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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?
- 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
- Fortune
Marc Benioff warns excessive AI spending is a ‘race to the bottom,’ and he plans to take advantage of it
Benioff has previously warned that AI is overhyped.
- 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
- Reuters
Apple adds ChatGPT to iPhone in latest iOS update
The rollout is part of a wider deployment of artificial intelligence-powered tools in the latest updates to the operating systems for iPhones, iPads and Mac computers. The ChatGPT integration, announced in June as part of the Apple Intelligence unveil, will allow the company's Siri voice assistant tap the chatbot's expertise including on user queries about photos and documents such as presentations. The slow rollout of Apple Intelligence features so far has raised some investor worries about the strength of the iPhone 16 sales cycle.
- 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.
- PA Media: Money
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!
- The Hill
Bill Clinton says he’s open to talking to Biden about preemptive pardon for Hillary Clinton
Former President Clinton said he is open to having a conversation with President Biden about a potential preemptive pardon for his wife, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. Bill Clinton joined “The View” on Wednesday, where he was discussing President-elect Trump taking office early next year and the threat of him going after political enemies…
- Associated Press
2 Vietnamese police officials sexually attacked young women on visit to New Zealand, authorities say
New Zealand authorities have “no doubt” that two Vietnamese officials sexually attacked two young female servers at a restaurant during a visit to the country, but were unable to charge the men before they returned to Vietnam, police said Thursday. Vietnam and New Zealand do not have an extradition treaty so the alleged attackers cannot be forced to face charges. One of the women said they were attacked at a restaurant in Wellington in March days before Vietnamese Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính was due to visit New Zealand.
- HuffPost
Joe Biden Calls Himself 'Stupid' For Not Doing 1 Donald Trump Thing
The president said he "learned something" from the president-elect.