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iOS 27 Hints at 'Apple Reference Image' Photo Authentication
Apple is working on « Apple Reference Image, » a photo provenance system that will verify if an image was captured with an iPhone. References to the feature were found in a privacy disclosure included in iOS 27 beta 5, but it is not live yet. According to the text, there will be a « Reference » mode option
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OpenAI reportedly completed a $7 billion employee tender offer
OpenAI has bought back $7 billion worth of shares from employees at the privately held frontier AI lab as part of an effort to provide liquidity to its workforce. The deal, reported by Bloomberg, valued OpenAI at $852 billion, the same as its most recent fundraising round in March, which added $122 billion to the
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As AI-led attacks multiply, OpenAI launches a new cyber model
Every day seems to brings fresh news of an AI agent going “rogue.” Whether that’s compromising Hugging Face, hacking a gym website, or creating its own fake profiles to socially engineer an intrusion, AI models are increasingly behaving like bad actors. So, the AI labs that make the models doing the hacking are expanding their
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9to5Mac Daily: August 10, 2026 – Apple Watch rumors, more
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
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Mcon mobile gaming controller review: Compact design with premium feel
The Mcon controller balances portability and performance in a compact, MagSafe-compatible design for iPhone gamers. Gaming controllers usually come in two flavors. You'll find ones that are extremely comfortable and capable, as well as those that are small and portable. Finding a controller that is both portable and capable is a rarity, to say the
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Discrimination lawsuit involving converted Jewish employee settled by Apple
An Apple Genius was fired after failing to meet grooming standards, but the individual filed a lawsuit claiming religious discrimination. That lawsuit has now been settled by Apple for $150,000. Apple is a large company with thousands of employees across retail, engineering, and corporate entities. It isn't immune from discrimination and the lawsuits that result.
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Jeff Bezos might finally get his hands on a sports team
Jeff Bezos is reportedly attempting to join the club of very rich Americans buying stakes in U.K. soccer teams. Bezos, alongside others including Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin, is looking to buy at least a 30% stake in the English soccer team Liverpool at a £1.35 billion valuation (around $1.8 billion), The Guardian reports. If the
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Apple settles lawsuit over alleged discrimination against Jewish employee
Apple has agreed to pay $150,000 to settle a religious discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) last year. Here are the details. Last September, the EEOC filed a lawsuit against Apple claiming that the company had fired a Virginia Apple Store employee because of his religion and in retaliation for
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Now Rippling is counter-suing tiny startup Runlayer
HR startup Rippling filed a lawsuit Monday accusing MCP gateway startup Runlayer of infringing on three of its patents, according to the lawsuit seen by TechCrunch. The filing comes after Runlayer sued the HR startup last month, accusing it of breach of contract and stealing its product ideas. It’s the latest saga between the two
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Actualité : Bon plan – Le rasoir électrique Panasonic ER-GY60-H "5 étoiles" à 69,30 € (-21%)
Panasonic continue de décliner son concept de rasoir « coupe-choux » en ajoutant à sa gamme « i-shaper » une nouvelle référence, l'ER-GY60. Ce modèle est dédié à la fois à la barbe et au corps. Nous l’avons testé de part et d’autre. Déroutant au premier abord, mais très simple et pratique à utiliser avec
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Ars Live: Ross Scott discusses the Stop Killing Games movement
By now, any serious gamer is familiar with a favorite title becoming unplayable after a centralized online server gets shut down, or being unable to purchase and download a digitally delisted, critically acclaimed title from yesteryear. Can anything be done about this video game preservation problem? To help answer that question, we’ll be hosting a
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ChatGPT users can now book tables and join restaurant waitlists through Yelp
ChatGPT users can now book restaurant reservations and join waitlists through Yelp without leaving their chats. Here are the details. A few weeks ago, Yelp and ChatGPT struck a content integration partnership that brought Yelp reviews, ratings, photos, and other business information directly into ChatGPT responses. Today, Yelp announced an expansion of that integration, which
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With new open models, Meta pitches another reboot of its struggling AI strategy
Meta has announced its intention to focus on open-weight large language models. Additionally, the company announced the release of an open model called Muse Glimmer and a promise to open the weights for Muse Spark 1.2, its more powerful model, in the next few weeks. Alongside these announcements, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg published a more
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Everything New in iOS 27 Beta 5
We’re a little over a month away from the launch of iOS 27, and Apple is continuing to make changes. The fifth beta of iOS 27 changes the look of some app icons and adjusts Liquid Glass, plus it adds some smaller features that make the iPhone just a little nicer to use. App Icons
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Actualité : Bon plan – La caméra de surveillance Reolink Duo 2 PoE "5 étoiles" à 149,99 €
La Reolink Duo 2 est une caméra de surveillance extérieure particulièrement prometteuse. Grâce à ses deux capteurs, elle doit pouvoir surveiller une large zone et offrir une vue à 180°. Non contente d'offrir un très large champ de vision, la Duo 2 propose aussi des images d'une grande qualité et une détection de mouvement très
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Actualité : Bon plan – Le smartphone Samsung Galaxy S25+ 256 Go "5 étoiles" à 829,00 €
Samsung livre un Galaxy S25+ aux airs de déjà-vu, mais avec son lot d'améliorations. Outre un écran plus lumineux, le smartphone promet une autonomie accrue, bien aidée par un processeur Snapdragon 8 Elite peu gourmand, et de l'IA à tous les étages. Le Samsung Galaxy S25+ joue la carte de la continuité, mais avec brio.
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Mark Zuckerberg doesn’t understand how to live
An AI future of sleek, streamlined, and totally empty relationships. An AI future of sleek, streamlined, and totally empty relationships. Recently, a man I was rock climbing with told me about how he’d used AI to make a motivational poster for himself, which he’d hung on his bedroom wall: a bear, walking a slackline over
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Got an ASUS laptop? You might be sitting on a free Google AI Pro or Plus subscription
Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission. Learn more. If you’re looking to buy a new laptop to take advantage of the latest AI features, you need to be smart. While a large number of new laptops are advertised as “supporting” the latest AI features, there’s often a catch: Getting the most
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Apple may introduce a photo authentication tool in iOS 27
Reference Image could be a new way to prove provenance in the wake of generative AI. We're looking forward to seeing the new artificial intelligence side of Siri when iOS 27 launches, but it appears that Apple may have additional tools in the works. In its analysis of the latest operating system beta, 9to5Mac noticed
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Trump signs bonkers order that cuts vaccines, promotes ones that don't exist
President Trump signed an executive order Monday that makes sweeping, unilateral changes to federal vaccine recommendations. The order aims to reduce the number of lifesaving vaccines all children are recommended to get—from 18 to 11—while also splitting them up and spacing them out over more time and more medical visits. The vaccine changes are not
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WhatsApp’s latest beta for iOS adds references to an in-chat search tool
While WhatsApp has long offered a search option in the chat info screen, the app is now working on a faster way to access it directly from a conversation. Here are the details. As WhatsApp users probably know, there are two main ways to search for past messages in the app. The first is from
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Developer Cold Iron Studios shuts down cloud version of $60 game with no refunds
Following its announcement in March, game developer Cold Iron Studios has shut down the servers for the cloud version of Aliens: Fireteam Elite on the Nintendo Switch. The game originally cost $30 (or $60 for an “Ultimate” version with additional content). Cold Iron Studios hasn’t offered customers refunds. TheGamer reported that affected players are entitled
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Google co-founder Sergey Brin has now spent $100 million to fight the billionaire tax
Google co-founder Sergey Brin has donated another $20 million to Build a Better California, an organization advocating against California’s proposed billionaire tax, according to a new filing. That means that the world’s fourth-richest man, whose net worth hovers around $267 billion, has now spent more than $100 million to avoid an estimated $13.3 billion tax
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MagSafe Monday: The TESSAN AERO 5000 brings a titanium finish to an ultra thin battery
There are tons of MagSafe battery variations, and I may own most of them. The new TESSAN AERO 5000 caught my eye because it’s really thin and has a titanium finish. It also uses a new battery technology to reduce heat and improve overall safety. After reviewing the entire spec sheet, I think this might
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