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- HuffPost
Does Charging Your Phone To 100% Ruin Your Battery? Here's The Truth.
Read this if you're constantly plugging in your device overnight.
- Evening Standard
Apple's iPhone SE 4 design leaks reveal significant updates
Leaked images reveal significant design updates for Apple's iPhone SE 4, including a larger screen and advanced features
- Reuters
Apple teams up with Alibaba to bring AI features for iPhones in China, The Information reports
The development could clear months of uncertainty over Apple's AI strategy for China, where it has been losing market share to domestic rivals, including a resurgent Huawei whose smartphones have included AI tools since last year. Apple stock rose 1.5% in early trading, while U.S.-listed shares of Alibaba gained 2.6%. Apple had selected Baidu as its main partner last year, but the Chinese company's progress in developing models for Apple Intelligence fell short of its standards, the report said.
- Engadget
The best smartphones to buy in 2025
Here's a list of the best smartphones you can buy right now, as chosen by Engadget editors.
- The Independent
Powerbeats Pro 2: Apple launches new Beats earphones that read your heart rate
Apple has launched new Powerbeats Pro 2 headphones that can read your heart rate from inside your ear. The earphones are lighter, have a new earhook to keep them secure, and have received a redesign for better sound performance. On the inside, the new Powerbeats Pro are largely similar to Apple’s latest AirPods Pro.
- TechCrunch
ChatGPT: Everything you need to know about the AI-powered chatbot
ChatGPT, OpenAI’s text-generating AI chatbot, has taken the world by storm since its launch in November 2022. What started as a tool to supercharge productivity through writing essays and code with short text prompts has evolved into a behemoth with 300 million weekly active users. 2024 was a big year for OpenAI, from its partnership with Apple for its generative AI offering, Apple Intelligence, the release of GPT-4o with voice capabilities, and the highly-anticipated launch of its text-to-video model Sora.
- South China Morning Post
Alibaba pairs with Apple to develop AI features for China iPhones: sources
China's Alibaba Group Holding has entered a partnership with US consumer electronics giant Apple to develop AI features for iPhones in China in a sign of the growing recognition of Alibaba's capabilities on the fast-moving AI front, sources familiar with the matter said. According to people close to the deal, Apple has decided to work with Alibaba as it sees the strength of the Chinese company's Qwen AI model and its "cutting edge" capabilities. The news was first reported by US tech industry pu
- Barrons.com
Alibaba Stock Surges on Apple Collaboration Reported. Why China Tech Is Back in Style.
Apple sales have been struggling in China—iPhone revenue slumped 25% there in the fourth quarter—as the trade wars between the two biggest economies heated up.
- Fortune
Mark Zuckerberg warned employees to prepare for an ‘intense year.’ He just laid off 3,600 workers—including some who claim they got glowing reviews
Ex-Meta employees have said they weren’t low performers, yet were laid off anyway.
- Benzinga
Elon Musk's Ex-Wife, Whom He Was Engaged to Only 2 Weeks After Meeting, Joked He Invited Her to His Hotel Room Just to Watch Rocket Videos
Elon Musk has never done things conventionally, whether it's revolutionizing space travel, running Tesla, or, apparently, dating. His ex-wife, Talulah Riley, revisited the early days of their whirlwind romance, revealing in a BBC documentary that their courtship involved a lot more physics than flirtation. According to Riley, Musk's idea of a romantic invitation was asking her back to his hotel room – not for the usual reasons but to watch "rocket videos." She initially assumed it was code for s
- HuffPost
‘Holy Smokes’: CNN Data Reporter Shocked By Donald Trump’s Approval Rating
“We’re living in a different world,” said Harry Enten on “News Central.”
- The Smart Investor
4 Singapore Stocks I Plan to Buy if I Had S$30,000 to Spare
Looking for investment ideas? Here are four stocks I may consider putting my money in if I had S$30,000. The post 4 Singapore Stocks I Plan to Buy if I Had S$30,000 to Spare appeared first on The Smart Investor.
- BBC
Trial hears girl, 13, was 'sex slave' to gang
The witness said she was regarded as a "prostitute" rather than a 13-year-old child by the gang
- Cinema Online
Selena Lee and fiance end engagement after four years
The former TVB actress says that marriage is not the be-all end-all
- The Daily Beast
Jordan’s King Flatters Trump With Tiny Aid for His Gaza Takeover Bid
King Abdullah II of Jordan flattered and surprised President Donald Trump on Tuesday in a dance to deflect from the president’s Gaza takeover bid, which the monarch has publicly said he opposes. Abdullah said he would, however, facilitate a move to take 2,000 children in Gaza “that are either cancer children or in a very ill state to Jordan as quickly as possible.” Trump expressed astonishment and gratitude—and hope that the fig leaf would lead to broader Arab support for his controversial plan
- The Independent
Couple kicked off plane in Kuala Lumpur for causing commotion
Both tested negative for drugs
- The Hill
Zelensky proposes swap of seized territory with Russia
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is proposing an exchange of seized territory with Russia as part of any potential negotiations to end the war. Ukraine holds control of a small pocket of Russian territory, parts of Kursk Oblast, captured during a surprise incursion in August. Zelensky, in an interview with The Guardian, said he planned to…
- WSJ
Why Chinese President Xi’s $93 Billion Dream City Remains Empty
Xi Jinping built the smart city of Xiongan as a showcase for China’s technological prowess. But WSJ’s Jonathan Cheng finds it remains largely empty, raising questions about the limits of Xi’s rule.
- People
Woman Eats Last Meal Her Husband Ever Made, 2 Years After His Death, to 'Connect with Him Again' (Exclusive)
Two years after losing her husband, Sabrina Chae decided to eat the last meal he ever made, still stored in the freezer, in an emotional TikTok
- Cinema Online
Dee Hsu finding strength in family memories
Singer Makiyo shares update on Dee's well-being while being mindful of the family's privacy