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RFK Jr. may upend how vaccine recommendations are categorized
Under anti-vaccine Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the US health department is considering changing how vaccine recommendations are categorized and described. The move creates the possibility that vaccinations currently considered "routine" or "universal" could be given new designations that sound less definitive or more conditional, such as "recommended with qualification" or recommended based on "shared clinical decision-making." Kennedy has made no new rules or recommendations for the categories yet. However, he laid out…
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Gemini is working on a ton of useful UI changes: filters, notifications, and more
Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission. Learn more. Gemini been getting more capable by the day, and Google looks ready to make the app’s UI catch up. The tech giant has been working on some major UI changes for Gemini, and those changes are now finally starting to take shape. We’ve spotted the company working on a dedicated home for notifications, updated chat organization, filters for searching through recent chats,…
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Home Hub Code Hints at Face-Based Profile Switching
Apple's upcoming home hub will support multiple profiles and will include "ambient sensing" for identity verification, according to code we found in the macOS Tahoe 26.7 update. The accessory will show Personal Content for different users in the home, with options to select a profile via Control Center or the Settings app on the device. The home hub is expected to have an operating system similar to tvOS, so the Control Center and profile…
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Apps & Logiciels
Spotify bug leaves Android Auto drivers staring at error message
Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission. Learn more. Sometimes being an Android Auto user can feel like playing a game of whack-a-mole. A bug appears, a fix is rolled out, and another bug appears shortly after. For example, a fix for a glitch that caused connections to drop or freeze was recently released. Now, a new bug has shown up, and it’s preventing users from streaming their music and podcasts.…
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Zillow and Redfin settle FTC antitrust case
Zillow and Redfin have reached a settlement with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and five states, ending a legal fight over a 2025 partnership that the FTC claimed hurt competition in the rental-listing market. The settlement was announced on Monday, just as the case was scheduled to head toward trial this morning. The case stems from a deal announced last year in which Redfin agreed to display Zillow’s rental listings on its websites rather…
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This is the first look at the inside of Apple's AI servers
Photographs showing the inside of an Apple Silicon AI server have surfaced online, giving a glimpse of how Apple designed its Private Cloud Compute hardware. Apple's efforts to catch up in the field of AI have already led to the creation of Private Cloud Compute, namely Apple's own brand of secure AI cloud computing. While it has started to ship its own servers from its facility in Houston, Texas, there hasn't been much coverage…
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Handy disk image tool is getting removed from macOS
In future releases of macOS, Mac users will no longer be able to format or eject disk images using the very long-standing Terminal command, hdiutil. It won't affect many users directly, but it could well break disk repair utility apps. You may never have even heard of it, but since the earliest days of Mac OS X, the Terminal has included the command now called hdiutil. It's a tool for handling disk images, and…
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How to use Samsung's new My FanCam feature to make yourself the main character in your videos
My FanCam works after you record, turning a wider group video into a tighter tracking shot around one person. Samsung's My FanCam is built for videos where several people are moving through the frame. Instead of trying to keep one person centered while you're recording, you can capture the wider scene and choose your subject afterward. Galaxy AI then reframes the existing footage around that person in an aspect ratio you select. Samsung introduced…
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Hide My Email no longer changing domains, will keep iCloud.com
Changing email domains can create chaos for website and email client administrators. After concerns were raised over Hide My Email changing to private.icloud.com, Apple has shifted course. The decision was made after strong community pushback about the change to Hide My Email. Existing email addresses won't see any change and forwarding will still work without interruption. The primary problem with changing the expected domain a user might utilize when creating an account is web…
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Apple’s Emergency SOS Live Video is now available in Brazil
Thanks to a new partnership with RapidSOS, emergency services in Brazil can now request live video from iPhone users. Here are the details. Not everyone knows this, but one of the iPhone’s many emergency features is the ability to share live video with emergency services during a call. If requested by emergency services you can use Emergency SOS Live Video to stream live video or upload existing photos and videos to emergency services. Apple…
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Ads and tracking infiltrated TVs. Now they're coming for monitors.
Ads and tracking have turned TVs into privacy nightmares. Both are so widespread among smart TVs that I’ve written a guide for avoiding them. One recommendation in that guide is to use a computer monitor. But in recent years, monitors have become more capable of pushing ads and tracking users. Without more straightforward approaches from vendors, such as easily comprehensible privacy policies and avoiding inappropriate ads, monitors are dangerously encroaching into smart-TV-like territory. LG…
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Apple Won't Change Hide My Email Domain After Backlash
Apple today said it is reversing its decision and will not change the email domain used for the iCloud+ Hide My Email feature. Emails sent using Hide My Email will continue to use the same icloud.com domain that Apple uses for standard iCloud emails. In June, Apple said it would unify the email domains used by Sign in with Apple and Hide My Email under a single private.icloud.com domain. iPhone users expressed concern that…
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Showcase your startup at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 and book an exhibit table while there’s still space
You don’t need a keynote session to make noise at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026. Sometimes the best way to meet investors, customers, and partners is by exhibiting directly on the Expo Hall floor at San Francisco’s Moscone West from October 13-15. That’s exactly what our Exhibit Program offers. Showcase your startup and get the added bonus of additional tickets for Disrupt to bring even more members of your team and make the most of this…
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Actualité : "Une situation critique" : Volkswagen vit une crise historique, 50 000 emplois et des usines menacés
Volkswagen prépare donc des coupes qualifiées de "douloureuses". On parle de 50 000 postes menacés dans le monde selon un chiffre qui circule depuis des semaines. Volkswagen n'a pas un problème en termes de voitures vendues puisque la marge opérationnelle du groupe est inférieure à 4 %. Pour Oliver Blume, le taux est correct au vu du contexte mais bien trop faible pour la suite. En 2025, le groupe a pourtant dégagé plusieurs milliards…
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Smartphones
The Pixel 11 Pro XL is built to last and easy to fix, teardown finds
TL;DR JerryRigEverything’s Zack Nelson has tested the Pixel 11 Pro XL’s durability and repairability. The phone didn’t bend in Nelson’s durability test, and key components are relatively simple to swap out. Nelson calls the Pixel 11 Pro XL “one of the easiest phones to repair of 2026.” It looks like it should be relatively easy to make the Pixel 11 Pro last. The XL version has now undergone the JerryRigEverything treatment, and the phone…
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Threads is testing a podcast transcription feature
Meta keeps trying to entice audio content creators to this platform. Platform head Connor Hayes posted today that Threads is testing some possible new features aimed at promoting podcasts. He highlighted a resource that can post automatic transcriptions of audio clips. This would allow people scrolling their feeds to read along even if they have the sound off. Hayes teased that this is just one of multiple podcast-sharing tools in the works for the…
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Quand la pop internationale inspire l’évasion azuréenne : vivre la musique à Nice
L’actualité musicale internationale nous rappelle souvent à quel point la culture pop sait créer des rassemblements mémorables. Récemment, la Newsroom de Spotify est revenue sur une soirée new-yorkaise marquante où plus de quatre cents fans inconditionnels, affectueusement surnommés les EYEKONS, ont investi le club Elsewhere à Brooklyn. Cet événement immersif, baptisé KLUB KATSEYE, célébrait la sortie de l’album WILD à travers des installations interactives et une performance exclusive du groupe. Si de telles expériences…
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Apple official refurb store: This week’s top picks at up to $500 off
It’s official Apple Certified Refurbished Store time again, and we are back again with a closer look at the gear we have our eyes on. This is not a bunch of Macs covered in scratches that fell off a truck somewhere and shilled on eBay at a discount, we are talking about Apple’s “rigorous refurbishment process” and the same 1-year Apple warranty you get on brand new units, just at a lower price. You’re…
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Musique
Good Vibration : l’énergie brute qui refuse de s’excuser
Une pulsation reggae-dub où le sel et le bitume se mélangent. Guy de Lussigny capture l'instant précis où l'on décide de tenir bon malgré tout.
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Apple Holds Farewell Party for Tim Cook as Ternus Prepares to Take Over
Tim Cook will step down as Apple's CEO on Tuesday, September 1, and ahead of that date, Apple hosted a farewell party for him. According to The Information, the party took place on August 23, just a day before Cook celebrated his 15th anniversary as Apple CEO. Approximately 200 people celebrated Cook at the Caffé Macs cafeteria on the Apple campus, and band OneRepublic performed. Several speakers shared tributes to Cook, including Steve Jobs'…
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Alabama launches investigation into OpenAI’s hack of Hugging Face
Alabama’s attorney general announced Monday that it sent a subpoena to OpenAI as part of an investigation into the company’s alleged “complete lack of oversight and adequate safeguards” in the Hugging Face incident. The investigation comes weeks after OpenAI admitted that one of its unreleased and guardrail-free cybersecurity models had escaped an isolated environment, connected to the internet, and hacked AI dataset platform Hugging Face. As Reuters first reported, Hugging Face was only one…
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Amazon hikes hardware prices by 60%, blaming memory shortage
Over the weekend, Amazon significantly raised the prices of its hardware devices, jacking them up by as much as 60% in some cases. The price explosion impacted Fire TVs, Echos, Kindles, and Eeros. One egregious example that’s been cited is that of the Echo Dot, one of Amazon’s cheapest smart speakers, the price of which jumped 60% overnight, from $49.99 to $79.99. Price-tracking sites like CamelCamelCamel show the stark uptick, which has previously hovered…
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Amjad Masad, CEO and co-founder of Replit, joins the Disrupt Stage at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026
The AI boom has made it possible for a significantly wider range of people to dip into development, create code, and launch software for the first time. There are pros and cons to this, even for established developers who are being pushed to use it to produce work faster. Replit sits at the center of this evolution, and when its CEO and co-founder, Amjad Masad, takes center stage at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026, he’ll speak…
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The cat-and-mouse game over 3D-printed guns has begun
The ‘Hochulization’ tool purports to subvert proposed gun-blocking 3D printer software. The ‘Hochulization’ tool purports to subvert proposed gun-blocking 3D printer software. The creator of the world’s first 3D-printed gun claims he’s developed a way to thwart government-mandated software meant to block 3D printers from making firearms. It’s an opening volley in what’s shaping up to be an evolving battle between regulators trying to stem the tide of ghost guns and individuals trying to…
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