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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
- South China Morning Post
Huawei's new Mate 70 smartphone chip is 'not a major redesign', teardown report finds
Huawei Technologies' new Mate 70 smartphones feature an in-house designed processor that does not show major improvements, indicating the Chinese tech champion's ongoing struggles over US sanctions that restrict its access to advanced semiconductors, according to a new report. The Mate 70 Pro+, one of four models in the latest Mate 70 series released last month, features the Kirin 9020 system-on-chip, according to a report published on Wednesday by Canadian semiconductor research firm TechInsigh
- 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?
- 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
- 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.
- TechCrunch
Anthropic's 3.5 Haiku model comes to Claude users
Anthropic has released one of its newest AI models, Claude 3.5 Haiku, for users of its AI chatbot platform, Claude. Reports of 3.5 Haiku's launch in Claude began rolling in Thursday morning on social media, and TechCrunch was able to independently confirm that the model is available in Claude on the web and mobile. 3.5 Haiku, which Anthropic unveiled in November, matches or bests the performance of Anthropic’s outgoing flagship model, 3 Opus, on specific benchmarks.
- TechCrunch
Learn how to use Apple Intelligence’s ‘Image Playground’
Here’s what you need to know about the Apple Intelligence feature, including what it is and how to use it. What is Image Playground? Image Playground is part of Apple Intelligence, a range of AI-driven tools from Apple.
- 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."
- 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.
- 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
- Yahoo Finance Video
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
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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.