi…
    - 2 days ago 8 Dec 23, 2:07pm -
  • Alan Wake 2 to dispatch a new game plus mode on December 11
    Alan Wake 2 won big at last night’s The Game Awards and the developer wasted no time to capitalize on that momentum. Remedy just announced that the game is getting free DLC next week, December 11, in the form of a New Game Plus mode. This has been…
    - 2 days ago 8 Dec 23, 1:34pm -
  • The FTC is reportedly looking into Microsoft’s $13 billion OpenAI investment
    OpenAI’s recent drama hasn’t only caught UK regulators’ attention. Bloomberg reported Friday that the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is looking into Microsoft’s investment in the Sam Altman-led company and whether it violates US antitrust law…
    - 2 days ago 8 Dec 23, 12:52pm -
  • Threads countdown hints at EU launch on December 14
    After much speculation and waiting, Threads is finally launching in Europe. Meta’s social media app will likely release in the EU on December 14, just in time to post photos of holiday dinners or whatever. There’s no official announcement by Zuck…
    - 2 days ago 8 Dec 23, 12:30pm -
  • Microsoft is hiring dozens of ZeniMax QA contractors as unionized employees
    Game studios and publishers have collectively laid off an estimated 9,000-plus workers this year. Microsoft (which itself has laid off workers from Xbox teams in 2023) is bucking the trend to a certain extent by hiring dozens of ZeniMax quality assur…
    - 2 days ago 8 Dec 23, 12:00pm -
  • Sonos home theater gear is up to 25 percent off, plus the rest of the best tech deals this week
    Depending on what you buy and where you shop, many online purchases should arrive before December 25th, so if you're still working through your gift list, it might not be too late. Even if you're just looking for deals in general, there are plenty ou…
    - 2 days ago 8 Dec 23, 11:45am -
  • Here's everything that was announced during The Game Awards
    The Game Awards is over and done with, leaving an empty theater in Los Angeles and plenty of happy game developers placing pointy statuettes on their mantels. To that end, Larian Studios and its massively successful RPG Baldur’s Gate 3 was the big…
    - 2 days ago 8 Dec 23, 11:30am -
  • Hideo Kojima’s documentary will be a Disney+ exclusive
    Hideo Kojima said his documentary, Hideo Kojima: Connecting Worlds, will be distributed exclusively by Disney+. The legendary game designer posted Thursday on X (formerly Twitter) that the film, which premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival this summe…
    - 2 days ago 8 Dec 23, 11:15am -
  • Amazon device deals include an Echo Show 5 and smart bulb bundle for $40
    If you've been thinking of grabbing or gifting a new Echo device for the holidays, here's a quick PSA: A number of Amazon's smart speakers and displays are currently on sale for the lowest prices we've tracked, and many of them can be bundled with a…
    - 2 days ago 8 Dec 23, 10:08am -
  • Google's AI-infused NotebookLM note-taking app is open to everyone in the US
    Google’s NotebookLM, a note-taking app that’s infused with a large language model, is now available to everyone in the US. The company built NotebookLM to only pull information from a custom dataset. So you might use it, for instance, to help wri…
    - 2 days ago 8 Dec 23, 9:52am -
  • 23andMe frantically changed its terms of service to prevent hacked customers from suing
    Genetic testing company 23andMe changed its terms of service to prevent customers from filing class action lawsuits or participating in a jury trial days after reports revealing that attackers accessed personal information of nearly 7 million people…
    - 2 days ago 8 Dec 23, 9:24am -
  • Cooler Master’s Framework case gives your laptop a second life
    We’ve covered Framework’s modular, easy-to-repair laptops plenty here at Engadget and with good reason. Its mission is to end the need for users to toss out an otherwise perfect machine when just one component goes dead. But, as the company matur…
    - 2 days ago 8 Dec 23, 9:00am -
  • Traeger Ironwood (2023) review: Upgraded smart grilling comes at a cost
    In 2022, Traeger began a major overhaul of its Wi-Fi-connected smart grill lineup. Only the most affordable Pro Series models have been left untouched as the redesign process that began with the Timberline made its way to the Ironwood this year. The…
    - 2 days ago 8 Dec 23, 8:30am -
  • The Sonos Era 100 is back down to $199 in a new holiday sale
    The Sonos Era 100 wireless bookshelf speaker is back down to $199, matching prices found during Black Friday and Cyber Monday. That’s a discount of around $50, as the MSRP for this speaker is $250. If you squint, it’s almost like the holiday spen…
    - 2 days ago 8 Dec 23, 7:30am -
  • Engadget Podcast: Our 200th episode celebration
    We made it to 200 episodes folks! This week, Cherlynn, Devindra, Producer Ben Ellman and Senior Writer Sam Rutherford dive into some of the biggest tech developments since we rebooted the podcast in 2019. Remember, that was a pre-pandemic, pre-genera…
    - 2 days ago 8 Dec 23, 7:30am -
  • YouTube now lets creators pause comments on videos
    Comment sections can be a place of both community and animosity, with the speed of responses presenting a moderation challenge. YouTube is attempting to find a happy balance, announcing additional comment controls for creators — most notably the op…
    - 2 days ago 8 Dec 23, 7:05am -
  • The best VPN service for 2024

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  • Amazon is trialing a $10 monthly grocery subscription for Prime members
    Amazon regularly makes changes to the costs and availability of its groceries. The company's latest attempt to drive more business comes in the form of a subscription plan. Prime members can now pay $10 monthly for unlimited free Amazon Fresh and Who…
    - 2 days ago 8 Dec 23, 6:35am -
  • The Morning After: A PS1-themed PlayStation 5
    This one-of-a-kind PS5 console was customized with the PS1’s retro gray finish, and classic quad-color PS logo. Even the DualSense controller was given a late-90s makeover, with a cute plug cover for the PS5’s front USB-C port to mimic the first-…
    - 2 days ago 8 Dec 23, 6:15am -
  • The UK's competition regulator is reviewing Microsoft's links to OpenAI
    The UK is considering an investigation into Microsoft's partnership with OpenAI to decide if it has resulted in an "acquisition of control" that's subject to antitrust law, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) wrote today. The regulator said i…
    - 2 days ago 8 Dec 23, 5:52am -
  • Android phones can now send medical data during 911 calls
    Some Android users are getting an update that could literally save their lives one day. Android users who have a device with the Personal Safety app can now opt-in to sharing medical information with first responders when calling or texting 911. The…
    - 2 days ago 8 Dec 23, 4:45am -
  • Apple plans to build more than 50 million phones in India within three years
    Apple built more iPhone 15s in India than any past model and it plans to continue that trend. The company will shift a quarter of its iPhone production — more than 50 million phones — to the nation within the next two to three years, The Wall Str…
    - 2 days ago 8 Dec 23, 4:17am -
  • Feast your eyes on this PS1-themed PlayStation 5
    Remember the 20th anniversary limited edition PlayStation 4? No, I didn't get one, either. But what if Sony were to port that same sweet retro look from the PS1 to the PS5? Look no further than the farewell gift which SIE (Sony Interactive Entertainm…
    - 3 days ago 8 Dec 23, 2:09am -
  • Google admits that a Gemini AI demo video was staged
    Google is counting on its very own GPT-4 competitor, Gemini, so much that it staged parts of a recent demo video. In an opinion piece, Bloomberg says Google admits that for its video titled "Hands-on with Gemini: Interacting with multimodal AI," not…
    - 3 days ago 7 Dec 23, 11:57pm -
  • TikTok adds comment filtering tools to better handle Israel-Hamas war content
    ByteDance's TikTok has been facing a tough time over its handling of Israel-Hamas war content and related hate speech, but it is now stepping up with some new initiatives. On the moderation side, the social platform is rolling out new comment filteri…
    - 3 days ago 7 Dec 23, 11:00pm -
  • The first Final Fantasy XVI DLC 'Echoes of the Fallen' is out now
    The first Final Fantasy XVI DLC was not only announced at the Game Awards 2023; it’s already available on the PlayStation Store. Echoes of the Fallen, set before the base game’s final battle, is out now, while a second DLC installment, The Rising…
    - 3 days ago 7 Dec 23, 10:31pm -
  • Capcom's next big Monster Hunter game is Wilds, coming in 2025
    Monster Hunter is one of Capcom's biggest franchises at this point, so of course the company has been cooking up another mainline entry. It's called Monster Hunter Wilds and it's coming to PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S and PC in 2025. The trailer…
    - 3 days ago 7 Dec 23, 10:23pm -
  • Baldur's Gate 3 is available now on Xbox Series X/S
    Xbox-only gamers have had to patiently bide their time until Baldur's Gate 3, one of the biggest titles of 2023, hit Microsoft's consoles. The RPG came out of early access on PC in August and it landed on PS5 the following month. However, technical i…
    - 3 days ago 7 Dec 23, 10:04pm -
  • The makers of No Man's Sky will simulate a whole planet for Light No Fire
    UK indie studio Hello Games is building something that it's calling "more ambitious" than No Man's Sky. The studio's next game is Light No Fire, and it brings procedural generation to an entire planet on an incredibly detailed scale.Light No Fire is…
    - 3 days ago 7 Dec 23, 9:51pm -
  • Arkane Lyon is making a Blade game and we're all very excited
    Arkane Lyon, the developer of Deathloop, is making a game based on Marvel’s resident vampire hunter Blade. There’s a trailer, but it’s just a cinematic with no gameplay. Still, this is very exciting news as Arkane Lyon is the talented team behi…
    - 3 days ago 7 Dec 23, 9:21pm -
  • Ubisoft's long-delayed Skull and Bones is finally set to arrive on February 16
    After what feels like countless delays (seriously, our first hands-on with it was in mid-2017), Ubisoft's Skull and Bones finally has a release date. As revealed at The Game Awards, the action-adventure game is at last set to land on February 16, 20…
    - 3 days ago 7 Dec 23, 9:16pm -
  • Hideo Kojima’s Xbox game is the cinematic horrorfest ‘OD’
    Hideo Kojima officially unveiled his upcoming game (that leaked in 2022) at the Game Awards 2023. Previously described as something “no one has ever experienced or seen before,” the cinematic OD (previously known as Overdose) will include a colla…
    - 3 days ago 7 Dec 23, 8:43pm -
  • Get a good look at Fortnite's Rocket Racing mode ahead of its launch
    If riding velociraptors and giant mechas wasn't enough for its discerning players, Fortnite is incorporating a semi-standalone racing game into its free-for-all universe. On Thursday at the 2023 Game Awards, Epic revealed more cinematic gameplay foot…
    - 3 days ago 7 Dec 23, 8:39pm -
  • Jurassic Park: Survival is an adventure game set one day after the original film
    Sorry Evolution fans, there’s a new Jurassic Park game in town. Saber Interactive and Universal just dropped a trailer for Jurassic Park: Survival at The Game Awards. This is an adventure game set on Isla Nublar just one day after the events of th…
    - 3 days ago 7 Dec 23, 8:36pm -
  • Sega is resurrecting its classics including Jet Set Radio, Crazy Taxi and Golden Axe
    Sega promised a new era at The Game Awards, and it gave us five games to look forward to. Well, "new" is doing a lot of heavy lifting: The storied developer announced that fresh titles are coming based on Crazy Taxi, Jet Set Radio, Shinobi, Golden Ax…
    - 3 days ago 7 Dec 23, 8:20pm -
  • Supermassive's Dead by Daylight spin-off is The Casting of Frank Stone
    Supermassive Games just dropped a trailer for its forthcoming single-player interactive story game set in the Dead by Daylight universe. The Casting of Frank Stone is a character-driven narrative adventure that features all of the character choice an…
    - 3 days ago 7 Dec 23, 8:01pm -
  • No Rest for the Wicked is a medieval action RPG from the Ori team
    No Rest for the Wicked is the new project from Moon Studios, the team behind Ori and the Blind Forest and its sequel — and it looks as beautiful as you'd expect. It's a top-down action RPG set in the year 841, in a kingdom that's just lost its king…
    - 3 days ago 7 Dec 23, 8:01pm -
  • God of War Ragnarok is getting a free roguelite expansion next week
    God of War Ragnarok is a game so large that it practically has a whole second game tucked away inside. And yet that still doesn't seem to be quite enough Norse action for Kratos. During The Game Awards, Sony revealed a Valhalla-centric expansion for…
    - 3 days ago 7 Dec 23, 7:50pm -
  • Intuit is shutting down Mint, its popular free budget-tracking app
    Intuit is shutting down its free budgeting app Mint, which had 3.6 million active users in 2021, Bloomberg reports. The company will absorb users into its other service called Credit Karma when Mint disappears. An Intuit spokeperson told Engadget tha…
    - 38 days ago 3 Nov 23, 12:41am -

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  • The quiet plan to make the internet feel faster
    Illustration by Hugo Herrera / The Verge A few months ago, I downgraded my internet, going from a 900Mbps plan to a 200Mbps one. Now, I find that websites can sometimes take a painfully long time to load, that HD YouTube video…
    - 1 day ago 9 Dec 23, 10:00am -
  • Fortnite Festival is Rock Band without the plastic instruments
    Image: Epic Games Epic released a trilogy of new games inside of Fortnite this week. It started with Lego Fortnite, continued with Rocket Racing, and is wrapping up today with Fortnite Festival, developed by Guitar Hero studio…
    - 1 day ago 9 Dec 23, 9:36am -
  • Apple’s 10th-gen iPad is actually worthwhile when it’s $100 off
    Plus, it comes in this awesome yellow color. | Photo by Dan Seifert / The Verge We’ve found Apple’s latest generation of its base-model iPad to be a bit awkwardly priced from the start. At $449 it’s a little close to the…
    - 1 day ago 9 Dec 23, 9:31am -
  • How to build a bike lane in America
    Illustration by Sisi Kim for The Verge Advocates are working across the country to make their communities safer and more accessible for cyclists, but not every effort is successful. Continue reading…
    - 1 day ago 9 Dec 23, 9:00am -
  • Finishing every part of Mario Wonder is no peach
    Mario Wonder is just so gosh darn charming I didn’t want to stop playing. | Image: Nintendo My mission to 100 percent Super Mario Bros. Wonder officially started a couple of weeks ago, but really it began in the late ‘80s.…
    - 1 day ago 9 Dec 23, 8:00am -

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  • newWhy the 23andMe Data Breach Is Such a Disaster
    Earlier this week, 23andMe admitted that an October hack was dramatically worse than the company initially admitted, affecting 6.9 million people, not the 14,000 it first reported. 23andMe followed up with an early Christmas present for users: a term…
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  • new23andMe to Hacked Users: We Won't See You in Court
    23andMe admitted it lost 6.9 million users’ DNA in a hack, after initially reporting only 14,000 users were affected. If you’ve used 23andMe, there’s basically a coin-flip chance that your data was exposed. The company, however, updated its ter…
    - 1 hour ago 10 Dec 23, 1:32pm -
  • newDoctor Who is So Thrilled Ncuti Gatwa's Finally Here
    For Doctor Who fans, the introduction of a new Doctor is always an event in and of itself. After months of teasing and set photos, yesterday’s third and final 60th anniversary special formally introduced the world to Ncuti Gatwa’s Fifteenth Docto…
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  • newSolo Leveling Gets Anime Ready to Start Off 2024
    In 2016, South Korean writer Chugong released the video game-like web novel Solo Leveling, which has grown in popularity over the years. An anime adaptation of the series is now in the works, during its Jump Festa panel, Crunchyroll and Aniplex reve…
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  • newStaz Nair Is a Beast(Master) in New Rebel Moon Clip
    Zack Snyder’s Rebel Moon is a Star Wars-alike ensemble film featuring a who’s who of actors you’ve seen pop in and out of genre fair over the last few years. In addition to Sofia Boutella as leading woman Kora, the cast also consists of Djimon…
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  • 5 things we didn’t put on our 2024 list of 10 Breakthrough Technologies
    No one can predict the future, but  here at MIT Technology Review we spend much of our time thinking about what it might hold. One thing we know is that it’s especially hard to make predictions about technology. Most emerging technologies fizzle o…
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  • The Download: inside the first CRISPR treatment, and smarter robots
    This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. The lucky break behind the first CRISPR treatment The world’s first commercial gene-editing treatment is…
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  • Here’s a sneak peek at what made our 2024 list of 10 Breakthrough Technologies
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    This article first appeared in The Checkup, MIT Technology Review’s weekly biotech newsletter. To receive it in your inbox every Thursday, and read articles like this first, sign up here. The human body is a labyrinth of vessels and tubing, full o…
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  • These robots know when to ask for help
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  • Apple Puts a Stop to Beeper Mini's iMessage for Android Feature
    Apple appears to have closed the loophole that Beeper Mini used to bring iMessage to Android, putting a stop to blue bubbles from Android devices. Beeper Mini quit working earlier today, with users receiving "failed to lookup on server: lookup reques…
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  • Apple's Hardware Engineering Group Faces Restructuring as iPhone Product Design VP Departs
    Apple vice president of iPhone and Apple Watch product design Tang Tan is departing the company in a move that will lead to changes in the hardware engineering group, reports Bloomberg. Tan, who reports to Apple's senior vice president of hardware en…
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  • Apple Seeds Second tvOS 17.2 Release Candidate to Developers
    Apple today seeded the second release candidate version of an upcoming tvOS 17.2 to developers for testing purposes, with the update coming several days after the first tvOS 17.2 RC.Registered developers are able to download the tvOS 17.2 updat…
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  • Apple Watch Ultra 2 Hits New Record Low Price of $699, Alongside Series 9 and SE Sales
    Amazon has a few big discounts on Apple Watch today, headlined by a new all-time low price on the Apple Watch Ultra 2. Many of these watches can be delivered by Christmas, with delivery dates around the middle of next week for most models.Note: M…
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  • The MacRumors Show: Is Apple One Worth It?
    Following the recent Apple One price hike, on this week's episode of The MacRumors Show we take a closer look at Apple's subscription bundle and each of the services within it. Subscribe to The MacRumors Show YouTube channel for more videosAppl…
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  • Best Buy's New Weekend Sale Has Record Low Prices on MacBook Pro and MacBook Air
    Best Buy's month-long holiday sale continues this weekend with multiple all-time low prices on Apple's line of MacBook Pro and MacBook Air computers. In addition to Apple notebooks, Best Buy's event has discounts sitewide on home appliances, TVs, vid…
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  • USB-C Magic Keyboard, Mouse, and Trackpad Could Arrive in Spring 2024
    Apple's Magic Keyboard, Magic Mouse, and Magic Trackpad could finally switch from Lightning to USB-C in the spring of 2024.The rumor, originating from Weibo user "Instant Digital," suggests that all three of Apple's Lightning-based peripherals…
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  • Apple's 10th Gen iPad Returns to All-Time Low Black Friday Price of $349
    Last month, Apple's 10th generation iPad (64GB Wi-Fi) hit a new all-time low price of $349.00 during Black Friday. Today, that deal has returned on Amazon, and you can once again get the 2022 iPad at this record low price.Note: MacRumors is an af…
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  • Threads Introduces Tags, or Hashtags Without the Hash Symbol
    The Threads social network from Meta is rolling out tags, which work like hashtags on other platforms but include some unique additional functions.The Threads compose window includes a new # button to add a tag to your post. Unlike hashtags, a…
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  • AirPods Max Announced Three Years Ago Today
    Apple's AirPods Max were announced three years ago today, marking the company's first push into the high-end over-ear headphones market under its own brand name. Rumors about Apple's work on a pair of high-end headphones, at the time believed t…
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    • Microsoft’s OpenAI partnership investigated by UK’s CMA
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