Apple clarifies that Texture and Grain controls are exclusive to the latest iPhones’ cameras

Apple's new texture and grain controls for stylizing photos will be more limited on older phones than initially expected. A confusingly worded press release from Apple indicated that the new features, announced alongside the iPhone 18 and 18 Pro earlier this…

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A KLM flight turned around after a power bank caught fire, and it belonged to the airline's ex-CEO

The power bank belonged to Camiel Eurlings, the former chief executive of KLM. The fire started nearly six hours into the flight, while the aircraft was over the Atlantic Ocean. The device left marks on Eurlings' business-class seat and the window blind…

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Anthropic launches Claude Opus 5.5 with Fable 5.1 level performance at a 40% lower price

Anthropic’s latest Claude model brings stronger coding and knowledge capabilities while cutting API costs and adding stricter safeguards.

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Trump wants to rebrand AI as ‘Super Intelligence’ — here’s what that actually means

Trump wants to rename artificial intelligence “Super Intelligence.” Here’s what SI actually means, why the distinction matters and what could change.

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Microsoft disrupts AI-assisted platform that compromised 12,000 accounts

EvilTokens provided an end-to-end platform that makes mass compromises faster and easier.

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Elon Musks X launches X Numbers

X Numbers lets X Chat users share a private code so non-followers can message or call them, even if their inbox is closed.

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Apple Park Visitor Center Just Lost an Attraction Offered Since 2017

Following renovations, the Apple Park Visitor Center in Cupertino, California no longer features a 3D augmented reality model of the Apple Park campus. The area that housed the 3D model, which was called the Exhibition Space, now has wall-mounted shelves…

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Shazam App for iPhone Updated With New Icon and iMessage Stickers

Apple today updated the Shazam app for iOS with an ever so slightly frostier app icon and a new set of iMessage stickers. To send stickers in the Messages app on the iPhone, tap the plus sign in a conversation, select Stickers, tap on the Shazam app icon, and…

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Apple Photos in iOS 27 gets camera roll feature it’s long needed

iOS 27 is a big update for Apple’s Photos app , with improvements to slideshows, shared albums, and more. It also adds a welcome camera roll-type feature many have long been asking for: ‘Captured by Me.’…

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Apple’s new Beats headphones are AirPods Max for athletes

Macworld The newest Beats over-ear headphones are here, and as evidenced by the many leaks, are made for athletes. Specifically, athletes who liked the idea of AirPods Max but passed on them because they were too heavy, too drab, or, most importantly, too…

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Hisense E6SR 65-inch 4K Roku TV drops to $399.99

If you're looking for a solid 65-inch, 4K TV without paying a premium price, check out the the Hisense E6SR Roku TV, which is currently on a discount.

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1Retro adds cloud saves to RetroArch, OpenEmu, and other gaming platforms

1Retro automatically backs up and syncs retro game saves across devices and emulators, letting you pick up where you left off without manually moving files. It works across OS with support for RetroArch, MiSTer, OpenEmu, RetroBat, OnionOS, and more. Read…

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Google removes the age barrier for Gemini study notebooks

Gemini study notebooks expands to learners young and old.

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Most Raspberry Pi projects will never touch the extra RAM you're paying for

Your expensive Raspberry Pi model is overkill for a lot of SBC projects

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Score free Pixel Buds 2A when you preorder a Googlebook at Best Buy

The Android-powered Googlebooks are coming soon, with familiar brands and specs that rival Windows Copilot machines. For anyone eager to get their hands on any the new laptops, there’s a preorder perk you may want to know about lasting until October 25th…

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Lawsuit demands OpenAI pay for new school after ChatGPT used in shooting

British Columbia sues OpenAI, demands Tumbler Ridge shooter’s ChatGPT logs.

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Apple could take on Whoop with a new fitness tracker, report says

Apple may be developing a new fitness tracker as part of its new generation of hardware devices.

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Linux 7.2 vs. Linux 7.3 Shows A Few Improvements With AMD Strix Halo

Last week I ran some benchmarks showing performance gains for AMD Ryzen AI Max+ "Strix Halo" on Ubuntu 26.10. Then shortly after that testing on its daily state, which used the Linux 7.2 kernel, Canonical switched to Linux 7.3 as the Ubuntu 26.10 kernel. Here…

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Anthropic Launches Claude Opus 5.5 With Fable-Level Performance at a Lower Price

Anthropic today launched Claude Opus 5.5 , which it says is the first model in a new 5.5 model family. Opus 5.5 performs at the level of Claude Fable 5.1 on most work, but costs 40 percent less to run than Opus 5. According to Anthropic, Opus 5.5 is a "major…

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OpenAI names the four things it wants safety assessors to test

That access should enable assessors to challenge our assumptions, identify risks we may have missed, and reach their own conclusions about the effectiveness of our safeguards. OpenAI published that on Tuesday, in a document setting out what it wants outside…

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Apple is reportedly working on its own screenless fitness band to compete with Whoop

Whoop might have some more competition on the way, as Apple is reportedly working on a screenless fitness tracker.

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Meta jumps 11% as investors bet on its Muse agent

Meta’s shares closed up 11.43% at $741.25 on Monday as investors piled into the company’s bet on AI agents. Trading volume hit 48.5 million shares, well above the three-month average, The Motley Fool reported. The rally made Mark Zuckerberg about $25bn richer…

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The British Army is spending £16 million on 1,000 small drones in a bid to boost battlefield operations

New British-built spy drones will be deployed by the British Army to conduct surveillance and training, including a small 250 gram quadcopter.

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OpenAI cuts GPT-6 prices in half with Sol and Luna

They are also half the price per token, and even less per task. Sam Altman wrote that on X on Tuesday, about GPT-6 Sol and GPT-6 Luna. OpenAI released both models the same afternoon. They extend the GPT-6 family below GPT-6 Astra, which arrived on 3…

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Anthropic and OpenAI announce more powerful (and cheaper) AI models

I thought we were supposed to be slowing down the frontier.

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Google Play Store looks like it’s working on a special home for your vibe-coded apps

Personal vibe-coded apps could soon find their own spot in the Play Store.

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Meta admits Muse’s likeness to OpenClaw isn’t a coincidence

Meta says Muse was built from scratch, but acknowledges the AI assistant was "heavily inspired" by OpenClaw — down to some of its workspace filenames and content.

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A full EV charging session in 4 minutes? There's a challenger to BYD in the MegaWatt charging game

Geely says its latest 2.2 MegaWatt EV charging can brim batteries in just four minutes

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Adobe Premiere finally brings powerful video editing to Android, and it's free

You don't even need a Creative Cloud login to edit clips, but AI features cost extra.

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These were the best Apple accessories I found at IFA Berlin 2026

9to5Mac is brought to you by Memoket : The Memoket Gem is an 11g AI wearable that slots beside your Apple Watch in a co-wear band. Press once to capture a conversation, and Gem connects it to what you discussed weeks ago — surfacing the earlier thread with a…

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