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Apple sends fresh wave of mercenary spyware warnings worldwide
Apple has notified users in 110 countries who it suspects may have been targeted by spyware attacks. Here are the details. Apple has confirmed to TechCrunch that it has sent out a new wave of notifications alerting an unspecified number of users in 110 countries that they may have been targeted by “a mercenary spyware attack.” According to TechCrunch, the latest round brings the total number of countries where Apple has alerted users to…
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Smartphones
iPhone 17 Pro One Year Later: What Held Up and What Didn't
We're getting close to the launch of new iPhone 18 Pro models that will replace the iPhone 17 Pro models, so MacRumors videographer Dan Barbera decided to take a look back at the iPhone he's been using for close to 12 months. Subscribe to the MacRumors YouTube channel for more videos. Ceramic Shield 2 was the best iPhone upgrade this year. Apple said it's more resistant to scratches, and that turned out to be…
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Smartphones
Google Play is hiding a Pixel 11 Pro discount in plain sight
What you need to know Google is quietly dropping Pixel 11 discounts directly in the Google Play Store app. Platinum members get up to $175 off select Pixel hardware. That includes $150 off the Pixel 11 series, $175 off the Pixel 11 Pro Fold, and $75 off the Pixel Watch 5. This offer is an instant upfront discount, meaning you can stack it on top of a standard phone trade-in to double down on…
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Wearable
What's Coming in September: New iPhones, Apple Watches and More
Apple will introduce at least five new devices at its iPhone-centric event next month, and it's also possible we'll get devices waiting on Siri AI like the Apple TV. iPhone 18 Pro The iPhone 18 Pro is going to look like the iPhone 17 Pro, but with a smaller Dynamic Island. It's getting some internal updates, including a new Wide camera with a variable aperture for more control over lighting and a faster A20…
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Apps & Logiciels
Apple and Epic argue over how much Apple should get from purchases made outside the App Store
Apple says it should be allowed to recoup ‘at least some compensation’ for the platform it provides. Apple says it should be allowed to recoup ‘at least some compensation’ for the platform it provides. In a new filing in its long-running legal dispute with Epic Games, Apple has proposed a structure that would allow it to collect fees on digital purchases made via external links that don’t use the company’s in-app purchase system. Epic…
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Tech News
Ted Lasso Season 4 Premiere is Apple TV's Biggest Launch Ever
The Ted Lasso season 4 premiere was Apple's most popular TV show debut to date, according to Nielsen viewing data Apple sent to Deadline. The show racked up 296.6 million viewing minutes in the United States across the August 4 and August 5 launch window. It beat the premieres of prior seasons of Ted Lasso, plus the Severance and Pluribus premieres. On just August 5, the first episode was the most-streamed program in the…
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AliExpress empile les réductions avant la rentrée : les meilleures offres à saisir
AliExpress lance une nouvelle opération à partir du 17 août, dans le cadre de ses promotions pré-rentrée. Vous pouvez déjà préparer votre panier. Le site proposera de fortes remises sur plusieurs catégories tech : smartphones, tablettes, montres connectées et caméras. Voici les meilleures offres à saisir dès le début de la campagne. L’opération se déroulera du 17 au 26 août 2026, jusqu’à 23h59. Comme lors des précédentes campagnes AliExpress, il faudra ajouter un code…
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IA
Mico, Microsoft's weird lil' AI guy, has been demoted
The amorphous corporate mascot will no longer haunt Copilot Voice. Microsoft introduced Mico in October 2025 to give an anthropomorphized face to voice conversations with its Copilot AI chatbot. It seems the poor little blob is already getting demoted after less than a year. The company has decided to remove Mico from the voice section of Copilot. Its new home will be the Learn Live hub, where it will continue to be a "tutor"…
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Apps & Logiciels
Apple's latest commission rates for external App Store purchases haven't satisfied Epic
Apple's latest proposal in the Epic trial suggests it should be able to charge between 5% and 15% on external purchases. However, Epic will appeal any value above 0%. The ongoing lawsuit between Apple and Epic has left Apple unable to charge commissions on external purchases since its injunction violation in April 2025. Thursday's proposal could let Apple begin charging something again soon, that is if the District Court finds it within its expectations.…
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Smartphones
9to5Mac Daily: August 13, 2026 – MacBook Air shortages, iPhone Ultra launch rumors
Listen to a recap of the top stories of the day from 9to5Mac. 9to5Mac Daily is available on iTunes and Apple’s Podcasts app, Stitcher, TuneIn, Google Play, or through our dedicated RSS feed for Overcast and other podcast players. Sponsored by Backblaze: Backup you can rely on. Save 20% with code 9to5daily. New episodes of 9to5Mac Daily are recorded every weekday. Subscribe to our podcast in Apple Podcast or your favorite podcast player to…
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Smartphones
Google Meet rolling out ‘Take Notes’ for in-person meetings on Android, web, & iOS
As previewed in April, Google Meet’s “Take Notes for me” feature can now work for in-person meetings. This Gemini-powered capability was previously limited to online meetings. On Android and iOS, you’ll see a new “Take notes” icon at the bottom of the screen next to “New call,” while it’s available from meet.google.com in your browser. The website was recently redesigned. Tap “Start taking notes” and “set your device nearby,” just like you would with…
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Tech News
US wait times for cancer surgeries are getting longer and longer
As cancer treatments have advanced and outcomes have improved, one aspect of cancer care in the US has consistently worsened over the last decade: the wait time for surgery. According to a study in JAMA Surgery, patients with one of six types of cancer—breast, colon, lung, pancreatic, gastric, and esophageal—have faced longer wait times for surgery than in 2012. Timeliness is considered a core metric of healthcare quality, and delays in cancer surgery have…
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Investors sue Selena Gomez alleging fraud tied to her mental health startup
Singer and actress Selena Gomez and her mother are being sued over their mental health startup, Wondermind. The plaintiffs in the lawsuit say they invested nearly $1.2 million in the startup, and are accusing Gomez of securities fraud and breach of contract. They allege that the startup failed to deliver on its commitments without informing investors, and Gomez failed to market the startup after promising to do so. The news was first reported by…
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Apps & Logiciels
Apple Wants to Charge Developers Up to 15 Percent for Linking Outside the App Store
Apple today submitted a court-ordered proposal outlining the commission it believes is reasonable to collect from U.S. apps that link to purchase options outside of the App Store. Apple is asking for half of its commission on standard apps, so apps that would pay 30 percent for an in-app purchase would pay 15 percent when linking to a web purchase option. Small Business Program participants that would normally pay 15 percent would pay 5…
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Tech News
Supreme Court denies yet another stay in Apple vs Epic proceedings as deadlines loom
Apple is expected to deliver its plan for how to charge App Store commissions under the single victory in the Epic lawsuit, and its last-ditch effort to avoid that has fallen through. The Supreme Court and US District Court are dealing with the Apple vs Epic case simultaneously. The Supreme Court is set to weigh an appeal from Apple in October, while the District Court seeks to move forward with its injunctions. On Tuesday,…
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Apps & Logiciels
Apple proposes commissions of up to 15% for off-App Store purchases in the US [U]
Apple has submitted its proposal for the fees it should be allowed to charge for purchases made outside of the App Store system in the Epic Games case. Here are the details. Following several attempts to pause the District Court proceedings that will determine what fee, if any, Apple can charge for purchases made outside of the App Store’s IAP system, the company has now submitted its proffer with the proposed fee structure. Apple’s…
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Tech News
Cloud storage is great until your vendor goes out of business
A St. Louis PBS station is suing a data center provider to rescue a 70-year archive. Nine PBS, a PBS station in St. Louis, Missouri, must be given access to data it lost when its vendor went out of business, a judge ruled this week. Nine PBS, a PBS station in St. Louis, Missouri, sued data center company Iron Mountain in July to gain access to an archive of 70 years' worth of cultural…
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Flock says its new tool will help identify police abuse, but hasn’t explained how it works
Surveillance technology startup Flock announced a series of new policies and tools on Thursday, claiming they will help curb abuse of its automated license plate camera reader systems and help keep its law enforcement customers accountable. Flock is now recommending police departments retain data for seven days rather than the previous 30 days. Along with this change, the company introduced what it calls “Evidence Mode,” which can be turned on when customers need to…
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Apps & Logiciels
‘That is not acceptable’: Judge orders Google to make rival app store installs easier
Judge Donato was not having Google’s ‘anticompetitive friction.‘ Judge Donato was not having Google’s ‘anticompetitive friction.‘ One month after Epic Games and Google seemingly stopped fighting over the future of Android app distribution, they were back in a San Francisco courtroom today — where Judge James Donato just ordered Google to make it easier to install rival app stores on Android. It’s been nearly three years since a jury unanimously decided that Google had…
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Tech News
If Apple sends you a push notification alerting you to a spyware attack, take it seriously
Apple has sent out a new batch of notifications to customers who it suspects have been targeted with spyware capable of hacking into their devices. The tech giant sends out these notifications on occasion to alert its customers that their iPhones, iPads, or Macs might have been compromised with spyware typically used by governments. Apple told TechCrunch that it sent out the notifications on Thursday to users targeted in 110 countries. Apple says to…
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Tech News
The fight over Flock and other ALPRs
There are over 120,000 of Flock’s automatic license plate reader (ALPR) cameras installed all over the US. Flock’s cameras, and others like them, use AI to identify and track vehicles based on their license plate number, make, model, color, and other info, networked together to track vehicles and people’s movements throughout the day and across the country. Dozens of communities have canceled contracts for the cameras or turned them off, including Los Angeles, as…
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IA
Microsoft’s Clippy-like Mico character is no longer the face of Copilot
Mico launched in Copilot’s voice mode less than a year ago. Mico launched in Copilot’s voice mode less than a year ago. Microsoft Copilot will no longer show its emotive yellow blob, Mico, when you use the chatbot’s voice mode. In a support page, Microsoft says it’s going to move Mico to its Learn Live platform, where the avatar will have “more to react to,” as reported earlier by GeekWire. Mico launched in Copilot’s…
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Apps & Logiciels
Netflix shuts down Oxenfree studio Night School weeks after praising its 'really solid numbers'
Execs praised Night School's latest game, Unhinged, before pulling the rug. In another reshuffle of its video game division, Netflix is closing the first studio it purchased, Oxenfree team Night School, according to Stephen Totilo at Game File. Netflix acquired Night School Studio in 2021, and there it produced Oxenfree II: Lost Signals, the Black Mirror: Thronglets app, and Unhinged, a smartphone-controlled horror game that landed roughly six weeks ago. Netflix also reportedly plans…
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IA
Writer introduces new AI model and upgraded harness to contain token costs
Across the AI industry, users are becoming more conscious of just how expensive their deployments can be —and feeling a new urgency to cut costs. But while open source models offer significantly lower per-token costs, it can be difficult to find the right model for a given job. On Thursday, Writer, which offers AI tools and agents for marketers, launched a new flagship model called Palmyra X6, aimed at solving that problem for its…
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