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Evening StandardiOS 18.2 release date and time: how to download the latest iPhone software update
Genmoji, Image Playground and a redesigned Mail app are all part of the latest software update
- Engadget
The best iPhones for 2024: Which model should you buy?
We've broken down Apple's current smartphone lineup to help you answer that eternal question: Which iPhone should I get?
- Yahoo News UK
Apple's new iOS 18.2 fixes one of the most annoying things about Photos
Apple’s new iOS update 18.2 has been welcomed by iPhone users as it rolls back a widely disliked change in the Photos app.
- Engadget
iOS 18.2 is here with Apple Intelligence image generation features in tow
Apple has begun rolling iOS 18.2 and iPadOS 18.2 to iPhones and iPads.
- Evening Standard
iOS 18.2: how to turn on Apple Intelligence, Genmoji and Siri features with ChatGPT
Change these settings to start using Apple’s new text- and image-generating tools
- TechCrunch
Google says its new quantum chip indicates that multiple universes exist
Google on Monday announced Willow, its latest, greatest quantum computing chip. The speed and reliability performance claims Google's made about this chip were newsworthy in themselves, but what really caught the tech industry's attention was an even wilder claim tucked into the blog post about the chip. Google Quantum AI founder Hartmut Neven wrote in his blog post that this chip was so mind-boggling fast that it must have borrowed computational power from other universes.
- Engadget
Sony's WH-1000XM5 headphones are back on sale for $100 off
The Thanksgiving holiday might have come and gone, but one of the best wireless headphones you can buy right now are back to their Black Friday price.
- TechCrunch
Hackers are exploiting a flaw in popular file-transfer tools to launch mass hacks, again
Security researchers are warning that hackers are actively exploiting another high-risk vulnerability in a popular file transfer technology to launch mass hacks. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-50623, affects software developed by Illinois-based enterprise software company Cleo, according to researchers at cybersecurity company Huntress. The flaw was first disclosed by Cleo in a security advisory on October 30 which warned that exploitation could lead to remote code execution.
- South China Morning Post
Huawei making moves in China's robotics industry with Jimu investment, new embodied AI hub
Huawei Technologies, a formidable player in fields from smartphones to electric vehicles, is also looming large in China's fragmented robotics industry amid the country's drive to be a global leader in the field. The Shenzhen-based telecommunications giant, which is the face of China's self-sufficiency drive to break US sanctions, last week injected 3 billion yuan (US$413 million) into a subsidiary called Dongguan Jimu Machinery, according to corporate database Qichacha. The move to increase the
- Engadget
Firefox will no longer support “do not track” feature
Mozilla Firefox will no longer let users send "do not track" requests, retiring the feature after more than a decade of service.
- Evening Standard
Apple announces its iPhone app and game of the year for 2024
Apple has announced its 11 app and game of the year winners across iPhone, iPad and more
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Apple working with Broadcom to create new AI chip: Report
Apple (AAPL) is partnering with semiconductor manufacturer Broadcom (AVGO) to develop a new AI chip, according to a report by The Information. Yahoo Finance tech editor Dan Howley joins the Market Domination team to discuss this move for the iPhone maker as it just added OpenAI's ChatGPT to its device through the latest Apple Intelligence update. To watch more expert insights and analysis on the latest market action, check out more Market Domination here. This post was written by Luke Carberry Mogan.
- Reuters
Senators say US must boost security after Chinese Salt Typhoon telecom hacking
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States must do more to address hacking threats after China's alleged efforts known as Salt Typhoon to infiltrate American telecommunications companies and steal data about U.S. calls, senators said at a hearing Wednesday. "This attack likely represents the largest telecommunications hack in our nation's history," said Senator Ben Ray Lujan, a Democrat who chairs a telecom subcommittee. "There's a lot that we still don't know about the damage that was done by the Salt Typhoon hacks, but what we do know is that more must be done to prevent attacks like this."
- Reuters
Samsung accuses India antitrust body of detaining employees, seizing data unlawfully
Samsung has accused India's competition watchdog of unlawfully detaining its employees and seizing data in a raid carried out in connection with an antitrust investigation on Amazon and Walmart's Flipkart, a legal filing shows. Samsung is embroiled in the Competition Commission of India's (CCI) investigation that in August concluded that the South Korean giant and other smartphone companies broke anti-trust laws by colluding with Amazon and Flipkart to exclusively launch products online.
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People commuting more and going to bed earlier, Virgin Media O2 data shows
The telecoms giant has analysed data from across its networks during 2024.
- The Telegraph
Young motorists don’t think police will catch them using their phones while driving
Young drivers use mobile phones behind the wheel illegally because they do not believe police will catch them, research by the RAC has found.
- The Independent
Thai masseuse tells her side of story after singer’s death linked to ‘neck-twisting’ massage
Autopsy confirms Chayada Prao-hom, 20, died due to sepsis, fungal infection, and swollen spinal cord
- Sky News
Inside Assad's abandoned home: Damning documents, wedding photos and children's notes
This was clearly where the dictator's British-born wife Asma loved to be, her inner sanctum where she stored her treasures. The looters had got there first, the place was ransacked, but in Asma's personal storage room and boudoir, the floor was covered with countless boxes for jewellery, antiques and designer goods. Among them bank records in Asma's maiden name, for staggering sums of money.
- People
OnlyFans Model, 20, Made $43 Million Last Year. To Her, It Doesn't Conflict with Christian Values: ‘The Lord's Very Forgiving’ (Exclusive)
Sophie Rain grew up attending church every Sunday with her family in Tampa, Fla.
- People
Man Asks Girlfriend's Golden Retriever Puppy for Permission to Propose — And The Dog's Reaction Goes Viral! (Exclusive)
Three years ago, a woman joked that her boyfriend would need to ask their dog for permission if he were ever to propose — so he did!